If I could justify buying any more jugs and baskets for my house (I can't), I'd be very tempted by lots of things in Clare Krier's Shropshire shop Idyll Home. She sells really nice lights and linens, too. Pictures: Idyll Home.
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Deborah Sparks
Cute, personalised laundry bags from Deborah Sparks. Chose from boat, car, tractor, dinosaur or space rocket, and Deborah will applique your boy's name on it. Pictures: Deborah Sparks.
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Charlotte Le Stum-Meyer
I've said it before, but I always love everything Charlotte Le Stum-Meyer designs for her label Le Vestiaire de Cle, and this new summer range, all in grey and white, is no exception. Buy it all here. Pictures: Le Vestiaire de Cle.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Helkatdesign
Wiltshire girls Helen and Hollie make these lovely cushions featuring horses, chickens, pigs and dancing hares - which are screen-printed and then individually sewn over. Each one is unique. Buy them online at Folksy and Etsy. Pictures: Helkatdesign.
Pamela Tang
Australian designer Pamela Tang's simple, handmade linen dresses and smocks are just the ticket for summer. See more of her things on her blog and in her Etsy shop.
Pictures: Pamela Tang.
Friday, 25 March 2011
Deluna
Luca's lovely west London label Deluna makes really fun, slightly bonkers, clothes for babies and children. I love these stripy trousers with red piping - as Luca says, "very Gaultier".
Pictures: Nick Wilson and Michelle Moradi for Deluna.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
ASOS
Today, I'd like to be wearing this lovely, lovely floral shirt from Ganni, at ASOS. But I'd definitely be swapping those terrifying frilly knickers for a pair of jeans.
Pictures: ASOS.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Patchwork Harmony
Caroline Taylor's online shop Patchwork Harmony has relaunched today with some pretty new and vintage things for your home - like this blue enamel coffee pot and this tiking-stripe holder for plastic bags.
Pictures: Patchwork Harmony.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Chris Barnes
Argyll potter Chris Barnes's colourful stoneware platters are cheerful and perfect for spring.
Pictures: Chris Barnes.
Le Laboureur
French company Le Laboureur make clothes for people for whom Old Town is not authentic enough (so, not for the faint hearted). I love these clothes on men - cord suits and drill painters' jackets and high-waisted trousers: very chic peasantwear, basically. Their Swedish site is transactional, much better than their French one, and features pictures of girls wearing the clothes, too.
Pictures: LeLaboureur.se.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Imogen's Wardrobe
Beth Cameron runs her childrenswear company, Imogen's Wardrobe, from her kitchen table in Edinburgh. Her very sweet "Pirate" pinafores are made from hand-dyed Indian cotton, denim, vintage lace and silk applique, and are made to order to fit your baby.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Rebecca's Aix
Rebecca Engels scours the brocantes of Aix-en-Provence for vintage linens to make her beautiful tote bags, which are lined with Liberty print. Each bag comes with a paper luggage label attached that tells the story of how the bag was put together - where she bought the fabric, handles and so on. She makes very nice shoe-bags and cushions, too.
Pictures: Rebecca Engels.
Helena Rohner
Beautiful, and satisfying to look at, knotted-gold jewellery from Spain's Helena Rohner. These pieces are available at Couverture.
Pictures: Couverture and The Garbstore.
Labels:
Jewellery
Monday, 14 March 2011
Zara and Liberty
I know Liberty spreads itself thinly these days, lending their prints to anyone who asks - but I was very taken by the little range they've done with Zara Home Kids, featuring adorable, well-made and not-too-expensive baby clothes, towels, lovely spongebags, changing mats, bibs and totes for new mums.
Pictures: Zara.
Friday, 11 March 2011
Nicholas Hely Hutchinson
They're not fashionable, and you're more likely to see them on greetings cards than museum walls, but I find there's something so uplifting about Nicholas Hely Hutchinson's paintings. They're often of landscapes I know and love - such as Dorset, Cornwall and the west coast of Ireland - or wild flower meadows, remote cottages and bluebells woods. Find some of his greetings cards, produced by Canns Down Press, at Papergrain.
Pictures: Nicholas Hely Hutchinson.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
White Horse Pottery
Beautiful glazed earthenware pieces from Wiltshire's White Horse Pottery. Trevor, Rory and John run this traditional pottery from an 150-year-old converted school in Westbury - and I'm going to make a beeline for it next time I'm there.
Pictures: White Horse Pottery.
Grevi
I love this straw hat, pinned with silk flowers, by Grevi, a wonderful old Italian company run by the same Florentine family for four generations. They have two stores - one in Paris (on Place Alphonse Devilla) and one in Florence (on Via dell Spada) - where hats (from straw boaters to wide-brimmed, ribbon-trimmed sunhats) are perched on sculpted wrought-iron fittings. This shot is by the amazing Kate Powers, whose work I love.
Labels:
Hats
Monday, 7 March 2011
Francoise Pendville
I really like this big-baggy-jumper-over-a-silk-frock look from Belgium's Francoise Pendville.
Picture: Eric Ceccarini for Francoise Pendville.
Picture: Eric Ceccarini for Francoise Pendville.
Labels:
Fashion
William Morris
Both my sets grandparents' houses were full of William Morris prints (my granny still has fruit on the walls of her breakfast room) so I have a such a soft spot for these wallpapers and fabrics. This year is the 150th anniversary of Morris & Co, and they're launching a new collection at London Design Week of never-before-seen interpretations of original Morris designs.
Pictures: Morris & Co.
Pictures: Morris & Co.
Merchant & Mills
Herefordshire's Merchant & Mills sells the most beautifully packaged sewing essentials (glass-headed needles, pinking sheers etc) alongside Carolyn Denham's elegant dress patterns (I love the Trapeze), and a kit to make this very smart oilskin bag.
Pictures: Merchant & Mills.
Friday, 4 March 2011
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Cabbages & Roses
The new Cabbages & Roses site launched today, and it is gorgeous. Such nice clothes.
Pictures: Cabbages & Roses.
Labels:
Clothes
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