Interior design ideas: inside a design blogger's home – in pictures

A print by Angie Lewin at St Jude’s is echoed by a pair of cacti, and displayed along side a small collection of Japanese sake cups. The shelf sits high up in the living room, opposite a low-down shelf at skirting board level. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

Upstairs, in a converted attic, is where Macnair writes. She bought the The Danish desk from a local antiques shop, and found the 1950s French classroom map online. “My husband Neil’s father is from Bethlehem, so the map of Palestine is really personal to us,” she says. An Anglepoise desk lamp completes the vintage workspace look. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

The bedroom unit was £200 from glasgowarchitecturalsalvage.co.uk. Delphiniums fill a chemistry flask (from the Conran Shop). The light is by Flos, the painting from an antiques fair. “I loved the colours,” Macnair says. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

Mismatched chairs and seat cushions givein the open-plan dining area a casual feel. The flooring in the kitchen was inherited from the previous owners, but Macnair stained it a darker colour. “Now it has a sort of ship’s deck effect,” she says. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

Above a mid-century drinks trolley from themodernwarehouse.com is a woodland print. Macnair's father found the antler in Scotland (“he’s a massive hillwalker”) and inscribed it with details of the exact location he discovered it. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

A Smeg fridge, dainty Victorian glass lampshades, a decorative shelf and mustard yellow tiles (Macnair tracked them down from heathceramics.com in San Francisco) add a touch of style to what is an otherwise simple kitchen. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

“I was determined not to fill the alcoves by the fireplace with bookshelves, like most people do,” Macnair says of her living room. “I like odd shelves in unexpected places such as above doors or low down at skirting board level.” The contemporary lightbox on the wall inside the alcove is from lillyslightboxcompany.com and the wire plate from darkroomlondon.com. The grey, two-seat sofa, just seen, is from assemblyroom.co.uk and the rug is from Ikea. Photograph: Rachel Whiting

The art deco chair mirrors the fireplace tiling. The walls are Farrow & Ball’s Castle Gray. On the chimney breast, an antique mirror is positioned off-centre. Ceramics on display are unfussy, while the dried hydrangea heads are from Macnair’s wedding bouquet (her blog is at myfriendshouse.co.uk). Photograph: Rachel Whiting

Vintage, mismatched floral bedlinen from British companies such as Liberty and Toast has been mixed together with linen accessories from Merci in Paris. The blanket is by British textile designer Eleanor Pritchard. Design Bloggers At Home, by Ellie Tennant, is published next month by Ryland Peters & Small at £19.99. To pre-order a copy for £15.99, go to theguardian.com/bookshop Photograph: Rachel Whiting