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Hi! I'm Sharon, welcome to my website...

Let's talk interiors ..... design, style, decor, renovation and inspiration.

        UK Interior Awards Winner 2018

        UK Interior Awards Winner 2018

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Ohhhhh I couldn’t not post it too could I 😆 Proud to be an honorary #instawanker today! Thanks to @the_wooden_hill @theresagromski 🖤 . . Choose life. Choose a fake life (no one wants to see your real life). Choose a family, but only when they’re allowed in shot...the rest of the time shout at them, move their stuff out of the way and pretend that no one lives in your house. Choose a fucking big television (but never show it cause no one watches TV here, we only read enki magazine and books on shelves the wrong way round). Choose pampas grass EVERYWHERE, miniature pumpkins (but only white ones). Choose good health and low cholesterol, make avocado on toast with a sprinkle of chia seeds, take a picture of it next to a crumpled linen napkin, some eucalyptus and then order a Domino’s! Choose to ignore your partners jokes about being an Insta widow and complain about them often on the gram cause it gets a LOL. Choose a velvet sofa that no one is allowed to sit on. Choose THE rug from La redoute or if you’re a baller French Connection. Choose your friends but not real friends, ones you’ve never even met but that have pretty houses. Comment on all of their posts otherwise they and Instagram will delete you FROM LIFE. Choose cable knits and handleless mugs and remember to always look off into the middle distance wondering where the fuck your favourite book is cause it’s facing the wrong way round! Choose DIY, take a pic of yourself looking casual with power tools so you can feel smug and then pay a decorator to do it. Ain’t nobody got time for diy when there’s a bar cart to faff with! You never know when you might need to move the gin into another room of the house! Never mention the algorithm (it’s like Voldemort, it with sniff you out with its noseless face and delete you FROM LIFE). Choose 15 thousand hashtags Choose instawankery Choose life!
My daughter is coming home from Uni for the weekend later today with her boyfriend! I’m so excited as I haven’t seen her since she turned 19.... I’ll have four teenagers in the house for the weekend and I couldn’t be happier.... Bet those aren’t words people utter too often eh! I think there are pros and cons to every age or ‘stage’ your kids go through as a parent, I often miss them being younger but wouldn’t change the age they are now either.... Of course if they’re anything like their mother they will still be acting ‘teenage like’ at 48! I’ve joined @the_wooden_hill @theresagromski for a bit of #instawankery this Friday- It means I’ve posted twice this morning! Unheard of and surely breaking some ‘rules’ ....Insta should be fun shouldn’t it and I love a silly pose as you know too well! Don’t panic though I have my clothes on this time ;) . Hope you all have a fab Friday X . {Rug gifted by @modernrugsuk} . . . . #plantstagram #plantstyling #plantlady #skylight #openplan #currenthomeview #plantgang #ihavethisthingwithplants #wallpaperdecor #myinterior #interior_delux #interior4all #ukblogger #sassyhomestyle #apartmentdecor #plantsmakepeoplehappy #fafffriday #mynordicroom
We had a fab time in Barcelona but it’s always lovely to walk back through the front door too..... It’s my son’s Birthday today, he’s 13, which now means I’m the mother of three teenagers! How the hell did that happen 🤷🏼‍♀️ He doesn’t want to be on my Instagram feed which I totally get, but just so you all know he’s blimmin fab, he’s funny with a heart of gold and I am so, so proud of him, though of course he is also getting more like ‘Kevin’ every day! For those of you who don’t remember Harry Enfield’s ‘Kevin the teenager’ he got it so right! . . I remember this time thirteen years ago saying to Jim that I was going to ask the midwife about induction at my appointment later as I was so huge and knew, having already had two, that I was carrying a big baby and didn’t want to go another 10 days! To cut a long story short, my midwife was brilliant, she gave me a sweep at the doctors and an hour later my waters broke and we were off, we got on so well that when I rang her to tell her she said she’d meet me at the hospital as she wanted to deliver him, I got to the hospital and there were candles in the delivery room with music playing and I felt so relaxed because she’d done this for me and the three of us were chatting and joking.... An hour later I was pushing, no time for pain relief, he was big and he got stuck, things then took a very different turn and we are actually so lucky that we are both here today happy and healthy..... I am still friends with my midwife on Facebook and though we don’t see each other in day to day life, every year I send her a message to say thank you, because without her today could be a very different day for us and I will forever be so grateful to her :) . . . . . #entrancehall #hallwaydecor #hallway #whitewalls #paintedbrick #encaustictiles #patternedtiles #welcomehome #myinterior #originalfeatures #spotlightonmyhome #decordetails #myhometrend #interiorepitome #plantgang #urbanjungleblog #ukblogger #myhomevibe #skönahem #myhyggehome
We had such a lovely day in Sitges yesterday with friends that moved over there last month.... We sat on the beach and drank Prosecco in the sun whilst the kids went off in search of ice cream then moved onto a bar to drink Gin and eat tapas before walking back to their beautiful house to watch the sunset.... I have to be honest I was more than a little jealous 😉 .... I think in ten years we’re pretty sure we’ll be heading for sunnier climes! Where would you live if you could go anywhere in the world? I think I’d like to split my time between Barbados and a big city like NY maybe?! . . . . #decoracioninteriores #woodpanelling #reclaimedwood #springflowers #daffodils #palletproject #kitchendecor #atmine #sassyhomestyle #myhomevibe #styleithappy #shelfie #mykitchen #kitchensofinstagram #myinterior #mynordicroom
I’m not here but have just checked into our hotel in the beautiful city of Barcelona.... After a bit of a performance at the start of the day.... Now you would think that someone who actually flies the planes for the airline we’re flying with would know which terminal the flight goes from? Oh no, Jim drops us at Terminal 5 to go and Park the car about an hour and a quarter before the flight leaves when looking at the board I notice ours isn’t there... I’m informed by a staff member it goes from Terminal 3... A phonecall to him and a few choice words later and we’re running to get the tube to the correct terminal.... Find the staff travel queue for the flight to be told it’s filled up and there are no seats for us at the moment, only a Club seat for Captain Hornsby, who at this point I think was in fear of his life if he dared to glance in his loving wife’s direction.... Anyway to cut a long story short we got on the flight by the skin of our teeth and I even got recognised by a crew member who I trained 17 years ago (yep it happened again @kelldon) .... That made me feel much better, and for the sake of family harmony on holiday I drank the 2 bottles of champagne she sneaked me on the flight and all is well again 😊 .... If you’re still with me any Barcelona tips would be appreciated 😆 X . . . . #designdetails #kitchendesign #kitchenremodel #modernrustic #rustickitchen #barstools #naturallighting #reclaimedwood #designdeinteriores #interieurinspiratie #kitchenlove #myhyggehome #hyggelig #skönahem #interiormilk #myinterior #exposedbrick #reclaimedbrick #whitewalls
Another gorgeous sunny day here! I hope you’ve had this beautiful spring like weather too :) .... I have a confession to make I’ve been having major wobbles about the renovation this week wondering if we’re doing the right thing... I think it’s been particularly hard this week as I’ve not been 100%, sad to have not been with my daughter on her birthday and I received some very sad news from a friend on Tuesday so it’s been a hell of a week behind the insta japes.... Also I do love this house and it is so lovely when the sun is shining.... So I’ve gone from being excited to terrified of the reality of living through such a major renovation again with teenagers, Jim away all week, a new job and running a business.... So today we went and had another look around the house and I’m feeling better about things again, it will be a 10 year+ home for us this time (we’ve moved every 2-4 years for the last 15) and it is the right thing for us to do I’m sure.... phew! . Anyway, sorry for the moan- We’re off to Barcelona for a few days tomorrow and I can’t wait xx {Green chair in the background gifted by @sofadotcom 2018} . . . . . #sittingroom #bluewalls #hagueblue #designdeinteriores #interieurstyling #atmine #myinterior #myinteriorstyletoday #ihavethisthingwithrugs #diyhomedecor #cosyhome #myinspiringinterior #interieuraddict #apartmenttherapy #apartmentdecor #myhomevibe #inspiremyinstagram #myhometoinspire #abmlifeisbeautiful #designsponge
‘I love you’ print on the fireplace, a very apt print for Valentine’s Day don’t ya think!.... . Time for a bit of #instareality though.... I know I promised a Valentines Jimstagram shot for you today, but rather than taking silly photos for the gram Tuesday eve we had an almighty ding dong instead!.... (That’s an argument for anyone who may be thinking that ding dong means we got a bit fruity!)..... The only fruit involved were the bananas in the bowl on the worktop we could have happily thrown at each other! This marriage lark ain’t always easy, however much you love someone, sometimes they do your blimmin head in and Tuesday was that night.... . Anyway, back to the love stuff.... I won’t be getting a valentines card or flowers today as Jim, the old romantic, thinks it’s all ‘commercialised rubbish!’ That said I may well take the joint credit card and go and purchase myself some overly priced flowers today, after all he’s not talking to me anyway so what’s he going to say! Hahaha.... So, happy Valentine’s Day I say we all buy ourselves some flowers or chocolates whether we have a partner or not, because after all isn’t it most important that we love ourselves ❤️ . . PS..... All is not lost, I’ve popped a couple of edited Jimstagram shots on my stories for ya X . . . . #myinterior #nordicspace #roundmirror #fireplacedecor #victorian #greywalls #myfabhome #sassyhomestyle #scandimaximalism #myhousethismonth #butterfly #interiorinspo #cornerofmyhome #designdetails #designdeinteriores #interieurstyling
The two black & white prints here are photos of my daughter Liberty and it’s her 19th Birthday today!.... I could go on and on about how fabulous she is, but I’ll just say... She changed my world when she was born, she made me strong, she made me realise what love really is and she still does to this day.... I am so blimmin proud of her, and I adore her, we’re 2 peas in a pod, she makes me laugh,her smile lights up the room and she is as beautiful inside as out.... For 3 years it was just me and her and the song below was out when she was born, it is our song. I love you @libertyhornsby more than you could ever know.... You will always be the one.... I hope you have a great day and I’m gutted I can’t be with you but I know you’re in good hands ❤️ . I was her she was me We were one we were free And if there's somebody calling me on She's the one When you get to where you want to go And you know the things you want to know, You're smiling..... When you said what you want to say And you know the way you want to play it, You'll be so high you'll be flying..... Though the sea will be strong I know we'll carry on 'cause if there's somebody calling me on She's the one If there's somebody calling me on She's the one . . . . #cosyhome #hyggelig #myhyggehome #mynordicroom #modernrustic #modernrusticdecor #fireplacedecor #myinterior #scandimaximalism #sassyhomestyle #myhomevibe #interiorismo #skönahem #hangingchair #cornerofmyhome #mydomaine #sheepskinrug #festoonlights #kitchendecor
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HORNSBY STYLE Let's talk interiors..... Design-Style- Decor- Renovation- Inspiration
Bricks...... Why every interior should have some.
Jan 26

Jan 26 Bricks...... Why every interior should have some.

Sharon Hornsby
Decor Magicians, Shazza's Style Tips

I have always had a thing about exposed brick in the home, that whole NYC loft vibe really gets the juices flowing, if you know what I mean!If I had to describe my dream home, an old original feature brick wall would be right at the top of the list.

Beth Shehata..... Adding style and fun to a new build!
Jan 17

Jan 17 Beth Shehata..... Adding style and fun to a new build!

Sharon Hornsby
Interior, Decor Magicians

This is Beths first home, she bought her new build townhouse in Newcastle in 2015. As it was a new build it was a blank canvas and Beth set about putting her own stamp on it and showing off her own style and personality..... 

Fairy Lights.... Let's keep them up all year!
Jan 8

Jan 8 Fairy Lights.... Let's keep them up all year!

Sharon Hornsby
Shazza's Style Tips, Interior, Decor Delights

I do love a string of lights in my home, I love the interest they can add to a corner and the way they add bit of bling and brighten up any area of a room, here's how I use them in my home.....

16 Interior Bloggers and their top Interior Christmas wish......
Dec 15

Dec 15 16 Interior Bloggers and their top Interior Christmas wish......

Sharon Hornsby

We all see beautiful items in magazines, on Pinterest and on Instagram that we would love to have in our own homes.... So i thought I'd ask what some of my favourite fellow Bloggers would wish for this Christmas

Dark blue walls....... What's not to love!
Dec 1

Dec 1 Dark blue walls....... What's not to love!

Sharon Hornsby
Interior, Shazza's Style Tips

Dark blue walls? yes please! I think using blue on the walls of our homes had a bad rep for far too long, and now thankfully they've returned in the last five years or so, but in much deeper, richer colours. 

Stars..... They're not just for Christmas!
Nov 17

Nov 17 Stars..... They're not just for Christmas!

Sharon Hornsby
Shazza's Style Tips, Interior

It's the time of year where stars are everywhere, but, just like puppies they're not just for Christmas...... Ahhh I love a 'Star' in my home, no I'm not talking anyone famous ( Though I wouldn't say no to Aiden Turner popping by )

'Sassy Homestyle' Host Kristine's beautifully renovated home.
Nov 11

Nov 11 'Sassy Homestyle' Host Kristine's beautifully renovated home.

Sharon Hornsby
Renovation Magicians, Renovation & DIY, Interior, Decor Magicians

This is the first of my three posts introducing you to the #sassyhomestyle team and today I'd like to introduce you to the fabulous Kristine and her gorgeous, recently renovated home. 

Why has this blogging lark been so hard to get started?.........
Nov 9

Nov 9 Why has this blogging lark been so hard to get started?.........

Sharon Hornsby
Interior

Hello and welcome to my blog!  For my first post....... The message is in the title- Why has it taken me so long to get this blog started? And why is it not as easy as it looks to just sit down and get on and do it?....... 

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