home: nice price [ lamp shade ]

A new stylish bit of lighting for your home and it’s environmentally friendly? – look no further than the honey felt lampshade available from Southwood Stores for just £28. Made from durable 100% wool felt dyed with environmentally friendly inks.

The honey felt lampshade blooms like a flower and settles into its final shape after a few days in position. Its intricate beehive pattern will give a beautifully natural feel to any room. It can be fitted on a standard lamp holder and is designed for use with an energy-saving (15w max) or a GLS bulb (40w max).

Made in the UK. A portion of the proceeds go to Tree-nation‘s planting scheme.

home: made [ Halloween wreaths ]

Not content with just having something creative and beautiful adorn your door at Christmas, why not also look to getting creative for Halloween.

With different levels of complexity, there’s a plethora of tutorials across the internet for Halloween DIY wreaths.

Country Living has pulled together 35 of the best diy wreaths (see main image) giving you great inspiration – and the tutorials to follow. Whether it’s something ghoulish and fun or more stylish and autumnal there’s designs to suit everyone.

We also love the explosion of colours and textures from the fun wreath diy from TheWreathDepot (top right main image)

home:favourite thing [ clock ]

home: favourite thing [ clock ]

The new SNOFSA table clock from Ikea is a perfect addition to a bedroom. Not only is it a great style, a nod to Art Deco with a slightly modernised silhouette, but also the clever designers have introduced a silent mechanism so no annoying ticking sound.

In a brass coloured finish, it’s on trend, and just £12.

home: trend [ mosaic ]

This season’s trend for mosaics shows how patterns of mosaic tiles or patterns in the style of, are not just for holiday destinations or even a bathroom – that can work in any room as a feature or pattern on the wall or homeware.

Blending art, architecture and design, mosaic tile is one of the oldest forms of wall and floor covering. Using the tiny squares known as tesserae, Ancient Greeks and Romans created detailed stories and intricate geometric patterns, and mosaic art embellishes ceilings, walls and floors from Byzantium to Barcelona // SeattleTimes.com

Using mosaics on walls can make a bold design statement and an incredible alternative to wallpaper or paint for a feature wall. You could use block colour or patterned design depending on the colour scheme and style of room. It could be used on a chimney breast, kitchen wall or even as an alternative way of creating a headboard for a bed.

Not looking to be so bold? There’s lots of accessories to bring a little of the trend into the home – on ceramics and fabrics.

Bathroom set £14.94 Wayfair

Dessert Plate Set of 4 £21 La Redoute

Mosaic Towels from £6 BHS

Giraffe Mug £14.99 Fortune & Hopkins l

home: featured [ Joyful Home Company ]

Definitely a good time to shop with new-to-the-interiors-retail-market online store, Joyful Home Company, who from their recent opening has seen them grow and grow in design, style and more and more gorgeous products.

Explore their range of departments including lighting, furniture and wallpaper. The products are unique and quirky; investment pieces of furniture to make a statement in the home, gorgeous fun soft furnishings to be bold in the home and great colourful prints to adorn your walls in your home.

Our top tip is to head to the wallpaper department for incredible designs to choose from. From bricks to illustrated scenes to monstera leaves and tile work – the statement these would make in a room is incredible.

Joyful Home Company also offer an upholstery service, just drop them a line to find out more or arrange to visit them in their Essex based studio.

They say;

OUR PHILOSOPHY OF JOY It’s often the little things in life that bring the most happiness : an unexpected bunch of flowers, a compliment from an old friend, a beautiful scrap of fabric found at the bottom of a drawer…What makes you happy is as individual to you as your fingerprint. We believe that your home should bring you happiness and you should feel free to create the home that inspires you, motivates you and reflects you. It’s not about fashions or trends, but creating a space in which you can feel pure joy.

home: found this [ kitchenware ]

From Marks and Spencer, here’s some bakeware and kitchenware you’ll want out on show even when you’re not using it.

With prices from as little as £3, there is an assortment of bakeware to create amazing cakes, inspired by vintage and Victorian designs; tableware for tea time which is intricately patterned and beautiful; plus assorted well designed kitchenalia.

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: featured [ PIB ]

A haven of perfect vintage, midcentury and Scandinavian design under one roof. The range of superb condition vintage pieces at PIB is extensive and includes chairs, tables, lighting, storage, and more.

They say:

Style, Quality, and Everlasting: The PIB Concept

PIB was founded because we couldn’t find furniture which combined style & quality online. The products were either of bad quality, badly presented or in the middle of long lists with no coherence of styles.

Currently there are great ‘back to school’ special discounts on various pieces running until 25th September.

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: found this [ book ]

Interior stylist, Emma Bloomfield, as well as recently launching an online decorating school, has written a book. For styling your home it’s a must-have addition to your bookshelf. Easy step by step guides to ensuring your home flows and comes together, with complimenting styles, colours and accessories.

Home acts as a friendly, room-to-room guide to creating a look you love and a space you are proud to show off – without breaking the bank or starting from the ground up.

With beautiful but hard-working illustrations, Emma demystifies the five elements of decorating – needs and wants, colour and pattern, shape and size, placement, and lighting – and shows how easy it can be to apply them to each room in your house. Whether you’re refreshing your look, moving in, organising your home office, decorating a nursery or creating an outdoor oasis, Emma’s tried-and-tested advice will inspire and guide you.

With original illustrations, clever floorplans, practical decorator’s tips and styling 101s, Home is a timeless handbook for anyone who has ever doubted their decorating ability, or craved a helping hand through the process.

Home:The Elements of Decorating by Emma Blomfield

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