home: nice price [ spring sales ]

With a lot of the major home brands currently having Spring Sales, now is the perfect time to hunt out some bargains to freshen up your home for the new season.
Having central London on our doorstep we have visited and found some great finds from four of the big names – Habitat, West Elm, Dwell and Heals. [ Fortunately all next to each other on Tottenham Court Road ]

Habitat – up to 30% off furniture, accessories and soft furnishing, plus 50% off selected lighting. So much to choose from. [ lamp pictured was £50 / now £25 and storage jar was £20 / now £10 ]

West Elm – massive discounts on cushions and kitchenware and for a limited time 60% off selected furniture. [ cushions pictured were £19 / now £4.95 and coloured glasses were £24 / now 4.95 ]

Dwell – up to 70% off on furniture, lighting and accessories. Large selection to choose from. [ walnut side board pictured was £499 / now £249 and wooden pendant light was £89 / now £45 ]

Heals – up to 30% off furniture and lighting with 50% off selected rugs. They also have a great selection of Newgate clocks at 15% off. Limited time only. [ clock pictured was £65 / now £55 ]

Get to your nearest store or shop online before they end.

Habitat.co.uk
Westelm.co.uk
Dwell.co.uk
Heals.com

home: featured [ Homeplace ]

Based in Walthamstow Homeplace has an eclectic selection of vintage, midcentury, retro and contemporary furniture, lighting and homeware.

‘We are passionate about great design – contemporary as well as midcentury but we are also fans of the quirky and the whimsical..and we like nothing better than mixing them all up to create eclectic interiors with heaps of individuality’

As well as the larger furniture and lighting pieces Homeplace had some great gift ideas, including ceramics, artwork and kitchenware, and with it’s ever-changing collection you get the best choice of styles and colours to fit your home.

Visit homeplace.co.uk to shop the collection. [ hire options are also available ]

home: trend [ blush hues ]

Bring serenity and a beautiful calm to your interiors with blush hues. The pink palette of this trend is a dreamy mix of shades of pink with complimentary colour additions of white, cream and beige. These hues sit well with light woods or white furniture, keeping accessories in copper, a little monochrome and of course pink to a minimal to ensure the interior is minimal and clean.

Create a Spring feel for a lounge or bedroom with this beautiful trend, covering windows with long billowing pale pink curtains, which could look great layered up with lace nets, scatter cushions in a variety of pale pinks with the odd one with subtle pattern and opt for a couple of pink tones for the walls.

[ Farrow & Ball ] Calamine / Nancys Blushes / Cinderose

Farrow & Ball / paint from £39.50

1 pink ombré print / from £12 / Junique

2 Rafi desk lamp / £25 / Habitat

3 cotton curtains / from £60 / John Lewis

4 Muuto vase / £75 / Ambient Direct

5 Hygeia head bust / £84 / Mia Fleur

home: made [ cloud light ]

How about your very own cloud lighting up a room? Perfect for a kids room but cool enough to look grown-up in any room.

There are countless tutorials about DIY cloud light making, so we’ve rounded up a few.

Essentially, for a basic DIY cloud light you will need :

• a standard paper light shade, available on the high street and online from various stores including Homebase, IKEA, B&Q and Wilkos. The cloud light can then be hung from an existing ceiling light pendant

• cotton wool balls (and lots of them)

• a glue gun or PVA

Extras can include fairy lights to create a drizzle of ‘light’ rain from the cloud-looking shade, and you could also buy multiple shades in various sizes to create a bigger impact with a few clouds.

Tutorial links :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nOQkqUFpn3M

http://www.littlethings.com/diy-cloud-light/

https://www.nousdecor.com/blog/diy-l-led-cloud-light

http://astyleofliving.com/2012/01/diy-cloud-lights-for-your-wedding.html

home: featured [ Violet and Percy ]

Since 2013, lovely Flora has been curating gorgeous unique designers and brands in her online store, Violet and Percy.

‘Violet and Percy is a UK lifestyle and interiors shop selling homewares, gifts and stationery influenced by some of my favourite things: British humour, Scandinavian cool and a pop of Mediterranean sunshine.’

The products, including prints, ceramics, lighting and garlands, are hand selected and embrace new, talented designers. All products sit will together and would combine to bring great style to any home. Flora is keen to only stock products that she loves and would have herself, and the result is a great, well thought selection of goods – well priced, well designed and on trend.

Stocked designers include Playtype, Block Design, Talking Tables and Cooee Design

Great products in the online store sell out fast so to be up to date with the latest in (online) store, follow Violet and Percy on Instagram or Twitter .

home: featured [ istome ]

Istome as an emporium of homewares, stationary, and prints mostly sourced from Scandinavian countries, many of whom still manufacture their own goods in a traditional way.
Full of new and fun products Istome stocks great brands including Menu, Studio Esinam and Design Letters. If you want simple gorgeous design then you must check out the website.

‘The products we source at istome, sometimes quirky, always charming but always 100% Scandinavian.’

Head to istome.co.uk for their online shop and blog.

home: found this [ table lamp ]

Oliver Bonas are very good at stocking functional home items with a modern twist. This table lamp combines a copper stem, marble base and a matt finish grey shade which look great together. With an angled head to adjust the direction of the light this lamp would make a great bedside table reading light, or as an ambient light in a living room.

Also available in mint, from Oliverbonas.com [ £58 ]

home: daily [ competition ]

Don’t miss this chance to win a collection of iconic Anglepoise lighting.

This Design Museum competition, in conjunction with the Sample Sale, is a must-enter.

http://designmuseum.org/win-a-full-roomset-from-anglepoise 

Competition closes March 6

home: daily [ lighting discount ]

Take advantage of 15% off vintage midcentury lighting until 29/2/16 at the super Chase & Sorensen.

Use discount code ‘feb16lightsale’ on any purchase from their collection of ceiling lights, table lamps, bulbs or floor lights.

home: favourite thing [ lights ]

home: favourite thing [ ceiling lights ]

BHS never fails to disappoint with their lighting department with a mix of traditional, modern, retro reproduction and industrial lighting.

Their current ceiling light collection is full of absolute design perfection using glass and metals, and styles including cluster, vintage and midcentury modern.

Currently there is 20-25% off most of their lighting so it’s a good time to invest in something new for the home.

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