For The Home

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I've been collecting interior inspiration on Pinterest lately like there's no tomorrow, so instead of pinning and letting them get lost in a dark cupboard somewhere I thought I'd actually share a few. Aspirational, yes. Attainable, well that's the tricky bit isn't it. Most of my daily pins come from Design, Style and Graphics but my Home board is something I've been adding to ever since I signed up. They're ideas for later, I'm saving them for when we're actually at a stage where some of the elements picked out when suitable.

It soon becomes apparent that your place is never going look like a catalogue, and who really wants that? That's why I find finds like Freunde von Freunden and An Afternoon With... so appealing, cos it's real people doing their own thing; it's hard to see something as your own when it's in a brochure. Without trying it out for yourself you never really know if it's going to work, plus it's impossible to buy everything at once. It's always a work in progress. A piece of old furniture from your parents house, something you've collected from your travels, plenty of second hand bits that you can have a bash at renovating and making good use of promotions and final reductions at sale times. It's got to be done.

Having recently had a new bathroom fitted I know first hand how considered you have to be when you're on a budget, every penny really does count. But there's plenty of options out there without breaking the bank, you just have to be savvy with your choices. To help you plan and make the right decision you could try using a handy online guide, starting with shower enclosures, available at Mira Showers. The guide takes you through a specially designed selection process, taking you through several stages, helping you to choose the right fixtures suitable for your bathroom. Up to now bathrooms have been pretty "bog standard" and these designs above are serving as great inspiration as to what to aim for. Personally I'm a fan of traditional and modern mixed together, working as a tag-team a la Legion of Doom. White subway tiles and brass fittings with colourful accessories and wooden fixtures is very much my bag.

It's a pretty exciting time for me and Hollie. We're at the very early stages of planning our wedding, looking at ventures and think about where the heck we're going to live after. I can't wait to get my hands on a place that we can actually inject a bit of life into. These pins  above might not be much help right now but they serve as a great starting point and something to aim for.

This post is in partnership with Mira Showers, all views are my own.

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