Category Archives: Design Favourites: Sourcing & Inspiration

Cornucopia of Cosiness for the home

October 5, 2015

Throws cushions, Custhom, T&shop, Margo Selby, Another Country, Melin Tregwynt, Lapuan Kanruit

If there’s one thing I often feel envious of in other peoples homes it’s their home decor knits, I’m a full sewn knitwear fanatic. There’s a running joke in our household that when fashion packages arrive during winter-time it probably contains yet more cardigans or knits for me(!). I guess it follows that if you love both pattern and texture then knitted pattern will be a big draw within an interior scheme. I know I have done winter post‘s on blankets before, maybe I’ll make this my yearly tradition. So, to celebrate Campaign for Wool’s National Wool Week, here are my current favourite knitted homewares on the market:

Clockwise from top left: A selection from Lapuan Kanruit, I love all of their blankets, particularly this, Taivaanvalkeat blanket, 86.90 EuroRead More

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Design Junction & Tent London 2015

September 25, 2015

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Had so much fun at Design Junction and Tent London. I started the day at Tent London arriving in Shoreditch at 10am bright eyed and bushy tailed, very far from how I felt 6 hours later with 5 canvas bags with a million pieces of paper and a particularly cumbersome piece of concrete! But wow, what an experience. I genuinely feel a bit spoilt for choice, there was so much great eye catching design at an accessible price point. I come away with a couple of pieces, but my wish list for our next house is now immense – some serious thought on the design brief is now required! As we are going away for the weekend today I am horribly time poor (will probably forget all essential baby supplies at this point) but I wanted to update at least some of the thrills from today’s visits to the shows.
I give you today’s Design Festival through the Aperture:

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Decorex 2015: A Picture Postcard Wishlist

September 23, 2015

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As a magpie excited by things that sparkle, or a kid in the best sweetshop ever, or even a magpie in a sweetshop(!) I was so excited, I headed off to Decorex 2015, as a part of the London Design Festival this week, to see over 400 exhibitors interpretation of the future of luxury design. Decorex is widely regarded as quite a big deal in the design world Read More

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Design Crush #6

September 19, 2015

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I love to find a bargain version of an expensive piece and no-where is this more true than with this recent discovery above.  I tend to have disgustingly expensive taste in lights and find sourcing things within budget really challenging, but also hold to the design adage that spending on certain things is a necessity for overall look.  Almost 2 years ago I featured a vintage light I have been in love with ever since. Read More

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The Edit

March 1, 2015

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Such a cornucopia of delights on sale right now, here are my most coveted from the divinely cheap to the skin-pinchingly-expensive!

1. Brass Scoop Table lamp, West Elm USA, $65. 2. Stars & Stripes mug, Smug, £29. 3. Yellow & Duck Egg Beaker by Jars Ceramiste at Smug, £9.50 4. Round Brass and Marble Drinks Trolley, Rockett St George £325. 5. White Ceramic Pineapple, Abode living, £45. 6. Cross Stitch Embroidered Cushion, Marks & Spencer £19.50 7. Handpoured Cement Candle Holders, Anthropologie, £6-14. 8. Desert Geometric Cups, George Asda Home £6 for a set of four. 9. Pinched & Glazed planter, Leif USA, $45. 10. 1810 Blanket, Heals, £99.

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