My Beautiful New Dresser

I bought this gorgeous dresser in Hastings Old Town junk yard as a way of displaying the pretty teacups, teapots, milk jugs and sugar bowls I have been collecting. Every time I walk past it I can't help but gaze at it... there is almost so much prettiness in one space that it hurts my eyes!

*Get Out From That Kitchen and Rattle Those Pots and Pans*

There's nothing I love more than a lovely kitchen! Out of every room in my house, my kitchen has the highets density of polka dots and pretty things, including cupcake cookie jars, polka dot crockery, glass cake stands, teapots, teacups, etc. I love a vintage and retro styled kitchen: with the pastel shades and prettiness you just can't beat it! The kitchen above is from Desire to Inspire and is absolutely lovely, I love the mismatched-ness of it all and the cute little hearts.

More vintage kitchen loveliness from Desire to Inspire.
It's such a bright and airy kitchen and the glass drawers in the worktop are great!

How cute is this little kitchen dining area!? - source

This little gem is from The Vintage Ramble blog. I love all the storage: perfect for storing all the small bits and bobs that accumulate in the kitchen.

I love this cosy little kitchen, just because you're short on space doesn't mean you have to scrimp on the style!

This final kitchen can be found over at Design Fabulous.
It's huge! I would love to have that much cupboard space in my kitchen. The chalk board and notice board cupboard fronts are also a very nice touch.

Double Dose of Polka Dots - Emma Bridgewater

Here is your Monday Double Dose of Polka Dots... This week's dosage features Emma Bridgewater. I don't usually like multicoloured or mismatched sized polka dots as a general rule - I prefer a more regular pattern. However, I can't help but love everything that Emma Bridgewater designs! So, here's a little double dosage of the best of Bridgewater for you this bank holiday Monday....

Emma Bridgewater Aga - source
I'm not exactly sure how this gem escaped my knowledge. It was designed by Emma bridgewater as part of the Aga-rangemaster's Great British Cooker Campaign and it is delightful!

Emma Bridgewater Recipe Book - £12
I absolutely love cook books, but I must admit, and I'm sure I'm not alone with this one, I usually only use a handful of recipes from each book. This would combine all of my favourite recipes in one pretty polka dotty recipe book!

Double Dose of Polka Dots - Dotty Kitchen Appliances!

I have been neglecting my Monday post of double dosage dotty delights... so I'm trying to change that. This week's theme is kitchen appliances. My friend from uni said that she'd spotted a toaster that she knew I would love whilst shopping (naturally, it was polka dot!) so I decided to have a little search online to find myself some polka dotty kitchen appliances and came up with these two little gems...

Dose number one:
Red Polka Dot Toaster -£32 from Simply Be
I would LOVE this to grace my kitchen with it's polka dotty presence... it's a delight! It is also available in light blue or white with multicoloured dots. But I think the red is my favourite.

Dose number two:
Red Polka Dot Kettle - £42 from Simply Be

Like the toaster, this kettle is also available in light blue or white with multicoloured dots. One of these days, when I have a little more cash at my disposal, I'm going to upgrade my value bog standard kettle and toaster with some kitchen appliances more befitting of a polka dot addict such as myself!

The Writing on the Wall - Chalkboard Paint

As a young child I had a sort of fascination with drawing on the walls. I always found it irresistible and so appealing. I think it was something about having all that space to draw, along with the fact that I wasn't allowed to do it of course! So naturally I love the idea of chalkboard paint. There are just so many ways to use it and to let your creative juices flow. After trawling the wonderful world wide web of blogs I found some really lovely ideas.

via Design Sponge - I need one of these for work, making 6 cups of tea and then remembering whose is whose gets a bit tricky!

Via Bedzine - I think this is a great idea, and all sorts of things can be painted with chalkboard paint: bottles, boxes, plant pots etc.

I love this! It's a brilliant way of writing up and remembering some of my favourite recipes.

Via Everything Fabulous - no longer will you need x-ray eyes to know what's in the kitchen cupboards!