Week 13 & 14 - March/April 2020 — The Patterned Palace

“Week 1 & 2 of Staying Home”

Monday 23rd

Monday morning vibes💕
Today I shall be here (not in this bed, just under this roof!) staying safe, staying positive and most importantly STAYING HOME!!
To all of those doing the same, I salute you!

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Wallpaper by Marimekko- available from Wallpaper Direct

Frida Khalo print - Maya Land (print no longer available click to shop her other artwork)

Yellow Gucci Girl print *- Amy Beager

Quote print*- The 13 Prints (print no longer available.Click to shop current range)

Marquee Light Letter- Hobbycraft

All cushions on bed*- Dunelm

Bedding*- Dunelm

*items kindly gifted

Tuesday 24th

Yesterday I wore sequins, on the off chance I was unexpectedly summoned on a videoconferencing call. Funnily enough , that didn’t happen...but you just never know!!

Don’t run the risk of being caught short when staying at home...scrub up, dress up & always be prepared, even if it’s just from the waist up!
In these unprecedented times, every little helps, and sequins definitely worked to lift my spirits! 💃🏼✨

Wednesday 25th

Keeping things going today with my usual #wallpaperwednesday So here, for your enjoyment, is a sneaky peek of @orlakiely at her finest. It’s her Striped Petal design which we put up in the snug around eight years ago. I first discovered this striking wallpaper when I saw it on the walls of the staircase at the Orla Kiely store in London and it was love at first sight! I just couldn’t get it out of my mind! I remember when we decorated in here and my Mother-in-law saw it for the first time she was quite taken aback (to put it politely!) her thoughts being that I wouId soon get bored of such an ‘obvious’ pattern. How wrong could she be!! This was In fact the start of my total obsession with all things Orla & I can quite honestly say, my love for this gorgeous wallpaper hasn’t dwindled one little bit. I adore it as much today as I did when I very first laid eyes on it, way back then in that London store!

Have you got any Wallpaper love stories? Do tell...

Orla Kiely Striped Petal wallpaper, The Patterned Palace

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Wallpaper - Striped Petal by Orla Kiely available from Wallpaper Direct

Handbag* - Orla Kiely

*items kindly gifted

Friday 27th

Reasons to be cheerful (part one)🎶☀️
Anyone who knows me well will know I’m someone whose mood is affected hugely by the weather. I don’t do well on the dark dreary days but chuck me a bit of sunshine and I’m the happiest girl in the world!!
So whilst we’re all struggling to deal with this curveball we’ve been thrown, at least we can be thankful that MrWeather’s done us a solid and eased the weirdness by blessing us with some SUNSHINE!!🙌🏼
Stay home, stay safe & stay positive!

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Frida print - Stan Chow

Ti Amo print* - Doodlemoo

Velvet armchair & sofa** - DFS

Rainbow striped cushion* - Tullibee

Velvet trunks (set of 3)* - QVC

Rug - Ikea

*items kindly gifted

**gifted as part of a paid partnership

Monday 30th

I’ve not posted on my grid since Friday which is almost unheard of but like so many others I appear to have lost my Insta mojo. No surprise really given the current ‘staying home’ sitch.

That being said, I just had me a little scroll and realised that even though I’ve been a tad absent on here, you guys are still giving out loads of positive engagement on my posts and many of you are keeping it ‘business as usual’ during this testing time. So I thought I’d better pull myself together and get back on my game. Keeping my spirits up by posting some new pictures & spending some of my spare time (which seems never-ending atm!) catching up with all of you, my Insta friends.
So here’s one I prepared earlier! It features a new personalised print I received recently from The Night Sky, which, I might add, is an absolute stunner! (swipe to take a closer look) **My print was gifted as part of a paid partnership with @thenightskyio with no obligation to post.

Wednesday 1st

Just thought I’d pop on to say Hello 👋🏻

I’m on day 3 of having a huuuuuuge clear out in my bedroom (definitely NOT the room shown in this image) I’m right about at that awful point of it looking worse before it gets better! To be honest, I’m not sure it could possibly look any worse but I’m sticking at it. This bedroom WILL be Instagrammable by the end of this whole shenanigans.
If you want to see the current state of affairs, head over to my stories. But hurry coz the evidence will be gone in 24 hours and counting!
Disclaimer.....If you’ve just looked at my story..... please don’t judge me. Approximately 80% of my house is fully insta-worthy around 80% of the time but in these weirdy times you gotta cut me some slack!! 😳🤣
Just out of interest....how’s your house looking?🤔

Kitchen gallery wall, The Patterned Palace

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Green Lady print - Stan Chow

TaDa print* - Toodle and Pip

Coffee print* - Sakina Saïdi

*items kindly gifted.

Friday 3rd

Happy Friday!!

First of all, an apology for not having posted this last night. After having a pole on my stories to assess whether you’d prefer me post on my feed last night or this morning the majority of you voted for LAST NIGHT. Unfortunately, I fell asleep waiting for the results to come in,so soz about that!
So here it is, late, but probably more appropriate because this picture gives me all the Friday feels (as opposed to the Thursday ones, which are totally different) I’ve got a Date@8 tonight with some of my favourite Insta galpals. Obvs it’ll be from the comfort of our own homes via a Zoom call but nevertheless I’m totally looking forward to a few gin based cocktails, some much needed laughs and undoubtedly some reminiscing of the olden days, when we were allowed out to play!!
I’m so excited at the prospect, I may even don the sequins!!✨
Anyone else got exciting plans for today?

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Girl Boss print* -Karina Mansfield

Magic, Wild & Ti Amo print* - Doodle Moo

It Wasn’t Me print* - The 13 Prints

Zebra mask* - Umasqu Studio

Desk* - La Redoute

Dress - Zara (past season click to view current stock)

**Walls painted in Earthborn Paints

*items kindly gifted

**part of previous paid partnership

Sunday 5th

Today I shall be continuing to do my bit in the quest to ‘Keep Britain Safe’. I will be enjoying the sunshine whilst hanging out in the garden with my most favourite people in the whole wide world.

I hope your managing to do the same.
Stay positive. Stay safe.Stay home.
Happy Sunday 😘

Sunny dining room view, The Patterned Palace

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