#BloggersDoItBetter Challenge - Bloggers Do Spring Better

So this is my first part of the Bloggers Do It Better challenge that I am taking part in (you can read more about it here).  The topic for this post is 'Bloggers Do Spring Better' and we could cover anything whether its beauty, fashion or nails.  I decided to opt for interiors as it's something I feature quite frequently here on ESJ.

I decided to show how I style different rooms for spring using a few of the same pieces in different spaces - also technically have a wee tour of my room in it too :)

In our dining room, I just laid a cream runner on the table with a vase of tulips, an Urban Apothecary candle and this bottle from Sainsburys (in store now).

Our living room is normally accessorised with purple so I've tried to brighten it up with flowers and brightly coloured cushions 

 

I love having arty books on the coffee table.  I bought the dog a few years ago - possibly from Habitat - but there's quite a few places now selling objets d'art like this now. 

Again, I've featured the glass bottle from Sainsburys with some simple candles. 

The flowers on the fireplace hearth were given to my mum from me and my brother for mothers day. 

I bought the coral objets d'art from TK Maxx - they have quite a lot of this style of accessory in a few of the stores I've been in.  The green vase is a vintage one I bought about 5 years ago on eBay.  The glass vase is actually a whisky decanter that I bought from a car boot sale.

My Bedroom!

 I've recently repainted my room (see here for the old look) as I wanted something fresher and more calming than the blue it used to be...can you tell that pink and aqua is my favourite colour combination?

I feel so proud of myself for this vignette - I feel like it could be featured on Pinterest eek! I am absolutely obsessed with my wallpaper and I'm dreading the day when I eventually move out of my childhood home.

 My super comfy bed...can you spot Pascale from Tangled?

The print on the wall is the Holstee manifesto - buy it here 

I bought my desk about 2 years ago from TK Maxx. I used to hate that shop but now I'm in there at least twice a month checking out their new items - the store closest to my home doesn't sell furniture but theres another one about 20 minutes away that does :0 

This table used to be my bedside table until I bought the Expedit unit from Ikea. I bought it in the John Lewis sale about 4 years ago for about £25 - I think it had been reduced from £80 or something crazy!  I popped the same Sainsburys bottle on top and the dog is from - you guessed it - TK Maxx! 

On my desk I have my laptop, my brand new GORGEOUS filofax, a watermelon mint candle which is super springy and refreshing, a photograph of my dog in a frame from Asda, a picture of me and my family that was taken at a wedding last year - the frame is from Wilkinsons, the coral ornament I featured earlier, a jar that I bought ages ago from John Lewis, desk lamp from Ikea, and my money banks (no money in them sadly) and my stationery.

The big pink flower canvas is from Dunelm Mill, the deer pictures were bought from Habitat before it closed down (sad face) and the honeycomb decorations are from Sainsburys (in store now)

I saw this frame in Marks and Spencer last week and I just had to have it - it's so cute!  The body cream is an organic whipped body butter made here in Edinburgh by the Edinburgh Natural Skincare Company and it comtains lavender oil so I love to put it on before bed - a small amount goes a long way so it's lasted me ages.  I got the deer toy from the toy department in Jenners, the jar was bought at a car boot sale and the little dinosaur was brought back from Prague from a friend.

This is my university bookcase - hence the pelvis and skull ha!  The pinboard is a recent addition to fill that empty space on the wall.  I bought the giant fish from Marks and Spencer about 3 years ago I think - it weighs a tonne! The thankyou card is the very first one I received from a patient a few weeks ago so it's taken pride of place in my room :)

 This is the top of my Expedit bedside unit.  The lamp is from Dunelm Mill but the shade is actually broken and I still haven't gotten around to buying a new one!  The tall gold vase is from Marks and Spencer and the smaller gold vase is another car boot sale find.  The book I am currently reading is Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami - he's on of my favourite writers.

Hope you enjoyed seeing how I style my room and home for Spring and maybe it gave you some ideas to perk up your own space!

My Dream Home : Hallway

I'd love my future hallway to be nice and bright and uncluttered.

But I also feel it's sets the tone for your whole house and is a place where you can give visitors an instant insight into your style with just a few small pieces.

It's also one of those spaces where you can be really bold with your flooring without it being too overpowering. I love the green hallway above for their mix of three different patterns in such a small space as the green carpet and accessories tie it all together.

These black doors with white trim make this simple hallway look chic and luxurious with easy changes.

Hallways can also be functional though, and this is a great way to display your books if you have lots of them but not a lot of space in your living room or and office space to store them.

I added these in purely because or their size and how light and open they are. I see so many homes for sale in Edinburgh with large hallways that don't have a huge amount of natural light but the owners always have dark wood and fabrics and it makes them feel really gloomy and cold in my opinion.

All images from Pinterest

Interior Inspiration - Beautiful Bathrooms

All pictures from Pinterest

Interior Inspiration : Dream Dining Room

This is the the dining room of the Tiffany Suite in the St Regis Hotel in New York.

This is my most loved colour scheme! I think aqua, white and cerise work perfectly together and can feel cool and fresh as well as warm and cosy with a change in lighting and accessories.

Love the amount of light flooding in through those doors...would be really nice to have lights on the railings outside for at night time.

Those wingback chairs! I'm obsessed with geometric patterns in the home.  They've also got my favourite flowers in my favourite colour *swoon*

Place settings are a bit of an obsession for me...my dining table will be set all the time and i'll probably never use it haha!

***All pictures from Pinterest***

Interior Inspiration : Dream Kitchen

The kitchen will probably be the most eclectic room in my future home.

It'll need to be fairly big because I love baking and I always make a mess when I cook so I think if it's bigger I wouldn't make as much of a mess....

I really like this industrial style of metal units with wooden counter tops and exposed brick work. It looks really fresh, fun and lively.

This is gorgeous! I'm a big fan of dark wood. This type of wood would be perfect for the counter tops in the kitchen above.

Got to have a bit of sparkle somewhere in the kitchen to glam it up. 

Obsessed with subway tiles...and that mixer...and the jars...and those bottles and the box they're in...all of this is perfection!