Shopping

Luna & Curious

Have you mooched around the Boundary Estate lately? It feels a lot like a swanky shopping district in Manhattan. Something it definitely didn’t resemble nine-or-so years ago when I lived nearby. It’s just the right place for lovely interiors shop Luna & Curious (and Ally Capellino across the road), which moved here from Brick Lane around […]

Squint launches wallpaper

Beautiful, joyful new wallpaper from the mighty Squint, AKA Lisa Whatmough (and team), who first created waves with her unique, and much copied, patchwork upholstered furniture. Am mentally tearing down the wallpaper in my bathroom to make way for this, The Peacock. Love that wasabi green. There are five more prints available just now, all […]

The Wire

I’ve been looking for something to hang above the fireplace for ages so got shopper’s hot flush when I found this wire plate by Antonino Sciortino in the Darkroom sale a few weeks back. That and a cushion, which I’ll show you another time.   The plate looked pretty brilliant lying around on my kitchen […]

Seasons in drawings

My daughter was gifted this illustrated German book Jahreszeiten, or Seasons, from her Munich-based Auntie and Uncle last week when we were visiting them. They bought it from the shop in the Haus der Kunst gallery, which was formerly the SS headquarters – more of which later in the week. For now though, enjoy the […]

Rope rug

(All the) rug rage

During a late night game of boules my friend, captaining the other, losing, team tried the dirty trick of telling me there was an Eley Kishimoto sample sale happening now that I should go queue for. Such was my love for this adventerous fashion brand that, had I believed her, I would have left her […]