Before I introduce my newest magazine discovery, Kindling Quarterly – created in Brooklyn, aimed at trendy Dads – I feel I should flag up that I can’t think of a single man in my life, past or present, who might buy it. Sure, that says more about the number of sensitive magazine-reading men* I know than relevance […]
Ok, so this is my sofa. It’s by Peter Hvidt for France and Sons, late 1950s. It would be nicer if I recovered it in grey velvet or something, but it’s handsome isn’t it? A genuine design classic off eBay. The back and side cushions lift off and it becomes a comfortable bed for one. […]
Relative newcomers to the world of professional flower arranging, Ellie Jauncey and Anna Day of The Flower Appreciation Society, are gaining a vast and tasteful audience of fans who love their signature displays of bloom-filled swan planters and floral head dresses, as well as their distinct branding (you must see this). They met a year ago while […]
Morton Young and Borland is a textiles company specialising in Scottish Madras and Lace. Founded in Ayershire in 1900, by the three gents below, it’s now the only producer in the world manufacturing with original Nottingham Lace Looms. Some of its work was used in Django Unchaned and Lincoln, among other films and tv productions. […]
… the Interwoven exhibition at Habitat, King’s Road. The exhibition on the first floor runs for another week and it’s a great place to look at a big trend for the season, that of jazzy basketry. I love these pieces by Gone Rural, one of the companies exhibiting. They work with communities in rural Swaziland […]