When I was getting close to thirty, a few good recommendations quietly changed my day-to-day. This is where I keep the things I love, the things I want and the things I swear by.
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Amber hour at home
Six warm pieces for the time of day when the light goes gold.
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Reading corner, in six pieces
A chair, a lamp and a few things to make you stay for one more chapter.
Vanity favs
The six things that make getting ready feel like a ritual.
Velvet, fringe & a little drama
For the rooms that could use a bit more personality.
Pick one: same piece, two moods
Three favourite pieces, each in two colours. Which one is you?
Beauty sleep, upgraded
Six things that make going to bed early feel like a treat.
Candlelit table for autumn
Six pieces for long dinners when it gets dark at six.
Romanticise your 7pm. Start with the vanity.
Your evening routine deserves a better stage.
If it's this pretty, it stays on the counter
Kitchen things too nice to put away.
Everything chrome
Six polished pieces that make a kitchen shine, literally.
Turn off the big light. Thank me later.
Five lamps and a candle for a bedroom that glows.
A basic kitchen? Couldn't be me.
Seven pieces for a kitchen with more personality than a showroom.
Normal people buy beige. I bought everything chrome.
Seven chrome pieces for anyone who finds beige a bit boring.
The almanac, week of 2 November
The first real week of winter coats, and the one thing December won't wait for.
The winter bottle
Building a scent wardrobe, part two: the one that smells like a lit room in December.
Three gauges of knitwear, and what each one does
Fine, mid and chunky. If your winter wardrobe has these three, it's done.
The green corner
One colour, four pieces, and a corner that finally looks like a decision.
Dark romantic
Plum eyes, wine lips, a velvet ribbon. My idea of a costume for the last night of October.
The almanac, week of 26 October
A full moon, one Rilke letter a night, and a list to write while it's still a pleasure.
Gifts, also on my list
Six small things for other people that I'd happily keep for myself.
Boots that survive winter
Three pairs, three jobs. Everything else is a bonus.
The wool coat that works over everything
Long, chocolate brown and a little too big. The only coat decision that really matters.
How to layer scent
Building a scent wardrobe, part one: three rules and a sandalwood to start with.
Cat-eye nails in 5 steps
The autumn version. Easier than it looks, I promise.
Five books for a slower season
Essays, fragments, waves and a year spent asleep. For the darker months.