Thursday, 20 January 2011
Out & About
Hello! I live in the West End of Glasgow at the moment, I never had anything planned for today so it was spent having a wander around some pretty shops. There are a lot of small boutiques full of pretty jewellery, household items and clothes. Here are a couple of things I seen along the way. Sadly I never had any money to buy anything as I'm trying to save up for furniture for my new flat. In case I haven't already mentioned that, haha!
A nice vintage shop set up in what looks like a gypsy wagon.
It's full of vintage clothes and jewellery.
I love Rob Ryan and his illustrations.
I wish I could of bought this but £29 for a vase is a bit much.
An antiques shop... a bit a mess to be honest.
There were some amazing 50's lights for sale but it was nearly impossible
to reach them through the piles of stuff on top of each other.
I even took my bag off in fear of knocking something over.
A poster I seen outside of the Oran Mor,
the illustration is my kind of thing.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
The West Brewery
Today we spent the afternoon at The West Brewery. It's a brewery in Glasgow where you can have a meal and sip on the beer brewed in the same building. Russell swears by their beer so we headed out to Glasgow Green to sample their food too.
I was expecting it to be over priced and small portions as I thought the beer probably sells itself as it has such a good reputation.. how wrong was I?! It was amazing! I was so impressed and I highly recommened any foodies or beer fans to go and try it out for yourselves.
Russell started with their Dunkel beer which had a coffee tasting undertone, It was really nice, then he had the Munich Red beer which was lighter. For dinner I had the handcut chips with fish battered in West beer batter - yum!! Russell had the beef and ale steak pie and chips. The portions were huge and really great value. We got sides of onion rings and a big pretzel - mmm.
The building was so grand and they were playing classical music in the background. I felt like Marie Antoinette eating my dinner! It was a taste of what it must be like to be rich and eat out for your dinner every night. I can't imagine ever getting bored of that lifestyle but alas, it's not like it's real! Anyway, if you fancy dining like Marie and listening to some classical music whilst sipping tasty beer and munching on a delicious dinner then you know where to go, oh and it doesn't break the bank either - very much the opposite :)
I was expecting it to be over priced and small portions as I thought the beer probably sells itself as it has such a good reputation.. how wrong was I?! It was amazing! I was so impressed and I highly recommened any foodies or beer fans to go and try it out for yourselves.
Russell started with their Dunkel beer which had a coffee tasting undertone, It was really nice, then he had the Munich Red beer which was lighter. For dinner I had the handcut chips with fish battered in West beer batter - yum!! Russell had the beef and ale steak pie and chips. The portions were huge and really great value. We got sides of onion rings and a big pretzel - mmm.
The building was so grand and they were playing classical music in the background. I felt like Marie Antoinette eating my dinner! It was a taste of what it must be like to be rich and eat out for your dinner every night. I can't imagine ever getting bored of that lifestyle but alas, it's not like it's real! Anyway, if you fancy dining like Marie and listening to some classical music whilst sipping tasty beer and munching on a delicious dinner then you know where to go, oh and it doesn't break the bank either - very much the opposite :)
Detail Is Retail
Hi! Today we went down to Stewarton and viewed our flat that we have just bought. It was so exciting to be able to take some pictures of it and work out measurements for our furniture etc! Russell's mum & dad came with us which was a great help as they could give us lots of helpful advice.
So after the trip to Stewarton we headed back into Glasgow. We went to view a couple of pieces of furniture we wanted to see in real life. First was this steel frame TV unit from Dwell. It's really stylish and not too over the top. I wasn't sure if it'd maybe be a bit on the small side but weighing it up with our sofa, coffee table etc.. it should look just right. It is £299. Quite pricey but compared to the Ikea TV units it's not that much more and with the Dwell one it has space for your TV cables to fit down to the power socket instead of running around the side of the unit - UGLY!
Second was this pretty side table. It's £149. Very pricey again, but as they say 'detail is retail' and it's great quality and nice detail. I think we'll need to hold off on this one for a month though as it's not a necessity and it's a bit too much for a side table at the moment. It's definitely on my want list though (which is worryingly long already... does the novelty wear off? Will I go back to buying expensive make up and cute jewellery? Answers on a postcard please!) Next we headed to John Lewis, which is one of my favourite shops. I love their home ware range, so many pretty things!
We are going to paint the flat a neutral colour to begin with and along the way we might add a couple of feature walls with different types of wallpaper or something similar. I think It'd just be too much to do for moving in and It'd be a huge expense. Anyway, I seen a couple of Vivienne Westwood wallpapers to die for! I didn't even bother checking the prices as I think It'd put me off.. maybe not... I'll put links for them underneath.
We are going to paint the flat a neutral colour to begin with and along the way we might add a couple of feature walls with different types of wallpaper or something similar. I think It'd just be too much to do for moving in and It'd be a huge expense. Anyway, I seen a couple of Vivienne Westwood wallpapers to die for! I didn't even bother checking the prices as I think It'd put me off.. maybe not... I'll put links for them underneath.
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Owl's & Peacocks
Hello! I had a great day today. Russell and I headed into town to pick up a pair of cushions we had ordered for our new flat. They were from Dwell (which I usually love) but they were a complete disappointment, on the website they were described as 'copper' and in real life they were drab and brown. Luckily enough they refunded the payment for me and we headed off to Habitat. I love habitat so much but their stuff can be quite pricey, I guess it's worth it for the quality though. They were having a 70% sale so I picked up this cute owl vase for £7.50 :
I love it and I think it'll go nice in our new bedroom. I've gone decorating mad as we have just bought our first property and it's a blank canvas. We have private let for 3 years which has been good but it's time for us to start lining our own pockets and have a place that we can make our own :)
I want our new place to be different. I really like the film Annie Hall and I like the style of furniture and furnishings in it so I think we'll try and go along those lines if we can. So far we have bought a 4 seater sofa and chair, a 4 seater table and chair set, a kingsize bed, a lamp, coasters, two vases and a set of 4 ice cream sundae glasses (a necessity if you're going to live with me!!) Everything has been bought on sale and half price or less so we really haven't had to spend a lot of money. I thought January would be a stressful time to start all of this but it's been quite the opposite as the shops have been quiet and full of sales.
I think I will have to wait until my next wage before I buy anything else as like everyone else Christmas has left me a bit skint. When I get paid I plan to buy more bits and bobs and it'll gradually build up until we have everything we need. I really liked the vase to the right - - > it's called Karina and again, from Habitat. I love pretty repeat patterns so I'm sure my home will be full of them. If anyone has any suggestions for websites / shops that sell similar items then please send them my way. I have been struggling to find interesting items. I've been mostly looking at Ikea, Habitat and Dwell. I really can't think of many other places which seems crazy but true?
Anyway, after Habitat I bought these two cute ice-cream coasters from Maia on Buchanan Street ( such a nice little shop full of wonderful nick naks and even better - it's also an ice-cream parlour!! hurry up Summer...) I know they're a bit tacky but I have garish taste, so be it. They were only £1.50 each, what girl could resist?!
Afterwards we headed to Bar Ten for a drink. Russell's new years resolution is to try new things, which I think is a great idea. It's fun as it means he's been eating different food, trying different beer etc.. which means we've been going to new places instead of our trusty favourites (always a good thing) So Russell ordered a 'Blue Moon' which is a fruity beer and it tasted delicious (from a non beer drinker - me) it must of been good. Bar Ten is on Mitchell Lane and they always play really good music.
They had a pin board with their favourite website and album of the month which is a nice idea. I know I said I am not going to have new years resolutions for 2011 but I have decided to make a conscious effort to take more photo's this year as I didn't document last year very well. I realised when I was looking through my photo album for last year that I had missed out big chunks of fun times which is a real shame, so it shall be sorted this year! I got a lomo camera from my friend at Christmas so it'll be fun using that (if i can remember how) and hopefully I'll get some interesting photos and effects out of it.
Anyway, that's enough for now. Thanks for reading, and again - send me any interiors websites / shop locations and hopefully I can add to my new flat collection. I move at the end of February so there's plenty of time :)
I want our new place to be different. I really like the film Annie Hall and I like the style of furniture and furnishings in it so I think we'll try and go along those lines if we can. So far we have bought a 4 seater sofa and chair, a 4 seater table and chair set, a kingsize bed, a lamp, coasters, two vases and a set of 4 ice cream sundae glasses (a necessity if you're going to live with me!!) Everything has been bought on sale and half price or less so we really haven't had to spend a lot of money. I thought January would be a stressful time to start all of this but it's been quite the opposite as the shops have been quiet and full of sales.
Anyway, after Habitat I bought these two cute ice-cream coasters from Maia on Buchanan Street ( such a nice little shop full of wonderful nick naks and even better - it's also an ice-cream parlour!! hurry up Summer...) I know they're a bit tacky but I have garish taste, so be it. They were only £1.50 each, what girl could resist?!
Anyway, that's enough for now. Thanks for reading, and again - send me any interiors websites / shop locations and hopefully I can add to my new flat collection. I move at the end of February so there's plenty of time :)
Monday, 3 January 2011
Happy New Year!
Hello and welcome to 2011... 3 days late but it's better late than never. I hope 2011 has been good to you all, it's been not bad to me. I'm not a great New Year fan but I love Christmas. This New Year I spent in my flat with my boyfriend watching tv and eating lots of junk food - yay.
It was nice to wake up in the morning hangover and drama free. I should really of got into the New Year spirit and had a shower, wore new clothes, cleaned my flat etc... but instead I spent the day in bed watching my Harry Potter boxset that I got for Christmas.
I never even got washed... yes you read that right, no washing on New Years day apart from a facewipe to remove my make up from the day before. How classy?! And forget New Years dinner, we had a take away. I'm not doing too well at this 'start as you mean to continue' stuff am I?
To be fair though, I think it is because I am happily content. There are a couple of things I'd like to change for this year but in general 2010 was not bad to me, it was really rather good. I am quite happy to continue as I was. The only thing I decided to change was... make sure and text people back. It's something I'm not great at and I've already fallen back into my old trap of picking my phone up, reading the text, putting the phone back down.
Lazy? Forgetful? A bit of both I think. Maybe I'll change it in 2012. It's quite scary typing that!
I hope this year is kind to you all :)
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