My new clock & other terrific timepieces

Had to show you my latest purchase! I'd been keeping my eyes peeled for a nice wall clock for our front room, and when I spotted this at Greenwich market last weekend I was very excited, even more so when I managed to get it for £15! 

If I hadn't have picked this one up, I probably would have been shopping around, and here's a few from the high street I'm loving....

Heals - reduced to £35.23

If you feel like splashing out a little!.... Liberty - £225

I think my next clock purchase will definitely be a starburst!

Heals - £78.30

After Noah have got a great collection of vintage and retro style clocks..... here are a few that caught my eye.....

After Noah - £45

After Noah - £20.00

lovely new things to buy.....

without wanting to plug my ebay shop TOO much, I just had to show you a few new items I have just put on there! You have to check them out, most of them I wanted to keep myself!! 

Click here to visit the shop

Here's a preview....!

Pedlars have recently sold out of these retro milk bottles, but I have got a few of these quirky vessels at my ebay shop!

Lots of Love,

xxx

vintage/retro art prints

I am currently counting the days until my next paycheck...only 3 to go!!.... and the first thing I am gonna buy is this brilliant advertising print.... mainly because I have an obsession with pugs, but can't have a real one yet, so this will have to do... :)

£25.99

If you're not into pugs as much as me, you should still check out art.co.uk - they have serious amounts of vintage & retro style prints... here's a few that caught my eye...

£4.99  

£11.99 

£24.99 

You can even choose a custom frame to go with it... you can choose the mould, the colour even the type of glass....

for example this print framed costs £38.45

Also worth a look is the Advertising Trusts print shop...

both are various prices depending on size, starting at £15

The winner is announced!!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered my competition to win the gorgeous New London Style book, but unfortunately there can only be one winner..... and the prize goes to....

Congratulations Gail! I will email you shortly to get your address, I hope you enjoy the book!

Thanks again for all the entries and keep your eyes peeled for the next Patchwork Harmony giveaway!! 

Love, Caroline x

Last day to enter my competition!

My comp to win the New London Style book ends today! So get your entry in quick! 

Enter here

It really is a lovely book, I will announce the winner on here tomorrow, and the winner will also be personally notified 

Good Luck!! x

an inspiring home....

I thought for a change I would show you a home which I have came across that makes me want to save every spare penny, so my other half and I can get that 1st home as soon as poss and start doing it up!! 

On Living Etc magazines website, you can post pics of your home on their forum and this is definitely one of the most inspiring on there....

what i love.... the floor tiles, front doors windows, the framed gig tickets which Lucy's partner had been collecting since he was 13! there are 6 of these framed sets of tickets!

what i love.... the huge clock and industrial style light.... see my recent post on lighting....

what i love.... the Smeg fridge (v jealous!) the green wall tiles, the metallic bread bin 

what i love.... the reclaimed headboard, the neutral colours as it makes the headboard a feature, the fireplace, the cat! 

what i love.... the cluster of personal pics, Love & Peace cushions and that comfy looking chair! 

what i love... vintage tube station signs, the rug, the full length curtains

I think what I love most is the simple colour schemes in all the rooms, to which Lucy has added interest with some nice features such as the reclaimed headboard and some well chosen accessories!

PS. Don't forget only 2 days left to enter my competition to win the 'New London Style' book!! closes at the end of the day on Wed 21st! get your entry in asap! 

Enter Here!

Patchwork Harmony - the Ebay shop!

as some of you may know,  I have been working really hard as I am in the process of setting up Patchwork Harmony - my online boutique! The site is currently in development and will be up an running in a few months! 

In the meantime I thought I would dip my toes in the water with an ebay store, so please come and check out the little gems I have on there at the moment....

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/patchworkharmony

here is a little preview.....

Please let me know what you think!

xxx

Camouflage Chic...

...and I'm not talking army style cushions or painting all your furniture so it blends into your wallpaper! 

The Camouflage Company designs are definitely the prettiest camo I've ever seen.... and their products are super practical too!

It is very unlikely many of you are spending much time in your gardens at the moment (unless you are reading this in Australia or the like, but I'm going to pretend that you guys are not baking in beautiful sunshine right now!) so you might want to protect your garden furniture until the warmer and lighter days roll in, and these great covers are the perfect and prettiest way to do this!

Left: Circular table cover - £25

Right: Parasol cover - £16.50

If, like me, you are not blessed with a garden, they have lots of other gorgeous goodies for around the home, I am loving their peg bags and shoppers....

Peg bag - £6

Shopper - £10

Check out the rest of their range at The Camouflage Company shop

PS. Don't forget to enter my competition before Wed 21st January!!

Enter here

Competition Time! Win the 'New London Style' book

here we go! the 1st ever Patchwork Harmony competition! The prize is the beautiful book New London Style by Chloe Grimshaw and Ingrid Rasmussen which I recently featured here.

All you have to do is answer a simple question which you will find the answer to within my blog...

Which company stood out for me when I visited the Country Living Fair in November?

Send you answer to me at patchwork.harmony@gmail.com with the email subject as "Competition Entry"

The closing date is Wednesday 21st January, and I will notify the winner by email, and post the result on here.

Good Luck Everyone! xxx

new year... new... lighting?!

with the Christmas and New Year festivities over again for another year, you might now be thinking of spending your extra pennies on some new home comforts, but with the recession hitting everyone hard, it may just be those small luxuries that will make all the difference to your home.

One thing that can change the whole mood of a room is the lighting, and I am currently in love with anything industrial in this category...  I think it can work well within many interiors and can be used almost anywhere.... your kitchen, living room, bathroom, study.....

For example, a stainless steel anglepoise style lamp could fit into any colour scheme, and will give a chic addition to any table....

or for a less hard look, this is similar to one I recently picked up from Planet Bazaar:

Here you can see how pendant lighting can look great in both a kitchen or bedroom, so why not experiment? (both pics from Living Etc Magazine)

Pick up similar from Labour & Wait

Pick up similar from Chaplins

xxx