(L-R) Conker Kitchen Table from £745 - Shine Like The Stars Cushion £7 - 4 Aperture Copper Frame £16 - Titch Side Table £165 - Tom Dixon Candle £35.75 - Hexagonal Metal Pot £12.99 - Do Great Things Notebook £15 - Home Letter Rack £10 - Grey Horseshoe Chair £99

With our house practically complete it only seems fitting that we'd start another project, yes we're that couple. If welcoming Sadie into the world wasn't enough add planning our dream wedding (April 2016 baby) to the life list and we'll soon be getting the ball rolling on project extend-our-cottage. What can I say? We like to keep busy. I'm already jumping the gun and dreaming of pieces that'll slot into our soon-to-be expanded kitchen/diner with the only exception being that cute as a button side table from furniture-making-favourites Loaf. That baby would be perfect in our living room NOW.

I may seem like a cliched blogger with my shades of grey and metallic copper tones but I just adore the simplicity of this subdued colour palette. I can already envisage pictures of our family in the faux gallery photo frame, a herbaceous plant sat on the window sill in the hexagonal copper planter and I have no doubt that Sadie and I would be incredibly comfy in that grey occasional chair* watching daddy make breakfast. At less than £100 pounds it'd be rude not to be spectators on pancake Sunday right? For entertaining with friends the concrete topped kitchen table is swish and practical (can you tell I'm a mum now?) We might even light that Tom Dixon candle, if our guests were special enough that is. Props have got to go to Nest where I found this Pinterest worthy scent thrower, those guys know how to make a website.

Now all that's left to do is actually build this extension, my ideas of family life might have to go on hold, for now.

What do you make of my grey and copper picks? 

*In collaboration with George Home, all opinions my own.