5 things I learned from winning the Amara Interior Blog Awards

If you've already heard about this on social media, feel free to move on with more importants things and your day. If you haven't, may I announce some terribly exciting news: Stella + the Stars is now officially an 'award-winning' blog after being voted (bear with me, it's a mouthful) Best International Blog in the Amara Interior Blog Awards 2016. I bet you can smell the smugness just reading this. What can I say, one does not win an award every day, right? But more importantly, winning the Amara Awards has also taught me very important and serious life lessons which I am sharing with you...

[Stella Loves] The return of the bar cart

Marble or brass, mid-century modern or contemporary, simply white or bright and colourful, there is a new wave of uber stylish drinks trolleys that have hit the UK high street and you can now find the most sublime designs for under £400. I have spotted a handful of super stylish models online over the past few weeks, and I thought I'd share a selection of my favourite ones. Then all you have to do to style it is to take some stylish looking booze bottles, add chic glassware, a vintage cocktail shaker, a brass pineapple (just because), some lovely flowers in a tiny vase and Bob's your uncle.