{Two yummy chairs}

It's Monday morning and a lazy Sunday afternoon cuddled up in my favourite armchair seems like forever ago. I went back to my hometown to spend some time with my family and a few old friends this weekend; what did you get up to? I'd love to hear about your adventures over the past few days.

I had a little dig around this morning and found these two yummy chairs, which look so inviting and even more stylish, that they make Monday morning not so bad! Tuesday's newsletter will be going out tomorrow, with all the latest interiors tips, discounts and inspirational ideas - sign up to the left for Bright.Bazaar in your inbox. In the meantime, take a look at these...

I'm not a huge fan of the SS10 collection from Heal's (it's a bit too zing, even for me!), but perhaps I'll grow to like it?! Any how, I do adore this chair: it's combination of retro styling with modern twists. The above is covered in Designers Guild Velvet - 10.0 on the luxurious Richter scale!

In April last year I wrote about Squint and I'm still loving their work, even if they did make last year's diary room chair for Big Brother! The George II armchair (above) is opulent, whilst maintaining personality, flair and colour - a winner in my book.

{Urban Outfitters HQ - office inspiration}

Last week's office inspiration showed the intimate and colourful workspace of Orla Kiely. This week it's all about inspiring corporate spaces and the Urban Outfitter's Headquarters in Philadelphia is the focus - what an inspiring and seductive place to work. I first read about this fantastic office space on decor8 a while back, and it's lovely to be able to feature it on my own blog. Most of us spend our life working in offices so let's celebrate how lovely they can be when a bit of colour, personality and expression are thrown into the mix.

I think it's admirable for an employer to provide such a creative and informal place for their staff to work amongst and I'm sure Urban Outfitters reap the benefits for doing so. The vast height of the main office space is bound to create an airy and fresh feeling, almost as if the space was designed to provide more head space for workers to keep their creativity from being crushed. The huge windows shown below let light flood into the different areas of the office, keeping even the smaller spaces feeling breathable. Although for many of us this kind of office space is a mere dream, there are still small elements from which inspiration can be taken. For example, hanging a favourite item of clothing or arranging different sculptures on a shelf can provide the same effect as the picture below, just on a smaller scale. I would love to see some of your own office spaces and feature them on Bright.Bazaar, so please let me know in the comments below if you wish to share the space in which you work.

Images: From decor8.com, originally by Lara Swimmer, Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd

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