Current obsession: Turkish Coffee Cups

Ornate Silver Turkish Coffee Cup with lid

Turkish Coffee and Turkish delight :)

Turkish coffee and Turkish Delight

Turkish Coffee cup in 'antique silver' from The turkish Emporium

These Turkish coffee cups are so beautiful. They are espresso sized as Turkish Coffee is so strong, I have been told this is to ensure the Sufi's stay awake through the night to pray and meditate, (dont hold me to this).

Sadly I am not a big coffee drinker and they are too small for my Tri-daily cup of tea but they are so pretty and ornate that I am tempted to get one anyway.... lots of little cups of tea is do-able...

The bottom picture is a coffee cup that is available from The Turkish Emporium, there are however some really beautiful Turkish Coffee sets like this one from ebay, complete with Turkish Delight Bowl

Creating Moroccan Style Sitting Rooms....

Moroccan Nook complete with lanterns, rugs and Handira throws.

PInk Moroccan Nook with scatter cushions and tassles

Moroccan style interior: Pouffe, Handira cushions, tiles and Dabouches

White Moroccan seating area with Silver Ottoman and Handira rug

How dreamy are these Moroccan style nooks? These cosy spaces are easy to create.... just grab some Kilim cushions, a Moroccan Pouffe/ ottoman, a handira rug and a couple of lanterns.... add some peppermint tea and you are on your way....

Where to buy:
Handira available from Beyond Marrakech and Gypsy River

Pouffe's available from Bohemia and Beyond Marrakech

Kilim Cushions available via etsy

For More Moroccan Interior Inspiration click here

Beyond Marrakech Handira: Moroccan Wedding blankets...

Handira: Moroccan wedding blanket, With bushy white stands and sequins these bohemian beauties
look wonderful used as blankets, wall hangings or rugs :Peacock pavillions

Handira used as a blanket

Handira: Wedding Blanket used as a bed throw

A beyond Marrakech Handira used as a rug

Handira :Wedding blanket from Beyond Marrakech

Handira: The back of a rare Beni Ouarain wedding Blanket from Beyond Marrakech , complete with shoulder straps

Moroccan Interior Design: Wedding blanket (handira) used as a rug

I have fallen in love with a blanket, no seriously, big time in Love! I have been toying with the idea of buying a Moroccan Wedding Blanket (Handira) for about a year now, and a couple of weeks ago just went for it.

Handira are hand woven blankets made from 100% wool and decorated with sequins. The Wedding blankets are made by Berber women and are traditionally used as a cape during wedding ceremonies (See photo below). Post wedding Handira look beautiful as blankets on the bed, as rugs or even as wall hangings.

I am so, so impressed I just had to share....I got mine from Beyond Marrakech, a blog and shop owned by the lovely Danielle, who also owns a beautiful Guest house Dar Zohra in the Atlas Mountains.

Living in Morocco, Danielle sources these beautiful Handira locally and has the most beautiful wide range of these beautiful blankets. If like me you are messy the blankets also come in colour.

What do you guys think?

Handira are traditionally worn as a cape during the Moroccan Wedding ceremony

For more Handira inspiration Visit beyond marakesh's Handira Boutique 

Justina Blakeney

Beautiful bohemian style bedroom, love all those rugs!

Gothic style mirrored head board

Bohemian living room. Rugs on the floor and book above the door

Beautiful old leather chair with Suzani throw cover

Vintage chest, ottomans and rug, lovely and worn in :)

I have just stumbled upon the blog of Justina Blakeney and I am so hooked (with a bit of blog envy thrown in). The images above are from one of her friends Beech home which I have fallen in love with. I love the mismatched rugs and clashing prints.

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