Friday 26 November 2010

Beautiful signage...

December is nearly upon us and with it comes the Christmas season! All of the beautiful Golborne Road antique shops have been inspiring me with their gorgeous vintage wooden objects and as a result I’ve decided to make our very own GP ‘Merry Christmas’ sign for the window. I’ve just been getting some ideas and here are some beautiful examples...











All I need to do now is find some reclaimed wood and buy some paint!!








Wednesday 24 November 2010

Christmas is coming...

It’s been a busy week here in the GP studios and I’ve not had a chance to wander around the W10 area and see what's going on....also it’s a bit nippy outside and oh so cosy in here! So I’ve been doing some thinking about the Golborne Place Christmas decs for this year and came across some beautiful retro inspirations...








Images sourced in order from: lotushaus.typepad, marthastewart.com, unknown, Yellow Owl, movemodern.com, unknown and farm3.



Friday 19 November 2010

Friday!!!

 Friday has arrived and it's officially my favourite day in the W10 area! (In fact it's my favourite day anywhere!) Portobello is jam packed with vintage goodies, naughty treats and fascinating characters! Likewise good old Golborne Road comes alive on Friday...I can hear the market boys outside hustling as I type. Here are a few of my fave vintage finds from today...












Thursday 18 November 2010

Mini W10...

Wandering around the W10 area this week I spotted these beautiful dolls houses outside of the interesting and eclectic 'Last Place on Earth' at 307 Portobello Rd. The very talented TJ created these beautiful 'Mini Worlds' as she likes to call them and I think they're just divine!


Monday 15 November 2010

Say 'hello!' to Freddy...

It’s a beautiful misty morning here on Golborne Road and we are very excited about introducing a new clothing range to the GP studios! Freddy is a dance and exercise clothing range and their clothes look gorgeous and feel amazing. Most of all I love their VM; here’s a few piccys from the notebooks they kindly gave us...take a look...


And who knew paper could be so pretty...


Here are some of the lovely ‘Freddys’ in our waiting area. Come in to try them on!



Wednesday 10 November 2010

Brightening up my day!

It’s another nippy one outside today but inside Golborne Place it's nice and cosy!
 Moni and I have been doing research to get ideas for our new vintage style shop sign and lighting but I got carried away looking at all the beautiful lamps! Here are some of my faves...










Images sourced, in order of display, from: ‘quintessential duckegg BLUE, Factory20, junkmarketstyle, Factory20 (x2), Modern50, Moxie Thrift and Modern 50 (x2).




Things we love about Golborne Road...

The lovely guy who lives above Golborne Place, Bryan, kindly brought in a copy of last weeks ‘Time Out’ magazine to show us we made it on to the ‘Top 7 things to do on Golborne Road’. How sweet-thanks Bryan!

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Winter has arrived on Golborne Road...

I managed to get out yesterday morning to spread the word of Golborne Place! I try once a week to post flyers in the area and on my travels I get to see some beautiful things! Unfortunately it was a dull grey day but the residents of W10 are in defiance of the cold wintery weather and brightened up my day! Here are some pics from my Monday morning stroll...







A sunny bright doorway, cute plant pot crates outside  Kokon to Zai on Golborne Road, the beautiful window of The Cloth Shop round the corner on Portobello and a very sad and wet looking chair in the middle of someone’s front garden. I just couldn’t resist taking a picture!