Tag: outdoors

home: favourite thing [ planter table unit ] 

home: favourite thing [ planter table unit ] 

Popular mid century and often of Scandinavian design, raised planter tables or units have a resurgence in popularity indoors or outdoors. 

This wooden unit from La Redoute is a simple design in acacia wood with a large planting area and lower shelf and would look great in a kitchen, hallway or other room filled with house plants. It would also be great and useful if planted with herbs for cooking. 

Also suitable for outdoors it has a lower shelf for extra storage and is a decent height to work at, tending your plants. 

£99 

[ currently you can get 40% off with code HOME40 at the checkout ] 

home: found this [ garden furniture ] 

home: found this [ garden furniture ] 

So with a heavy heart we [ slowly ] say goodbye to one of the high street giants BHS. Now is the time to get some incredible deals from their great homeware department [ their lighting department is full of absolute gems! ] 

As its officially summer, we found this gorgeous garden lounge set that would sit perfectly in any garden. It’s reduced from £799 to an incredible £319.20. At that price it’s a worth while investment for year upon year of use. Introduce colour or pattern in cushions and throws inline with your favourite colour trends each summer. 

This summer they would sit perfectly with a mix of black, white and grey soft furnishings or brighten up with on-trend tropical patterned cushions and throws. 

Sydney Bistro Lounge Set / BHS / £319.20 

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: favourite thing [ chair ]

home: favourite thing [ chair ] 

Looking to get the house summer ready inside and out? This gorgeous IKEA rattan chair is from their new VIKTIGT collection, which includes ceramics, tableware, lampshades and rugs. 

The chair is elegant and simple. It would bring a fresh light look to an interior, with a few throw pillows or perfect for lounging in the garden, conservatory or balcony. Rattan furniture doesn’t have to be old fashioned this chair has a great angular design, slim profile frame and ticks the monochrome box too. 

IKEA VIKTIGT Armchair £95 

( not available online / in store only ) 

home: made [ lanterns ] 

home: made [ lanterns ] 

It’s not just the larger items of furniture for the garden to think about as the warmer weather arrives but the little accessories too. 

For lighting in the garden it’s good to think about solar or battery powered options to avoid the need to get electricity outside although whilst renovating a house it’s always good to plan ahead and get outdoor sockets fitted.

For use with battery powered lights or candles we love these pretty home made tin can lantern lights. Fairly simple to make with tools including a hammer and nails or bradle or similar. 

We found this simple tuturial on Inhabitat.com that step by step guides you through the make. It also mentions a useful tip to freeze your tin cans before using to help avoid denting and for ease of punching the design out. 

Designs can be pattern-based, outlines of butterflies or birds or you could even do letters and spell out a name or phrase. These would be great at an outdoor wedding with the names of the bride and groom or simply ‘love’ or ‘happiness’. 

Punch design pattern templates to follow if you’re not confident with freehand can be drawn on first and you can also download and print patterns to follow. 

home: featured [ Hutsly ] 

home: featured [ Hutsly ] 

This online store is an immense treasure trove of shopping for indoors and outdoors, everything from soft furnishings to ceramics, furniture to mirrors. 

Hutsly covers so many trends and styles with good pricing and a great sale department. 

Keys finds include black glass pendant light, rocking chair, wire lamp shade and nine arm candle holder. 

favourite finds at Hutsly

home: found this [ lantern ]

home: found this [ lantern ]

Sometimes there is nothing better than an evening by candlelight, whether it’s indoors or out. With these stunning brass lanterns from Anthropologie you can do just that. Perfect for a living room – in a corner clustered with other candles, or as a centre piece on a dining table. Take them outdoors to create atmosphere and charm in your garden.

This online exclusive is available in four sizes [ £12 – £98 ]
www.anthropologie.com