OVER THE MOO-N

Slowly but surely our little flat is starting to feel like home. When we moved in a few months ago I thought it was a simple case of positioning my furniture and hey presto we would be settled. The problem is I'm a creative person and even worse than that I am a creative person who works with interior products, so whilst we have a whole new set of pillows to fluff and every surface has a lamp with one of our shades on it, I've still got that itchy feet feeling.

Currently we are musing over the idea of painting the walls (I want the same aquamarine colour we use in our silk Archive cushions, he wants green!). Whilst we battle this one out we are in the process of hanging pictures on every spare wall to bring some much needed colour into the place. I also have two chairs that I have begun to recover (blog post to come). And the final step in making our house feel like home comes from these kind of impulse buys. Normally I sneak my thrifted treasures in, telling the other half "we've always had it" or better still "my mother gave it to us" but this latest addition was just too big.

A few Sundays ago I popped into the Capital Car Boot in Pimlico for a little nosey around and happened to find this piece of treasure.

For a very long time the two of us have lusted after a big cow hide rug to grace our living room floor (we don't even have a living room yet!) so you can imagine how chuffed I was to purchase this mini version - the perfect size for the studio room. And the best bit, it was a complete bargain at only £7!