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home: event [ wreath making ] 

home: event [ wreath making ] 

Head to the Heals website and check out their events page – find a wreath making workshop near you. Create your own unique, festive wreath, a personal touch to decorating your home for Christmas with prices from £25 to £90 depending on location. 

Catch the London workshop and join Abigail Ahern to get creative (November 18th) 

home: event [ Grain & Knot ]

home: event [ Grain & Knot ]

Learn the art of crafting a spoon from reclaimed wood with Grain & Knot. In the 2.5 hr workshops you will learn the techniques of wood carving and how to care for you spoon afterwards.

A brilliant fun workshop to try!

Held in various pop-up locations around London during November & December.

Tickets £50 in London.

home: event [ Christmas past at Geffrye Museum ] 

home: event [ Christmas past at Geffrye Museum ] 

Step back in time with historic interiors given the festive overhaul. See how real people decorated their homes at Christmas at the exhibition running from November to January at the Geffrye Museum in East London. Get inspired for your home with period details from Christmas Past 

FREE ENTRY 
Information; 

The Geffrye is in Hoxton, East London. Admission to the museum is free.

The nearest Overground and Underground stations are Hoxton, Liverpool Street and Old Street. 

Opening hours

Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 5pm

Bank Holiday Mondays 10am – 5pm

Closed Mondays (unless Bank Holiday), Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day

The period gardens and herb garden will close for winter at 5pm Sunday 29 October. The front gardens are open until 5pm all year round

The café is open until 4.45pm

The shop is open during museum hours

Exciting news … We are about to embark on a transformational £18m development project – Unlocking the Geffrye – which will mean the museum will close on 7 January 2018 for almost two years. Although the main museum building and period gardens will be closed, there will still be plenty of reasons to come to the Geffrye. Throughout closure we will run a busy programme of events, activities and installations in our front gardens. The restored almshouse will also be open for tours on certain dates throughout the year.

home: event [ The Big London Flea ]

home: event [ The Big London Flea ]

If you are looking for some great vintage finds and collectables then you must visit Londons largest indoor market – The Big London Flea on Nov 19th. Hunt out lighting, furniture, accessories and curiousities.

‘On the day, you’ll find over 50 handpicked vintage traders, some veteran vintage sellers from established markets like Spitalsfield/Bermondsey, selling alongside locals clearing out their loft’

‘Come find an amazing mix of salvaged, one-of-a–kind, lost and found objects, and handmade items, that include, 20th Century furniture, salvaged French homeware, vintage clothes, curiosities & collectables, kitschenalia, reclaimed industrial fixtures / electricals, and unexpected oddities’

Find all the details on eventbrite.co.uk or visit hackneyfleamarket.com 

 

home: event [ Art Snug at West Elm ] 

Back again with their huge range of modern artists and designers print works, Art Snug are at West Elm, London, in October. 

This popular affordable art prints pop up shop will yet again be bursting at the seams with unique and diverse pieces. The prices start from around £20, ensuring getting great new unique art for your walls isn’t as expensive as you thought. 

They say;

this weekend we will have with us 400 individual artworks by a selection of our fabulous artists working in as diverse fields as collage, illustration, drawing, printmaking and photography. and with prices starting at only £20 you can find something unique without breaking the bank.

Open : October 27th – 29th 

home: event [ neon workshop ]

home: event [ neon workshop ]

Fancy learning all about neon? Somerset House in London is hosting a 2 hour neon workshop with Neon Workshops where you will be introduced to how it is made and have a chance to create your own.

‘See glowing examples of neon art explained, expect mesmerising demonstrations of cutting, blowing, stretching, bending and fusing glass with flame, filling with gas and illuminating with electricity. Experience the chance to have a go yourself under tuition. If you want to take home your neon, Neon Works can turn it into a working light after the workshop, for an additional cost’

Head to somersethouse.org.uk for tickets

Sat 28th or 29th Oct –  £140

home: event [ macrame wall hanging workshop ] 

home: event [ macrame wall hanging workshop ]

Amongst all the great workshops on offer by our favourites The London Craft Club, we spotted they have a macrame workshop in October. 

Book now for this exciting and creative way to spend a few hours. 

£39

Details: 

When: Sunday 8th October 2.00 – 5.00 pm

Where: Todd Sloane 71 High St Epping CM16 4BA

They say;

We’re carrying on our love affair with macramé. It’s a great way to make a wall hanging – and it’s way quicker than weaving, knitting or quilting. If you’ve been putting off taking up a new skill because you’re busy, this might be the one for you. Plus you’ll have the skills you need to make all sorts of plant holders, wall hangings, jewellery and more. Macrame is super versatile and looks good in everything from kitchen string to leather cord, so what are you waiting for? Now’s the time to pick up the skill and get creative with it!

We’ll be using recycled jersey yarn created by our favourites over at Hoooked – we love their bright colours and sustainable manufacturing. Choose from pink, yellow, white or black. We’ll also supply a foraged rustic stick to hang your work from that’s been washed and heat-treated so its clean and dry!

What’s included:

– jersey yarn recycled by Hoooked

– a foraged stick to hang your macrame piece from

– a cotton tote to bring your handiwork home in

– fully illustrated instruction sheet to take away with you

Who’s it for: This is perfect for beginners. You must be over 18 to take part

 

home: event [ book launch ]

home: event [ book launch ]

If you are a fan of Rockett St George [ and there is no reason why you shouldn’t ] then be sure to get your hands on their new book Extraordinary Interiors, launching this October.

Be one of the first to get a signed copy of the book at an event in their Harvey Nichols concession.

Between 17:00 – 19:00 on the 4th October you can shop the new book alongside the rest of the concession, free fizz, gift with every purchase, plus meet one half of the brand Lucy St George.

Harvey Nichols – Knightsbridge

home: event [ party ] 

home: event [ party ] 

To celebrate the start of London Design Week and their new and exclusive Morten range launch, Heals are hosting a free party, all welcome. 

Shop + party, together with opportunities to do Scandinavian themed creative workshops, gin tasting and nibble on Danish delights. All this in the comfort of their Tottenham Court Road store in central London. 

Click the link to find out more 

20th September 6-9pm 

home: event [ The London Artisan ]

home: event [ The London Artisan ]

Part of the London Design Festival is The London Artisan at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane.

‘The London Artisan offer’s a diverse, quality, shopping experience that celebrates independent producers and makers. But more than that, it’s about people and place; meeting the makers, conversation with friends and embedding the social back into shopping’

16 – 17 September [ free entry ]

11am – 6pm