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…
Highland house tour….Scandi-Scottish style at Kinloch Lodge
Picture the map of Scotland and let your eye go almost to the very top of it, just before the island of Orkney. This is Sutherland, where new Highland hideaway Kinloch Lodge is located, surrounded by the purest wild Scottish nature as far…
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,…
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…
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…
Summer exhibitions not to miss
London is an inspiring place to live and work at any time of the year, but there’s something about the longer and warmer days that gets us itching to get out and about and explore. The city, as ever, hosts an unrivalled wealth and breadth…