Category Archives: Design Favourites: Sourcing & Inspiration

The Edit

November 7, 2013

 

My favourite things at the moment: Honeycomb and pompom paper decorations, Flea folly architects, Keira Rathbone, Grayson Perry & Lana Del Rey.Read More

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Chasing the Winter Blues away at Liberty

October 14, 2013

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With the weather getting dark and icy and with the yearly arrival of minor ailments and hibernational moods, I decided it was time to take myself on one of my twice yearly sojourns to Liberty to get lost in their cathedral of consumption for a couple of hours. Like many girls of my generation, Liberty is a byword for the beautiful, it is one of those stores that across its four floors still maintains the feel of intimacy in small wood panelled spaces that feel like treasure troves to the particular, whilst collectively encompassing its original conception as a nineteenth century bazaar built on a grand scale, a true example of Zola’s Ladies Paradise.Read More

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The Edit

October 10, 2013

vintage-wooden-carousel-fairground-ride-circusMy favourite things at the moment: Chiswick Car Boot Sale, Le Corbussier, Hallway mini-makeover, Rockett St George art prints.

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An Aladdins Cave of Objects of Desire – The Paint House.

October 7, 2013

Paint House Northcote Rd Convex Vintage Mirrors
Amongst the endlessly mundane interiors stores of South West London churning out the same gift-store-style homewares there is one store that uniquely charms me. It is rarely not on the money and there is always something surprising and eye catching. The items range from the purse pinching to the extravagant. This weeks entry is a passing nod to emporium of faultlessness  – The Paint House on Northcote Rd, Battersea.Read More

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The Edit

September 26, 2013

Elsa Beskow Design House Stockholm

My favourite things at the moment: Elsa Beskow homewares at Skandium, Ghost signs, Endless stairs at Tate Modern, London Design Week and new season colors at Farrow & Ball.Read More

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