The Blog
New products and services, interesting shops, ideas for your garden, our pick from design fairs, and other things we like…
Decorating With Books
Books Do Furnish A Room is a novel by Anthony Powell. It is the tenth novel of a 12-book series, A Dance to the Music of Time, depicting life in post WWII Britain. The title has become recognised in interior...
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A Creative Approach To Christmas Table Styling
Although the news of vaccines on the horizon has raised hopes for 2021, this Christmas season will undoubtedly be challenging. Time to concentrate on what we are able to do to celebrate the season, whether on our own or with...
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Natural Christmas Decorations – A Creative Holiday Season
The pear tree is symbolic in Christianity of love of mankind, salvation and immortality. In ancient times the wild pear tree also represented prosperity, happiness and health: an emblem of sustenance, abundance and long life. In this scene the branches...
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Christmas Decoration Ideas To Give Your Home A Festive Feel
The spirit of Christmas fills our homes with colour, light and the beauty of nature. Families gather together, sipping mulled wine, inhaling the scent of spiced candles and the aroma of baked goods wafting in from the kitchen. In this...
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HOW INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND BRANDS ARE ADAPTING TO LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
The Designers’ Advisor Polly Williams asked some of the interior designers and brands in her thriving Camberyard Collective how they’re coping during the pandemic. Focusing on three key questions – how it’s affected their work; what, if any, silver linings...
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OKA’s Battersea Power Station apartment
After lying derelict for thirty years, the landmark 42 acre site of Battersea Power Station is being brought back to life with architecture from Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners, and landscape architecture from James Corner. Furniture and accessories company...
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Amazing faux flowers from The Olive Tree
The Olive Tree has just launched its new Faux Flower Collection – there are single faux flower stems and ‘hand-picked’ arrangements, all of them amazingly realistic! The stems can be moulded to shape, bent or cut down to size with...
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‘Shop the Studio’ at de Le Cuona
Luxury brand de Le Cuona is launching its first collection of accessories to buy online, called ‘Shop the Studio’. There are cushions, cashmere shawls, throws, small pieces of furniture including pill stools and eel skin tables, one-off finds sourced from...
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Nicky Haslam for OKA
Nicky Haslam has collaborated with OKA to produce a range of gothic-style furniture as well as colourful fabrics, cushions and home accessories – pieces that (as he puts it) give a room ‘oomph’. The delightful ‘Campaign Tent’ wardrobe is covered...
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Jean Cocteau at Roche Bobois
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jean Cocteau’s death, Roche Bobois have launched a wonderful collection of limited edition replicas of the artist’s ceramics, as well as Cocteau-inspired cushions, bed linen, throws, lampshades and rugs. Roche Bobois and the...
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