home: trend [ sculptured lighting ]

We are spoilt for choice when it comes to lighting. With the ever increasing number of new designs and re workings of old ones, it’s difficult to know where to begin.

Lighting as with all home decor is personal taste but sometimes we all need a little direction, so with that in mind a new trend for 2017 is sculptured lighting.

Strong angles and shapes currently dominate lighting departments, with geometric, 1920s and organic designs proving popular. Moulded one piece task lamps and curved wood pendants give fluidity and cast amazing light when on. And when not on they become works of art.

Globes are featuring big at the moment, in the form of clusters or individually. White is an obvious colour choice bit if you are feeling brave consider a bright colour, perfect set against a neutral room.

Consider how the lighting works in each room, do you want it to blend in to its surroundings or stand out as a centre piece. The current choice online is amazing with favourites trouva.com, rockettstgeorge.co.uk, and johnlewis.com, having vast collections of on-trend and modern lighting.

Guide:

1. Five light pendant from grahamandgreen.co.uk [ £185 ]

2. Orb ceiling pendants from westelm.co.uk [ from £159 ]

3. Gregg pendant from trouva.com [ £136 ]

4. Normann Copenhagen pendant from trouva.com [ £75 ]

5. Tom Raffield pendant from johnlewis.co.uk [ £245 ]

6. Tom Dixon pendant from heals.com [ £110 ]
7. LED desk lamp from johnlewis.co.uk [ £45 ]

8. Geometric pendant from grahamandgreen.co.uk [ £375 ]

9. Table lamp from habitat.co.uk [ £45 ]

home: nice price [ chair ]

We discovered these chairs last year in John Lewis and imediatly fell in love with them. Not only are they a Robin Day classic deisgn but they are at the amazing price of just £59 each. Available in three colours; light grey, dark grey and red, these chairs would look great around a dining table mixed with other chairs, or on its own as an armchair in a living room or bedroom.

‘Robin Day designed the world’s first Polypropylene Chair in 1963 for the British furniture company Hille, and its combination of strength, affordability and sheer good lokks has never been equalled.

This pioneering design represented a breakthrough in furniture technology and has sold in tens of millions worldwide’

Johnlewis.com

home: found this [ IKEA PS 2017 ]

Ikea is a home from home for most people when it comes to buying practical, well priced and stylish homeware, with a huge number of products there is somethimg for everyone. Their new PS 2017 range is no exeption with bold design and quirky accessories, pick from over 50 products.

Loose yourself in the bright colours and fun design of these statement pieces. Don’t think it is all style over substance either, as all the furniture is practical and robust, perfect for small space living.

‘ IKEA PS is fiercely independent. For free-thinkers who refuse a work-eat-sleep-repeat life and who give convention a wedgie. Not asking fir permission or approval. Choosing freedom and the possibilities that come with it ‘

Our favourite pieces include the bowl style rocking chair, rechargable cage light and fold away coffee table, perfect for outdoors.

PS 2017 is available now at ikea.com and in stores.

home: event [ The American Dream ]

This new exhibition at the British Museum explores 1960’s art in America and the iconic pieces that look at society and divisions around at the time.

‘Starting with the ezplosion of pop arr in the 1960, the exhibition includes worka by the most celebrated American artists. From Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauuschenberg to Ed Ruscha, Kara Walker and Julie Mehretu – all boldly experimented with printmaking. Experience this extraordinary history through their eyes’

An insightful and inspiring exhibition well worth a visit. [ Tickets cost £16.50 ]

9th March – 18th June

Americandreamexhibition.org

home: event [ kitchen design workshop ]

The new Tom Howley showroom in Royal Tunbridge Wells is the setting for this special event where Country Homes & Interiors will welcome guests before Design Director Tom Howley shares over 30 years of expertise on what makes the perfect kitchen.

The day will also include the chance to ask questions, learn more about Tom’s top design tips and you will enjoy a live cooking demonstration and lunch from a guest chef.

Tickets cost £25 including coffee, lunch (with wine) cooked in the showroom and complimentary gift bag.

Thu 23 March 2017

11:00 – 14:30

Tom Howley 35 High Street

Royal Tunbridge Wells TN1 1XL

home: trend [ navy ]

As much as we are currently loving greys in interiors; shades of navy (inks, twilights, midnight and denim tones) are having a huge surge in popularity due to how flexible they are to introduce to an interior. With many complimentary and high light colours that can be used, navy works so well in different strengths depending on how bold the look you wish to go for.

We love fully embracing the dark side and including all wood work and ceilings, when painting, to create a dramatic strong look. However, navy can work equally well as a feature wall with bright white wood work and lots of complimentary colours in the soft furnishings and accessories.

Across stores, navy is coming through strong in luxurious fabrics like velvet, suede and silk for soft furnishings and it’s a opulent colour for sofas, armchairs and curtains.

As a colour it can sit with jewel tones (on trend colours including jade, teal, plum and magenta), works well with ever-popular metallics (copper, bronze and gold) and can compliment orange, blush pink and forest green.

1 Love Seat Arm Chair / £325 George at Asda

2 Midnight Blue Paint / from £13 Homebase

3 Kitsch Chairs / £79 (pair) Made

4 Drawing Room Blue Paint / £43.50 Farrow + Ball

5 Cushion / £14 Red Bubble

6 Cavendish Cushion / £50 John Lewis

7 Conner Sofa / £799 Made

8 Binx Vase / £50 Habitat

9 Zen Rug / £29.99 Wayfair

home: favourite thing [ armchair and footstool ]

Loving high street favourite, Dunelm, getting good at the Scandi trend and having in their range this superbly priced armchair and footstool.

It has perfect design with its curved structure, wooden angled legs and the soft colour palette to choose from.

This armchair and footstool are at unbelievable £249.00 for both pieces. A great update for any lounge or bedroom. The perfect reading chair.

home: made [ books ]

Often we have great ideas but don’t always know how to translate them into our homes. Whether it’s home decor ideas, colour options, diy projects or just the need for general inspiration, there is a book to help.

We have picked some of our favourites including basic diy techniques, the best ways of using plants in the home and a paint colour guide.

Clockwise from top left:

Make a house your home [ £20 ]

Design bloggers at home [ £8 ]

Reinventing Ikea [ £15.99 ]

Hygge [ £12.99 ]

In the mood for colour [ £19.99 ]

Bring the outside in [ £9.99 ]

How to decorate [ £30 ]

Collins complete DIY manual [ £24 ]

House of plants [ £20 ]

home: favourite thing [ black kitchens ]

Don’t be misled that a dark coloured kitchen may come across as gloomy and over powering.

We love the new love of black used in the home and kitchens can look so warm but stylish in this misunderstood colour.

Best used in shades slightly off from jet black on walls and tiles – and a good matt finish.

Farrow and Ball / Off Black • Homebase / Black Magic • Benjamin Moore / Black Tar

Strengthen the look by also using black kitchen doors and even worktops too. To compliment and add a break in the black, you could also use walnut tone worktops and split the colour choice of doors, instead of them all being black, drop in another colour tone – white, blush or grey.

Add accessories in copper and metallics. A vintage copper tap would be a great feature and if using open shelves give them great bronze wall brackets. Marble also works beautifully in this colour interior, great for a worktop on a kitchen island and splash back, or in smaller touches including lighting, crockery and kitchenalia.

home: featured [ ferm living ]

Beautiful Copenhagen based brand, Ferm Living, have spent a decade producing and designing incredible homewares and furniture. Their clean, minimal, elegant design silhouette so identifiable to their name is highly admired and ergo regularly seen to be tried to be imitated and copied by other brands. The level of quality and materials is never achieved though. The lines are never as clean, and the colour tones never as pure.

Signature pieces that have influenced other people to design similar

Ferm Living is unique. This design comes with a price tag but these are pieces to invest in and collated well in home will result in beautiful interiors.

The design, colours and styles are well thought out and considered, with an obvious nod towards their Scandinavian heritage, a touch retro but most of all – every piece is like art, with great craftsmanship and attention to detail.

Excitedly we wait to see what 2017 brings for this brand.

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