…To me. Well, yesterday anyway. I lunched with Baby Style File to celebrate and she very kindly brought with her things she knew I’d love.

1. A tea towel neatly encapsulating one of my great loves.

2. A charming matchstick garden with instructions so simple, that even I can’t balls it up.

3. The gentle suggestion of planting the above in my window box.

Thanks again for all three BSF.

Scores on the doors

To be honest, the thought of painting woodwork is merely a distant dream at the moment, but some day, these stripped and filled doors are going to have to be taken to task. I was just planning on white, but then a post on American blog My Favourite and My Best, has given me pause. […]

Got some old toys?

Take inspiration from artist Robert Bradford who makes huge sculptures out of them – an idea going back to 2002 when he started eyeing up his own children’s forgotten toys. I thought that’s where chazza shops come in, but Robert reworks the parts, along with other bits of discarded plastic, into pieces that sell for […]

Good art

Plenty of people don’t need an excuse to buy some of Rob Ryan’s work. However we’re heartened to see that the man who has made his reputation saying lovely, romantic and heartfelt things via the medium of paper cutting lives that sincerity too. Today a new limited edition screenprint is available through his London shop […]

In stitches…

…Life-size animals, that is. Bunny’s, dogs, stags, foxes, you name it, all upholstered in tapestry by French designers Frederique Morrel and Aaron Levin, working under the former’s name. Here’s Bambi and Maggie: Maggie is a living dog in costume, right? No really, I have no idea. But in case you’re wondering, Bambi and the others […]