Beautiful neighbourhood.

Lately I've been feeling a little blue about my living space. Our tiny house is adorable, don't get me wrong, but it's just that one word... TINY. My housemates and I all struggle with it, which does at least mean that we have pooled our resources and added loads of cool stuff to the downstairs (even if it is just because it won't fit upstairs!).



Candle Holder - Laura Ashley
Lamp c/o Out There Interiors
Painting by my Dad
My room is the part that frustrates me - kind of obvs, I guess, as I spend most of my time here. When we moved in, I got donated a couple of chest of drawers and a wardrobe that weren't completely my taste, but it's hard to turn down free stuff, isn't it? Even if you're not mad on it.

So I have mixed feelings about the fact that one of my chest of drawers is falling apart. Part of me is annoyed - everything JUST fits in here! But the other part is kind of pleased, because it's finally an excuse to replace the drawers I really don't like.

one | two | three

Partly I just want to go to ikea and invest in something lovely and classy like this, but I'm trying to save less at the moment so this weekend I'm going secondhand hunting, starting with the Emmaus Trust, a charity which sells second hand furniture. Great idea, non? I also means is might get something slightly better quality than, er, this.

I've been reading lots of Buzzfeed lately - like a LOT - seriously, I could lay my hands on about eighty hilarious cat GIFs right now. But there's some super useful stuff on there too, including this great article on space saving which has made me want to go storage crazy. And this one! I'm going to add hooks to every surface! PRACTICAL.