home: event [ bookbinding for beginners ]

home: event [ bookbinding for beginners ]

We found this lovely bookbinding workshop at the fab Drink Shop Do in London, so whether you want to create a sketch book or note book for yourself or a gift then this is a great place to start.

This beginners workshop will take you through the steps of putting a book together using stitching techniques and and paper folding for the cover.

This 2 1/2 hr workshop also includes bottomless tea and a slice of cake.

Head to drinkshopdo.co.uk to book tickets

Apr 1st & Apr 29th – £30 [ 10:30 – 13:00 ]

home: found this [ bench ]

home: found this [ bench ]

A beautiful edition for any home, great in a dining room, bedroom or hallway – this tapered leg midcentury style bench has a perfect shape, solid wood legs with a walnut finish and with a textured upholstered seat in either a tweed or weave finish (two colour options)

Tufted Dining Bench from West Elm

Was £299 Now £239

home: trend [ sage ]

home: trend [ sage ]

Continuing from last year we are seeing more and more shades of green in homeware. Not only paint colours but furniture and accessories.

Sage is the colour for Spring and we are seeing it everywhere. It’s a calming shade and works in any room. Accessorise with soft furnishings and ornaments for a more subtle look or go full on with painted walls or wallpaper.

We love it’s understated tone and it brings freshness and wellbeing to a space. Shop the high street and online for an array of choice.

Guide:

Top row – comfort kit for wire chairroseandgrey.co.uk [ £39 ], image from Pinterest, planter from johnlewis.com [ £22 ]

Middle row – wool throw – Coxandcox.co.uk [ £65 ], Fenner sofa – habitat.co.uk [ £1300 ], lampshade – made.com [ £29 ]

Bottom row – paint – farrowandball.com [ from £45 ], cushion cover from hm.com [ £12.99 ], image from Pinterest

home: made [ head boards ]

home: made [ head boards ]

If you’re looking for a new creative project and want something unique for your bedroom then try a unique idea for the head board.

Hunting across the internet we found four great ideas for making your own head board.

We love the idea of using open books together – making the perfect bedtime reading spot. Create a beautiful tactile design with tied ribbons in a soft hue strung across above the bed. An easy but effective idea is to create a padded head board* using just squares of wood, squares of foam, squares of your chosen fabric and a staple gun! And lastly stencilling or printing a design directly in the place of a headboard is effective as well as being easy to change when you think of a different idea or want to change the look if your bedroom.

*for a great tutorial on making a padded head board visit CaliforniaHomeDesign

home: nice price [ cushions ]

home: nice price [ cushions ]

We love love hm.com and think that it’s value, quality and design is a winner. Always something new to pick up for a little room refresh, including these lovely organic cushion covers from their Conscious Collection.

The amazing price of just £3.99 each, and having a item that is sustainably produced is a positive for anyone.

Available now from hm.com

home: favourite thing [ bedding ]

home: favourite thing [ bedding ]

When you try and find that perfect colour bedding that you’ve imagined in your head, that matches your walls or will compliment your interiors but just can’t find it; that slightly off white, that perfect pink, that earthy rust tone or even a good neutral flesh tone – head to Midnatt and we are sure you’ll fall in love with every shade.

Available online from their store but also from UK stockists including Cissywears – based in London and also online.

They say ;

Midnatt (or Midnight) is a newly established Swedish brand that makes bedding for children and adults in crisp, organic cotton. A washed-out favorite shirt and a country-side duvet cover that was added for several generations was the starting shot for Midnight’s first collection.

Our ambition is to always give your bed a contemporary look where colors and patterns can be combined just the way you want. Colored underlays and pillowcases sold separately make it easy for you to complete and update the bed with what you already have.

Our stew-washed finish gives the sheets a beautiful structure with preserved softness and the cotton’s ecological is for us an all natural starting point.

home: featured [ Urban Outfitters ]

home: featured [ Urban Outfitters ]

Over recent years Urban Outfitters has got better and better with its homeware. Starting with smaller accessories, UO know has a full range of interior delights including lighting, soft furnishings and furniture.

We love it’s quirky designs and colourful accessories, allowing us to bring fun into our homes.

With great prices and an ever increasing range we recommend you head to urbanoutfitters.com

home: found this [ Zara Home ]

home: found this [ Zara Home ]

The Spring weather may not be with us yet but we can certainly get in the mood and feel excited with new arrivals in homeware.

We came across this fun and colourful collection from Zara Home and we love it. Pastle pinks and blues dominate bedding, soft furnishings and table ware.

Combining linen, cotton & velvet on duvet covers, cushions and tablecloths this collection oozes Spring/Summer. Just what we need to brighten up our day.

Head to zarahome.com to see all their new arrivals.

home: trend [ leather ]

home: trend [ leather ]

Leather in the home doesn’t have to be restricted to your favourite worn armchair or the odd cushion. Leather is appearing in many more home accessories, furniture and homeware this season.

Leather detailing is big news – trims, edgings, frames, mirror surrounds, and growing in popularity – handles.

The perfect way to update wardrobes, kitchens or a cupboard is with the replacement of the handles – and leather loops or arches are the most on trend way right now.

Leather is great to integrate in many ways – a few frames in a gallery wall, a vase in a cluster or even a leather tray with a collection of homeware on it.

1 Head board (price depending on size) LoveLeather

2 Leather Frames (various prices) Byron & Brown

3 Zeke Desk £699 Made.Com

4 Leather Handles £11.56 AllHandlesAndPulls

5 Eichholtz York Bench £2025.00 Houseology

6 Faux leather tray £39 Shrops Design

7 Hanging Vase £8.95 Graham & Green

8 Leather Vase £22.96 Studio Monstera (Etsy)