Home // Gold Animals

Dinosaurs on the desk of Catherine from The Life Styled Via The Glitter Guide

Table centrepieces via Sitting Tree Events

Animal-topped mason jars, perfect for jewelry or nail polish storage -  via Land of Nams

I've been meaning to DIY some gold animals for quite some time after spotting them in several stylish settings (see pictures above). They're cute and playful and I thought it'd be fun to dot a couple around my bookshelf and coffee table or maybe even re-create the animal-topped mason jars. After my Kate Spade Canvas DIY I had some gold spray paint left over, so it was just a simple case of finding the plastic animals and getting a bit of free time.

I opted for a bucket of mixed 'safari' animals for mine, but of course, you could choose something different like dinosaurs or farm animals. Or, go for one larger sized animal if you want a bigger visual impact. Once I had the animals I simply laid them out flat on newspaper, sprayed one side of them, waited for them to dry and then did the other. As easy as that! I'm really pleased with how they've turned out and the effect is just what I wanted. I have four of them in my living room and even though I have another 12 sat in their bucket, I think they're best staying there for now. I'm going for playful chic decor after all, not a zoo.

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HRH Collection Jewelry // Louis Ghost Chairs

Sparkle :)  //  La Lumiere  //  La Petit Lumiere  //  InnisFree Glitter Polish '105'

Latest apartment acquisition  //  Louis Ghost Chair

I recently found a new blog called HRH Collection. It's written by a girl called Alex, an American girl with impeccable style. Her home is beautiful, her outfits are simple and sophisticated and her accessories are just incredible. Her style is very similar to my taste and I was so thrilled when I realised she has an online shop selling most of the jewellery she wears, all of which she makes herself. I'd love the whole lot in all honesty, but, I decided to be sensible for a change and just bought three. For now.

I'm thrilled with the bracelets so I did a quick video review of them on my YouTube channel. Go watch it (here) if you'd like to see the bracelets in more detail and know the names etc.

The chair is another recent buy. I've been wanting a Louis Ghost chair for such a long time and I'm so glad I've been able to add one to my apartment, finally.


Has anyone else bought anything from HRH collection? Is there anything you've wanted for a long time and then finally got?

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A Sunny Sunday At Mine // First World, Songdo

Yesterday morning was one of those blissfully peaceful mornings. We ate poached eggs for breakfast with fresh white toast and sat on the couch sipping hot coffee whilst the sun streamed in our apartment windows. I wish every morning was Sunday morning!

I remembered that I promised I would give you a sneak peek of  our new place soon, so I took a few pics to share with you now.

 

 

We're still getting settled into the place. But we're already in love with the views over the park below, something that we really love about Songdo is the abundance of outdoor space.

My fiance and I both have quite similar taste when it comes to furnishing our apartment. He mainly leaves it up to me though. His only request was that this one was more 'manly' than our last apartment. I guess I'd inadvertently made the last one quite feminine, ooops!

We already had the couch and TV table so I'm planning to base the colour scheme around those things. I prefer a neutral look of creams, black and brown. I've already added some touches of silver I had from our previous apartment (and the flowers) to give it just that hint of girlyness that I love. I'm still looking for a big floor lamp for this room and something to fill the walls but apart from that it's just small trinkets and soft furnishings that it needs. They're something that can easily be accumulated with time though.

At about 3pm we started to feel guilty for not doing anything! So, just to keep our consciences clear, we got ready and headed out for a walk in the park. We'd been deceived by the blue skies though, it was minus five degrees centigrade! We weren't dressed for that so the walk got put on hold and we headed for coffee instead. Not very exciting but still a perfect relaxing Sunday for me.

What's your perfect Sunday like?