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Sania Pell At Home - The Blog
www.saniapell.com/athomeblog
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This is a little place to share my work and the things that I love: interior styling and flea market finds; homemade and handmade; celebrating the old and embracing the new; creativity, family and fun. These are the things I believe make your house a home.
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homemade toys

I snapped a few pictures of some wooden planes and boats that are sitting on shelves and chests of drawers in my son’s bedroom. They are little objects my father made about twenty years ago, si...

25 may 12 1 person likes this

i love tracey

One rainy day a month or so ago I was buying ribbons at VV Rouleaux on Marylebone High Street and the heavens opened. My tiny handbag-size umbrella was just too small to keep much of the torrential r...

23 may 12

london showers

April and May are usually rainy here in the UK but it’s been especially wet for the last few weeks, making up for the fact that there wasn’t much rain earlier in the year. On one particul...

20 may 12 1 person likes this

one year old

It has been so busy lately with work that this almost slipped me by: it was one year ago yesterday that I posted my first blog post! It seems an eternity ago and like it was only yesterday all at the...

17 may 12

liberty launch styling

The book launch for The Homemade Home for Children at Liberty was a very special day for me and thank you to all who joined me to make it that way. I know there were friends who would have loved to h...

09 may 12

my book launch at Liberty

What a fantastic day my book launch at Liberty was. In fact I would go so far as to say it was one of the highlights of my career so far! I had been preparing for the launch for the fortnight before,...

04 may 12 1 person likes this

book launch tomorrow!

Well I’ve been super busy preparing for the book launch at Liberty tomorrow as well as working on client projects, having meetings and juggling the school run! My studio is covered in gorgeous ...

25 apr 12

as seen in Country Living

If you would like another peak into my new book, pick up the new May issue of Country Living magazine which contains a six page feature called ‘Get Creative’ with projects from The Homema...

23 apr 12

silver lining

This is a favourite brooch of mine that I made and wore at the Decorate book launch last year in April. I was intending on wearing a high street brooch I had bought from Hoss (a favourite store of mi...

19 apr 12 2 people like this

My book launch… at Liberty!

I have some wonderful news about my book launch… it is to be hosted in my favourite shop – Liberty! I feel very privileged to be having my book launch at Liberty and it is a dream come true. I ...

17 apr 12

ink and inspiration

This Saturday I had some time with my son at home. My husband took my daughter to a party, so with just the two of us in the house, we had fun painting side by side on the kitchen table. We both shar...

17 apr 12 1 person likes this

mini eggs

I wanted to share a little post to celebrate Easter and Spring time. With a few days off from work and the school run I managed to take lots of new photos. I took these pictures on Easter Sunday when...

11 apr 12

the homemade home for children : out today

Hooray! My new book The Homemade Home for Children is officially out in the shops today (though if you pre-ordered it a while ago you may have received it already). It’s six months since I fini...

05 apr 12

a reflection on refraction

I took these photos in my bathroom a while ago and thought I would share them as it shows how a little display can bring daily pleasure. Mixing my new perfume bottles alongside vintage ones and other...

03 apr 12

an old favourite : the steel rule

Recently I contributed to a little post for my lovely friend Elisa Rathje for her tried and true series. Elisa’s blog Appleturnover is full of “stories of the pleasures of the handmade, t...

31 mar 12 1 person likes this

update : my new book

It is the beginning of yet another busy week (I am shooting a magazine story this week) and I haven’t had much time to spend on my blog. I had a quick look through my archives and found these i...

26 mar 12

lily of the valley

Spring has sprung here in London. The sun is shining, it feels joyful out and about and the bulbs are starting to flower in my little London garden. It is my favourite time of the year for flowers, a...

19 mar 12

gift idea : homemade lavender bags

With Mother’s Day around the corner I thought I would share a simple idea that makes a perfect gift for mum – the ever-popular lavender bag. These little bags are simple to make, smell gorgeous...

14 mar 12 1 person likes this

colour pop : yellow on grey

I have a bit of thing for yellow with grey at the moment. I came across some images that I took a while ago, after a trip to Columbia Road flower market, that complemented the colours of my last blog...

11 mar 12

texture and tone

Whilst waiting for some guests to arrive last week I had a quick play around with a display in my kitchen and took a few photos. This little recess had been empty as my husband and I redecorated the ...

06 mar 12

time for tea

Over the last year I seem to have collected a rather large selection of old watch and clock faces from car boot sales and fairs. I love their graphic quality and can’t resist them, using them i...

29 feb 12

coastal escape : whitstable

It was yet another grey day that we chose to visit the coast during the school holidays last week. The sun hid behind the clouds all day, but it didn’t really matter as a visit to the coast is always...

24 feb 12

measuring space and time

I didn’t wear a watch the whole way through writing, making, styling and shooting my new book and it bugged me. I like to glance at my wrist and see how I’m doing for time and the strap had bro...

17 feb 12

be my valentine

I had a play with some homemade and vintage love hearts and 19th century hand-written letters. I was only going to post one image but I couldn’t decide which one I liked the most, so I posted them al...

14 feb 12

new japanese book: a guide to interior wall colour

Following my home being featured in the Liberty Chic book last year, I was asked by another Japanese publisher if it could be featured in an interior design book. I love Japanese books; their design,...

10 feb 12

playing with paint

As I was finishing my winter flower post and looking at the hellebores that I had sketched with my camera, I had an urge to paint these beautiful flowers. I had been wanting to paint for a while and ...

06 feb 12 1 person likes this

winter flower

I have several favourite flowers but I would have to say Hellebores are up there in my top ten, maybe even my top five. They are little patches of colour in an otherwise desolate winter garden, with...

03 feb 12

first peek inside my new book

The first peek inside my new book The Homemade Home for Children is available on the newsagent’s shelves! The new March issue of Elle Decoration magazine in the UK features one of my projects a...

01 feb 12

introducing rokje + yuko

Today I thought I would share some photos I took for recently for my friend Heleen Miller Aberson who started an online children’s clothing business a few months ago. Heleen and I first met and...

30 jan 12 1 person likes this

type writer

There are certain unlikely and unexpected gifts that you just love. This beautiful old portable typewriter is one of those. My parents-in-law gave it to me as a Christmas gift and I was touched at ho...

27 jan 12 1 person likes this

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