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One of my true joys in life is unwrapping a fresh scented candle, a second joy is someone complimenting on the smell of ones home. Its the foundation to a guests experience of the interaction. Rarely do I lay this foundation correctly but sometimes, when my ducks are in order and I've given that candle its time to infuse itself into every corner I feel like a proper human being. This all being said, I of course blow the candle out before supper, it can steam roll a good bite.

If I’m truly honest, nothing fills me with quite as much giddy delight as going on a bit of a splurge. Even if it’s only an imaginary £5,000, I couldn’t have been more thrilled to contemplate how I might spend my pennies and pounds. Most of my money currently goes into nursery fees and even though a big part of my job involves looking at and writing about lovely things, I’ve become quite good at admiring them from afar and accepting the fact that this is a time of life when I

Glorious furniture, beautiful clothes and everything in between.

After selling her estate agency business in 2024, Anna Rowsell turned years of understanding homes and interiors, along with her passion for antiques, into The Blue Loft, her online vintage and antiques store. The Blue Loft celebrates colourful, spirited interiors with a touch of whimsy, specialising in vintage and antique oil paintings and complemented by bold, joyful accessories.

What a random affair this is. No one need take a bit of notice, as you and I both know my knowledge of fashion is fairly limited. My only offering is that I do enjoy shopping, far too much for my meagre budget, but the heart wants what it wants, and mine seems to want a huge number of jumpers, an absurd amount of dresses I never wear and a grand selection of coats. One knows not where this capitalist streak comes from, but here I am passing it on to you, hoping I can live vic

A lot of people are rather dismissive of Etsy. Well, not I. Here in the Tat universe, we are fans of the cottage-industry marketplace. It can't be denied that it has had some rather odd interlopers of late: quite a lot of pieces now come from that great nation, China. That in itself is no bad thing, but it does make this once proudly handmade, independently owned corner of the internet something a little different from what it once promised to be. All that being said, I have

How much of an introduction does Liberty Nimmo really need? If you're any sort of Tat fanatic, you'll already know she's been writing for us for years. She's been a friend of mine since I was thirteen, and she remains one of those delightful people whose life never stops thrilling me.

One of these days I will stay within the budget, and that day is today. I have, in fact, left this article with 15p to spare. I couldn't tell you how I've done it - just call me a money-saving expert.

Ding, ding, ding — before our August holiday starts, I thought I'd give you one more "Oh the Things I've Seen," as I think you are a delightful bunch who deserve to see some lovely things knocking about your screen. I hope you'll agree that there is something for everybody below, and if not, let me know!

I have a problem. I don't know how I have done it but I have gone £8.90 over and realistically I wanted to go £28.90 over as I really needed to add in this fantastic tray from Dyke and Dean, which I feel is summer in a tray, so who can blame me. There is a real array of items this month. Hats, shoes and so many small little bits to add into your home. I hope you forgive my over zealous spending, but this is purely fictional and somewhat fun and I do hope you agree.

So between you and me, I don't have £5,000 to spend this month. I have closer to £100, which could well go on something in the below. I wanted to enact this thought experiment so that we could hover over the goods of those who perhaps get left out of the 'Antiques That Caught My Eye' or a '100 Pieces of Homeware For Under £100'. Here I thought these would be dream delights that go from £1–£1000. Sadly, this first time I did this I went over, so even in my imaginary life I can

So really it's a hodgepodge of goods dreamt up this week, as we thought you too might be thinking about ways to enhance your outdoor life and other such fun, frolicsome things that you probably won't buy but may well enjoy seeing. We have tried to keep a mind on the price so hopefully there is something for everyone and as ever we have some delightful garden antiques at the bottom.

So fabrics and I have always got on like great mates but wallpapers, we have had to find our rhythm. It doesn't mean the friendship is any less important it just perhaps means that we are a little more tentative with one another. I put this down to much of my early career seeing interior designers cover houses with wallpaper. Each room would have a different theme and it used to give me quite the headache, I also thought that wallpaper was doing far too much of the heavy lift

I don't know if you have found this but whenever I look at Instagram, Substack or a magazine I am always enticed into believing some object should really be mine and then I find the price and I think well you can stay right where you are. I have long suspected I am just cheap, and the more I see these lists and pages of things to purchase I have come to accept it as fact. I am a lady who likes a deal. This all being said I am also a lady who likes to treat herself. So I found

January seems like a time to buy stationery, or perhaps it is a time to buy nothing. Either way, what’s the harm in looking and thinking to yourself what an organised person you could be if you just bought that Choosing Keeping notebook or a Compton Marbling box. I, for one, know it would make my intentions better, although my actions always seem to fall short.

Money slips through my fingers as if it were sand. One minute I feel quite flush, the next I’m anxiously waiting for the word Approved to flash up on the cashier’s register. That sensation has only grown sharper with the pinch of inflation over the past five years.

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