On my long, quirky list of homes likes/don’t likes, I find I have no time (sorry) for clocks, but a big fancy for calendars. I imagine it says something terribly fascinating about my attitude to time, I just don’t know what. Well anyway, I just stumbled on my dream calendar, a thing I’d never have […]
Yes, it’s summer – sort of. But get your embroidered slippers off that metallic pouffe, put down your mint tea, snuff out the candle in your fretwork lantern. Aren’t you bored of Morrocan style yet? No? Well, may I humbly suggest you will be. Round my way we’re already embracing Uzbeki homewares instead. A friend […]
Someone else’s lovely pictures today – from the website and blog of Haven. Cassandra collects, adapts and makes beautiful interiors objects, as well as teaching quilting workshops and project work. She’s also celebrating being stocked by Liberty. I love the little rustic vases…
you’re gonna be mine, you are. Diana Ross song, that starts with her intoning ‘Aquarius… Sagittarius’ in a wobbly voice. Anyway, that’s what I first thought of when I saw these goofy and cool Needlepoint Zodiac cushions by Jonathan Adler for Supernice. I don’t have a good picture of the Cancer one, but I think […]
Is it just me and My Friend, or do you too have a big problem with the whole ‘Love’ trend. On cushions, in the bedroom, a poster going on about it in the hall. Jeez, don’t these people ever fall out with their partner, and look at these signs they’ve chosen, wanting to cry? Me, […]