Month: May 2019

home: trend [ faux flowers ]

home: trend [ faux flowers ]

It has taken a while to get on board with having faux flowers in the home but more and more of us are exploring the possibility.

Now is a great time to find those realistic looking stems, ideal for dressing a table or shelf. This season has also seen an increased interest in a 70’s favourite – dried flowers.

Invest in one or two different stems and then mix in real flowers when required. The realism is so good now on these fauxs and of course they will last.

Also look out for faux plants, perfect for dark corners of rooms. No chance of killing these off!

Guide:

Clockwise from top left:

Heads Milk Vetch / abigailahern.com [ £9.00 each ], Pink Protea / audenza.com [ £26 each ], Magnolia Spray / coxandcox.co.uk [ £28 each ], Foxglove / abigailahern.com [ £14.50 each ], Allium Bouquet / marksandspencer.com [ £15 ], Eucalyptus / rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £12 each ], Peony bundle / dunelm.com [ £5 ], Dried Canary Grass bunch / trouva.com [ £10.50 ]

home: made [ pet bed ]

home: made [ pet bed ]

Head to One Good Thing By Jillie for plenty of great projrct ideas including this easy little tutorial for a pet bed, that’s so simple, quick and all you really need a a sweatshirt or jumper (vary size depending on size of your pet!)

It’s a great way to upcycle a jumper and can be made to suit your interior with colour, pattern or fabric !

home: nice price [ glass tumblers ]

home: nice price [ glass tumblers ]

If you are looking for some additional glassware to spruce up your cupboards or just looking for something new then take a look at made.com. These lovely and simply designed stacking tumblers are great for all occasions. We believe you can never have enough glasses in the house so why not treat yourself.

They are handmade and have a subtle smoke colouring to them with small bubbles visible within the glass.

[ £19 set of 4 ]

made.com

home: favourite thing [ bench ]

home: favourite thing [ bench ]

With the natural rustic scandi look so on trend, and a love of using natural materials, we find this gorgeous wooden bench with cotton plaited seat to good to be true, especially at the sale offer price of £69.99 (was £89.99) from Zara Home.

Use in hallway for a seat, for an outdoor low table or even by the bedside – a useful little piece of furniture.

home: featured [ Oliver Bonas ]

home: featured [ Oliver Bonas ]

Always a winner for modern homeware, gifts and fashion Oliver Bonas brings us colourful & practical pieces for our interior needs.

Find velvet and mixed metals, marble and wood in furniture, wall decor, tableware and more.

With more and more stores popping up in our high streets OB is a great choice for gifts with a large selection of books, glassware and small accessories, each with a touch of individuality that OB does so well.

Head to oliverbonas.com to explore their range

home: event [ Portmeirion exhibition ]

home: event [ Portmeirion exhibition ]

Worth catching before it ends in July, this Portmeirion exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum runs til the 28th.

They say;

Portmeirion is a British success story. Its innovative designs have set trends in the pottery industry over six decades. The company has thrived at a time when many of its famous, long-established rivals have not managed to survive. 2018 marks the centenary of the birth of Susan Williams-Ellis (1918-2007), founder of the pottery, whose classic designs include ‘Totem’, ‘Magic City’ and the ever-popular ‘Botanic Garden’.

home: found this [ industrial storage unit ]

home: found this [ industrial storage unit ]

This wall mounted metal rack is the perfect choice for a kitchen. With its industrial styling it not only looks great but is practical too.

With 2 baskets, large metal container and 5 hooks, there is plenty to play with.

Available from grahamandgreen.co.uk

[ £48 ]

home: trend [ bronze highlights ]

home: trend [ bronze highlights ]

Metallics are still a strong trend for this year and bronze highlights are continuing to appear across stores in homeware products.

We’ve picked some favourites to add a little bronze highlight to your room – simple touches like picture frames, furniture legs, clocks and lights to use a small ways to have pops of metallics in a room.

Picture guide

Top row

Vase £16.95 Nkuku / Artwork £35.99 Wayfair / Wallpaper £65 Beut

Middle row

Coffee table £134 Perch & Parrow / Light £111.00 Laura Ashley / Clock €72.99 Trouva

Lower row

Sofa £1999.00 Swoon / Shelf bracket £13 Nordic Nest / Frame £100 Habitat

home: nice price [ table lamp ]

home: nice price [ table lamp ]

Grab a bargain with this reduced price table lamp from B&Q. It was £30 now £20.

The Geo Geometric table lamp combines the black linear style of the geometric trend with a little dash of copper – and metallics are very much still in favour for interiors.

Perfect in a lounge or bedroom, and works well with an eye pleasing filament bulb.