IKEA HOMEWARE HAUL AND MID-LIFE CRISIS SHOP

I LOVE Ikea.

Here's the latest blue bag filling haul,

FROM STINKY DOG SMELL TO FRAGRANT HOME

HOW TO PAINT YOUR HOUSE ON THE CHEAP

Imagine just pointing at a Farrow & Ball paint chart and then on the appointed day, a qualified painter and decorator arrives with said paint and re-decorates...

CRAVING LUXURY

HIGH STREET BARGAINS MATALAN'S NEW HOMEWARE

I've had a hunt through Matalan's new homeware,

and there's quite a lot of nice things, and an absolute bonus, it's dirt cheap.

Look at this cushion.

CHARITY SHOP HAUL

Do you love a hunt through junk and charity shops or thrift stores if you are in the US?

It's the mad randomness of it I love, and a bargain.

Here's July's thrifted finds.

UPCYCLING NINETIES/NOUGHTIES LEATHER MIRRORS FOR £1 / £2

FIVE AFFORDABLE ITEMS FROM SOHO HOME (YES REALLY)

Are you in love with Soho Home?

I have hunted down some Soho Home bargains that I can actually afford and am thinking of buying.

JUNK SHOP REGRET AND CHEAP PAINTED CANE FURNITURE

Are you having pangs of junk shop regret?

All the good stuff you have come across in junk shops and thought, no, I'll be good, I'll not add more clutter to my house.

Is suddenly, bang, in every shop, everywhere!

Two rooms from Maisons Du Monde

(who can do no wrong this year)

THE FIRST TIME YOU GO TO HABITAT AND THREE BRILLIANT BUYS