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home: featured [ Wayfair ]

home: featured [ Wayfair ]

Online super giant in the interiors retail market, Wayfair, ticks many boxes for styles, trends, budgets and for every room in the house as well as the garden.

We’ve picked our favourite four pieces currently in the sale (see main picture). The ‘Cambridge Traditional‘ rug is a beautiful addition to a room to give a modern rustic look and it’s just from just £67.99. The style and design of the ‘Kings Road‘ floor lamp would make such a great addition to a lounge at just £125.99. For garden living this summer, we love the ‘Lyton Garden’ 4 seater garden sofa at £1206.99 – enjoy relaxing outdoors when the warm weather comes. Lastly, for a useful bit of storage that will look good, pick the ‘3 Piece Wicker Storage Basket Set‘ at the reduced price of £59.99.

Head to Wayfair for furniture and homeware from all trends including industrial, Scandinavian, modern and rustic.

home: event [ Country Living ]

home: event [ Country Living ]

Spring is officially here now and so it’s time for this year’s Country Living Fair. Get along to Alexandra Palace, North London to explore lots of independent designers, craftspeople and artisan makers.

This Spring fair will inspire you with ideas for interiors, gifts, food and fashion with over 100 stands to shop from.

From April 26 – 29, book tickets now from countryliving.co.uk

home: found this [ prints ]

home: found this [ prints ]

A lovely discovery in this great little print shop – Little Dog Studio. A cool collection of prints both text and illustration based with prices from a super low £15! Whether it’s a quote to motivate you, an initial that’s personal or maybe something for the kids room, there’s something for everyone.

Have a browse of the Etsy shop and see what would be perfect for your home.

home: trend [ dark woods ]

home: trend [ dark woods ]

Wood and wood finishes are always going to be popular in the home, whether you are a fan of oak, walnut, mango or birch. This year we see a big increase in dark woods appearing in stores through furniture, lighting and accessories.

Using dark wood in the home will bring a richness and cosiness that lighter woods don’t do as well. Compliment with rich Blue, Green and Red shades for a truly lux feel.

A room in the house where dark wood are becoming a trend is the kitchen. Brown almost black cabinets combined with lighter tones on worktops and accessories gives a layered and cohesive look.

Using dark wood doesn’t mean the whole room has to go dark, if that’s not your thing. Brilliant white and paler shades will really set off the wood tones of tables, chairs and lighting.

We have picked some of our favourites to start off this look.

Guide:

Top row – plate from hm.com [ £6.99 ], image from Pinterest, pendant light from habitat.co.uk [ £70 ]

Middle row – lamp from made.com [ £79 ], bookcase from johnlewis.com [ £399 ], chair from johnlewis.com [ £396 ]

Bottom row – image from Pinterest, coffee table from westelm.co.uk [ £599 ], flooring from wickes.co.uk [ £21.61 ]

home: made [ outdoor rugs ]

home: made [ outdoor rugs ]

There’s a whiff of Spring in the air, if you aren’t still trudging over snow, so it’s definitely a good time for projects that create great pieces for the garden. Anything to help make that perfect outdoor living area to enjoy in the warmer months.

We found two great outdoor rug DIYs from two of our favourite creative maker blogs – A Beautiful Mess and Apartmenttherapy .

The first from ABM is a great, fun project, weaving your own rug from scrap fabric and finishing with a protective spray.

The second from ApartmentTherapy is a stylish idea to make an outdoor rug with waterproof fabric and then create a design on it waterproof acrylic paint.

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

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