Whether you love the eloquent feel of Parisian inspired furniture, the modern, minimalist style hailing from Stockholm or the rich and fiery colours of Marrakesh; you can travel to your favourite cities every day (without the jetlag) with our latest homeware collections. We recently asked a handful of bloggers to create their dream bedroom based on one of five cities across the globe Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Moscow or Marrakesh; a worldwide wardrobe blogger challenge!

STYLISH STOCKHOLM

Helen of forty percent fringe : sixty percent face based her blog post around the city of Stockholm, since she has always wanted to visit Sweden. After coming along to the bloggers home event we recently in Cardiff, Helen was inspired to style her fantasy bedroom around the Isabella wardrobe with plenty of bright, minimalist white staples, classic Swedish wooden furniture and fresh accents in green and yellow from The Good Life collection.

“I find too much brown wood or too much plain white overpowering but a combination of natural wood and stark white is perfecto in my eyes,” explained Helen, “Plus I always love a bit of quirkiness in home styling, hence the adorable wee owl lamp.”

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Leeds based homeware interior designers of Sarah Gordon Home put together a piece on their blog too… choosing Moscow as the dream city. We love the metallic colour choices teamed with bold florals in ochre and pink tones.

“We’ve created a ‘Moscow’ bedroom scheme using some of these elements; a lovely brass bedstead from Next; large scale geometric print wallpaper for real impact; wood tones in the solid pine wardrobe and accessories; tactile textures with large knitted pod pouffes and a sheepskin throw; plus some folksy floral cushions.”

MODERN MOSCOW

A real contrast, Michaela of pargy.co.uk also went with Moscow but put a real modernist feel on her selections. With the Linear Black wardrobe alongside a metal floor lamp and sculpture, the edgy montage really reflected the city vibe.

Michaela’s top tip:  “Match blocks of grey, black and red with white and metal relief. Why not throw in some industrial accessories with a vibrant Kandinsky print to complete the look?”

MAGICAL MARRAKESH

Laura of Life as an Hourglass went for an Eastern look with her Marrakesh themed bedroom. The rustic looking Shoreditch triple wardrobe alongside the similar coloured Cuba bedstead provided a perfect backdrop to the Moroccan inspired accessories.

“When I think of Marrakesh, my mind immediately goes to luxurious fabrics, bold colours and intricate accessories. I chose two main colours, dark purple and yellow ochre for the curtains, bedding and cushions,” she explained.

“I really like the mirror too; it’s quite an unusual design and would be a real statement piece instead of having a picture.”

MOROCCAN BOHO

Jools, vintage lover and blogger at Satin and Souffles, also chose Marrakesh as her bedroom city. A mix of deep colours, intricate prints, Eastern accessories, a variety of seating pods and layered mismatched cushions look brilliant styled with the acacia effect Cuba wardrobe.

“I chose Marrakesh as I have always been drawn to bright colours and I have a fondness for exotic places and bohemian interiors.”

PRETTY IN PARIS

Luxe Life and Style blogger Bianca based her bedroom on Paris in the summer by creating a light and airy bedroom with neutral colours and lots of texture and accessories to create a calming and relaxing space. We love her use of creams, whites, pearls and pale metallics throughout furniture, bedding and accessories

Bianca also chose the stunning shabby chic style Isabella wardrobe along with the matching drawers, Portofino bedstead and Simpson console dressing table with the sumptuous Bellagio mink bedroom chair.

“I really like to introduce flowers and plants into my bedroom so I’m decorating the side tables with White Hydrangea and White Orchids on both the bedside table and the chest of drawers.  I would also use lanterns, tealights and a couple of Stamford Candlesticks to create a romantic setting.” Dreamy!

Thanks to all the bloggers for taking part – we absolutely loved the diverse range of bedroom ideas and feel like we’re all getting the decorating bug ourselves.

Looking for more inspiration? Why not view the Next TV home advert or browse the latest homeware collections for this season.

It wasn’t quite warm enough to bare the the bod though… not that it’s stopped us compiling the world’s longest bikini wishlist – take a look at our New In brochure for some oooohs and ahhhs!

The weather may be taking a downhill tumble over the next few days (and weekend… quelle typique?!) but the brief sunny spell has encouraged us to go full steam ahead on updating our summer wardrobe. Take a look at our video for the latest catwalk trends and get prepared for warmer weather!

http://www.next.co.uk/tv/catwalk-ss13/

This is such a perfect outfit for me and a look you will find me wearing variations of on many occasions. A classic blazer in black – you can never have too many! I already have three, and each one I favour for the slight differences in length, cut and detailing. I love this Next one for its boyfriend boxiness – it’s the perfect everyday spring style. I like to roll the cuffs for a bit of Miami beach coolness! The relaxed skinnies in a mid-wash are another wardrobe staple you can’t have too many of, and these are a great fit, extremely comfortable and not too tight on the waist or thighs.

And now onto the exciting bit – the accessories. Metallics are almost a perennial trend but the micro-trend twist here is the holographic finish of the clutch and the two-tone silver and white ankle-strapped heels. I love teaming denim with white or silver and this outfit has just the right amount of classic chic and edge for me. What do you think? Is this a look you would wear? How do you style metallics?

This is my final guest post for Next and I’ve hope you’ve enjoyed my outfits! It’s been great fun and I hope you’ll come visit me at my blog Stylonylon.

In the service we sat with friends who had children and found if one made a sound the others followed! Before the brides arrival Meadow also tried to run down the aisle with a bunch of heart shaped helium balloons much to the amusement of the very nervous groom who I think was happy for the distraction.

After the beautiful service we had drinks and sandwiches in the lounge which was great as the kids could run around and we even went onto the grounds to feed the ducks! After the reception and refreshments were the speeches, we choose to keep the children in the reception room whilst the speeches went on to ensure they kept quiet and all went through at the end for the toast. Then was the bit Meadow had looked forward to all day – dancing!!  She danced till almost 10pm with every wedding guest – she was given glow sticks and I was glad I’d changed her dress as she just ran wild and this darker silk dress was more robust. She boogied away even whilst the bride and groom had their first dance! Her and the other children did laps of the room, dancing and laughing and popping bubbles and playing with balloons – she had a lovely time. Once she slept on a chair Robin and I had a dance and a chat and we were so pleased we were only staying upstairs, as we really were exhausted. Weddings are great fun, weddings with children are good fun but tiring … we have another in July but it’s child free so Meadow will have fun elsewhere whilst we let our hair down …

My parents came to visit for four days to see Meadow, but I’m afraid germs foiled all our Easter plans. Meadow got a bug, shortly for it to spread through the whole family. Its awful to see her ill at the best of times but this bug floored her for almost 6 days and she couldn’t leave the house with her grandparents to have fun. Instead we went down the craft route making Easter bonnets, Easter cards and paper chains. She even brightened up a little as my Mam and I made cupcakes with little chick and rabbit toppers. We sent my parents back up to Cumbria laden with rabbit shaped shortbread biscuits and Meadow’s cupcakes in a lovely Helen Rochfort white rabbit bag. We made Pace eggs too by dying boiled eggs with blue food colouring and shared them all out on Easter Sunday. She enjoyed that and was spoiled rotten with lots of lovely Easter gifts. She got a few chocolate Easter eggs but lots of beautiful cuddly toys, books and a baking set as well as a children’s strawberry growing kit. I was so pleased as they kept her amused whilst ill and made her smile. Her Nana made her a lovely Easter cardigan in spring yellow – perfect to go with her Easter dress – I can’t wait for the warmer weather so she can wear little dresses and open toe sandals!

The following weekend as we headed into April, once Meadow had recovered we decided to treat her with a trip to a farm, as she had been so good when feeling poorly. She loved feeding the deer, hens and rabbits! She ran around and got lots of fresh air that she’d been missing out on and shock horror – the sun shone! She had a great time on the carousel and horse rides and playing on the slide. It was so lovely to see her enjoy being outside and hopefully there’s more to come. I’m getting a little sick of jumpers and jeans, bring on the Spring and those floaty sundresses plus lots of lovely outdoor activities like barbeques and swimming – pretty please…!!

Easter was chilly beyond belief wasn’t it! And typical too as we had all kinds of excitement planned once the school term was done and dusted. An Easter Egg hunt party (complete with snow?!), a trip to the Isle of Wight and the small thing of Daddy being off work for 2 weeks to enjoy (and encourage) all the fun!

There we were, the start of April on board a very coooold ferry Isle of Wight bound – now let me assure you, when we booked this trip it was very much snowing outside and the mercury was well below 0, so as I clicked ‘BOOK NOW’ I was (clearly, very optimistically) dreaming of a spring sun in the sky, a pleasant chill to the air and long days on the beach, albeit wrapped up. I was NOT thinking that the week before our departure I would be frantically ringing up our holiday company to check that every room of our accommodation would be heated and that the hot water bottles would be the first thing packed!!

Thankfully our accommodation was fully equipped and the hot water bottles weren’t actually needed, the kids kept plenty warm with an array of winter warmers – Fin’s Next Navy Jog Suit was a God send, keeping him warm and comfy and Imi lived in her Tan Quilted Pull-on Boots – they have a fur lining so perfect for the cold climes! And even I was able to stay toasty but look chic in my Embellished Peplum Sweater. Despite the conditions we all had a thoroughly good time and we even had a day on the beach. I say WE in the royal sense – I (along with the other females) congregated in the beach front cafe and cheered on the cricket match whilst enjoying a cream tea!!

Now I am back home I allow my mind to wander to the 3 weddings I have this year. All 3 nuptials are no kids allowed (and although, of course, I adore my little ones) I am quite unashamedly looking forward to enjoying a few child-free days and nights watching our good friends and family tie the knot. But what to wear – and can I kid myself that the thermostat will be slightly more favourable? Well, the first wedding is late May so I’m going for the Lace Maxi Dress – I’m praying for the sun but if it comes to it I’ll have to put my long johns underneath!! – I will NOT be beaten!!

*Rick Astley, B*Witched and Wham may (or may not) have been played at one point* Ahem!

As well as witnessing a dance-off (!!) and trying to remember the rap in Five’s hit ‘Everybody Get Up’ – there was the chance to peruse our Summer collections! We had some great feedback on the ranges… swimwear in particular was a hit! We also gave out tags for the bloggers to put on the items they loved the most… You can see which items made the Blogger’s Edit, here. And don’t forget to check out our Summer collections for yourself!

Our range of gorgeous handbags looked fantastic too; don’t forget to check them out!

There are soooo many pieces we love from the Womens collections. We think this  Halterneck Swimsuit will be pool party perfect paired with Denim Shorts and Sandals. Also on our wishlist is this Cutwork Maxi Dress – fabulously versatile, it can be dressed down for a summer soirée or jazzed up for an occasion.

From the Mens collections… our powder blue suit was a popular choice! Perfect for Summer, no? Holidays were on the brain too with these fun, fuscia swimshorts.

Natalie says; “On the high street, Next has always embodied everything that Elle loves. Real pieces that real women really want to wear. That’s why we’ve jumped at the chance to put an Elle stamp on our favourite clutch of the season.”

See it come to life in our NEW animation and get your hands on one here! How will you use yours?…