TEAM ZOELLA AUGUST 15, 2021

Living Room Decor To Enhance Your Hosting Space

It's time to embrace hosting for your fave ladies, cosy dinners and movie nights on the sofa, catch ups over a reduced bottle of Rosé and 'make your own' pizza that serves as entertainment as well as dinner.

The novelty of seeing friends/family/neighbours/anyone who will hang out with us after the long drought without socialising has certainly not worn off yet, and you best believe we’re seizing every opportunity to be amongst company that we can. Having said that, the expenses of endless weekends out on the town, bar tabs, restaurant bills and ASOS orders to dress for said occasions is piling up, so if you’re Monzo pots are looking a little worse for wear, keep on reading …

May we politely suggest: hanging out at home. It’s time to embrace hosting for your fave ladies, cosy dinners and movie nights on the sofa, catch ups over a reduced bottle of Rosé and ‘make your own’ pizza that serves as entertainment as well as dinner. Sometimes all you need is an excuse to take your makeup off before 7pm and life is good again! It really is the little things. After so long spent at home, we certainly all understand the power of a welcoming space, but upgrading it for hosting might just be the next step in homeware switch ups to prepare for normality continuing to return. Get the gang together, celebrate making it to hump day or organise a Love Island viewing party, whatever the reason, hosting is here to stay!

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TEAM ZOELLA MARCH 11, 2021

21 Interiors Picks That Celebrate the Beauty of the Female Form

From peachy booty vases and ceramics to abstract line silhouettes, you can say goodbye to bare walls and lacklustre shelves as these celebrations of the female body add a fun and flirty twist to any space.

Who run the world? GIRLS. If it wasn’t already obvious, we’re pretty into celebrating, uplifting and championing women in all that we do, so it probably comes as no surprise that we’re head over heels for the female form interiors trend that has taken Pinterest by storm in the past 12 months. From peachy booty vases and ceramics to abstract line silhouettes, you can say goodbye to bare walls and lacklustre shelves as these celebrations of the female body add a fun and flirty twist to any space.

inspiration from the female form has transcended the high street and small businesses everywhere, popping up in the form of prints, candles and soft furnishings galore.

For the experts in bum ceramics (we see you), the name Anissa Kermiche probably rings a bell as the original designer of the Love Handles vases which took Instagram by storm in 2020. The adoration for these vases has since inspired and fuelled the female form trend, appearing in our daily scroll well into 2021 with no sign of slowing down. And whilst her designs are a little on the spendy side (£2.5k on a vase anyone?), inspiration from the female form has transcended the high street and small businesses everywhere, popping up in the form of prints, candles and soft furnishings galore. We don’t know about you, but turning our homes into a flirty and fabulous female shrine has never been more appealing …

Alexa: play Girls by The 1975.

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TEAM ZOELLA FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Weekly Wants: Shelf Styling

This time around, we're dedicating our Weekly Wants to interior décor and shelf styling.

You can inject a lot of personality into a space simply by displaying some of your favourite items together in your home. So, whether you want to create a minimal arrangement with a neutral colour scheme to match, or you’d rather go all out maximalist – styling your shelves with the things you love is bound to make you feel right at home.

From vases and art prints to book stacks and candles, check out the decorative bits and bobs we want to see sitting pretty on our shelfie!

Maddie

I’m currently very much shelf-less. My husband and I are in the process of building a house so at this point a roof would be nice let alone getting the point of decorating shelves! I think we’ve got quite different views with these small details too, i’m all for an organised clutter whereas he loves a minimal no mess look. What we do agree on is art and prints so i imagine that’s what we will be investing in.

Desenio, EUCALYPTUS BRANCH TWO POSTER, £7.95

Desenio, SOFT WAVES POSTER, £11.95

Desenio, EIFFEL TOWER CLOSE UP POSTER, £8.95

Desenio, NEW YORK CITY POSTERS, £11.95

Desenio, ITS NOT WHAT WE HAVE, POSTER, £3.95

Lareese

I am a non-stop shelf shuffler – it’s the easiest way to give a room a quick refresh and change up the mood a little! I collect loads of random bits and bobs from books and magazines to candles, little plates, notepads, fabric swatches and paint sample cards. Depending on how deep your shelves are, you can always add trinket boxes and create some varying height and symmetry, too.

*Amazon, If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi: Stories, £12.23

*Amazon, Inspired by Nature: Creating a personal and natural interior, £13.51

*H&M, Scented candle in a holder, £12.99

Zara, TWO-TONE WOODEN BOX, £19.99

The Little Deer, P.F. Candle Co. 8oz Terra Soy Wax Candle – Juniper, £36

Nordic Nest, Pillar vase 24 cm, £34

*Urban Outfitters, Aries Trinket Box, £16

Zoe

When it comes to styling up a shelf, I love to have little sections where you’ve got different things going on. Maybe a little stack of books underneath a diffuser or a candle, a trailing house plant in a cute pot and a photo frame of some sort. You can really tailor it to your space and co ordinate it with the theme or colour scheme of the room it’s in too.

*Anya Hindmarch, Diffuser Lollipop, £99

*Matalan, Trailing Succulent in Face Planter, £8

*Oliver Bonas, Star Grey Ceramic Plant Pot Large, £32

*Oliver Bonas, Lucky Star Gold Foiled Wall Art, £59.50

*Oliver Bonas, A Guide to Creating Your Indoor Jungle Book, £25

Danielle

I’m currently styling up my mantlepiece which is a shelf of sorts! I’m a bit rubbish at this kind of thing but I’ve taken inspo from Charlotte Jacklin, Hannah Gale and obviously Zoe to pick out this eclectic mix of bits and pieces. I fell in love with this ‘I came to boogie’ artwork from Oliver Bonas that I can prop on my mantel up against the wall and have created a little gold an pink themed paradise!

*Amazon, Meri Meri, Garland, Mini, Gold Star, £10.98

*Oliver Bonas, I Came to Boogie Pink & Gold Wall Art, £79.50

*H&M, Scented candle in glass holder cest la vie, £6.99

*H&M, Scented candle in a glass jar, £12.99

*H&M, Small glass vase, £2.99

Charlotte

Living a rented flat I can only DREAM of one day being able to put up endless shelves, colour code my books and house my overflowing plant collection. I’ve gone for a mixture of art, books and plants and love how the mixture of colours, textures and shapes look together. Notice that I’ve paired a houseplant with a greenery tips and tricks book- I need all the help I can get in caring for my leafy babes!

Sighh, Today I Have The Power A4 Pink Print, £12

Patch, Theodore plant, £18

*H&M, Tall vase with a motif, £19.99

*Anthropologie, Gilded Garden Trinket Dish, £8

*Amazon, Leaf Supply: A guide to keeping happy house plants, £25

Darcey

I am obsessed with house plants, so I like to fill my shelves with them. I love a cactus, or an abundance of cacti in my case. I love how spider plants look dotted at the ends of shelves too as they naturally start to hang down. I would pot my spider plants in these pots from Oliver Bonas and these cacti from Urban Outfitters would pair great with them. For other little touches, I like to have some photo frames and jewellery holders, I think they add a lot to an empty space. Lastly, I always have a candle placed somewhere, they look great and of course smell great too!

*Urban Outfitters, Cacti Live Plant – Set of 3, £15

Waitrose, Chlorophytum comosum ‘Variegatum’ variegated spider plant, £8.99

*Oliver Bonas, Modelo Geometric Light Grey Stoneware Plant Pot Medium, £12.50

*Oliver Bonas, Alphabet Initial Marble & Gold Metal Ring Holder, £12

*Oliver Bonas, Gold & Glass Portrait Standing Photo Frame 8×6″, £20

*John Lewis, Diptyque Eucalyptus Scented Candle, £47

Holly

I’m not really one for shelf styling if I’m honest. I’m more of a chuck everything on a shelf and hope it doesn’t look too cluttered. I love to have books everywhere, some plants, photo frames and probably a few random pieces like a dolphin statue that I’m too sentimental to throw away. Maybe one day I’ll change?!

*M&S, House Plant In Textured Pot, £19.50

*John Lewis, John Lewis & Partners Flat Photo Frame, Black/Gold, £8 – £15

*Urban Outfitters, the sun and her flowers By Rupi Kaur, £12.99

*Urban Outfitters, Best in Travel 2020 By Lonely Planet, £11.99

*Amazon, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, £9.27

*Amazon, Juliana Objets d’art Glass Figurine Blue & Green Dolphin Paperweight Ornament, £13.70

Lauren

I’m all of nothing with shelves – fill them up so everything has a space and is off the floor, or keep them very minimal and styled with a few trinkets. I’m trying to buy more prints to make my space feel more homely so not only does it add personality, but plays with height and colour depending on the shelf. Pop in a planter (sans plant for me) and a nice candle to clear the space and you’re good to go!

*West Elm, Ceramic Llama Planters, £39

*Etsy, Amalfi Italy Print – Italy Poster, £11

*Etsy, EUCALYPTUS | 100% Pure Essential Oil Candle, £18

*H&M, Rectangular metal bowl, £14.99

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