home: favourite thing [ sofa ]

The London Transport Museum, known for their incredible homeware ranges and interior styling products, have raised their game with their current moquette fabric (famous from the London tube train seats) sofa which not only comes in all the amazing fabrics from all the various underground tube train lines but also even more patterns – including a truly fabulous leopard print. Custom made to order, one of these investment pieces could be yours for £1964.99.

home: trend [ boucle ]

Growing in popularity on curtains, cushions, chairs and blankets, boucle is the fabric of choice this season. The intricate woven pattern can be found more and more on homeware, creating a very tactile and comforting finish.

Combine with a nuetral colour pallete allowing the texture to take centre stage. Mix with other soft fabrics like throws and cushions for a cosy autumnal feel.

bouclé

noun

yarn with a looped or curled ply, or fabric woven from this yarn

Guide:

1. Selection from Tom Dixon at trouva.com [ from £85 ]

2. Chair from made.com [ £229 ]

3. Cushion by HAY from utilitydesign.co.uk [ £49 ]

4. Cushion from johnlewis.com [ £35 ]

5. Sofa from heals.com [ from £1949 ]

6. Throw from debenhams.com [ £32 ]

7. Jute rug from westelm.co.uk [ from £79 ]

8. Cushion from bombayduck.com [ £35 ]

9. Chair from westelm.co.uk [ £699 ]

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: nice price [ velvet cushion ]

Get onboard with one of this years biggest trends – velvet – and update your sofa at the same time. These gorgeous cotton velvet cushion covers from hm.com come in 9 different colours, so you are sure to find a favourite, and what’s even better is that they are only £6.99.

Mix a couple of colours together along with some contrasting printed cushions to bring interest and a fun update to your living room.

hm.com

home: nice price [ arm chair ]

home: nice price [ armchair ]

Looking for a update for the lounge? A spare corner needing a little something? A nursery needing a comfy chair?

Without breaking the bank, Very have this Danish inspired, midcentury-style Isla Armchair with its curved silhouette, textured midcentury fabric and gently splayed out legs. Perfectly designed and comfortable.

At £199 it’s an affordable stylish addition to the home.

Also available in pink or teal.

home: event [ Breathing Colour ]

The Design Museum, London is a great place to be inspired and get the creative juices flowing, and this up coming exhibition is no exeption. Breathing Colour explores how we use colour and how it behaves through shapes, materials, shadows and reflections.

‘Drawing on years of research, designer Hella Jongerius presents Breathing Colour; an installation-based exhibition that takes a deeper look at the way colour behaves, exploring shapes, materials, shadows and reflections. Through a series of phenomenological studies and experiences, the exhibition will make us question one of thr most elemental aspects of design.’

28th June – 24th September 2017

designmuseum.org

home: event [ homeware launch ]

The London Design Festival spans across our capital with launches, exhibitions, shows, talks, events, shopping, workshops and shows. It is a frenzy of activities with chances to hear, see and experience all that is new in design this season.

For lovely soft furnishings catch the launch of gorgeous homewares from Wallace Sewell in the Islington store.

Established in the early 90’s the duo behind this firm favourite British brand are still producing incredible quality contemporary designs in fabrics and soft furnishings.

‘During the London Design Festival, UK based woven textile design duo Wallace Sewell will be launching their new Autumn Winter 2016 scarf and interior collection.

To mark the launch of their new collection Wallace Sewell will be opening their shop and studio for a special event on Tuesday 20 September from 6pm to 9pm and offering 10% off on all scarves, throws and cushions purchased that evening.

This will be a fun event in the coveted Islington Design District with drinks and nibbles and a chance to meet the design team behind this iconic British brand. Other shops in the area such as Timorous Beastie and Twentytwentyone will also be open.’

For more information please email studio@wallacesewell.com or go to:
www.londondesignfestival.com

www.islingtondesigndistrict.com

home: made [ no-sew cushion covers ]

When you want to update a room regularly, change a colour scheme or make an easy crafted gift, what could be better (and easier) than a no-sew cushion cover?

A simple, quick project where all you need to do is choose your fabric. For bargain fabrics try carboot sales and charity shops for second hand duvet covers or curtains that give huge pieces of fabric at low, low prices.

Across the web there are plenty of tutorials (click below) to make the simple knot design cushion that will give you almost instant covers to update your lounge or bedroom.
OrganiseYourStuffNow

SugarAndSoul

home: made [ magazine files ]

It’s great to find easy DIY projects that are both affordable but also effective.

Transform magazine files with paper or fabric to allow them to match your interiors perfectly.

Make your own base file from thick cardboard or head to IKEA, WHSmiths, Tiger or similar to get hold of plain files ready to cover yourself at home.

On trend fabrics or papers with geometric, metallic or other modern pattern designs, would work perfectly but explore stores like FabricRehab for gorgeous quirky fabric designs. You could head to your local charity shop or carboot and pick up shirts, pillow cases or duvet covers to get patterned fabric cheap which you could use or if you’d rather use paper head to the highstreet for a huge array of patterned wrapping paper ideal to use for covering. We love Tiger for their cool Scandi patterned papers for £1 a roll or the every expanding stationery department at IKEA is full of great papers too at bargain prices.

We found tutorials to help your DIY at HelloAerie and CreativeInChicago.

And when your taste or interiors change you can easily update the covering to match!

home: favourite thing [ Flock ]

If you love colour and pattern in your soft furnishings then you must check out Flock. It’s collection consists of fine quality linens and velvets, digitally printed in Lancashire or screen printed by hand in London.
Flock works with graduate designers to create beautiful textiles for the home. [ Each designer keeps their name to their work and receives a royalty for every metre sold ]
Choose a fabric by the half metre, or pick from a selection of ready made cushions.
This combination of fresh new talent and industry experience is a definate winner, and the designs are just stunning.

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