home: made [ rugs ]

We love a fun DIY project with great results. Produce and making your own homeware is satisfying, rewarding, often cheaper than buying the item and also a good way to update something old or plain.

We found some great tutorials at DIY Network for making and designing rugs for your home. There’s a great selection of different projects to achieve varying looks depending on your style or needs.

There’s also a great selection of tutorials at ArchitectureArtDesigns too

Many of the projects use old T-shirts, scraps of wool or fabric, or plain rugs which can be picked up cheaply and many highstreet homeware stores.

home: nice price [ baskets ]

We havn’t featured Tiger [ new name Flying Tiger Copenhagen ] for a while and after spotting these metal baskets we needed to share. Available in five colours and two different designs these colourful bassets are great for any room and especially a kids bedroom. Use them as fruit baskets or perhaps as a waste paper bin. At only £3 each you can treat yourself to a couple.

uk. flyingtiger.com

home: recommends [ Room 356 ]

One of our favourite stores we found this year is Room 356. This home and lifestyle store is full of beautifully designed pieces from stationary to lighting, jewellery to ceramics.

Room 356 started in 2014 by Mother and Daughter team Cassie & Bev with their bricks and mortar store in Bolton with an accompanying online shop, blog and social media accounts.

‘ The dream was to create an online store and retail space with a special and unique identity. We wanted to offer you the ultimate shopping experience, and make each and everyone of you feel valued.’

Try and make a visit Room 356 in person, otherwise be sure to check out the online store and keep up to date with Room 356 by following their Twitter and Instagram accounts.

[ Room 356 is one of the brands in our First Birthday Giveaway on Instagram / head to our Instagram page for entry details ]

home: favourite thing [ bohemian blanket ]

No home can have too many blankets – for their practical warming use or for aesthetic reasons they are always useful. Change the look or colour scheme of a room by throwing over a chair or sofa, add texture and pattern to a bed styling, bring soft furnishing outside and use with garden furniture or thrown over the grass and kick back – either way having a few alternative blankets in store to mix and match or chop and change is handy.

We love the bohemian feel of the High Vibes blanket from Urban Outfitters and it’s only £35. Perfectly on trend and see you through to Autumn/winter home styling too.

home: featured [ Baileys ]

If you are looking for a bit of escapism from city life and like to fill your home with neutral, efortless, utilitarian pieces then you need to head to Baileys. Housed in a converted barn in Herefordshire Mark & Sally Bailey have created a stunning shopping space full of gorgeous homeware from all over the world. There is an abundance of rustic pieces including crates, salvaged furniture and hand crafted soft furnishings, as well as recycled goods. Our favourites include the lighting, apple crate storage and hand woven cushions.

This emporium covers everything you need with furniture, lighting, accessories, kitchenware and hardware all with a neutral colour pallete, allowing customers to easily fit items into their homes. Alongside the shop there is a tearoom, which means you can make a full morning or afternoon visiting Baileys, stop for a cup of tea & cake and then continue shopping.
Visit the online shop at Baileyshome.com or if you can, make a trip to the shop to be wowed.

Store Owners, Store, Herefordshi

Here, you become besotted with recycled and salvaged furniture, spend hours rifling through piles of linens, throws, rugs and towels and are led to believe hanging hooks and pot brushes are covetable items in their own right.

Mark and Sally Bailey, the force behind Baileys Home and Garden, have published three books expounding their design philosophy. We talked to the couple as they were wrapping up their fourth tome.

home: event [ pottery classes ]

Take part in superb classes to learn new skills in pottery and ceramic making with the experts at Turning Earth.

Courses are either 8 or 12 weeks long and are at their gorgeous East London studio.

Our beautiful studio occupies two large, glass-fronted railway arches on the Kingsland Viaduct, between Hoxton and Haggerston overground stations.

Courses are taught by professional ceramic artists Sharon Virtue, Tessa Barrett, Ben Sutton, Stine Dulong (designer at SkandiHus) and Sarah Hall.

Keep update with new course details and how to book here

Railway Arches 361-362, Whiston Road London E2 8BW

home: found this [ shelves ]

We love a bit of scandinavian design and we found this A- frame shelving unit form made.com that fits the bill.

This five shelf unit has an oak vaneer finish and would look great adorned with a mixture of objects – vases, pictures, books and planting. With loads of space you can play around with the arrangement.

£229 from made.com

home: trend [ granny floral ]

Not to be solely associated with a twee cottage in the countryside, this floral trend can be a beautiful layer on to a minimal white room. Deep hues of floral designs can be miss match and combine to create a rich look that can be really effective on a worn leather couch against a crisp white wall. Mismatching in the sane hues, varying the size of the print, can create a warm, coherent look that is cosy and inviting and easy to add to with new pieces to layer up.

Florals can be introduced in the furniture, in small homewares, with small furnishings and even with wall and floor covering. Try The Rug Seller for great granny floral rugs and head to Wilko for a lovely selection of floral wallpapers

1 Millie Nancy Armchair 229.99 / DunElm

2 Bella Floral Cushion £31 / Hutsly

3 Lupins Cushion (SALE) £28.80 / Laura Ashley

4 Crochet Throw £40 / A Room in my House

5 Multi florals layered up on a crisp white background and mid match vintage framing

6 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Cushion £65 / John Lewis

7 Vintage Danish Sofa £650 / Modernistiks

8 Going bold with floral mural on a dark wall. Full a similar effect try a big floral wall paper.

home: recommends [ A Room In My House ]

With a great combination of vintage, hand made and in house designed products, A Room In My House is a great store for gifts, homeware and prints.

The brand has both an lovely online independent shop as well as a well-curated store on the popular marketplace, Etsy.

The brand divides their ranges between the two selling areas with the vintage homeware being in the Etsy store together with handmade products and prints; and then solely their in-house designed goods, in their own webshop.

Their vintage collection, on Etsy, includes glassware and ceramics from the 1950s-1970s and this is complimented by gorgeous handmade cushions in either vintage fabrics or crochet.

Explore the main store for both photographic and typography inspired prints by the duo who run the brand, as well as stationery and cards. There’s even extra goodies including paperback letter racks – clever holders for photos, cards or letters made by hand from books, which make great gifts.

Follow the brand on social media for news of new products and where to shop with them in person as well as news of extra products to buy that aren’t always available online.

http://www.instagram.com/aroominmyhouse 

Twitter : @aroominmyhouse

https://m.facebook.com/A-Room-in-my-House-Ltd-138562196193009/
[ A Room In My House is one of the brands in our first birthday giveaway on Instagram / see earlier post or Instagram for full details on how to enter ]

home: made [ ladder ]

In recent weeks we have noticed the popular trend of indoor ladders used as decorative and practical objects in the home. Ideal for hanging plant pots and tea towels in a kitchen, hooks and accesories in a hallway or maybe just somewhere to hang clothing in a bedroom.

To get the look why not try making one yourself. A wood finish is great as you can look at different thicknesses to suit or use dowling rods [ plus you can paint it any colour you like ]. Alternatively opt for copper, a popular choice still. Using piping and attachments it couldn’t be easier.

We have found some online blog posts and tutorials for you to follow.

Wood:

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