Tag: minimal

home: trend [ raw white ] 

home: trend [ raw white ] 

The most tranquil of settings, the purest of environments – controversially thought to be sterile and clinical, all white interiors are calming, beautiful and warm if done with quality pieces, textures and detail.


Raw white, in a matt finish, is modern, clean and pure. It may not be the most practical in furniture but choose leathers, plastics or wood which are easier to wipe clean. White painted walls can be regularly touched up as the simplest paint is to use high street affordable favourite Dulux brilliant white, although we love Farrow and Ball ‘All White‘ for its great finish. 


Enrich the raw white look with textures in the furnishings. Lace for curtains, long and drizzling in puddles on the floor (IKEA Alvine Spets are made for even the biggest biggest windows), ruffles and knit in cushions and throws, and smooth matt finishes in vases, lamps, dishes and table tops. Ensure all details stick to the white palette for the strongest look. 

Even kitchens and bathrooms can be beautiful in all white.  Vary tiles in size and style but all in white, matt worktops or counter finishes, handle-less cupboards to keep minimal and design in open shelving (and doored cupboards) and pile up endless white ceramics and glassware for detail and texture. 

1 Dynan Shelving / IKEA £80 

2 Vienna Sofa / Dwell (Now) £699 

3 Kura Lampshade / Habitat £60 

4 Alvine Spets Curtains / IKEA £10

5 Satin Cushion Cover / H&M £7.99

6 Hexagon Tiles / Tons Of Tiles 94p p/t 

7 Sweep Floor Lamp / Made £99 

8 Shianti Bed Linen / John Rocha at Debenhams from £50 

home: nice price [ concrete clock ] 

home: nice price [ concrete clock ] 

We love January for it’s sales and discounts.

Head to Luke Arthur Wells now and take advantage of 20% discount with code NEWYEAR20 at the checkout. 

Our favourite pick – the gorgeous minimalist House Doctor concrete clock (£44) which after discount will be a lovely £35.20 ! 

home: featured [ ferm living ] 

home: featured [ ferm living ] 

Beautiful Copenhagen based brand, Ferm Living, have spent a decade producing and designing incredible homewares and furniture. Their clean, minimal, elegant design silhouette so identifiable to their name is highly admired and ergo regularly seen to be tried to be imitated and copied by other brands. The level of quality and materials is never achieved though. The lines are never as clean, and the colour tones never as pure. 

Signature pieces that have influenced other people to design similar

Ferm Living is unique. This design comes with a price tag but these are pieces to invest in and collated well in home will result in beautiful interiors. 

The design, colours and styles are well thought out and considered, with an obvious nod towards their Scandinavian heritage, a touch retro but most of all – every piece is like art, with great craftsmanship and attention to detail. 


Excitedly we wait to see what 2017 brings for this brand. 

home: made [ plate wall ] 

home: made [ plate wall ] 

Think outside the box when it comes to wanting art or pictures on your walls. The design and imagery that are on plates are often works of art and hanging them can create a modern, unique decorative display on a wall. 

Plate displays, instead of traditional picture hanging, can give many different looks and follow different trends. 

Using floral or vintage style plates can give a country chic look, homely and colourful, with mixing up colours and patterns to look eclectic and retro. 

For minimal and monochrome trends try typography based designs or geometric patterned plates. 

Or when an interior is all about a specific colour then it’s all about matching that colour; and different patterns, designs and illustrations can look great if they are all in the same colour or a spectrum of shades of the same colour. 

Anthropologie is a great place to head for incredible designs of plates and our favourite for a minimal monochrome look we love the Arne Jacobsen Design Letters range of plates that are available across the highstreet and internet including Selfridges and Amara 


1 Design Letters Plate from £20

2 Set of Wedgewood Plates £75 

3 Illustrative plates from Anthropologie 

4 Go vintage with Ridgeway Homemaker (search EBay, Etsy + ChinaSearch ) 


And for a discreet, secure way to hang your plate art use the handy invisible wall hangers available in many shops including hobby craft. 

home: recommends [ Skandivis ] 

home: recommends [ Skandivis ] 

Design fans and interior stylists will always look to Scandinavian design for inspiration and ideas.

Our recommended brand, Skandivis, brings together all the best designers from Scandinavia – creating an online store where you can create whole looks for a room from any selection of items. Pieces co-ordinate and blend perfectly for all rooms of the house including the kids rooms. Their incredible range of Mrs Mighetto art prints would be beautiful in a nursery or children’s room but happily grown up enough for you too. 

The store stocks brands including Playtype, Moebe, Miniwalla, Design Letters, By Nord and Ferm Living. 

We highly recommend their print selection as well as the variety of ways they have to hang and frame the great mix of illustrations, typographical prints and botanical prints. 

home: found this [ vase ] 

home: found this [ vase ] 

With so much nature inspired  homeware this season from fern leaf print fabric upholstery and wooden accessories to woodland scenes in wall prints and floral designs on glassware, we couldn’t help but fall in love finding these gorgeous cabbage design vases from the great online store Mia Fleur. 

These would look great both single and minimal on a shelf in the sunlight full of tulip stems as well as clustered with colourful wild flowers. 

It’s a beautiful white vase at just £15.95 which would be a great gift, treat for yourself or even a beautiful, elegant centre pieces for a wedding table.