Month: June 2017

home: trend [ industrialism ]

home: trend [ industrialism ]

It will always be a firm favourite with interior fans and designers; the industrial look is really accessible and is great mix with other trends including Mid Century and Scandi and of course you can bring in any paint colours you like.

This year it’s having a resergence in online stores with more and more choices for you to bring the industrial look to your home.

The key materials for this look are brushed metals, concrete, cork and wood. Exposed bulbs instead of using lamp shades, and wire and mess shelving units bring the look together. It’s very simple to achieve and you can go as far as you like with it.

Image from Urban Pioneer by Sara Emslie

If you are looking for inspiration and love reading about other peoples interiors we cannot recommend enough Urban Pioneer by Sara Emslie. The converted warehouse spaces she features in her book are the perfect way to be inspired and look at how you can achieve a similar design in your home.

Guide:

1st column: mirror with shelf from grahamandgreen.co.uk [ £95 ], leather bar stool from rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £150 ], concrete dining table from made.com [ £529 ]

2nd column: pendant light from industville.co.uk [ from £159 ], stacking shelves feom rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £215 ]

3rd column: wallpaper from muralswallpaper.co.uk [ from £25 ], concrete chair from tindesign.co.uk [ £419 ], lamp selection from westelm.co.uk

home: made [ outdoor patio stencilling ] 

home: made [ outdoor patio stencilling ]

Looking to great a new look for the garden or update a patio? Pushing the trend for outdoor rugs further we love the idea of stencilling patterns or designs directly onto a patio or decking. 

By using stencils (or freehand if very creative) you can produce a unique, look for an outdoor area – choosing from styles including geometric, Moroccan, ethnic, bohemian or midcentury. 

We found some great sites offering tutorials and design ideas of how to achieve these looks including The House Of Wood, Cutting Edge Stencils, and Stencil Search. 

home: nice price [ luggage rack ]

home: nice price [ luggage rack ]

We’ve spotted this cool industrial luggage rack from Rockett St George, and we love it. Perfect for a hallway or kitchen to hang coats and scarves or pots and utensils. Will even work in a bathroom for storing towels. The options are endless.

The charcoal grey finish will fit in with most interiors and what makes this item even better is that it’s only £55.

Rockettstgeorge.co.uk

home: featured : [ The Future Kept ]

home: featured [ The Future Kept ]

Husband & Wife team Dean & Jeska Hearne have created an online store full of gorgeous well designed, durable and desirable items for your home. With a strong focus to inspire their customers to think about the items you buy for your home, bringing these independently produced products to the forefront of the collection.

‘We provide quality goods with an honest provenance that we use in our day-to-day lives, items made to ladt that will not fuel the throwaway nature of the modern world, heirlooms of the future. We hope to inspire a curiosity and desire within people to make more sustainable and ethical choices.’

Our favourite pieces include their woven baskets, throws and ceramics. Head to the website, explore and find your perfect item. We assure it will be more then just the one.

thefuturekept.com

home: event [ Designers At Home with OneFineStay ] 

home: event [ Designers At Home with OneFineStay ] 

 A definite date for the diary with a chance to hear from interiors experts, network and ask all the right questions amongst design experts. Book in for the event to be inspired plus enjoy refreshments, goodies and prizes! 

Date : Mon 26 June 2017 // 18:45 – 20:30

At : onefinestay 

300 St John St London EC1V 4PA

They say: Layerhome.com has teamed up with luxury home-rental destination onefinestay for this inspiring panel event, inviting three design greats to share the stories behind their established careers and offer a personal look at the designs of their own homes.

With a penchant for the avant garde and an eclectic trademark style, you’ll meet interior designer Shaun Clarkson who has led the way in the interiors industry for over twenty years. Secondly, Layer is delighted to welcome Harvard educated Dara Huang to the panel, the creative force behind international, award-winning architecture and design practice, Design Haus Liberty. Finally, hear from commodities trader turned luxury interior designer Rachel Laxer who will bring a fascinating insight into the value of investing in antiques that she applies to her loyal clientele from Silicon Valley, New York and London.

Join Layer, onefinestay and the panellists for an evening of design inspiration, sickeningly beautiful home images, stimulating discussions and a good glass of wine.

6.45pm Lovely people start arriving (and drinks are served)

7.15pm Formal chit chat starts

8pm Questions from the bright and the beautiful (aka audience members)

8.30pm End of the organised part of the evening

WHAT TO EXPECT

More than an hour of inspiring career talk

Shoulder-rubbing with fellow design-lovers

Time spent in the beautiful onefinestay offices

Prizes and treats

A glass of wine

home: found this [ Oliver Bonas lighting ]

home: found this [ Oliver Bonas lighting ]

You can always be sure to find great homeware in Oliver Bonas. Their trend lead pieces with their trademark style and colour pallete will always appeal.

Our pick from them is the Alba lighting collection. This sleek angular design with its narrow stem and gold accents will look great in any space. Choose from a wall light [ £70 ], table lamp [ £95 ] and floor lamp [ £175 ].

There is also 20% off the current price of the Alba collection, so even more a reason to invest.

Oliverbonas.com 

home: trend [ earth tones ] 

home: trend [ earth tones ] 

This summer sees a trend that embraces the natural Earth, sustainability and grounding ourselves with the planet we walk on. 

Bringing together a natural inspired set of colour palettes;  

‘This colour scheme draws from a palette taken from natural rocks, deserts, earth and trees featuring pale rose, peach, cinnamon, tan, ochre, burnt orange, burgundy and terracotta.’
LondonEssentials.com 

It creates a warm interior and encourages a slower pace. The tones compliment each other and work along side each other alike to the natural world. 

Using tones of each shade, build up this look through soft furnishings, furniture and all the way to wall finishes. Embrace textured coloured wall papers, feature walls in painted choices and subtle texture and pattern in throws and cushions including the use of silks, linens, weaves and matt finishes in ceramics and furniture. 

Buying guide [ clockwise ] 

1 Taupe Brown Linen Duvet (from) £59       La Redoute 

2 Dulux Perfectly Taupe £26 B&Q 

3 Cole & Son Crackle Wallpaper Ochres £70 Beut 

4 Metro Sage Wall Tile £15 p/sqm Tile Mountain 

5 Soft Wool Olive Green Throw £42.25 (was £65) Cox & Cox 

6 Scott Burnt Orange Velvet Sofa £899 Made.Com 

home: made [ magazine shelves ]

home: made [ magazine shelves ]

Storing magazines and favourite publications usually end up being under a coffee table or stacked up in a bookshelf. Why not show them off by making some alternative shelving. Keep it simple with a few pieces of wood or how about a cool leather strap to hold your magazines.

We have found a few tutorials to help you decide.

Wooden magazine shelf – burkatron.com

Ladder magazine rack – apairandasparediy.com

Ikea shelving idea – nordicdesign.ca

Leather magazine holder – burkatron.com

home: nice price [ garden lights ] 

home: nice price [ garden lights ] 

The popular industrial design of cage lights have been a strong trend in interiors and this trend is now available for outdoor garden styling. 

Grab a bargain from the Sainsbury’s outdoor range – these solar powered string of cage lights was £12.50 but is now £9.37 

Create a warm light around a seating area for outdoor entertaining.