Beautiful Modern Thing®
Unit 15, The Metro Centre, Isleworth, Middlesex, TN7 6 NJ
Tel: 0845-257 7150
Tel: 0845-257 7150
Beautiful Modern Thing® is affiliated with French vintage style specialists, Sweetpea & Willow. It is an online boutique and showroom specialising in cutting-edge design, contemporary classics and modernist simplicity. The range includes sitting, dining and bedroom furniture, beds, lighting, games room equipment, mirrors and decorative accessories, from clocks to trunks, to add a bold modern statement to any room. They will ship internationally. Trade clients welcome.
Ben Pentreath
17 Rugby Street, London, WC1N 3QT
Tel: 020-7430 2526
Tel: 020-7430 2526
Email: bridie.hall@benpentreath.com Web: www.benpentreath.com
Ben Pentreath's shop in the heart of London's Bloomsbury sells interesting, well-designed and beautiful things for the home. It stocks lovely china, glass, linens, furniture, pictures, candles, vases, lights, antiques, books and other delights sourced from England, France, Belgium, Germany, Turkey and India. They like to sell pieces that are not easily found elsewhere and if you are not able to get to the shop, have a look at their inspiring website.
Birgit Israel
301 Fulham Rd, London, SW10 9QH
Tel: 020-7376 7255 Fax: 020-7376 7244
Tel: 020-7376 7255 Fax: 020-7376 7244
Email: info@birgitisrael.com Web: www.birgitisrael.com
Birgit Israel combines the 'Made In Germany' hand-crafted furniture collection inspired by 1930s design with a selection of vintage iconic and unusual 20th century pieces: tables, cabinetry, desks, seating, lighting, mirrors and screens. There's a selection of cushions (ostrich feather, cowhide), wool blankets and throws, vintage crocodile skin boxes, papier mache trays and stunning glass bowls and vases. Exclusive fabrics by Missoni are available as cushions, throws or by the metre.
Cubbins
Studio 1, High Warden House, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 4SR
Tel: 01434-604181 Fax: 01434-601252 Mobile: 0787-674 5399
Tel: 01434-604181 Fax: 01434-601252 Mobile: 0787-674 5399
Email: studio1@cubbins.co.uk Web: www.cubbins.co.uk
Cubbins offers a one stop shop for luxury hand-crafted accessories including linen bins, tissue boxes, luggage racks, photo-frames and waste paper bins covered in top quality fabrics or in a sophisticated range of luxury finishes. There's an innovative online ‘create your own’ service, which allows you to customise products for your home. Cubbins' handmade accessories complement every room and designs include beautifully crafted tissue boxes and photo-frames.
Dutch by Design
Online only:
Founded in 2003 Dutch By Design.com specialises in supplying contemporary lighting and funky home accessories from Dutch designers. Their range includes unusual clocks, bookends, coat hooks, door mats, magazine racks, memo boards, mirrors, money banks, photo frames, shelves, vases as well as garden accessories. Plus contemporary furniture and lighting.
Emily Readett-Bayley
Trade showroom & retail gallery: Elmtree House, 54 Main Rd, Long Bennington, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5DJ
Tel: 01400-281563 Fax: 01400-281541
Tel: 01400-281563 Fax: 01400-281541
Hand-carved wooden 'POSH Graffiti' letters and symbols in gold, silver,
white, hand-painted floral or natural wood for walls or hanging on
ribbons. Wooden hearts, animals, oversized fruits and leaf dishes
finished in white plaster or painted or gilded. Bamboo, palm wood and
mother of pearl decorations; utensils, tableware and bathroom
accessories. Large organic shaped wooden bowls and tea light holders
made from coffee roots and boxes woven from cotton and cloves. Their faux driftwood furniture range is part of the 'POSH Salvage' collection. Trade and
retail mail order.
The French House
50 Lambs Conduit Street, London, WC1N 3LH
Tel: 020-7831 1111
Tel: 020-7831 1111
Email: orders@thefrenchhouse.net Web: www.thefrenchhouse.net
The French House offers exclusive artisan-made products for the house
and garden. They are inspired by the timelessness of well-crafted designs that fulfill a function, yet have an inherent honesty and beauty about them. Their exclusive designs are for living spaces,
kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and the garden with particular focus on
linen, lighting, ceramics, copperware and what the French call 'arts de
la table'.
Grevinnans
Amalielunds C.D.L., Ystad, Sweden, 27191
Tel: +46-733801600
Tel: +46-733801600
Email: info@thecountess.se Web: www.thecountess.se
This Swedish company specialises in fine cut crystal chandeliers, handmade in Swedish 17th to 19th century styles and equipped with electric lights on the inside (so real candles can be used in the actual candle holders). They also stock a very good selection of planters, as well as hurricane lamps, candlesticks, mirrors, paintings, textiles and table accessories. They ship worldwide.
Joanna Wallis
Appletrees, Snailwell, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7LS
Tel/Fax: 01638-577745
Tel/Fax: 01638-577745
Email: enquiries@joannawallis.co.uk Web: www.joannawallis.co.uk
Joanna Wallis is well-known to the interior design trade for her range of hand-painted, hand-crafted lighting and accessories that can be matched to fabrics, wallpaper or individually designed to clients' specifications. Firescreens, magazine racks, mirrors, tissue boxes, trays, umbrella stands, wastepaper bins and wine coasters are all hand-made and can be personalised with names, dates, family crests as ideal wedding, christening or baby gifts.
Katrina Phillips Interiors
99 Portobello Road, London, W11 2QB
Tel: 020-7229 1963
Tel: 020-7229 1963
Katrina Phillips Interiors' showroom offers an eclectic selection of decorative accessories and artwork, sought after by top interior designers and developers including Candy & Candy. There's unusual framed jewellery from Papua New Guinea, stunning oversized vases, artwork. lighting designed by Mark Brazier Jones and unusual antiques. The common thread is ethically traded products, including the smart but unpretentious stainless steel, polished and burnished cutlery range from Sri Lanka.
Kensington Design and Developments
12 Stratford Road, London, W8 6QD
Tel: 020-7938 2000 Fax: 020-7938 2882
Tel: 020-7938 2000 Fax: 020-7938 2882
Email: info@kensingtondesign.com Web: www.kensingtondesign.com
Kensington Design, interior designers and project managers, work from a beautiful showroom in the heart of Kensington. It's a treasure trove of antique and period style painted and decorative furniture, lighting and accessories for the home. It is visited by retail customers as well as interior designers looking for the finishing touches to their projects. The showroom also holds an extensive library of wallpaper and fabric books for clients to browse at their leisure. An experienced member of the team is always at hand to offer information and advice if required. You can now view all items of furniture and decorative accessories on the Kensington Design website.
Ligne Roset
Head Office: Roset (UK), Overcroft House, Badminton Court, Church St, Amersham, Bucks, HP7 0DD
Tel/Fax: 01494-545910 Stockists: 0870-7777202
Tel/Fax: 01494-545910 Stockists: 0870-7777202
Email: enquiries@ligne-roset.co.uk Web: www.ligne-roset.co.uk
170 page catalogue chock-a-block with contemporary furniture, beds, lighting, rugs and accessories. Vases and bowls; also cushion covers, bedcovers and throws in silk, taffeta, linen, cotton, wool and mohair. Stockists nationwide.