Tag: accessories

home: made [ basket ]

home: made [ basket ]

We’ve just discovered A Kailo Chic Life blog and already in love. Such great projects, DIYs, ideas and interiors.

Our favourite pick is this project to decorate a basic felt basket with a weave and tassle look. It’s creative, colourful and makes a eclectic boho look.

Try Made, Amazon, and other online homeware stores for felt woven baskets that can act as the base for this DIY.

Explore the blog for this and further great projects.

home: favourite thing [ dinner set ]

home: favourite thing [ dinner set ]

For just £25, this twelve piece marble style dinner set from Leekes, will freshen up your dining table settings.

Clean, minimal and with marble still being very much on trend, it’s a great affordable way to update your table.

home: event [ ceramics fair ]

home: event [ ceramics fair ]

Perfect timing to start shopping for Christmas gifts (or pick up something for your own home), this great ceramics market is a definite must-visit.

The date for the next Independent Ceramics Market is 28 September in Copeland Road, London SE15.

They say;

Independent Ceramics Market provides a unique opportunity to see / buy a diverse range of affordable ceramic artwork, and buy direct from the maker.

This event brings together a community of over 60 ceramicists, that include current students, up-and-coming graduates, as well as established ceramicists from various ceramic studio’s, making it the ideal location for discovering a new wave of early career, and some more established ceramic artist.

Pick up unique and original ceramics, from cups to art sculptures, the broad range of makers will have something for everyone.

home: trend [ distressed glass ]

home: trend [ distressed glass ]

This year we are seeing a resurgence of antique and distressed furniture and home accessories.

Glass and mirrors have a distressed aged look to them giving them not only an antique feel, but gives interest. This trend can also stretch to the garden with large outdoor paneled mirrors.

You can also see this style on glass to tables, trays and ornaments.

Guide:

Clockwise from top left:

mirror / laredoute.co.uk [ £75 ], dining table / rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £695 ], round mirror / furntastic.co.uk [ £128 ], decanter / trouva.com [ £39.95 ], tray / trouva.com [ £117 ], drinks trolley / abigailahern.com [ £470 ]

home: made [ copper shelving ]

home: made [ copper shelving ]

This is a gorgeous DIY from Hey Lila Hey to make a cool copper wall shelf great for any room in the house.

Copper is still very much on trend and the design can be adapted for the size and style you like.

Details, how to and all needed materials are in their blog

home: featured [ Homeplace ]

home: featured [ Homeplace ]

This great online store is full of new and vintage pieces. Their vast collection includes furniture, home accessories, art and soft furnishings.

‘We source items which we love and which we hope you will do too. We are passionate about great design – contemporary as well as Mid Century but we are also fans of the quirky and the whimsical..and we like nothing better than mixing them all up to create eclectic interiors with heaps of individuality‘

This London based business run by Wendy Aldridge offers a little something for everyone, whether you are a fan of Mid Century, industrial or contemporary.

Head to the website and check them out. We can assure you, you won’t be disappointed.

home: event [ Jesmonite workshop ]

home: event [ Jesmonite workshop ]

We love the growing popularity of working with Jesmonite and this workshop at The Barbican looks like another great one to book into.

August 13 – 16

Jesmonite Casting with Phil Cuttance £45

They say;

Learn how to cast your own Jesmonite stone vase with designer/maker Phil Cuttance.

Phil Cuttance leads this series of hands–on workshops, with his cool, contemporary take on an age old craft. Participants select the shape of their vase, assemble their own moulds and experiment with style and colour before casting their very own jesmonite vase.

home: featured [ Made ]

home: featured [ Made ]

A definite midcentury inspiration for much of ‘new in’ at Made.com with retro patterns, 50’s curves, mustards, oranges and rust tones.

Explore online or visit a showroom and start to create every aspect of the home.

This is affordable great design to allow interiors to be on trend but mix and match the pieces to create your own unique look.

home: found this [ floor lamp ]

home: found this [ floor lamp ]

Search the sales and find some excellent pieces that are investment pieces but with a more enticing price tag.

This beautiful Ohio lamp from Made.com would make a statement in any interior and is now just £89 (was £149).

In muted grey and brass, it’s minimal look isn’t fussy or showy but looks like a lamp that would have a far higher price tag.

Slip into a monochrome or natural trend interior to introduce a lovely soft lighting to a room.