All essays — Peace Love Decor

● Bedroom — May 02 · 3 min read

The wall above our bed read as blank for two years. A scuffed gilt frame from a Wednesday charity shop and a single A3 photograph of a Lisbo…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 4 min read

Our north-facing kitchen had no good light until November and no warmth at all in winter. One linen panel and a tweaked rod height later, we…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 4 min read

A hand-thrown spoon rest, no bigger than a saucer, changed how we cook and how the counter feels. The point was never the spoon. It was the …

● DIY — May 02 · 4 min read

We had a thirty-pound paper pendant from a chain store and a corner that wanted to feel like a library. One evening, one home-made stamp, an…

● Living Room — May 02 · 4 min read

Our living room had a 60cm-deep alcove no piece of furniture wanted to live in. Three pine boards, two coats of soft white, and a Sunday lat…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 15 min read

We bought a wood-ash glazed bowl from a local potter for 18 euros and left it by the kettle. Over months it collected keys, spent matches, a…

● Bedroom — May 02 · 19 min read

We found the frame at the back of a closet, the mat cost three euros at a market stall, and the hook was a ten-minute job with a drill borro…

● Living Room — May 02 · 16 min read

We bought a faded, 14-euro linen runner at a flea market, hem frayed and coffee ghosted. When we folded it end-to-end across our 70 cm round…

● Living Room — May 02 · 17 min read

The broom cost seven euros at the corner shop. We hung it beside the hall and promised ten deliberate strokes each morning while the kettle …

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