Happy new year! Woop woop! How’s that head? We are in a cottage in rural Wales right now with no wifi so this will be my only post until I am back to London with my first Styling the Seasons post of 2015 on Monday 5th.
I’m not really one for resolutions for the new year, but I do think it is really important to reflect on the year that has been. However, I know that ‘review’ posts can get a bit dull and repetitive, so I have decided to structure mine around some of my favourite posts of the year that were photobombed by Otto!
Every time I shoot a blog post in my own home Otto is desperate to be involved and to investigate everything I’m doing. I usually have to shut him out of the room that I am shooting in otherwise it becomes impossible. However, without fail, he will always manage to make it into my ‘set-up’ shots one way or another. I turn around for two seconds and there he is, eating props or pretending he has suddenly fallen asleep. I hope you enjoy a whole lot of Otto photobombs and maybe click through to some of the posts that I wrote last year…
Paint dipping: This is months and months ago when Otto was still so tiny. I was trying to shoot the stool that I had paint dipped but he fell asleep right in shot and looked so cute! Not technically a photobomb but I did have to shove him out of the way to get a good shot.
Handmade quilt: I was trying to shoot this Liberty print quilt that I made last Christmas. Again, Otto decided to fall asleep right next to it after trying to fall asleep on it.
How to re-upholster a drop-in seat: This is my favourite photobomb! This was back at the start of 2014 – look, we still had horrible carpet then! I was shooting a chair that I had re-upholstered in Lorna Syson fabric. And look who has to jump up to say hello.
Liberty print cushion tutorial: This post was a tutorial to make simple envelope cushions. Hello Otto. On the bed. Again. We still had our guest room at this point of the year.
Guest post for Liberty: There’s that carpet again! This post was my first guest post for Liberty and I made a travel highchair.
Liberty print pouffe tutorial: I think Otto has a thing for Liberty print. He still thinks this pouffe is his. Every time I tried to take a photo of this, he would jump on to it. I have to say this is probably the most useful thing I have made this year. Jules and I quarrel over it when we watch TV together!
Planting bulbs in tea cups: Look at that face! So unimpressed that I’m taking photos of bulbs in cups rather than playing with him.
Mosaic tile tutorial: We went up to our roof terrace to shoot this post back in the summer and Otto was seriously annoying and would not get out of shot!
Liberty guest post: I made this deck chair cushion for the Liberty blog in the summer and we went to my mum’s house to shoot it in the garden. I remember it was the day of the Wimbledon final so I wanted to take the photos before the tennis started but Otto thought it was hilarious to jump into frame every time I lined up the perfect shot.
Bolster cushion tutorial: More bed shots and more Liberty print!
Painting MDF floor: Finally, we get to the point in the year when the carpets ripped up and we painted the MDF floor! Hurrah! I was just about to shoot the floor and in slips Otto.
Home office makeover: Probably my most popular post of the year was my home office makeover, part of which involved painting the floor white. Otto saw fit to fall asleep as I was trying to photograph the floor.
Cabinet makeover: I loved doing this makeover challenge – I was given £100 to buy and renovate a piece of furniture and it was probably my favourite bit of DIY of 2014.
Adding a touch of Copenhagen: Home office finished, painted hard floors in place, so obviously Otto has to be first on this new rug that John Lewis sent me as part of a challenge to add a Scandinavian feel to the room.
Christy bedlinen: Another bedroom shoot, another excuse for Otto to crawl into my bed even though I’m trying to photograph it.
An alternative Christmas table: Otto is not the only one who gets in the way of a good shot.
And finally, a preview of my first DIY makeover of January 2015. Here’s Otto photobombing my ‘before’ shot of our hallway. You can see the ‘after’ shots next week!
I hope you have all had a great 2014 and if not great, you can see a way of making 2015 better. Thank you so much for all of your support in 2014 – blogging-wise it has been fabulous! I will see you on January 5th for my first Styling the Seasons post of the new year followed closely by my hallway makeover reveal.
Big new year kisses!
Katy xxx
He clearly knows what a handsome chap he is and assumes that the shots would not be complete without him! Happy new year!
Ha! And to you, Louise x
LOOK AT HIS FACE!!! I’d like to see more Otto in 2015.
Happy New Year, lovely lady!
xxx
That face does it every time xx
Ok i know we’re only 2 days in but this has to be one of my favourite posts of 2015! Otto is absolutely beautiful!!
Ha ha! Thank you, Kerry x
Aw LOVE him! What a wonderful round up. Happy New Year beautiful xxx
The happiest of happy new years to you, Sarah-Lou. Hope to see much more of you in 2015 xx
Haha bless him, I love to see pics that have been pet photo bombed lol. My chickens get in my summer shoots love them.
Such a happy post xx
Thank you, Emma. I’ve now got images of Otto chasing your chickens and all hell breaking loose! x
You can tell by the smile on his face when he’s asleep that he knows exactly what he’s doing!!! Love him!
Too true, Sarah! x