29.2.16

Bedroom remake

Now when we have a new bed we're sort of remaking the bedroom a bit. It hasn't felt like a bedroom for two until now but now we actually have our own sides of the bed – how very grown up, right? Later this week we'll hopefully have bed tables as well. Since all our bed linen is in pretty shitty condition and we do need some under bed storage and table lamps there's still some things to do though. But this is the kind of feeling I would like it to have when it's all done – light wood, white and occasional pops of color.

28.2.16

Hackney Attic blogshop #1

I'm cleaning out my closet and thought maybe one of you would be interested in some of my vintage and thrift store finds. Contact me at carolineannajenny@gmail.com if you're interested. Price doesn't include shipping.

Chinese blouse, 100% Silk
Size M
£10

Gold sequin top
Size L
£10

Vintage red wool skirt
Size M
£15

Vintage 1960's wool dress
Size M
£20

Wide patterned trousers
Size M
£10

More to come.








26.2.16

Wishes • February

1. Patent leather and oversized hoodies. Sources via Pinterest.

2. a/ Nornäs bedside table, Ikea, b/ Torso bathmat, Need Supply Co, c/ Tillfälle rug, Ikea, d/ Skold sheepskin, Ikea, e/ Duvet cover set, H&M Home, f/ Idolf chair, Ikea. 

3. Vagabond spring 16! a/ Ayden, b/Daisy, c/ Ayden, d/ Jamilla.

24.2.16

Playlist • January 2016

My first playlist of 2016 is inspired by stormy oceans and wind torn beaches – and the sun that follows, cause every cloud's got a silver lining or how is it? Listen to it here.

23.2.16

All that glitters is not gold, but silver

I keep finding myself saying I'm not a jewelry person which I guess can be true depending on who you compare me to but I do have some jewelry that I quite like and use as often as I remember (if I'm in a hurry I don't). Something that has made it easier though is this case that Peter got me from Oxfam just before Christmas. I think they have similar ones at Muji.

My all time favorite is still this necklace that my parents gave me for my birthday. From Blue Billie.

Something that I do use everyday is earrings, usually small silver hoops. From left to right, from Amazon, Urban Outfitters and & Other Stories.

Last but not least is this beauty from & Other Stories that I bought last week.



Cha-cha-cha-changes


Yesterday I worked my first day at my new job! It's not a massive change, but I'm changing store and becoming a full time supervisor. So if you're in Dalston, pop by Beyond Retro to say hi!

By the way, look at this amazing goodbye and good luck card I got from my former colleagues <3

22.2.16

Averard Hotel

This Saturday I took the tube to Lancaster Gate.

To meet up with these two and to check out the exhibitions at Averard Hotel.

Averard Hotel used to be a really fancy Victorian hotel which then got abandoned and now hosts one exhibition a month for eight months before it's turned into luxury flats – we all need more of those, don't we?

We wasn't overwhelmed by the art itself, it felt a bit like an art school exhibition, but the space!

The space was amazing.

We decided to go to the next exhibition as well just to visit this place again.

Sannah and her umbrella matching the art.

Afterwards we went to a pub close by before we took the tube back to east to share a bottle of wine at The Bridge and have Vietnamese at Kingsland Road. 









18.2.16

Beach finds







Cambodian beach finds.

17.2.16

Cambodia part VI: Swimming pool





The 9th of January we took the ferry back to Sihanoukville where the same driver that drove us down there picked us up to go back to Phnom Penh. We'd booked the last two nights of the holiday at a quite fancy hotel with a rooftop swimming pool. Still it did cost maybe a fifth of what something similar would cost in London.

Our plan was to go shopping the last day but both the Russian Market and the Central Market were closed so we ended up going to the newly built Aeon Mall. Still didn't buy anything except for food. But no shopping is better then buying loads of unnecessary shit that you don't need so whatevs.

Overall we had an amazing trip, the general feeling right afterwards (and still) is most of all that it was way too short, and I guess that is a very good rating. The only thing I did regret a bit is that we missed Angkor Wat, but we're saving that for the future.

15.2.16

Cambodia part V: A Storm in paradise













After the nightmarish 24 hours spent taking turns with Peter on the toilet after our food poisoning session we took the early morning boat back to Koh Rong Sanloem, but this time to Saracen Bay. The bad luck continued though, this time in terms of a storm with waves higher then I've ever seen and a motor failure before we got there. Once there the storm continued for two days, making the water unfit for swimming. Instead we spent the days hiking a long the beach and a tiny bit into the jungle, and reading a lot. I read Mary Kubica's Good Girl which I got from P:s mum, then I found an old Julia Hamilton thriller at the hostel which I later switched for Amitav Ghosh's Sea Of Poppies which I still haven't finished but really like so far. 




Cambodia IV: Tourist Attack






In the evening of the 2nd of January we took a boat over to Tui Beach at Koh Rong main island which I think someone described as Thailand in the 90's. If that means lots of young tourists, pub crawls, beer pong tournaments and endless happy hours that person was right. After the calm and quiet of M'Pai Bay we weren't quite convinced but then we found a pretty amazing place at the far end of the beach and decided to stay. We didn't do much activities other then some paddle boarding cause unfortunately we got food poisoned, probably by a not quite cooked tuna. This will hunt me forever since grilled tuna steak used to be my favorite luxury thing to eat. Now even the bare thought of it makes me feel all queezy.