Just woke up to snow, which makes it feel somehow apt to be writing about Hinterfolk by South Wales-based illustrator Jes Hunt. If you’re a fan of moomins and fairytale stuff, you’re going to love these. That’s Greta posing next to the very thing these figurines remind me of in house ornament terms – the […]
It’s all go in Brixton just now. Not two minutes after blogging about Brixton Village, My Friends House was invited to a party just along the road from it, at Brixton East. It’s Andy Luckett’s warehouse-turned-temporary furniture shop, which is open every weekend (fridays-sundays) until Christmas eve. Andy was in attendance at the party last […]
Bit blown away by the work of Finish illustrator Rikka Sormunen. The ladies, the colours, the patterns – it’s all a bit Klimt. Rikka, who is based in Berlin, dropped out of a fashion degree in Helsinki to concentrate on painting and illustration instead. These prints, taken from her new book Big Mother, are full […]
The last time I mentioned my daughter’s bedroom was here, in a flap about what to do with it just before she was born. This week I bought some storage baskets to control her growing collection of tights, socks and other fiddly bits that get lost in that cupboard. They’re African, chosen for their colours […]
Here’s a thing I’m seeing around a lot. Old crystal decanters, looking less like a dubious wedding gift and more like something to snap up at your next car boot. Below, on a bathroom window sill, used to contain bubble bath. And, Kate Jacobs’s lovely collection of amber decanters displayed in her guest bedroom. Just the […]