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home: nice price [ cushion ]

home: nice price [ cushion ]

Following with the theme of last week’s trend post – chintz, we love these floral cushion covers from H&M Home.

The highly decorative print has so much detail, and we would mix with other patterned cushions for a maximalist look.

At only £8.99 for the cover it’s a great buy, and the perfect excuse to get two!!

hm.com

home: favourite thing [ armchair ]

home: favourite thing [ armchair ]

With velvet still being very on trend for interiors, this sumptuous grey ‘Celine‘ armchair from Habitat, has a beautiful silhouette. It would make great extra seating for a lounge and is a classic piece to sit within a lot of styles of lounges. It would also look great in the corner of a bedroom.

Currently in their sale reduced from £225 to £180.

home: featured [ ARKET ]

home: featured [ ARKET ]

Now a firmly established brand, ARKET is a go to store for well designed, functional homeware.

It may not have the biggest range of items, but each one has been considered, and with a limited pattern and colour way throughout means that the pieces will work in most homes

Choose from ceramics, kitchenware, soft furnishings and accessories, as well as a bath and body range.

Head to arket.com or visit one of their 6 stores around the UK.

home: event [ art fair ]

home: event [ art fair ]

Book in this date for the diary to get some great new art for the walls.

Visit Connect: London’s Independent Art Fair 2020 at Mall Galleries, The Mall, SW1Y London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom

They say;

The friendly dealers and well-known gallerists are bringing together a wide range of early, modern and contemporary work from London and well beyond, and will showcase a dazzling array of schools and styles, media and type. The accent will be on quality and accessibility; organised by a co-operative of dealers, this Fair will ensure that there is every opportunity for the average collector to indulge their collecting whims, with something to suit most pockets.

From beautiful collectors prints to European Modern Masters, the latest up and coming contemporary, to the well-respected Modern British names of the 20th century, with a sprinkling of stylish retro Scandinavian as well.

Admission £10, free for Friends of the Mall Galleries

home: found this [ armchair ]

home: found this [ armchair ]

We spotted this gorgeous looking armchair from made.com and we have fallen in love.

The mid century design has a solid oak frame with arm detail. The deep seat makes it perfect for lounging, and you get a choice of four colours in cotton velvet.

Available now from made.com [ £549 ]

home: trend [ chintz ]

home: trend [ chintz ]

By definition ‘chintz’ is quite a broad term to describe a certain style of multi-floral, ‘twee’ or rather english country cottage-ish homewares and furnishings, but it can be many things to many people.

chintz
/tʃɪn(t)s/
noun
  1. printed multicoloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish, used for curtains and upholstery.
  2. “floral chintz curtains”

….the grandparents overly floral sitting room with pot pourri and tasseled tie backs on curtains, dated china figurines and doilies on side tables, pinks and pastels and illustrated florals on every surface and what people often presume is behind every door to a thatch cottage and of course the decor to many a seaside B&B from the eighties.

Fast forward to modern day and there’s a surge in popularity for the chintz look with a subtle modern approach.

Many a crafty blogger or instagrammer is embracing the look and it’s encouraging a great push for upcycling, recycling and sourcing second hand pieces for the home – better for your bank account and better for the environment.

Layer up florals on fresh light painted backdrops. Use accessories in marble, metallics and ceramic. Cluster vases and ornaments and also play with clashing pattern sizes on cushions, furniture and curtains.

Top row

Wallpaper from £8 (sale) Dunelm / Bed £599 (sale) Made / Drinks trolley (newer style version now available) £228 Audenza

Middle row

Vase £26 Anthropologie / Sofa £769.30 (sale) Urban Outfitters / Cushion Cover £68 Trouva

Lower row

Paint £48 John Lewis / Curtains from £19.80 CurtainsCurtainsCurtains / Figurine £150 Ebay

home: made [ shelf bracket ]

home: made [ shelf bracket ]

This is a cool little make to start of the new year. Follow the tutorial at themerrythought.com to create these fun shelf brackets.

Using just a handful of items and tools you can build these brackets to your spec for the space you have.

Paint them up to suite your style, or leave them natural for a more subtle finish.

themerrythought.com

home: featured [ Rume ]

home: featured [ Rume ]

For a little luxury and to make an investment in beautiful furniture and homeware for your home, head to Rume.

Currently with 10% off with code ‘LOVERUME’

Their own designed and crafted pieces are beautiful but also complimented with carefully curated pieces from other brands to sit alongside.

They say;

Rume was established fifteen years ago when husband and wife Richard and Libby Baker left the family furniture firm to set up their own separate but complementary company. The philosophy behind the new business was to delight in the beautiful and the beautifully made and to pursue this by making lovely furniture of original design to the very highest standards here in England.

home: event [ vintage china upcycling ]

home: event [ vintage china upcyling ]

If you fancy some new year creativity, and like a bit of vintage, then this workshop is perfect for you.

Heals are hosting vintage china upcyling classes early next year, and give you the opportunity to learn the techniques to carefully bring life back a previously loved piece.

‘Give life to your vintage china in our upcycling class at Heals. First choose a pre-loved plate or teacup from The Indytute’s very special vintage china collection. Each piece has been rooted out by the Indytute china scout, who has scoured garage sales, antique stalls and junk shops to select the ideal pieces to upcycle’

Head to eventbrite.co.uk for tickets

[ £20 ]