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The kitchen of our new Airbnb with some colourful finds from the shop

My sister recently had a baby boy - a big, bouncing and boisterous baby boy who was so keen to come into the world he was born, as if auditioning for an episode of call the midwife, on a bathroom floor in a terraced house in Totterdown. A true Totterdowner. 9 years ago we decided to start a bright and colourful business in this bright and colourful corner of Bristol - we always loved our area and wanted to bring new facilities to it, but like many in Totterdown we moved here, we weren't born here. However our business was, and like my nephew, it grew and changed. Each time I see him he's a little grown. You can still see the changes but, like the changes to our shop, you really realise when you stop and look back at the first photos just how significant those changes are.

I made this origami shirt from some double
sided paper by Rosehip mounted in a Nkuku
frame

So after 9 years of our little shop in Totterdown growing, doing well on line and becoming a stockist of many different Danish and British brands, we realised we needed to make a few changes to the property we were based in. We've redone our shop layout to allow a much bigger storage and packing area, and this, in turn, has freed up the space above the shop. Excitingly we're now renting this out on as short term lets on Airbnb. It's a self contained flat with a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom which can sleep up to 4.

It was a great chance to decorate up the space with some of our favourite finds from Nkuku, Rice, House Doctor and other great stockists. We've had real fun making an eclectic space full of small works of art, finds and trinkets from the shop. We've used simple postcards and graphic art in Nkuku frames, together with some home made art to decorate the place. The kitchen is full of colourful Rice kitchen items, and of course we've used a mix of lighting from House Doctor, Rice and Nkuku to really set the flat off.

Now we've finally finished decorating and the first few guests have stayed with us we'd love you to look at what we've done. Our very first guests were my brother inlaw's family, come to see the baby, already setting down memories so in years time we can all sit down and marvel at how he's grown. It seemed fitting.

Find our Airbnb listing here.