I live in a Victorian semi and not a vast warehouse thing in East London, but I’ve come over all industrial. It started with one of those monochrome homes I was chatting about, spotting this lamp in the owner’s kitchen looking quite the tough-nut next to some pretty ceramics.

The Fork table lamp has a canvas shade with a steel ring hole detail inspired by tents. Cool. Turns out it’s from Diesel in collaboration with Foscarini. I was aware that such a homewares collection existed, but to be honest hadn’t paid much attention to it. Until now. Behold some more industrialness…

Love those giant Rock standard lamps and the matching chair (designed with Moroso), love the base on the Overdyed occasional table (more Moroso) and that patchwork killim rug, which seems to be just a prop for the shoot. The prices? Not loving quite so much. The Fork table lamp I’ve been imagining owning costs £408. Sigh.

And then, just when I thought I had the measure of the collection, I looked at the textiles and found this…

Awww, pretty. Diesel, you’re so eclectic! I’ve got my eye on you.

If it’s total newness you’re after, you can view the Milan 2011 collection here.

Monochrome

The last three homes I wrote about for my day job have two things in common – they’re all very cool, and they’re all black and white. Monochrome if you want it in magazine speak. I’m not sure I could do it myself – I’m forever hearing the call of a new colour – but […]

A corner of my bedroom…

…is bringing me plenty pleasure just now. Ever get that? Where you artfully arrange some things then can’t stop admiring your own handiwork? It helps if the things have some meaning to you, but there’s nothing more fun than curating a shelf. I say that as someone who spent last night rearranging all the open-shelving […]

Marks and Spencer home edit

I got the Marks and Spencer A/W homewares collection through the door last week and was pretty impressed. M&S is normally a bit ‘safe’, but I was sufficiently moved by what it’s come up with to put together my edit of the best bits – lots of lovely organic wood, Scandi-style furniture and lighting, plus […]

Another award-winning garden!

My Friend your garden looks amazing. I’ve got a ‘mature’ garden and I can tell you it has its drawbacks… I thought you might be interested in this hidden gem, open this Sunday as part of the National Gardens Scheme. It’s Choumert Square, a gated road in Peckham, made up of 46 cottages. The path […]