I'm never normally influenced to purchase anything after watching adverts or youtube videos, but something extra special struck a chord with me a few weeks ago. During one of Zoellas' youtube hauls she confessed her love for Interior Design & mentioned a few books she had purchased on the subject, one being 'Design Bloggers At Home' - To me this seemed like the perfect read. I've forever been interested in Interior Design, holding a degree in the subject & continuously building my portfolio. But I've also been writing 'xclaireabella' for around 9 months now (a fashion & beauty based blog) so to me this book seemed perfect! I instantly scoured the internet for this devilish read & found it on Amazon priced at £13.59.
I was like a child at Christmas when it arrived, the packaging was ripped open straight away, a brew and buiscuts were prepared & I was snuggled up with it for the rest of the night. I don't think I've ever read a book so quick! I did manage to get throuugh Alexa Chungs' IT in less than a day, but this must have been a new record! I simply couldn't put it down.
The book written by leading Interiors Journalist & stylist Ellie Tennant takes a delve into & explores 12 Interior Design bloggers homes. Not only is this book highly laidened with images from the bloggers homes (which are amazing) but it also contains a brief description into each bloggers life & how they have designed their homes to accomodate for this. They give both style & blogging tips which are really helpful and really makes you feel you can create a home as beautiful as their own. Each Blogger has a large 10 page spread in the book, displaying blog links and with each image being referenced aproapriately if you wish to do any more research.
The book finishes with a 'How to start your own blog' chapter, full of inspirational quotes from the bloggers involved which proove really helpful & have in turn has filled me with inspiration to take out my laptop & put my passions int words as part of 'Claire McPartland Interiors'.
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Welcome to the first of my Inspirations posts, I'll be publishing these on a regular basis as I love whipping my SLR out and taking a few snaps of things I really consider to be inspirational interiors. Today I'll be looking at Industrial Lighting, in particular that at The Purple Pig Boro.
The Purple Pig Boro is a pretty new to the area, ingeniously branded Burger Bar. I've been a few time and eaten delicacies such as the 'Snoop Hoggy Hogg' & 'Chilli Chilli Bang Bang' but it's the Interiors that really keep me coming back - I'm a sucker for fabulous lighting.
I tend to get drawn to this style of lighting, for me there's just nothing like it. I love the raw industrial iron finish against the lamps & the shadows they create around the room are just phenomenal especially when the nights are drawing in.
Adding this style of lighting to your Interior can totally transform the space & give it a much edgier appearance. Below are 5 more examples of Industrial Lighting.
1. Shades Of Light (£298.15)
2. Urban Cottage Industries (£52.80)
3. Barn Lighting Electrics (£90.32)
4. Etsy (£47.50)
5. YOBO (£14.99)
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