home: nice price [ cutlery ]

With copper still high in the trend-lead choices for colour in interior design, it’s time to search the summer sales to bring a little into your home.

How about starting with the kitchen and try this cool, copper coloured, stylish cutlery from Zara Home at the bargain prices from £2.99 per piece.

So much of their sale is almost half price and definitely worth a browse.

home: featured [ Corey Homeware ]

Found on the historic Roman Road, East London we find Corey Homeware. Opened in 2015,this boutique homeware and furniture store has a lovely, constantly changing curated selection of pieces sourced from the UK and further a field.

We love their eye for unique pieces with both a modern and industrial edge.

They say, ‘The idea behind the shop is to offer a treasure trove of modern design at realistic prices. I am a local resident with a passion for interiors. Originally working as a teacher, I spent years being frustrated at the lack of affordable homeware. Each weekend would see a trip to seek out interior shops across the capital only to be disappointed by the choice and shocked by the price. I felt so strongly about it that I decided to put my passion into practice and open my own homeware shop right on my doorstep.’

459 Roman Road, London E3 5LX

home: event [ Designers At Home with OneFineStay ]

A definite date for the diary with a chance to hear from interiors experts, network and ask all the right questions amongst design experts. Book in for the event to be inspired plus enjoy refreshments, goodies and prizes!

Date : Mon 26 June 2017 // 18:45 – 20:30

At : onefinestay

300 St John St London EC1V 4PA

They say: Layerhome.com has teamed up with luxury home-rental destination onefinestay for this inspiring panel event, inviting three design greats to share the stories behind their established careers and offer a personal look at the designs of their own homes.

With a penchant for the avant garde and an eclectic trademark style, you’ll meet interior designer Shaun Clarkson who has led the way in the interiors industry for over twenty years. Secondly, Layer is delighted to welcome Harvard educated Dara Huang to the panel, the creative force behind international, award-winning architecture and design practice, Design Haus Liberty. Finally, hear from commodities trader turned luxury interior designer Rachel Laxer who will bring a fascinating insight into the value of investing in antiques that she applies to her loyal clientele from Silicon Valley, New York and London.

Join Layer, onefinestay and the panellists for an evening of design inspiration, sickeningly beautiful home images, stimulating discussions and a good glass of wine.

6.45pm Lovely people start arriving (and drinks are served)

7.15pm Formal chit chat starts

8pm Questions from the bright and the beautiful (aka audience members)

8.30pm End of the organised part of the evening

WHAT TO EXPECT

More than an hour of inspiring career talk

Shoulder-rubbing with fellow design-lovers

Time spent in the beautiful onefinestay offices

Prizes and treats

A glass of wine

home: trend [ earth tones ]

This summer sees a trend that embraces the natural Earth, sustainability and grounding ourselves with the planet we walk on.

Bringing together a natural inspired set of colour palettes;

‘This colour scheme draws from a palette taken from natural rocks, deserts, earth and trees featuring pale rose, peach, cinnamon, tan, ochre, burnt orange, burgundy and terracotta.’
LondonEssentials.com

It creates a warm interior and encourages a slower pace. The tones compliment each other and work along side each other alike to the natural world.

Using tones of each shade, build up this look through soft furnishings, furniture and all the way to wall finishes. Embrace textured coloured wall papers, feature walls in painted choices and subtle texture and pattern in throws and cushions including the use of silks, linens, weaves and matt finishes in ceramics and furniture.

Buying guide [ clockwise ]

1 Taupe Brown Linen Duvet (from) £59 La Redoute

2 Dulux Perfectly Taupe £26 B&Q

3 Cole & Son Crackle Wallpaper Ochres £70 Beut

4 Metro Sage Wall Tile £15 p/sqm Tile Mountain

5 Soft Wool Olive Green Throw £42.25 (was £65) Cox & Cox

6 Scott Burnt Orange Velvet Sofa £899 Made.Com

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: trend [ greys ]

Continuing to be a strong trend for 2017, grey is a familiar safe option for interiors that is flexible and adaptable to your taste and style. It’s a modern neutral colour and especially when the lighter tones are used, it’s easy to compliment and create a homely interior. Although, those braver can make incredible design statements using the darker, richer tones and layering up shades of grey can be very effective.

Visit Pinterest, and great sites like ApartmentTherapy.com for inspirational guides.

Importantly your shades have to sit next to each other. With greys coming in warm, cool and varying Pantones, it’s worth having material swatches or paint samples when choosing pieces for a room.

A good base is to start with a wall colour and the main piece of furniture – like the sofa.

We love the (pictured above) Made.com Scott sofa (£999) matched with Farrow + Ball Railings almost pitch black grey. To this you can build on with soft furnishings, maybe using highlights of a blush pink or copper. For a clean, less bold approach use lots of white with grey to lighten and soften the look.

Above : choosing your shade of grey

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(Top image guide)

Clockwise from left :

Chair / Louis from Maison Du Monde £209

Wallpaper / Fiori from Cole & Son £90

Lamp / Lyss from Habitat £20

Armchair / Orson from Made.Com £349

Cushions / from a selection at Next

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Sources / Pinterest • ApartmentTherapy • and styling by Marie Ramse

home: featured [ Haygen ]

Ambling around Islington, London, there’s a confident statement about the growth of independent homeware stores – ensuring consumers are still keen for independent brands and a better quality of product.

On the popular Camden Passage, we find lovely Haygen, with a beautiful range of curated homeware, furniture and gifts from brands including Bloomimgville, House Doctor and On Interior.

Covering ceramics, prints, lighting, cushions, mirrors, gifts, even fashion and more.

They say,
‘To reflect an exciting time of growth and a change in business direction, Home & Pantry has rebranded to HAYGEN. HAYGEN, a lifestyle store dedicated to providing a careful curation of coveted and contemporary homeware, fashion & gifts with an exceptional customer experience both in store & online.

Founded in London in 2011 by Irish born Jenny Hughes, HAYGEN has grown into a one-of-a-kind destination lifestyle store for those seeking a unique mix of beautiful home furnishings, gifts and fashion items to reflect their personal style and fuel their passions. Mixing old and new with inspiration from the worlds of fashion, interiors and entertaining, we are committed to offering customers a curated mix of great products with a truly memorable customer experience; both online and in our store.’

Find at:

114 Islington High Street, Camden Passage N1 8EG

and

https://www.haygenshop.com/ 

home: favourite thing [ vintage Danish armchair ]

Add another to list of go-to favourite home interiors shop websites – The Joyful Home Company (just launched!) is a must for carefully it’s curated selection of prints, accessories, wallpapers and their own beautifully reupholstered vintage chairs department.

Our favourite pick from this exciting new store is this utterly gorgeous, incredibly restored large grey Danish armchair, midcentury in style and perfectly reupholstered to keep its characteristics and charm of the era.

A must invest at £795 but a worthwhile investment.

home: event [ interiors lectures ]

It’s all about expanding your knowledge about interiors and home design. Time to enjoy learning from the experts with a series of lectures on interior design. Already popular in 2016. Look out for further 2017 dates at The Royal College of Art on their website.

Following on from the huge success of the series, the Interior Design department at the RCA has confirmed the Inside/Out public lecture programme for the next academic year.The talks feature international architects, designers, curators and writers who will discuss their own practice and dissect the role of interior design. Forthcoming speakers include Andrew Stevens from London-based design consultancy Graphic Thought Facility; French industrial designer matali crasset; Roberto Feo of post-disciplinary studio El Ultimo Grito; the director of London’s Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic; Alannah Western, former Creative Director of Selfridges and now Deputy Chairman of Selfridges Group; the leading British interior designer Ben Kelly; the visionary architect and designer Gaetano Pesce; the Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art Paolo Antonelli; Christophe Egret of architecture and urban design practice Studio Egret West; the renowned sculptor Richard Wentworth; and the architect David Chipperfield.

Talks take place in Lecture Theatre 1, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU at 6.30pm

home: featured [ Matalan ]

Cheap and cheerful? Is the quality less? We were overwhelmed with the plethora and immense choice of great homeware and furniture at Matalan.

Covering so many current trends with prices starting from a couple of pounds, you can fill your home and garden with textiles and ceramics, glassware and trinkets – from marble-look accessories to bohemian soft furnishings, plant hangers to metallic pieces – there’s so much to choose from.

With their furniture you can create industrial, retro, midcentury or modern monochrome looks with quality and affordable prices – the current sale section is definitely worth chacking.

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