… sort of. Love Gillian Kyle’s illustrated homewares, enough to buy My Friend one of her Glasgow Breakfast themed tea towels for her birthday (although I sorely wanted to keep it myself).

Well news comes across the desk that Gillian has just added mugs with the Tunnock’s teacake image, plus more Scottish breakfast goods.

While we’re about it, here are some of the other treats in her range. I’m not a fan of aprons, but if you really need one, why would you have one that doesn’t say SPAM?

design democracy

We’re nominated in MyDeco’s Design Democracy awards! Please, spare us the indignity of coming last, and vote for us. As part of the competition MyDeco has asked us to say what design democracy means to us. My Friend’s House is happy to hold forth. Ahem… We think that beautiful and inspiring places to live are […]

My Desk: Jane Kellock

Jane Kellock from The Womens Room Where is your desk from? Boringly it’s from Ikea, but I wanted a big white desk and it does the job. What do you like to have around you for inspiration and reference? I love anything colourful, quirky, vintage and eccentric. I also have lots of bits I have […]

Tapestry…

no, you big hippy, not the Carole King album. Though I like that too. No, I’m talking about needlepoint, embroidering, bitchin’ stitchin’. I love RE’s collection of cushions and chairs in vintage needlepoint – hours of work and creative instincts, that otherwise would have sat unloved in the charity shop. I think the key to […]

Wood, wood and more wood

I’m having a fascination with wooden lighting after seeing this Tom Rossau lamp in the flesh. I had to stroke it. You don’t really get that urge from the picture, but trust me, if you see it for real you’ll be leaning in before you know it. It got me started on a bit of […]