Month: March 2018

home: nice price [ lights ]

home: nice price [ lights ]

It is true when we are told lighting is one of the most important parts of any room. Whether a statement pendant or multiple table lamps. We love well designed simple lighting with favourite stores including bhs.com, johnlewis.com and made.com.

Our pick this week is the Zane cluster pendant light, perfect for a dining room or living room. Available in chrome or copper the 5 slick pendants hang in a group with exposed bulbs making for a striking addition to a room.

Not that they are expensive to start with but take advantage of the sale price – was £79, now £45

made.com

home: favourite thing [ sheep skin furniture ]

home: favourite thing [ sheep skin furniture ]

From redundancy to newly qualified upholsterer, the wonderful story of the founder of BaaStools will make you love them even more.

Explore the range of bar stools, foot stools, dressing table stools, chairs and other accessories all with the signature sheep skin finish with a variety of colours on offer and some great silhouettes of leg shape too.

They say;

The aim with Baa Stool is to make practical, functional pieces of furniture that can fit in anywhere but still have a real wow factor. The result is a range of quality, unique and contemporary sheepskin furniture that compliment modern and period interiors equally.

home: featured [ Cox & Cox ]

home: featured [ Cox & Cox ]

Launched in 2001 this eclectic online store brings you a fresh take on traditional and new products with Scandinavian & Industrial influences.

Cox & Cox collection of lighting, furniture, accessories, soft furnishings and more is full of quality pieces to inspire and help you create a gorgeous home.

Our favourite pieces include their rattan chairs, rugs and storage baskets. With a muted and natural colour pallete any item will work in any interior. So make sure you head to the website and start getting inspired.

coxandcox.co.uk

[ Use MOBMARB at checkout for 20% off ]

home: event [ upholstery course ]

home: event [ upholstery ]

We love what The Good Life Centre offer in their ranges of creative course. This year has an abundance of upholstery courses, so if you fancy creating something for your home, have a chair that you’ve been ‘meaning on covering’ for years, want to learn a new skill or simply love to get creative – have a browse of the courses available throughout the year. A mix of courses, different lengths, anything from a one day course to a one year course.

Book now to avoid missing out

The Goodlife Centre

49/55 Great Guildford Street

London

SE1 0ES

home: trend [ vintage lighting ]

home: trend [ vintage lighting ]

The trend for vintage lighting doesn’t mean necessarily trawling vintage markets and auction sites, unless you want to. Modern stores have a huge wealth of vintage style lighting replicating styles from the 1940s to the 1980s at anywhere from bargain prices to high end design. There’s many options to get ‘the look’ for your home.

Vintage style (or actual vintage) lighting gives a unique look to the home and creates a statement.

Industrial, retro, vintage and Art Deco Style pieces can sit great in a modern setting. Look for statement pieces for centre of a room, group together multiple industrial pendants in a kitchen or use great vintage wall lights against a dark wall.

Picture guide;

1. Rope and bulb // £78.59 LightInTheBox

2. Treviso light // £99 Swoon

3. Industrial Pendant Light // £126.72 MadeToLast

4. Vintage industrial style // LightInTheBox £21.43 (reduced from £46.21)

5. Vintage French Atomic // £250 HomePlace

6. Single vintage style bulb // £9.99 NotOnTheHighstreet

Favourite store, HomePlace, has a great selection of real vintage lighting – originals. They take the work out of hunting down unique pieces yourself.

This particular incredible piece might be sold but there’s plenty more at a HomePlace to browse

The incredible piece above might be sold but there’s plenty more great lighting to browse at HomePlace

home: made [ cushions ]

home: made [ cushions ]

Looking for a refresh for your sofa or chair then consider some inspiration from us today.

We have found a handfull of fun and creative diy projects to transform a basic cushion into something a little special. With frills, pom poms and hand stitching, check these out.

Clockwise from top left:

fallfordiy.com

vintagerevivals.com

lilyardor.com

abeautifulmess.com

home: favourite thing [ mirror ]

home: favourite thing [ mirror ]

We are loving the increased popularity of window style mirrors. We found this black industrial style example from cultfurniture.com, suited to most interiors.

Giving the illusion of space this large mirror not only works practically but also offers a structured design bringing interest to a room.

Although this mirror is for indoors you could put it in the garden and let it weather and age.

Head to cultfurniture.com [ £119 ]

home: featured [ Next ]

home: featured [ Next ]

It may be a little damp and chilly but it’s definitely a good time to start planning styling the garden for this summer.

Give yourself something to look forward to by creating a new look for the garden with all the excellent pieces new-in at Next. Plan your outdoor living space with furniture, lighting and outdoor dining ware.

Next offer branded and own brand pieces. There’s great design, great silhouettes and great styles for their furniture. It’s easy to collate a outdoor lounge or dining area with complimentary accessories, planting and with all the details down to melamine ware for safe outdoor dining and strands of cool lighting to light your area after dark.