Tag: books

home: gift ideas [ Hygge ]

home: gift ideas [ Hygge ]

There is nothing better than cosying up in front of the television with a hot drink, dimmed lights and a scented candle burning, watching your favourite boxset.

The Danish ritual of enjoying simple pleasures Hygge has taken over this year and we have all embraced it, especially at this time of the year.

Rose and Grey have also been championing this trend and created the perfect selection of Hygge gifts on their site. Head to roseandgrey.co.uk to be inspired and get hold of some last minute presents.

Clockwise from top left:

The Kinfolk Table Book [ £25 ]

Concrete pot candle [ £12 ]

Mug [ £8.50 ]

Macrame wall hanging [ £12.50 ]

Stoneware [ from £6.50 ]

Hopscotch candle tin [ £12 ]

home: gift ideas [ for him ]

home: gift ideas [ for him ]

If you’re looking for stocking fillers for the special man in your life, then look no further than Rockett St George. With a huge range of items including grooming, books and games you are sure to find a gift he will love.

Available online and in-store at Liberty, London.

Clockwise from top left:

Mr Marvellous wash bag £14.00, Men Of Style book £19.95, Beard grooming kit £27, Battle Of The Bands game £8.95, Gold bottle opener £12.95, Sneaker Cleaning Kit £15

Rockettstgeorge.co.uk

home: event [ The BFG dream jars trail ] 

home: event [ The BFG Dream Jars Trail ] 

We don’t always stay inside appreciating great interiors. Sometimes we need an excuse to travel around and appreciate great buildings and architecture from the outside. 

The BFG Dream Jar Trail gives us the opportunity to do just that with this magical search in and out of many of the best buildings and areas of London. 

Did the BFG lose these jars on some night time expedition? Who knows , but this is a great chance to search and see our capital. 

Grab the map and get searching. Hiding places include Harrods (check out their interiors department!)and gorgeous Libertys (their staircase alone is a dream!), pass by Buckingham Palace and be in awe of the greatest house of them all, admire St Pauls cathedral for its historic architecture and appreciate the Barbican for its midcentury glory (with their glorious conservatory being a must-see). 
Trail running til the end of August 

home: found this [ books ]

home: found this [ books ]

We love a slow mooch around a museum shop, but usually only when we have been to a particular exhibition.
This shouldn’t be the case and we should treat them as actual shops, considering the majority of our museums and galleries are free. Also take advantage of the online museum shops, especially if your looking for books.
A good design book can not only give informative text and pictures, but they usually always look nice – something you want to have out on display.
We had a look at the Design Museum website and found a great selection of books for interiors lovers. Use the menu to navigate the particular topic like Product Design or Architecture and find some inspiring coffee table books to dip into at any time.
Another great museum shop for books is the Barbican with fascinating reads including titles exploring concrete architecture and suburbia life.

So next time you are looking for a gift or an inspiring read for yourself, head to a museum shop, you won’t be disappointed.

home: made [ book organisation ] 

home: made [ book organisation by colour ] 

  

Whether people roll their eyes or ridicule the effort, they can’t deny that organising (visual merchandising ) your book shelves by colour (or colour blocking) looks good.

It’s about realising that books are as an important feature as any other piece of homeware. As they often take up such a significant space on a wall in the home, why not make them visually pleasing. They will add to the styling of a room and can aid bringing a colour theme to a room. 

  
Apart from looking well styled, it’s actually often a very useful way to find books, as many the human brain can work well with remembering colours (associated with a book cover and spine)  as opposed to names or authors to find the sought after book. 

The simplest way to create this look is to start with bare shelves and work out your plan of colour order. Colours should blend into each other i.e. Black into grey into white into yellow into orange into red into pink into purple into blue into green, with tones of each colour helping to blend the look. It can help to create piles of matching coloured books first to give yourself an idea of the amount of each colour and how much room they’ll need. It will envolve a little bit of trial and error but there are many images on google for inspiration as well as design blogs giving ideas.