Christmas left me feeling claustrophobic. Even though our festive decorations were minimal they got in the way of proper cleaning, and I felt like we were being suffocated by all the things we hoarded throughout 2013. A little project I did last year (see here) made me want to replace bog-standard living room art with something more bespoke. It gave me the opportunity to make use of the space with something fresher, more unique, and hopefully more chic. I wanted to have detail and feeling within clean lines, so I bought some "Ribba" frames from Ikea in pure white, and filled them with images from our own photo collection. I've also streamlined our photo frame collection within the living room and changed everything to either dark brown or white photo frame (except the silver one which sits on the silver fire place). Co-ordination and simplicity all the way.The rest of the house was a little more well thought out, so not much has changed, but I've made little steps in the right direction by getting rid of mounds of paperwork and generally having a ruthless chuck out of things we've been holding onto "just in case" - like magazines I might want to read again (but never have...).
