home: event [ mid – century collage workshop ]

home: event [ mid century collage workshop ]

Get along to Heals, London for this introductory workshop with illustrator Eloise Renouf. Learn about the principles of colour and composition through collage.

‘Guests will meet the designer and author of the bestselling 20 Ways To Draw A Tree. Eloise will be on hand to guide all guests with hints, tips and her designer’s eye as they create their own mid-century inspired pieces to take home. All materials are provided’
September 17th / 1pm – 3pm

Tickets available from eventbrite.co.uk [ £25 ]

home: featured [ Lino Loca ]

We love discovering new stores and just in it’s early days we find Lino Loca, a lovely new shop on Etsy.

The print designs are mostly based round cacti which ticks a great trend box plus the prints are currently mostly monochrome so perfect for a black and white lovers interior space!

UK based, Lino Loca, and a newbie to the world of Etsy, we predict great things for this Lino cutting designs/prints store.

Only a few bits to choose from so far but we are sure there’ll be even more delights to choose from soon.
Prices from £12

home: made [ washi tape wall design ]

Bored of clean plain painted walls in your home? Using washi tape (and some inspirational images) is a quick brilliant way to introduce colour, pattern and quirkiness to a room.

It’s straight forward and non permanent, which makes it an ideal way to decorate – allowing easy changes, mistakes to be rectified or updates whenever you like.

Searching google, creative blogs and Pinterest gives a plethora of design ideas to get inspiration from.
Design depends on the room. Anything from geometric patterns, stripes, Aztec designs, crosses, linear and also a great way to bring in on-trend colours like blush, metallics or simply in monochrome.

For kids rooms it’s the perfect way to bring in their favourite images… animals, mountains, trains or simply fun pattern for stimulating a new born baby.

Great places to buy washi tape;

https://www.thefoxandstar.co.uk/collections/washi-tape

https://www.papermash.co.uk/collections/washi-tape

home: trend [ dark berry ]

It gets quite dark and opulent-gothic this autumn with bringing dark berry into home interiors. Layering up tones of this shade – think burgundy, port, rose, grape and other deep rich berry-like shades create a warm, inviting interior to see you into colder months.

Keep the look modern with matt tones and matt fabrics, use along side dark woods and allow textures of wool, leather and velvet to work together.

Think to use shades all the way from floor to walls to window covering to give strength to the look and pop in other jewel tones if want the odd highlight to break up the colour.

1 ‘Rectory Red’ Paint / Farrow + Ball

2 Pouffe / Bohemia £78.40 (seconds)

3 Sofa / Sofasworld £499.99

4 Lustre Rug / John Lewis (from) £200

5 ‘Ilaria’ Light / Made.com £29

6 Berry tones used within an interior

7 Velvet Cushion / M&S £25

8 Throw / House Of Fraser £190

9 ‘Radicchio’ Paint / Farrow + Ball

home: favourite thing [ Ikea x Hay ]

We have been waiting a long time for this collaboration. And if you don’t know about it, here is the lowdown.

Launching in October Swedish giant Ikea has joined forces with Danish brand Hay to create the new Ypperlig collection. Featuring furniture, vases, throws and accessories the Ypperlig collection has been designed to ‘challenge people’s perception of Ikea quality and design’

Hay has also taken on the challenge of redesigning the iconic blue & yellow Frakta bag. The size & shape has remained, with new colours including the green & white version pictured. Hay wanted to turn the bag into a ‘design object’ that customers appreciate.

We love the simplicity and muted colours of the collection, with strong design that will fit into any room. As Ikea says ‘a contemporary yet ageless collection’

Keep an eye out in store and online during October / ikea.com

home: featured [ Present Indicative ]

home: featured [ Present Indicative]

For unique homeware, perfect for gifts, we just love the range of unique academic-inspired home accessories.

There’s glassware, ceramics, tea towels, prints and quirky pieces including the brutalist ‘Archilamp‘ and ‘Obessive Chef‘ precise measuring chopping board.

Present Indicative is the sister site of The Literary Gift Company. The Literary Gift Company was launched in 2009 and has over 1000 gifts for book lovers. Present Indicative offers a similar range of unusual and beautiful gifts but with more of an academic twist. We love beautiful, practical and intelligent gifts for thinking people, including clothing, jewellery, games, and much much more.

home: made [ diy marbling ceramics ]

Try out marbling to create beautiful, unique homeware for your home or for gifts. We’ve rounded up our favourite tutorials to guide you through the process in a simple,straightforward way.

You don’t need to spend much and you may have most products in your home already. How simple that you can use nail varnish to create amazing patterns on mugs or bowls?! Nail varnish is a cheap way to get incredible colours to work with.

Credit for images / tutorial links :

The Sweetest Occasion

House of Hipsters

Simple Most

Alana Jones – Mann

home: found this [ Anna Hayman ]

Print designer Anna Hayman creates beautiful 60s & 70s patterns through turning original linocuts into wallpapers, fabric and art prints. These gorgeous patterns are particularly stunning on her range of lamp shades.

Anna has now collaborated with illustrator Beth Faser to create these A3 character piece aet prints. There are four designs in the collection and we love them.
‘I wanted to create some fashion style illustrations incorporating my patterns and when I was introduced to Beth, I knew she was the perfect partner for the project with her bold and louche style. She cleverly mixes ink painting with paper collage to create these languid characters, I think the style combines with my prints really well, and I love the feel of these super laid back girls’

Lamp shades [ from £295 ] and prints [ £35 ] available at rockettstgeorge.co.uk

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home: featured [ Pentreath + Hall ]

Sometimes it’s good not to be minimal, and have the coldness of a monochrome interior. Pentreath + Hall embrace colour, pattern, beautiful design and layering up textures to ensure perfect interior inspiration.

Tucked away in Rugby Street, Bloomsbury, London, this store is bursting at the seams with homeware, furniture and accessories. Also available online, every department is covered – a great place to buy interiors gifts or treat yourself to a new look for a room.

Around for almost a decade, the duo behind the retail outlet have an interiors, architecture and artistic background. This has evidently come together perfectly in their great buying choices and curated ranges.

Visit them online or in store. Currently you can enjoy shopping the Summer sale too.

home: featured [ Pitfield ]

Head to Pitfield Street, London W1 and seek out this treasure trove of both new and vintage unique pieces.

Together with its cafe, Pitfield is a pleasure to explore and a place to discover the weird and the wonderful to update interiors in your home. They even have a bug hotel for sale and offer a design service!

Find them at :

31-35 Pitfield Street, London, N1 6HB

They say,

‘Attracting the creative and curious, our eclectic emporium stocks only beautiful, unique and attention grabbing homewares. Our interiors and lifestyle shop, café and exhibition gallery presents colour, glamour, glitz and excitement. Discover vintage finds, designer wallpapers and carpets, reworked furniture, inspiring gifts and more. Browse our categories to enter a fantastical world where everything is retro and riveting, dramatic and daring.’

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