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home: trend [ organic ceramics ]

home: trend [ organic ceramics ]

With an increased interest in handmade home accessories, this season we are seeing a lot more of this look in ceramics. Of course we know that some will not be handmade, but we are able to get the look, with uneven edges, organic shapes and engraving.

We are seeing subtle textures embossed onto vases and pots, engraved lines and even rattan decorated.

Colours are very nuetral, with stone, white, terracotta and black. Mix different styles and colours together for a curated look, and of course get your pops of colour this Spring with flowers and greenery.

Guide:

Top row:

embosed vase – £18 / made.com, rattan decorative bottle – £29.99 / zarahome.com, bud vase – £30 / habitat.co.uk

Middle row:

table lamp – £179 / westelm.co.uk, vase – £60 / rockettstgeorge.co.uk, vase – £16 / anthropologie.com

Bottom row:

engraved vase – £18 / hurnandhurn.com, vase – £26 / grahamandgreen.co.uk, ceramic pot – £45.95 / trouva.com

home: made [ placemats ]

home: made [ placemats ]

We are always looking for ways to make a statement for dinner parties with the place settings.

We found some incredible ideas on DIYS.com – with varying levels of skills needed, there’s all sorts of creative projects to make stylish placemats to finish of your dining place settings perfectly. These could be used for home or for a wedding, kids party or other function. There’s lots of ways to personalise settings with names, themes, and colours.

Special placemats at a wedding could also then be the wedding favour or personalise them for a kids party and then pop them in the party bags at the end!

home: nice price [ floor lamp ]

home: nice price [ floor lamp ]

We spotted this very cool floor lamp at next.co.uk and what’s better is it’s a very reasonable price. Next may not always be the first choice of store to go too for modern homeware, but it has upped its game and there is loads to choose from.

This lamp is perfect for a living room as a reading light or just to give some ambience to a room. It comes in black or brass finish and what’s great for the price is the LED filament bulb is included.

[ £65 ] next.co.uk

home: favourite thing [ cushion ]

home: favourite thing [ cushion ]

Add a little jungle print to a living area with this pretty little jungle illustrated cotton cushion from George at Asda.

Perfectly in line with the trend of bringing the outdoors in – with lush greens, foliage and fauna.

Just £6

home: featured [ OOSTOR ]

home: featured [ OOSTOR ]

Head to oostor.com for an array of homeware, lifestyle and fashion for the modern life. Similar to Trouva and Amara, OOSTOR is a marketplace for independant designers and brands showcasing their best products.

Search their large selection through filtered categories of furniture, lighting, stationary and more.

A great one stop online shop for all you needs.

oostor.com

home: event [ ask the architect ]

home: event [ ask the architect ]

Looking to redesign or create an outdoor space and need a little inspiration and advice? Book a slot at this amazing opportunity and Heals. Talk to the experts for invaluable support and help.

They say;

Visit Heal’s Tottenham Court Road flagship store for a free consultation with Urban Roof Gardens’ senior architects and designers. 
Urban Roof Gardens are London’s leading multidisciplinary architectural firm specialising in roof terraces, urban gardens and the associated indoor spaces. Truly bringing the outside in, and the inside out. Urban Roof Gardens create spaces that are healthy, sustainable, enriching and environmentally beneficial. 

Urban Roof Gardens love creating new green spaces, often out of thin air. Enhancing the lives of urban dwellers. Helping green our cities. They design iconic, emotive, tactile and organic roof art.

Spend 30 minutes with one of Urban Roof Gardens’ specialists, so that they can transform your outdoor dreams into reality.

home: found this [ Ikea ]

home: found this [ Ikea ]

Keep your eyes peeled for a fab new range at Ikea this season. It’s called Tankvard and is a celebration of craftsmanship with glassware, textiles and furniture.

There is limited information about prices right now but looking at press images it’s a collection to get excited about. Lots of rattan and woven furniture alongside ink dyed bedding and cushions.

‘Tactility is central to TÄNKVÄRD. IKEA calls it ‘material-ism’ – a celebration of nature’s finest materials through sustainable style that ages well. Textiles you want close to your skin‘

The new collection mixes Japanese influences and design with Scandi style. A gorgeous range you will surely want to get you hands on.

home: trend [ maritime ]

home: trend [ maritime ]

The new ‘maritime’ trend has a far softer and subtle feel than nautical trends of the past.

Still with a feel of being in and around the sea coast but through textures, colours, patterns and imprints as opposed to more obvious use of rope, anchors and red, blue and white.

The colours are washed out blues, sandy beiges, dirty whites and with metallic hints to give an edge of boat engines, rusty hand rails and anchor chains and using natural weave in rugs, runners and chair seats; as a nod to sailors rope.

There’s much layering in textures and fabrics, with patterns of stripe, weave and linear illustration alike to shell patterns.

Add in collected nicknacks from travels, clusters of vases and stick to natural fabrics and surfaces – wood, wicker, bamboo, cotton, wool and silk.

Main picture guide:

Stool £45 Trouva / Paint from £23 Wickes / Rug £299 La Redoute

Sofa £1445 Loaf / Vase / EBay / Sideboard £651 Turnball & Thomas

Vase £18 Plumo / Light £88.45 More Handles / Curtain £88 Anthropologie

Inspiration from Ikea (above)

home: made [ Ikea cabinet hack ]

home: made [ Ikea cabinet hack ]

We love a good hack, and this one from hunker.com is a goodie.

Turn an Ivar cabinet from Ikea into a really modern woven fronted alternative. By simply cutting a panel out of the doors and attaching some cane webbing you can make a huge transformation.

Head to hunker.com for the tutorial