Have you heard Habitat is opening up its very own vintage shop? Not here, in Paris. Next to the Saint Ouen flea markets. Everyone knows Paris flea markets are pretty magic. So, a Habitat shop nearby, selling all its old products from between the 60’s and 90’s, sounds sort of good. Unless, might it mean […]
My Friend is in her sick bed, so just a quick bit of something from the Great Knockers file today. That Lion head is now right up there with chubby fists from Toulouse when it comes to door dazzlers. For this writer, anyway. What do you think, trend or travesty?
News of a piece of inheritance for my daughter and her cousin this week. One dolls house. In the same week that someone asked, which is creepier, dolls or clowns? I’m going with clowns by the way. My niece’s Mum is an interior designer. There’s a real danger this dolls house could prompt two grown women […]
In Scotland this week and a rifle through the local paper led me to artist / filmmaker Murray Grigor’s collection of prints, currently on show at the Aberfeldy Watermill. His series depicts famous Scottish landmarks or stories reworked with contemporary imagery, including this, his version of the Forth Bridge covered in a William Morris print. It stirs the pattern-loving side of me, something […]
Thanks to all the readers who commented with helpful advice about open fires after yesterday’s post. I honestly thought everyone would say, yes, great, go for it, but your reports of fire hassle have given me pause. I rented a house with an open fire a few years ago, and I loved it. All the […]