Month: August 2016

home: made [ lampshades ] 

home: made [ lampshades ] 

Home projects are always satisfying and there’s lots of simple lampshade tutorials to produce your own shades for your home. Choose the fabric, colours and style to suit your interior. 

A great method is to use the DIY kits available to buy that allow you to make a drum shade. These kits are available on line from various stores including Ebay and Amazon. 

We also found brilliant tutorials from Cath Kidson and Design Sponge.  

The tutorials are straight forward and can allow you to create various sizes of shade. They can also inspire you on fabrics to use. Always ensure you’ve tested your fabric by holding it up to the light to ensure the light can filter through. 

home: nice price [ table lamp ]

home: nice price [ table lamp ]

There are still some great bargains to be had from the Summer sales as they come to an end. We found this industrial task lamp from West Elm, now £67.15 [ was £79 ]

Available in a selection of colours this stylish lamp will work in almost any room and perfect for a bedroom or office.

Grab one now at westelm.co.uk 

home: favourite thing [ IKEA rocking chair ] 

This week we look at a new piece in the IKEA range and it’s an immediate favourite.

The new GRONADAL chair is a modern take on the traditional woven rattan rocking chair. 

As with the nature of a hand woven piece – every chair is one of a kind. The structure is built from beautiful natural materials – ash and rattan. 

The design is modern and light weight and would look perfect in a cool minimal Scandi-influenced designed home. 

£145 

The designer says;
The idea behind GRÖNADAL rocking chair was to make a rocking chair that joins different materials and expressions in unexpected ways. Rattan and ash are vibrant natural materials that age beautifully, and create an interesting contrast to the powder-coated steel. The seat and back are hand-woven using traditional techniques, while the light shape brings modern Scandinavian design to mind. Every part is made with love and care – which I hope you’ll feel when using it.

Designer: Lisa Hilland

home: featured [ Doo Dah ]

home: featured [ Doo Dah ]

Based in Leeds, Husband and Wife duo James & Claire have created an eclectic collection of aesthetically simple and beautiful products. Full of home accessories, stationary, wall art and more.

Doo Dah keeps it’s collection simple with gorgeous quality products, all with a muted colour palette, allowing the customer to fall in love with pretty much everything. Our favourite pieces include the great selection of prints and soft furnishings.

Head to doo-dah.co.uk to be inspired.

home: event [ The BFG dream jars trail ] 

home: event [ The BFG Dream Jars Trail ] 

We don’t always stay inside appreciating great interiors. Sometimes we need an excuse to travel around and appreciate great buildings and architecture from the outside. 

The BFG Dream Jar Trail gives us the opportunity to do just that with this magical search in and out of many of the best buildings and areas of London. 

Did the BFG lose these jars on some night time expedition? Who knows , but this is a great chance to search and see our capital. 

Grab the map and get searching. Hiding places include Harrods (check out their interiors department!)and gorgeous Libertys (their staircase alone is a dream!), pass by Buckingham Palace and be in awe of the greatest house of them all, admire St Pauls cathedral for its historic architecture and appreciate the Barbican for its midcentury glory (with their glorious conservatory being a must-see). 
Trail running til the end of August 

home: found this [ H&M ]

home: found this [ H&M ]

Get an Art Deco feel in your home with some gorgeous new arrivals from hm.com. Go black & gold with accesories including candle / tea light holders, ceramics and soft furnishings.

[ We also think the navy blue on the cushions is just great ]

Head to hm.com to see the full collection

home: trend [ rattan ]

home: trend [ rattan ] 

A once favourite for suburban semi conservatory furniture and popular up until the last couple of decades, rattan has had a recent surge of popularity and with many brands designing new chic modern styles, rattan is the perfect addition to the contemporary home. 

It’s flexible and sits well with both minimalist interiors as well as bohemian ecletic styles. 

Create the perfect look with dark wood floors, kilim rugs (we love the selection at West Elm), fresh white walls and lace white curtains (try IKEA Alvine Spets). 

1. MALU vintage rattan bedside table £55 La Redoute 

2. ALSEDA stool £20 IKEA 

3. BOJA lamp £52 IKEA 

4. OONA rocking chair £352.50 Graham And Green

5. IVYLINE planter £79 John Lewis 

6. INQALUIT KUBU footstool £42.25 La Redoute 

7. RADVIKEN chair £120 IKEA 

home: made [ dipped baskets ]

home: made [ dipped baskets ]

We have come to see quite a lot of paint dipped items for the home over the last year or two. But this trend seems to be staying and where it has been really popular on furniture; chair and stool legs aswell as ceramics and vases, the big look carrying on through Summer into Autumn is dipped baskets.

This simple diy project uses very little extras on top of the basket itself. Pick the size and shape, decide on a paint colour – this could be a bright vibrant shade or classic white, also consider metalic shades – and grab a tray or large bowl to drop the basket into. [ another option is to use dye instead of paint ]

We have some tutorials below for you to follow.

Marthastewart.com
Dreamalittlebigger.com

Papernstitchblog.com

home: nice price [ wine glasses ] 

home: nice price [ wine glasses ] 

Perfect for summer dining, we love these well proportioned Villeroy and Boch wine glasses currently in the Selfridges sale. 

Originally £14.90 

Now £10.43

Search the rest of the homeware sale for some great prices in ceramics, kitchenalia, glassware and small appliances. 

Selfridges Says

‘Crafted from 24% lead crystal, this traditionally sized goblet from Villeroy & Boch is perfect for white wines. A weighty glass, with dimpled detailing around the bowl, it’s perfect for dining outside and bound to be a compliment to any dinner service. The lead crystal gives the glass both extra strength and remarkable clarity.’

home: favourite thing [ lamp ]

home: favourite thing [ lamp ]

With a lot of the sales coming to an end there are some great new arrivals hitting stores over the next month. This table lamp from Rockett St George is new in and we love it. Available in black and copper the one piece metal stand and base is sleek and stylish. Perfect for a bedroom or office.

Rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £49 ]