Gwen - East London

Gwen shares her flat in Dalston with four other people. She’s one of the lead singers in a band called The Pipettes. The other singer is her sister; she points to the mantle piece and says, “That’s my sister over there, in the picture. Taken when we were little. She’s the smaller one, which is funny because she’s now bigger than me.”
She moved from her hometown in Cardiff some years ago and comes from quite an unconventional musical family. Her mum is in a socialist street choir and her uncle is an organist and head of music at a church in Northern Ireland, he taught her piano.
Mirroring her bands style, her bedroom is very Kitsch - she is a lover of all things popular culture and has a massive passion for Elvis. She says, “I’m briefly enamoured by new artists, but always go back to Elvis. I think, for me, Josh Homme is probably the closest to a modern day Elvis.” If this theory is purely based on image, judging by the picture below, I’d have to agree.
When I asked Gwen what she’d save if her bedroom were on fire, she said, “I’m not sentimental. And I know it’s obvious, but I’d save my computer, not just because it has a lot of my music on it, but I see it as my window to the world. I love seeing what people are doing in terms of creativity and music - there’s so much to see out there and I do a lot of it from my computer.”

Josh Homme photo courtesy of PR
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Anna - North West London

This bedroom almost has an invisible line of division, of girl versus boy - it's a perfect example of an unconventional bedroom. Anna loves knick-knacks and vintage, she has her own blog called, Yes Brian You Look Terrific. And her other half is a musician. So, in case you hadn't already guessed, this bedroom doubles up as a music studio and as a result Anna has had to seriously reign in her ‘stuff.’ As Anna says, she has had to create her own little areas, as her things were taking over. At first glance this room looks manic, but it actually feels quite peaceful, however, I think it does have the potential to get a bit hectic, especially when Anna's sorting through her clothes, her boyfriend is moving about, doing his music, and Arthur the cat is springing around getting up to all sorts of mischief. Once a timid rescue cat, Arthur is now a star in his own right and some of his antics can be seen here on a blog called Cat Party.

I asked Anna what she’d save if the bedroom were on fire, she said, “Well, obviously Arthur, and the computer, the computer is so important, it has all of my boyfriends music on it. And I’d quickly grab some photos too.”

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Hayley - North London

Hayley is a food lover, and a Murakami obsessive. She is a digital researcher for T4, and runs her own rather good blog, Digital Rinse. Hayley shares her light and airy flat in Holloway with her friend.

She says, “I like my bedroom to be a bedroom. I don’t like clutter, well not in the bedroom, anyway. I want somewhere I can relax and not be distracted by stuff. My last bedroom was tiny – everything was everywhere and it did my head in.” She laughs and then says, “That’s why the clutter I do have now is under the bed. Style over substance, that’s me. In fact that’s my mantra.”
When I asked Hayley what she’d save if her bedroom were on fire, she said, “My footstool that I reupholstered. And my books, I’m a big reader and I love Murakami. His books make me want to go to Japan - I'm fascinated by the place. I can’t wait to see the film Norwegian Wood, based on his book.”

Find Hayley on Twitter @MissMcCool

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