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Embracing Winter – Time to Cosy Up in your Home

As we move closer to the winter solstice on December the 21st we truly are in the depths of winter, in the midst of the darkest days of our calendar, but, let us find comfort, stay warm, and even indulge a little. Inspired by the good things…

Designer Fiona Squires on her Christmas Rituals

We've become well acquainted with the work of interior designer Fiona Squires since she started integrating some of our rugs into her projects. The designer has a great way of pulling together rooms using colour, pattern and texture, while…

Copenhagen design city – our favourite haunts

At the beginning of this year, Wallpaper magazine named Copenhagen the best city in the world. It's also been referred to as a Design Capital and rightly so. After a recent visit to the Danish city to see the brand new Hay Vintage shop in its…

Decorating with colour and pattern

Today we're looking at ways to bring colour and pattern to a room - mostly via rugs! We found that the images we were drawn to fell easily into two different categories: bold and true colours versus muted, faded tones. Which do you prefer…

Autumn design Highlights

We had a very busy September, not least because London Design Festival was on. The annual event brings outstanding design from all corners of the world to all corners of the capital - you can find yourself flitting from deepest East London to…

Get the look…Cosy Moroccan style

Although in London we've just been basking in a mini Indian Summer, at time of writing it's starting to look a lot more Autumnal so we're putting our thoughts towards cosier times spent indoors. Moroccan design is of course suited to hotter…

Ideas for Colour combining

There are colour combinations that we stumble upon that feel fresh and new, totally different to anything we’ve seen for a while. Often we discover them in a single painting in an exhibition – recently, for instance, Georgia O’Keeffe,…
Pink Sofa

Interview with a designer – Cassandra Ellis

The interiors world is an inspiring one, and we particularly enjoy working with – and getting to know – multi-talented designers such as Cassandra Ellis. A furniture and homewares designer, interiors stylist and author, she grew up…
Isokon Building

Styling tips with Abel Sloane and Ruby Woodhouse

Abel Sloane and Ruby Woodhouse are a young duo running the multi-disciplinary company 1 9 3 4. Their main job is sourcing 20th century furniture and design pieces for private buyers, designers and stylists - the company is named after the year…