I love my Mum

I love my Mum... we had one of those typical mother / daughter moments over the weekend as I'm sure every single person experiences from time to time.

She popped over to visit me with a bunch of gorgeous flowers and take-away coffee from my favourite local coffee shop in hand. I'm not sure if it was a peace offering or just because she's wonderful.

In any case, I think she's the best Mum ever.

Display ideas

I've previously mentioned a few of the display items in my home, in particular my retro sideboard and my genie bottle.

While flicking through a recent copy of RealLiving Magazine I came across this image:

I really love this display and would like to think I can incorporate something similar in my house. The balance between the antlers up high and the group of bottles just works! Plus I love the casual element of propping pictures against the wall, as opposed to hanging them.

I already have the sideboard and one genie bottle - I'm wondering if I should aim to collect some more. Alternatively, I've started collecting a few pieces of amber glassware which could work in this type of set up... I guess time will tell.

Genie bottles

I adore "genie bottles" and other retro glass. In my dream home I think I would have a collection like this one from black-afro:

Or these:

Image by m free.

Or even these:



Picture from jollypollypickins.

I love the styling of this collection:


Image of The Parker - Palm Springs (lobby lounge), from DavidTripp.

Unfortunately, I only have one lonely bottle at this point in time.



I think it's time to start trawling eBay and vintage stores to find some more!