Month: May 2018

home: featured [ George at Asda ]

home: featured [ George at Asda ]

Head to high street supermarket Asda for some unexpected gorgeous finds in their George homeware department. Ticking lots of the current trend boxes and having great quality pieces across all departments.

Trends covered include marble, geometric, typography, copper and all black.

The affordable low prices make it super easy to give a whole new look to a room on a budget.

Our top picks are brilliantly priced bedding, including a lovely marble design, for just £16 for the super king size duvet. Other marble pattern pieces including lighting (£22) and tea light holders (£6). And we love the boho style floor cushion (pictures) (£25).

home: event [ paper cutting workshop ]

home: event [ paper cutting workshop ]

With this workshop you will learn the craft and techniques of paper cutting, creating your own designs to take home.

‘Kip Perdue of Kartegraphik will lead you through the intriguing world of making art from just a single sheet of paper with only a scalpel. Over two hours you’ll learn a variety of techniques and skills to approaching a paper cutting‘

Different dates available [ £30 ]

Get your tickets through obby.co.uk

home: found this [ the basket room ]

home: found this [ the basket room ]

Explore The Basket Room for everything woven. The colours, the styles – there’s such a huge choice. Pick from storage options, ideas for displaying on the wall, gorgeous floor rugs, smaller practical homewares, pieces that would make lovely gifts, products to bring a pop of colour to a room – all with great prices and regular updates to the store.

Prices from £4.50

home: trend [ ice cream shades ]

home: trend [ ice cream shades ]

The sun is shining, summer vibes are in full swing and we all want to inject some colour into our lives. This season pastels are back and the focus turns to ice cream!

The gorgeous subtle shades of pink, mint, yellow and soft brown create a calming and welcoming feel to any room and whether you choose one colour or a mixture, you will be sure to have a smile on your face whenever you walk in the room.

Image from Pinterest

Add small touches to a space with soft furnishes and accessories like vases and tableware or why not paint a wall or room in your favourite ice cream flavour. With so many amazing paint colors available we are spoilt for choice. Using art is a great way to introduce colour to a room, Desenio is our favourite go to online store.

Image from Pinterest

Try creating large art works on walls using different block colours and shapes to give a well curated feel. Add shelving and mirrors to add drama.

Guide:

Top row – print from desenio.co.uk [ from £6.95 ], plant box from fermliving.com [ £195 ], pepper grinder from trouva.com [ £29 ]

Middle row – sofa from made.com [ £499 ], placemat from zarahome.com [ £11.99 ], lamp from made.com [ £69 ]

Bottom row – sheepskin cushion from oliverbonas.com [ £50 ], image from Pinterest, velvet cushion from hm.com [ £6.99 ]

home: made [ concrete lighting ]

home: made [ concrete ]

One of our favourite diy sites, Brit + Co, has another amazing project to try. With concrete being so stylish and on trend, we absolutely love this straight forward tutorial to make cool, concrete lighting. Perfect for an industrial or minimalist interior, these shades follow a reasonably easy process to make, with equipment and materials all available at your local high street hardware store.

home: favourite thing [ two seater ]

home: favourite thing [ two seater ]

Beautiful design and craftsmanship in this two seater from Rose + Grey (£950) with perfectly tapered legs, the mix of wood and weave, the soft colour tone of the wood and it comes with two natural colour cushions. Perfect for a hallway, kitchen, lounge or even as a dinning bench.

They say ;

This beautifully designed, handmade two-seater is perfect for adding a Nordic touch to your home. The seat and frame of the chair is made from Sungkai wood with a natural light finish while the back is made from woven ramie fibres. This beautifully designed two-seater makes a stylish occasional chair for any room in your home. Single seat chair also available. Comes with two textured natural-coloured cushions

home: featured [ Josie’s Interiors ]

home: featured [ Josie’s Interiors ]

Established in 2015 Josie’s has been making its mark in Bideford, Devon. With its second now opened Josie’s Interiors is a must visit homeware store.

Full of quirky and interesting pieces, including furniture, lighting, soft furnishings and accessories, Josie’s offers accessibility to interior design and inspires us folk to be individual.

‘At Josie’s we love handmade. Based in Bideford, Devon we believe in helping small time crafters and makers become successful. With an eye for luxury gifts and unique pieces for the home, Josie’s is the only place you need to look for that perfect gift‘

Our favourite items include the aztec cushion, industrial shelving and Great selection of mirrors.

Be sure to visit Josies.co and keep up to date on Instagram.

home: event [ London Design Festival – Independent Ceramics Festival ]

home: event [ London Design Festival : Independent Ceramics Market ]

A definite date for the diary. Enjoy, explore and shop – get your hands on unique work from a huge array of talented ceramicists.

As part of the London Design Festival, the Independent Ceramics Market will be on this September.

Sunday, September 23, 2018

11:00 AM 6:00 PM

Hackney Arts Centre
13 Stoke Newington Road London, England, N16 8BH United Kingdom

home: found this [ BHS lighting ]

home: found this [ BHS lighting ]

With its online comeback firmly established BHS is as stronger than ever in homeware, including gorgeous lighting.

Their new selection includes smoked glass pendants, rattan shades and drop cap lights.

What BHS does well is give us style and quality at a really great price. Be sure to head to bhs.com to check them out.