Tag: gifts

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: featured [ Mon Pote ]

home: featured [ Mon Pote ]

This little gem of a store in Bristol is full of gorgeous homeware and gifts. Set up by two best friends Mon Pote has a carefullly curated collection of quality items you will fall in love with and enrich your life.

‘Mon Pote loosely translates from French as ‘my mate’ or ‘my friend’. Our hope is that you will always feel as relaxed and welcome in our shop, or browsing our online store, as you do in the homes of your friends’.

Browse the online store for everything from kitchenware and lighting to soft furnishings and prints. Plus they stock an extensive kids collection, jewellery and stationary.

If you are in the Bristol area you must pop along to the shop. Alternatively keep up to date with Mon Pote on their blog and Instagram, and of course get shopping on the website.

Monpote.co.uk

home: event [ ceramics exhibition ] 

home: event [ ceramics exhibition ] 

Our favourite, London, interiors museum, the Geffrye Museum, has another great exhibition running from Thursday 22 September to Sunday 24 September show casing works of some of the top UK ceramicists. 

‘Meet the makers, browse and buy at the Geffrye Museum’s vibrant annual celebration of ceramics which showcases the work of over 50 leading ceramic artists from across the UK.

An eclectic selection of ceramic work to suit all budgets will be on sale direct from the makers, from practical table-ware to ornamental objects and striking one-off collector pieces. Earthy stoneware will be displayed alongside delicate porcelain and vivid painterly pots will contrast with elegant muted tones in an extravaganza of texture, colour and style. Part of the London Design Festival.’

A definite date for the diary to have a shop of unique ceramics for you, your home or gifts for others. 

home: featured [ Amazon ] 

home: featured [ Amazon ] 

Not everyone’s cup of tea for an online shopping destination but king of online selling, Amazon, is a surprising veritable gold mine for modern well priced homeware.

 A few searches of key wording including marble, copper, Moroccan, monochrome and even Moomin and we could be filling our virtual shopping trolley with anything from rugs to lighting, to ceramics and cushions, with prices so tempting it’s an easy way to kit out a new home with some great pieces, update current rooms or find great gifts for interiors lovers! 

If you love a certain look or piece from another interiors store but not the price tag, it’s definitely worth having a window shop around the Amazon mega site to see if a more affordable version is available. 

home: featured [ After Noah ]

home: featured [ After Noah ]

Full of new and vintage homeware After Noah is a treasure trove of curiosities, collectables and modern items. Based in Islington, London After Noah has been trading for over 25 years and has grown a huge following of loyal customers.

Head to the store on Upper Street to see mid century furniture from G Plan and Eames as well as a good selection of accessories, books and gifts. The experience will take you back in time with everything having a vintage and industrial feel. Our favourites include the G Plan sofas, vintage desk lamps and woven baskets.

If you can’t get to the store be sure to head to the website to see a selection of products.

Afternoah.com

Ps. The store also boasts a huge array of kids toys and games.

home: featured [ Minor Goods ] 

Discreet, minimal and a small carefully curated and designed range. Minor Goods have a beautiful online store of affordable homewares from ceramics to linens to candles to wood wares. Perfect for a little gift or collate a few pieces to make a whole look. 

They say: 

Minor Goods is an online homewares brand that believes less is more, we love craftsmanship and simple design (and food!). We make and curate timeless lifestyle accessories that are beautiful with an understated design aesthetic. Created using traditional techniques with a modern approach, these treasured items will stand the test of time. We are passionate about products and want to share the creators’ stories and their products to help you cherish the goods you buy.

Mainly sourcing from within Europe their strength is in working with and sourcing from small ethical artisan brands and traditional skilled craftsmen. 

home: gift idea [ candle ] 

home: gift idea [ candle ] 

Perfect stocking filler or small gift, make someone’s home smell gorgeous with a scented candle.

We love London based, Batch One natural candles (£20) which come in three gorgeous scents; Wild Fig, Silver Birch + Black Pepper and Sandalwood + Amber. 

With around 40 hours burn time it’s excellent value at £20. 

BatchOne.co.uk 

home: gift idea [ wooden ABC ] 

home: gift idea [ wooden ABC ] 

For typography and font lovers this would make a great present just to be ornamental, but it’s real aim is for kids. Why not treat them to these beautiful wooden block letter alphabet set to be both educational, tactile and look lovely! 

Habitat / Was £50 Now £40 

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: featured [ Utility ]

home: featured [ Utility ]

This week’s featured store is Utility; an online shop full of gifts, home accessories, lighting and furniture. Featuring great brands including Hay, Design Letters, Lightyears, Menu, Umbra and Vitra, Utility is the perfect shop for design lovers, especially Scandinavian design.

This Liverpool based company has a huge collection of products, whether you are looking for gifts, or furnishing your home, you will not be disappointed.

Keep up to date with Utility on their blog and Instagram.

utilitydesign.co.uk