Reclaimed Leather in Interiors
Adam Hills and Maria Speake, the creative team behind interior design and architectural salvage practise Retrouvius, have a reputation for transforming ‘one man’s trash into another man’s treasure’, reusing cast-off materials in unexpected ways. Their Harrow Road warehouse is a...
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10 Tips For Designing A Home Office
Home offices are essential in the age of kitchen table entrepreneurship, freelancing and working from home. Design of a home office shouldn’t be an afterthought; environment has a significant effect on your mood, sense of wellbeing, and productivity. Here are...
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Family businesses: on working together
In this blog we’d like to introduce you to a few of our outstanding members whose traditional family values are well worth celebrating. We asked the families behind each of these inspirational inter-generational businesses to share what they have learned...
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Top tips for building a brand & developing your business
Polly Williams, the multi-award-winning Designers’ Advisor, founded Camberyard, an interior design business development consultancy, in 2015. Inspired by the belief that collaboration is better than competition, she also formed the Camberyard Collective, a select group of like-minded designers, brands and...
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Cox London on the Polypore Chandelier
Nicola and Christopher Cox, the husband and wife team behind Cox London, have created the Polypore Dish Chandelier, a handcrafted, four-tier organic light made with thousands of hand-pulled Venetian glass leaves. 1. How, Chris, did you and Nicola meet? We met...
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Floral jockey silks
Hard to believe that these colourful and theatrical outfits are made of flowers… They were among the treats at this year’s Chelsea Flower show, and are the entries for the final round of the RHS Young Chelsea Florist of the...
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Behind The Design
Get inspired ! In an exciting new collaboration, we’ve teamed up with the top interiors picture agency,The Interior Archive, to bring you clever and inspiring design ideas – with suggestions on how to achieve them. See more…...
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What’s New Blog
New products and services, interesting shops, ideas for your garden, our pick from the design fairs, and other things we like…See more >>...
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Welcome to housemug
Welcome to The House Mag ! Brought to you by The House Directory, it’s an inspirational new resource for interior and garden design and decoration. A treasure trove of ideas for the home and garden…...
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