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home: event [ market ] 

home: event [ market ] 

A London must-visit is the weekly Sunday market at The Old Truman Brewery. 

EVERY SUNDAY / 10AM – 5PM / OLD TRUMAN BREWERY, LONDON, E1

The London Artisan is a curated marketplace in the heart of East London. A collaborative project between Designers/Makers and The Old Truman Brewery.

The London Artisan offer’s a diverse, quality, shopping experience that celebrates independent producers and makers. But more than that, it’s about people and place; meeting the makers, conversation with friends and embedding the social back into shopping.hopping.’

Not only is there homewares, textiles, ceramics and glassware but also lotions, potions, gifts and jewellery. Fill your home and treat yourself at the same time. 

home: featured [ cult furniture ] 

home: featured [ cult furniture ]

When you are picking those design classics for your home, wanting a certain look and style, and especially if you have a small budget, Cult Furniture is a must visit store. Either online or at their south London store there is a veritable feast of design classics. Choose from styles inspired by Eames, Tolix, George Nelson, Hans J Wegner and other midcentury modern designs and the range includes chairs, tables, desks, lighting and other home accessories. 

The prices are incomparable for the quality and choice and when furniture goes into the same department it’s even better. 

In 2015 they also have now their own designed pieces under the label Cult Living and this offers more affordable super design for the home.

”You know how it goes, you see beautiful designer chairs, designs you really appreciate and would love to have in your home, but the prices are just way too high!

Cult Furniture started in 2010 for this very reason, to make designer furniture affordable and accessible to everyone. Keeping the quality of the original design but cutting the price by dealing direct with factories and avoiding the middle man.”

http://www.cultfurniture.com

811-813 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 3JH.

Open: Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm and Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

home: event [ flower shows ]

home event [ flower shows ]

At this time of year the focus on interior decoration can change to the garden, and one of the best places to get inspiration is at a flower show, and there are no better shows than Chelsea and Hampton Court.

The two RHS events are here this summer during May and July.
The Chelsea flower show runs from 24th – 28th May and there are still tickets available. Alternatively wait for Hampton court [ 5th – 10th July ].

See the latest trends and looks for your garden whatever it’s size, as well as getting hints and tips on the right flowers and plants to use to get the best from your garden.

Head to rhs.org.uk to get more info and book tickets.

home: event [ Clerkenwell Design Week ]

home: event [ Clerkenwell Design Week ]

Back for it’s seventh year, Clerkenwell Design Week runs over three days and is full of exibitions, workshops and talks. See some of the best furniture, lighting and product design from the UK and globally.

‘Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. To celebrate this rich and diverse community, Clerkenwell Design Week has created a showcase of leading UK and international brands and companies presented in a series of showroom events,  exhibitions and special installations that take place across the area.’

Tickets are free – register online for access to all the events.

[ 24th – 26th May 2016 ]

www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com

home: event [The Potting Shed ]

home: event [ The Potting Shed ]

Get creative on the 22nd or 23rd May by joining ceramic artists Fliff Carr and Matilda Moreton at Town House, Spitalfields, making unique floral decorated plates inspired by 18th century botanical prints.
Learn how to create impressions in clay and apply colour, as well as using a variety of textured floral fabrics, lace and rubber stamps to decorate.

Sessions last 45 minutes and cost £10, including all materials and firing [ Extra cost for plates to be sent to you, but you can collect free of charge two weeks later ].

The Potting Shed
Townhouse
5 Fournier Street
Spitalfields
E16QE

Get tickets from eventsbrite.co.uk

home: found this [ colour-in poster ]

home: found this [ colour-in poster ] 

Create artwork for the wall that is fun, unique, involves the kids and can give you a little visual education on our wonderful capital city, London. 

Urban Outfitters have this great over sized map of London colouring-in page in their homeware sale, reduced to £10 from £20.

home: event [ The Barbican ]

home: event [ The Barbican Exhibition ]

The Barbican in London is a fascinating and wonderful place to walk around on any day, but when they have a great exhibition it makes the trip all the more worth while.
The Barbican Exhibition: Designing for a Living City is a new exhibition tracing the controversial design of the 1970s residential development – explore the range of flat types and interiors which would accommodate some 6000 people within 35 acres. The display includes the original 1971 residential layout and landscape plan, as well as original fittings, archival illustrations, leaflets, brochures and films.
A must for any Barbican fan, and those interest in architecture and interior design of the past. Plus after, take some time to explore the building, visit the conservatory, take a tour or browse the shop.

[ 19th March – 16th October 2016 ]

home: event [ pop up shop ]

home: event [ pop up shop ] 

West Elm continue to support and give opportunities for new designers, and up and coming brands to get a platform to raise their profile. Here again they have cool, unique brand Refunk’d popping up shop in April at their Tottenham Court Road, London store. 

Running from 15-17th of April, head to West Elm and shop the one-off pieces of furniture and homeware. 

Opening hours 10am – 5pm / 209 Tottenham Court Road W1T 7PN 

” Set up in 2010 Refunk’d by Ursh Stevens in order to create one off pieces of awesomeness from preloved furniture & scrap yard finds.

From glamorous air hostess came the skip rat, salvage specialist, award winning furniture designer Ursh Stevens the owner of Refunk’d. Using scrap yard finds Ursh creates one of pieces that are far removed from the identikit furniture found on the high street. ” 

  

home: event [ Makers Exchange ]

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home: event [ Makers Exchange ]

This great market is back at Chrisp Street throughout March. Selling anything from food produce to fashion, arts and crafts to upcycled furniture, with everything in the market made by locals with love.
Open the next two Saturdays [ 10am – 4pm ]

Closest DLR stations All Saints and Langdon Park

home: featured [ Nook ] 

home: featured [ Nook ] 

Nook is just charming, minimal and full of irresistible homewares. There are simple well made items, lots of classic kitchenalia and many beautiful, useful pieces for the home. 

The store based in Stoke Newington, London, and also online, opened in 2012 by three friends. It’s a beautifully curated selection of pieces for each room in the house plus lovely extras like the ‘chocolate makers‘ department and they even offer a wedding list service. 

Products are from the UK and beyond, with focus on strong design and being ‘built to last’. The ranges include pieces from designers and makers including James Brown, Baggu, Ferm Living and Hay.