11 & 12 May and 18 & 19 May, 11 am - 6pm
Here’s something for the weekend – The Dulwich Festival. This year’s event was brought to our attention by quiltmaker extraordinaire Cassandra Ellis, who is throwing open the doors of her home as part of the Artist’s Open House… Continue reading
Mon-Fri: 11am-7pm & Sat: midday-5pm
As regular readers will know, we are huge fans of Scandinavian midcentury modern furniture and our eyes are always peeled for great quality, good value pieces. We bought a Danish rosewood chest of drawers a few years ago at a… Continue reading
Available all year
It gives us both pleasure and pain to share the news that one of our favourite houses anywhere is now available to rent. It belongs to a friend of ours and we stay there every summer, and sometimes in the… Continue reading
We are big fans of the designer, stylist and author Ros Badger, so are thrilled that she has just produced two new books in a series called Homemade. One, Sew, Knit and Crochet, is, as the title implies, full of… Continue reading
How we wish Hester Gray London had been up and running when we got married in London a couple of years ago, and had friends and family coming from abroad who wanted to stay somewhere as comfortable as a hotel,… Continue reading
We wish we’d found this website earlier when doing up our flat as we think it’s a genius way to inject lots of character into a home relatively cheaply. Simply choose an image that you like – they have a… Continue reading
What a lovely shopping website Cachette is. Put together by an Anglo-French couple with impeccable taste, the site sells useful and really well designed things: objects, stationery, accessories, stuff for your kitchen, bathroom, utility room and garden, food, gifts, toys,… Continue reading
Don’t become a bridezilla, try the following for a stress-free day:
1) Invitations: We love Paperless Post, a stylish, online site for sending and tracking invitations. Far cheaper than normal snail-mail and so much quicker, they are truly genius!
2) Dresses: If you’re… Continue reading
A few years ago now, my sister decided that every birthday she would treat herself to a Moomin mug from which to sip her morning coffee. (If you’re not familiar with the Moomin clan, they are a 65 year old… Continue reading
Blog and website: open all hours. Shop open Mon - Sat, 11am-6pm
Ben Pentreath is an architect, who also has one of the best shops in London (and online). He writes a regular blog which we love. Here is why. For one thing, we have Ben Pentreath-lifestyle envy and enjoy feeding that… Continue reading
Website design London by Joe Smalley. Wallpaper: from the Olga Hirsch Collection of Decorated Papers. Courtesy British Library Board.
