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home: trend [ artisan]

home: trend [ artisan]

We saw this look grow in popularity last year, and it’s continuing this year. Focusing heavily on independent makers and designers but also handmade, hand woven products.

Move away from mass produced factory homeware and look at handcrafted goods. The detail and time spent making them is what appeals, and every piece becomes unique.

Soft furnishings is a a great place to start with fringes, raw edges and heavy adornment on cushion covers and throws.

Wicker, rattan and woven furniture is having a huge comeback – Habitat has just launched a new collection of rattan furniture, with John Lewis going for a woven look with their range. The Leia range of outdoor dining furniture has a fishermans rope weave on its chairs and sofas.

John Lewis Leia range

This woven style extends to pendants lights giving a very relaxed Boho feel. Lots of layered soft furnishings and natural colours. Go as bold or as subtle as you want.

Two of our favourite sites to get this look are nkuku.com and dassieartisan.com

Guide:

Top row – wooden bowls from nkuku.com [ from £9.95 ], woven baskets from dassieartisan.com [ £43.95 ], stoneware jug from reste.co.uk [ £32 ]

Middle row – cushion cover from hm.com [ £19.99 ], bar stool from decoratorsnotebook.co.uk [ £140 ], rattan lampshade from nkuku.com [ from £79.95 ]

Bottom row – hanging baskets from anthropologie.com [ £128 ], rattan bed from habitat.co.uk [ £595 ], blanket from bohemiadesign.co.uk [ £450 ]

home: featured [ ALSO Home ]

home: featured [ ALSO Home ]

ALSO Home, founded by Anna Schmidt in 2008 is a haven of gorgeous handcrafted & unique gifts and homeware. Every item is considered for its origin and how it was made, whether handpainted plates or handwoven baskets.

ALSO Home has a lovely selection of tableware, bedding and soft furnishings, as well as baskets and storage, with influences from Scandinavian and Japanese design

‘The business and brand philosophy is to design and source products that are unique and stylish and support talented artisans around the world. The owner Anna’s love of travelling and working with age old crafts and techniques is the real inspiration and story of this brand and business‘

Pop into their West Sussex store or head online to alsohome.com

Also keep up to date with their blog and Instagram for all the latest news and inspiration.

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

home: featured : [ The Future Kept ]

home: featured [ The Future Kept ]

Husband & Wife team Dean & Jeska Hearne have created an online store full of gorgeous well designed, durable and desirable items for your home. With a strong focus to inspire their customers to think about the items you buy for your home, bringing these independently produced products to the forefront of the collection.

‘We provide quality goods with an honest provenance that we use in our day-to-day lives, items made to ladt that will not fuel the throwaway nature of the modern world, heirlooms of the future. We hope to inspire a curiosity and desire within people to make more sustainable and ethical choices.’

Our favourite pieces include their woven baskets, throws and ceramics. Head to the website, explore and find your perfect item. We assure it will be more then just the one.

thefuturekept.com

home: featured [ Plumo ]

home: featured [ plumo ]

London based Plumo is an online lifestyle store bringing you clothing, accessories and homeware. Everything has an artisan, hancrafted feel to it with majority being independently made from all over the world. 

‘We travel extensively around the world to source products that are original in design, beautifully crafted and a little different from what you usually see. We tend to work with artisans, co-operatives from Africa to Asia, designers that have just come out of college and any kind of creative people that just make beautiful things’

The site offers you a really relaxed bohemian collection with woven soft furnishings, patterned cushions and brushed metal shelving. Our favourites include the 4 tier stacking shelves and kelim cushion.

Be sure to check them out at Plumo.com

home: featured [ Minor Goods ] 

Discreet, minimal and a small carefully curated and designed range. Minor Goods have a beautiful online store of affordable homewares from ceramics to linens to candles to wood wares. Perfect for a little gift or collate a few pieces to make a whole look. 

They say: 

Minor Goods is an online homewares brand that believes less is more, we love craftsmanship and simple design (and food!). We make and curate timeless lifestyle accessories that are beautiful with an understated design aesthetic. Created using traditional techniques with a modern approach, these treasured items will stand the test of time. We are passionate about products and want to share the creators’ stories and their products to help you cherish the goods you buy.

Mainly sourcing from within Europe their strength is in working with and sourcing from small ethical artisan brands and traditional skilled craftsmen. 

home: featured [ Oggetto ]

home: featured [ Oggetto ]

This Dorset born online store founded by Helen and Charlie Camm has been a joy to find. Full of gorgeous well designed and made products with a rustic edge, with Oggetto you are sure to find something to fall in love with.

Focusing on all the rooms in the home, Oggetto is has a well curated selection which naturally flows between product categories, making it easy to choose a look and style you can expand on throughout different rooms.

‘Oggetto (pronounced or-jet-oh) is the Italian word for object and we believe beautiful objects help make a house a home. From our base in Dorset in South West England, we design and source products for designers, makers, artisans and small producers in th UK and around the world with a simple understated aesthetic and timeless appeal, as much at home in the town or country.’

Our favourite pieces include the kitchenware ceramics and the Chesil dining table & bench. We love the simplicity of Oggetto, with it’s character and charm; we recommend you take a look.

Keep up to date with Oggetto on Instagram and Twitter.

Oggetto.com

home: featured [ Bohemia ]

home: featured [ Bohemia ]

Founded by Jenny Lockton in 2006 Scottish based store Bohemia is a haven for homewares and goods uniquely designed in-house and handcrafted in partnership with artisans from around the world. With boho influences on trend this year [ featured on the blog a couple of weeks ago ] there is no better time to explore this great shop.

‘ Bohemia was established to build relationships with artisan producers and through collaborations help to support meaningful employment and ensure the survival of awe-inspiring traditional crafts’

Bohemia is full of colour and inspiration with the obvious strong influence of Morocco and India running throughout their products. Head to the blankets and rugs with gorgeous pattern and vibrancy, or browse the kitchenware with palm leaf brushes and hand embossed enamel bowls.

As well as the online shop Bohemia has a flagship store in Edinburgh. It’s a definate destination if you love authentic gifts and homeware with a contemporary edge.

Keep up to date with Bohemia on Instagram and Twitter.

Bohemiadesign.co.uk

home: event [ designer maker Christmas Fair ] 

home: event [ designer maker Christmas fair ] 

There are a plethora of Christmas fairs across the capital (and country) throughout the lead up to the big day but we loved the look of the Kindred DesignerMaker Fair on Portabello.

‘Kindred Studios & friends are launching their first ever Portobello Market Christmas Fair, showcasing over 45 emerging artists and artisans ready to take over Tavistock square on the North end of Portobello Road.

A wide range of unique, handmade and affordable gifts will be on sale- all made locally. ‘

Dec 1 / Tavistock Road W11 


home: event [ market ] 

home: event [ market ] 

A London must-visit is the weekly Sunday market at The Old Truman Brewery. 

EVERY SUNDAY / 10AM – 5PM / OLD TRUMAN BREWERY, LONDON, E1

The London Artisan is a curated marketplace in the heart of East London. A collaborative project between Designers/Makers and The Old Truman Brewery.

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.hopping.’

Not only is there homewares, textiles, ceramics and glassware but also lotions, potions, gifts and jewellery. Fill your home and treat yourself at the same time.