Home Sweet Home

I feel a little bit strange doing this post. I don’t know why, I have done a similar one before but I think there were less people here to read it so it didn’t feel as weird. I’m no beauty blogger, or fashion blogger. I don’t even feel like a ‘blogger’ most of the time… I’m just a girl who likes to ramble and you guys so happen to be the nice people I get to share snippets of my life with. So, thank you for being here! I am aware that there are many anonymous readers too, and probably a few folk who know me in ‘real life’. Well, from what the maps on google analytics are telling me. Which does freak me out, as my blog is more personal/intrusive that a facebook would ever be (nope, I still haven’t given in to one yet)

But I guess I’m okay with that. I have nothing to hide, nothing I’m frightened to be ‘judged’ on. Everything you read here is me, ‘straight up’, as it were. So on a very personal level, I’d like to welcome you into my new home…

Note: Doing what we can with rented accomodation!
This is our bedroom of course. The Hello Kitty Clock, Fenchurch Sign, and Lotso Bear are mines. David didn’t need too much convincing for us to buy some fairy lights 🙂

Opposite view. So good to have a wardrobe all to myself, makes such a difference being able to see my clothes out infront of me rather than being crammed together in a tiny space. We also have some storage boxes under the bed for jumpers, cardi’s etc. The rest of our shoes and all of our jackets are in a cupboard in the hall.

My little dressing up corner. Drawers containing all of my jewellery, and wicker basket underneath with hair stuff, straightners, hairdryer etc.

Davids ‘man drawers’! Haha we also have a side cabinet by the bed each. I’m not that mean girls, this space for his stuff suits him perfectly. Telly and dvd player for lazy mornings/night times in bed, a picture of us on David’s graduation day and my Spongebob pineapple house. The first present David ever bought me 🙂 Oh and my snowboard sitting chilling in the corner!

Our kitchen. Pretty self explainatory….

Mtv Cribs style – I should have shown you inside my fridge! The cute bunting was a present from the lovely folks at Hidden Away. They specialise in gorgeous handmade goodies, and were kind enough to offer to send me some of their cute bunting. I have been on the eye out for some nice homeware since I moved house, and £8 for some hand made, custom colour bunting is pretty awesome in my opinion. It’s very well made, every stitch perfectly in place and even though David said ‘it makes it look like were having a party’ I think it is really sweet! 🙂 (boys eh?)

Lots of worktop space for making a mess when we cook and bake. The two windows let lots of light into the room in the morning especially, it’s always roasting. We haven’t quite worked out what that little cupboard is for in the middle of the wall. It’s a bit odd. Prize for the funniest suggestion! :p

Wasn’t going to bore you with entrance hallway, main hallway, door shots, or cupboards (but exciting, we have three! to cram all of our junk into neatly…) But this is how the bedroom, living room and kitchen are laid out next to each other. I’m standing just outside the bathroom in this one. We have a few pictures hanging up in the hall, and the two you can see there are lovely tattoo dictionary prints my best girl Leah bought me.

Just your average bathroom! This is probably the room I like the least. Its pretty teeny tiny, but our landlord said if we disappear on holiday for a week he will rip it all out and modernise it. Which would be pretty awesome! So hopefully that can happen soon. It’s just so nice to have a bath again, after only having a shower in our old place.

The living room. We have a 3 seater couch, along with a 1 seater on the right and another 1 seater on the left by the window which you can’t quite see. It’s definitely been crowned as ‘my’ chair though. A bookcase with our books and cameras, habitat unit with dvd’s, couple of canvasses, David’s guitar and amp… That’s about it really! Not sure how well it photographs but it sure is cosy. Oh, and some more bunting from Hidden Away 🙂

Opposite view. The major thing I would change about this place is the carpets throughout 🙁 But until we own a home, there isn’t much you can do about things like this. Its not 100% perfect, and it’s hard to encorporate your own style into a rented home that is already half furnished and has it’s own kind of look going on. We tried to add in our own character and style as much as possible but finding it tough without it being a major clashfest! Even though this place is pretty neutral, we tried our best. Anyone else living in rented accommodation face the same kind of situation?

I don’t know how long we will stay in this house for. We love Linlithgow, and the location is pretty sweet (right next to the train station and a tesco, but quiet enough as it’s just hidden off the high street) I’ve had my eye on some pretty new builds in the area, but for a higher price and further away from the train station… I think we are maybe just better sticking with the place we have just now. Time will tell 🙂

Yesterday I had an awesome day at the Girls Day Out event at the SECC with some lovely fellow scottish bloggers, so I’ll be sure to share some more about that soon. Today I am going to Livingston Designer Outlet with David for a wander (and especially for a nosy at the Fred Perry store and the Cadburys shop – yum!) Then we are driving back to East Kilbride to see David’s family for a while, and then to Bishopbriggs to see my Dad, Julie and Max 🙂 This twitpic I posted of Max at easter had me in stitches – definitely one to show his first girlfriend and share at his 18th birthday. I also got my eyes tested again and due to a mega changed prescription ordered some new glasses. Click and let me know what you think of them, I know they look a bit mental/70’s newsreader in the picture but I’m hoping yous will think they look better in person. HATE having to choose things like that on my own, I’m awful. Anyways, hope you enjoy what’s left of the weekend 🙂 Lots of love as always,

Ayden x