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Sunday Catch Up

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It’s cold wet and dark, perfect for a Sunday morning lie in. Grab a cup of tea and have a look back at what’s been going on this week.

From Orchard Blog

  • Read about our harvest dinner we had and how we created our pumpkin table centre. read here
  • This week’s cocktail is the modern classic The Bramble. You can tell why it has become so popular. read here
  • If you’re looking for inspiration for a cosy living room take a look at this coastal scheme inspired by the shipping forecast. read here

From Elsewhere

  • Cosy is the work of the moment with us. So we’re loving these examples of rooms to escaped to on Design*Sponge. read here
  • Planning for our Copenhagen trip is in full swing, so we this list of ten things to do in the city couldn’t have come at a better time. read here
  • We are loving the modern farmhouse trend. If you don’t know what we’re on about here’s a useful introduction from Better Homes & Gardens magazine. read here

Right, that’s plenty to be getting on with for the time being. We’ve got breakfast to make and another pot of coffee on the go. Have a lovely Sunday guys.

Rich & Calum

16th October 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Catch Up

Good morning,

We hope you’ve had a great week? We had some exciting news that we’ll be able to share with you in the coming weeks! In the meantime let’s have a look back at what’s been going on?

From Orchard Blog

  • Discover all about the sugary gooey joy of smores. They can’t be good for you but they taste oh so good! read here
  • This week’s cocktail is something a bit different. The gloriously orange pumpkin cocktail, perfect for Halloween. read now 
  • Autumn is a great time of year to visit Bruges. Read about a weekend we spent there a couple of years ago. read here

From Elsewhere

  • Cornwall always holds a special place in our hearts. We are loving this review of The Chapel House, a boutique hotel in Penzance by Lou at littlegreenshed. read here
  • We’re really excited to be heading to Copenhagen in a couple of months time. When we’re there we’ll be heading over to Malmö in Sweden. Thanks to My Scandinavian Home for suggesting a gorgeous shop to visit. It’s been added to the list! read here
  • We’ve loved Will of Bright.Bazaar’s style for ages, so we loved seeing the reveal of his living space in his NYC apartment. Blue is definitely the colour. read here

That wraps up this week on the blog, we plan on having a lazy Sunday. Whatever you get up to have a great day.

Rich & Calum

9th October 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Hello October! On these cooler mornings is there anything better than a cosy Sunday lie in, we don’t think so? We won’t mind if you read our catch up whilst still in bed, we wrote it there!

From Orchard Blog

  • Before we head any further have you checked out last week’s top five? We went on an adventure! Read here
  • We visited Winston Churchill’s country home at Chartwell, a must for all history lovers. Read here
  • A sophisticated autumn cocktail for this week, try the Harvested Apple cocktail. Read here
  • For nostalgic and sentimental mood check out our autumn jazz playlist. Read here

From Elsewhere

  • We love Munich, we went a couple of years back and are itching to return. Check our these top sites to visit from the guys at Hand Luggage Only. Read here
  • Another book added to our wish list after reading this review of Decorate for a Party over at Happy Interior Blog. Read here
  • In  conversation with some friends, the other day the renaissance of cross stitch was mentioned. We’re on board with it!! We love this nautical design shared over at The Pretty blog. Read here

We hope you enjoy, and if you have any thoughts or question please let us know in the comments.

Have a great Sunday,

Rich & Calum

2nd October 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Sunday Catch Up

Happy Sunday, we’re taking our morning a little slower than normal due to a late night at a friends party. We have coffee so all will be fine soon! In the meantime let’s take a look at what has been going on this week:

From Orchard Blog

  • Every Monday we do a little round up of the top five things that have interested up, inspired us or made us happy. read here
  • We are very excited to have booked a winter break to Copenhagen. We’re having fun planning, please let us know if you have any tips. read here
  • We tried a Rhubarb + Rosehip Mimosa for this week’s cocktail. We’d never tried rosehip before, it works well in a mimosa. read here 
  • The new IKEA catalogue was recently released, we picked up a copy and picked out a dozen of our favourite new finds. read here

From Elsewhere

  • Last year on a trip to New England we went to our first American Football game, complete with the tailgating experience. It was here at fun but not quite as stylish as this Style Me Pretty offering. read here
  • It is definitely slow cooker season again.We’re feeling inspired by this recipe for Slow Cooked Soy Sauce Chicken Rice by Lady and Pups. read here
  • Over at Mad about the House, Kate has shared an interesting Cotswolds house that mixes and new, we love it. read here

That’s about it for this week, time for us to grab another coffee and get on with the day!

Rich & Calum

25th September 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Sunday Catch Up

After a true Indian Summer at the start of the week, Autumn has finally settled in. We are getting cosy and bracing ourselves for cooler weather and darker evenings. Let’s take a look at a few links to see what has been going on:

From Orchard Blog

  • We’ve been reviewing Country Living American Style, and now we have a craving for a big old American house to refurbish. read here
  • Our cocktail of the week was a Plum Sour, a nice autumnal drink to get us in the mood for the upcoming season. read here
  • We recently visited Stourhead, and impressive National Trust house and even more impressive garden. read here

From Elsewhere

  • Calum comes from Scottish stock and we love to return north to visit whenever we can. We are therefore loving this Scottish getaway featured of My Scandinavian home blog. read here
  • Blue is our go to colour for most things design (our logo is point in case) we are therefore loving this living room design by Ginny McDonald shared on Emily Henderson’s blog. read here 
  • Planning an autumn getaway? A Lady in London offers up her list of 9 places to visit this time of year. read here

Hope you enjoy, and make sure you have a great Sunday.

Take care

Rich & Calum

18th September 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Sunday Catch Up

The weeks are flying past so quickly at the moment. The kids are only just back to school and yet, in our household at least, the conversation has already turned to plans for Christmas.  Before we get carried away with ourselves let’s put the brakes on for a while and have a cup of tea and catch up with what has been going on this week:

From Orchard Blog

  • As the world gets back into the swing of things after the summer thoughts turn to going ‘Back to School’ we developed a home offices scheme based on this idea. read here
  • We recently went on a tour of the Houses of Parliament. We are total history geeks so loved it. read here
  • As the last of summer fade we thought we’d give one last summer cocktail a go, we sampled the classic margarita. read here

From Elsewhere

  • We are in love with this simple garden shed given a scandi makeover by Jeska over at Lobster and Swan. we never thought we’d have so much shed envy. read here
  • As the nights draw in we are starting to think about making the cottage cosier. Kayleigh from Hello Hygge (excellent blog by the way) has written a guide on how to hygge this autumn. read here
  • To finish off our Nordic trio of posts, Brooke from World of Wanderlust has a run down of the best Norwegian coastal cities and towns to visit. read here

We hope you are feeling a little inspired by the posts? if you have any thoughts or ideas just let us know in the comments. Have a great Sunday and see you tomorrow for our top five.

Rich & Calum

11th September 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Sunday Catch Up

So here we are, September already. We have lots of plans for the blog over the next couple of months, so keep your eyes peeled. But in the meantime grab a coffee and let’s catch up with what has been going on this week:

From Orchard Blog

  • Read about our adventure down to North Devon. A beautiful part of the country that we are sure to be returning to next summer. read here
  • This week’s cocktail was the rather delicious Bee’s Knees. A gin based cocktail with lemon, honey syrup and pink lemonade. Give it a go. read here
  • We came over all patriotic and had a British-themed tea party. There was plenty of cake and bunting, what more could you want? read here

From Elsewhere

  • As the slow slide into autumn continues we’re really inspired by these earthy tones showcased by Igor over at the Happy Interior Blog. read here
  • Itchy feet? You don’t have to travel far for some dramatic landscapes. Check out these picturesque UK National Parks put together by Yala at Hand Luggage Only. read here
  • Our love of all thing Scandi is well documented so we are loving this round up of Scandinavian Interior Design trends from Decor8. read here

That’s it for this week. If you have any thoughts or suggestions please let us know in the comments. We will be back with our top five tomorrow but in the meantime relax and enjoy your sunday.

Rich & Calum

 

 

4th September 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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Sunday Catch Up

We hope that everybody is enjoying the last of summer? Thoughts will soon be turning to Autumn and all the fun of the season but in the meantime, let’s have a look back over the week.

From Orchard Blog

  • In honour of the Olympic Games in Rio, we had a Brazillian Barbeque. We found some great recipes to share. read here
  • Carrying on this week’s Brazilian theme there really was only one option for our cocktail of the week, the Caipirinha. read here
  • We have the Summer Blues. No, we’re not sad, we came up with a blue table theme for a recent party we held. read here

From Elsewhere

  • Whilst we’re still hanging onto the last of summer there is no denying autumn is just around the corner. Check out these tips for autumn entertaining from Jessica of Hej Doll. read here
  • We’re currently living in a 17th Century cottage, it’s great but sometimes we yearn for something completely different. Check out this industrial loft on Daily Dream Decor. read here
  • Seeing as how close it is it is criminal that we’ve never been to The Netherlands. This article from Yvonne at The Tourist of Life just confirms that we need to visit soon! read here

We hope you enjoy? And if you have any thoughts please let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear from you. Have a great Sunday and we’ll be back again soon.

Rich & Calum

28th August 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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We hope you are enjoying our weekly catch ups, it is a great chance for us to look back at our week and reflect on how the blog is going. We also love reading other blogs to find posts to share with you, there are so many talented and inspirational bloggers out there.

From Orchard Blog

  • Read our tips on how to create a botanical theme tablescape of an Italian dinner party we hosted. read here
  • This week we had some rather yummy Kir Royales as our cocktail of the week. read here
  • After having visited the National Trust’s Belton House earlier this summer, we have written up out thoughts. read here

From Elsewhere

  • As complete and unashamed nordiphiles, we love the My Scandinavian Home blog. Especialiy this gorgeous apartment in Gothenburg. read here
  • We’re still in a beach house state of mind, so we loved Jenni Kayne’s Airy living room makeover done with the help of One Kings Lane. read here
  • Copenhagen is one of our favourite cities so we are loving the Travellettes 10 reasons to fall in love with the city.

We hope you enjoy these links and have a very happy Sunday!

Rich & Calum

21st August 2016
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Sunday Catch Up

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We don’t know about you but we think there is nothing better than a lazy Sunday morning catching up with the news and our favourite blogs. We are therefore going to start a Sunday catch up post linking back to what we have been blogging about that week and a selection of our favourite posts from other bloggers.

From Orchard Blog

  • Read our review of Botanical Style by Selina Lake, a gorgeous interior design book with lots of inspiration read here
  • We tried our hands at mixing Negronis for our cocktail of the week feature. read here
  • Feeling inspired by our love of Alderney and the beach we collated a design scheme for a beach house living room read here

From Elsewhere

  • Over at Lobster & Swan, Jeska shared her take on creating a garden retreat, a gorgeous hideaway at the end of the garden read here
  • Inspired by the new Swallows & Amazon Film, Sara from Me and Orla went on an adventure and for an old fashioned picnic read here
  • Will from Bright.Bazaar has been reviewing The New Shingled House, a book that is definitely now on our wish list read here

We hope you enjoy these links and have a very happy Sunday!

Rich & Calum

14th August 2016
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