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home: event [ interior design course ] 

home: event [ interior design course ] 

Learn the inside outs of interior decoration and styling with this 5 day course running at University of the Arts, London – 
stimulating introduction to the decoration and styling process, you will develop your skills and references around a domestic project, devised for a fictional client. This course will Introduce you to the history of interior decoration as you become familiar with the vocabulary of design, period, styles, colour, materials and finishes…
5 day course / £699 / available in April, July and August 

  

home: found this [ table lamp ]

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home: found this [ table lamp ]

Oliver Bonas are very good at stocking functional home items with a modern twist. This table lamp combines a copper stem, marble base and a matt finish grey shade which look great together. With an angled head to adjust the direction of the light this lamp would make a great bedside table reading light, or as an ambient light in a living room.

Also available in mint, from Oliverbonas.com [ £58 ]

home: daily [ competition ] 

home: daily [ competition ] 

  
Don’t miss this chance to win a collection of iconic Anglepoise lighting. 

This Design Museum competition, in conjunction with the Sample Sale, is a must-enter. 

http://designmuseum.org/win-a-full-roomset-from-anglepoise 

Competition closes March 6 

home: trend [ Words & Pictures ] 

home: trend [ Words & Pictures ]  

We encouraged, we embraced and we excitedly bought the latest in technology. We made our lives easier with computers and emails, no longer needed seperate devices for photography, work, writing and tv (now all in the palm of our hand). We created minimal homes with hidden features and buttons to evolve and improve our habitat. 

Now we remember the joy of hand writing, handling printed matter, the emotion of an actual photograph in the hand, or on the wall, and the memory it evokes. We look to books and script, appreciating the written form and the ink from real letterpress printing. 

Bring this emotion and tactile quality back into the home with words and pictures. Use initials, words, quotes and poetry to demonstrate the household characters, lifestyle and personalise your home. In prints on the wall, home accessories, fabric design and even use greys and inky blues synonymous with print and type as the colour palette. 

   

1 Using initials in a wall display / where fonts become art 

2 Letter Ornament / George at Asda £10 

3 Create a gallery wall of artistic, eclectic, quirky family photography. Print your photos with Photobox 

4 Visit a professional photographer* for a family photo shoot. Make your family into a piece of photographic art [ photo  credit www.kristendukephotography.com ] 

5 DIY typography cork board using paint and stencils 

6 Printed typographic fabric / Green Olive

7 Farrow & Ball No 253 Drawing Room Blue / from £39.50 

8 Superize a letter for a strong, bold statement look / contact a local carpenter for wood-cutting quotes and then finish and paint yourself 

9 Words make pictures in this 2012 film poster for Words starting Bradley Cooper / £8.99 Amazon 

*for great modern photography, we love RosewarneCox Photography based in Buckinghamshire, UK 

home: made [ gold projects ] 

home: made [ gold projects ]  

With gold being one of this season’s on-trend colours, how about four easy, home projects to bring a little of this uplifting colour into your home. 

Dulux have come up with these great, simple DIYs. Produce either a gold enhanced table, tray, plant pot or frame! 

Plus if you’re feeling extra creative the table and tray ideas can be taken even further – design more elaborate patterns (go geometric or stripy) or add in an additional complimentary colour like lemon, copper or grey. 
  

home: nice price [ pineapple ] 

home: nice price [ pineapple candle ] 

Design is loving pineapples right now. They feature in pattern, fabric, accessories, even jewellery. 

We love this H&M gold (on trend!) pineapple that contains a candle. So once you burn the candle, you have a great little storage pot for trinkets. 

Only £9.99 

Have a look round the rest of the H&M Tropical Appeal trend collection to see their other pineapple pieces as well as homewares featuring palm trees, monkeys and bananas! 

For more pineapple appreciation head to interiors and homeware brand SS Thomas who have pineapple candle sticks, fruit bowls, tumblers and glasses!  

  
  

  

home: favourite thing [ String® shelving ]

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home: favourite thing [ String® shelving ]

We have been a fan of String® for a long time, with its simple components system meaning you can create shelving that suits you and your home.
It’s light weight, yet stable with shelves that are easy to reposition as needed.
Designed by the Swedish architect Nils Strinning in 1949, this timeless shelving is a must for any home. It’s history has become part of what we now call ‘Scandinavian design’
Available online from various stores. You tend to buy the system in individual components, depending on size and colour, but some places will have complete units.
Check out hauslondon.com and utilitydesign.co.uk or head to string.se to find your local stockist.

home: featured [ Nook ] 

home: featured [ Nook ] 

Nook is just charming, minimal and full of irresistible homewares. There are simple well made items, lots of classic kitchenalia and many beautiful, useful pieces for the home. 

The store based in Stoke Newington, London, and also online, opened in 2012 by three friends. It’s a beautifully curated selection of pieces for each room in the house plus lovely extras like the ‘chocolate makers‘ department and they even offer a wedding list service. 

Products are from the UK and beyond, with focus on strong design and being ‘built to last’. The ranges include pieces from designers and makers including James Brown, Baggu, Ferm Living and Hay. 
  

home: event [ The School of Stuff ]

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home: event [ The School of Stuff ]

The School of Stuff is a studio dedicated to teaching furniture crafts in Dalston, with courses including cabinetmaking, furniture restoration, upholstery and rag rug making. Based in an old industrial building on Shacklewell Lane, The School of Stuff is a great place to try your hand at a new skill, with all courses run by experienced tutors. You can choose anything from a weekend taster up to a two year course, which means there’s something for everyone.

Head to theschoolofstuff.co.uk to see availability and prices.

home: found this [ homeware range ] 

home: found this [ homeware range ] 

John Lewis, and other lovely stores across the UK and world, have a gorgeous brand under their belts. 

Miss Print is a ecological, UK based creative brand who support UK manufacturing industry and their local community. 

Head to John Lewis and explore the wonderful range of homeware, fabrics and wallpaper – contemporary with definite hints of inspiration from both Scandivian and midcentury designs. 

‘MissPrint aims to produce beautifully designed, contemporary wall-coverings, fabrics and interior accessories, all originating from hand drawn illustrations. We are a growing family business, and we work from our new countryside studio, bordering East London.’