Fritz Hansen's Image Library

Go and make yourself a coffee and while away your time by visiting the image library of Fritz Hansen, a furniture store in Denmark that sells design classics. There are hundreds of inspirational photographs. I am off back there right now.

WANTED!

this fabulous fold up desk made from vintage pieces from Restoration Hardware.
Read how it came about:
After seemingly circling the globe, a canvas-clad steamer trunk landed at a famed European antiques market. It was battered and worn, but its careful construction and handsome detailing marked it as bespoke luggage, crafted in early 20th-cenury England for a traveler of discerning taste (a traveler whose name – according to the brass plate mounted above the latch – was Tom Richards). Plucked from potential obscurity, the trunk made its way to the workshop of Timothy Oulton, where it was painstakingly dismantled – every pin removed and measured, every hinge and brace scrutinized. And from that well-made, well-traveled trunk, a collection was born.

Inside Out

Over the years I have found it increasingly difficult to have the outside of my house please me as much as the inside. The only garden furniture I have found and liked has been old style but I have found and fallen in love with these Aura chairs by Iola that are reminiscent of the Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen. It' about time we had a more innovative approach to outside furniture.

GoGo Gardens

I think one of the loveliest finishing touches to any kitchen is pots of salads and herbs so needless to say I LOVE this idea. GoGo Gardens are kitchen units with planters on top. How cool an idea is that. Available in any colour, 3 sizes and the company also provides the plants. An admirable idea beautifully executed.

Sit On It

How weird is this but on reflection the possibilities for the material used, which by the way is the stuff used to make stress balls, are endless. By FAT

3 Into 1 Does Go

A light,

a bedside table and

a chair. How clever is that? Helios by Spigoli Vivi

WANTED!

a swing in my cottage. If you want to know how to make this and you speak Dutch then go to Vtwonen where they have full instructions.

Curvaceous Furniture by Joseph Walsh

Stunningly beautiful furniture from the Enignum Range by Joseph Walsh Studios. Don't you just want to recline and stroke it?

WANTED!

just one button like this in the middle of my leather sofa. Found at KML Design

WANTED!

a big squidgy chair to curl up on with a hot chocolate. Found at Stefano Gaggero Design

The Works of Latorre Cruz

Beautiful, elegant designs by Latorre Cruz all with a little twist.

WANTED!

a stool that looks like a button. The On The Button Stool by Adam Xander. I would also like a name that began with an X, very rare.

Atelier Areti

Just loving these designs by Atelier Areti based in London and France. How cute are those little birds? The trolley is a TV stand but looks like a caravan.

Barbara Chandler Loves London

Every so often I come across an idea that I am truly blown away by. Barbara Chandler, journalist and photographer has put together over 20 years of her work and published a book full of her own images of London. Always holding onto the desire to see her images printed onto fabric she has now fulfilled that desire.

I am truly blown away by the results. The dramatic wallpapers available from DigetexHOME ,




the Pearly Queens Tea Towel and



cushions and apron also available from Digitex Home and

a ceramics range coming soon from The New English. As if that's not enough


Urban Upholstery will cover your chair in any of her fabrics.
Not only is Barbara Chandler very talented but she is one very nice person. I know because she has helped me just because she loved what I was doing. If more people where like Barbara Chandler the world would be a much better and brighter place.

Those Clever French People - Fleux

CAT MUG
Fleux, an amazingly diverse site full of gorgeous stuff. Go see for yourselves.

DEER MUG

BIRD LIGHT

A CUSHION WOULD YOU BELIEVE?

FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD A LOUIS CHAIR

A RUG CALLED PICNIC

DOORS TO STICK ON YOUR DOORS