The Creative Directory: Anna Rapson

Anna Rapson

In a sentence: 

Print and surface pattern designer inspired by the natural world.

Prickly Pear Sofa

Tall Cacti Wall Mural

Cacti Wallpaper

Cacti III Wallpaper

Mountain Journey Wallpaper

Mountain Print Toy Boxes

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Our New Home

Hey guys, so as you know we moved into our new place recently (an actual house!) so I thought I'd show you around a bit and share our lovely little space. I was going to do the whole house in one post like the last one, but we're currently waiting on a few more pieces of furniture like chest of drawers, bedside tables etc so there are still a few boxes in some rooms. 

We had a little house warming this weekend which I'll post about later this week, so we've done a lot of tidying and I thought I'd take that opportunity to take some photos. 

 

 

We've also got these two new plants as housewarming gifts from friends who came round for the gathering. This first one is the most unusual thing I've ever seen! It's amazing. Its a Euphorbia Lactea, otherwise known as dragon bones and I've just found out that it contains a 'poisonous milky latex'! Haha! Thanks Alex and Neil!

This one is from our friend Saffy and is a lovely little baby palm! She said there are the indoor types that stay relatively small and then there are the others which grow into massive palms and that she didn't actually know which one this was! Haha oh well it's cute and small for now at least.

 

Other rooms to come later!

 

 

 

 

oxoxo 

 

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Bringing It All Back Home

"My friend with you to live alone, 

were how much better than to own, 

a crown, a septre and a throne!

O strengthen me, enlighten me, 

I fade in this obscurity, 

thou dewy dawn of memory."

 A. Tennyson

We're here finally and it's starting to come together nicely. It's so good to be able to have out all the nice homely things we've been given as gifts over the years. I'd forgotten we even had some of them, such as about 3 different sets of little vintage spoons! Our cacti and succulents have also now settled peacefully in their forever home!
There'll no doubt be more photos here and there in the near future. It's just difficult to get photos of whole rooms when there's still quite a lot in bags and boxes!

I was walking down the street earlier today and found myself gazing at everything in a kind of awe. "Wow, I live here. This gorgeous tree lined avenue is where I live. These trees are mine." As you'll have gathered I bloody love this city. 

A bonus is that we have this little bit of garden. It's shared with the two tenants above but - even bigger bonus - neither have been known to use it in the 16 years they've lived here! Not that I'm against them using it, it just means it's practically all ours!
At the bottom of the garden is this curious little broken down building that's gone to rack and ruin. Probably the old maids quarters, it's too big to be just an old outhouse. I scrambled in to get some shots. It's cold, dark, overgrown and a little bit magical. Maybe clear it out and put some chairs in!?


We've got our flat warming happening soon which I hope the sun will be joining us for, not that I know how we're ever gonna fit everyone in.

Also, since this is a new start for me in my life, I kind of feel like cutting all my hair off...

xoxo

Current Loves: Cacti

Not just a current love, an ongoing life long love. Ben bought me a beautiful one for my birthday as well as a huge succulent. They currently live with him in Sheffield because I don't want to risk damaging them trying to transport them to York. Plus I'll be moving there myself next month (I've got a transfer with Sainsbury's!) so they're lapping up the sun on his windowsil for now. I can't wait to find a nice sunny corner for them when we get our own place.

Meanwhile, I've found and bought some other things to satisfy my cacti needs...

Kate Broughton

I found these nail transfers on etsy recently and squealed a little bit. I saw them, loved them and now I own them. They're by Kate Broughton and when I visited her full shop - oh my, there wasn't much I didn't want. I also bought the cacti writing set even though they're too nice to send to other people!

Something else I'd love to have in our flat is this 1870's Cactus Botanical Chromolithograph print. In a thin wooden frame it'd look great.
 

Nachokitty

Lastly, for now, is this shower curtain. I just love it. Hopefully Ben will too, though I suppose he'll have to seeing as I've already bought it...Ha!

H&M

...and now I'm looking at holidays in Arizona...

You can see more of my tastes on my Pinterest page.