Timorous Beasties caught our eye this morning with their wonderful and typically richly detailed Topical Tropical fabric, shown below.
London-based painters and decorators, designers and homeowners can pay a visit to the TB shop on Amwell Street; the mothership is in the west end of Glasgow — details for both are here.
Serge Mouille (1922-1988) left behind some striking and distinctive light fixture designs.
We installed one recently, and were impressed with the poise of its extraordinary 9-ft span.
As the great man wisely said, “The form is always determined by the material”.
As well as techniques and materials in our own field, we’re we’re always interested in hearing about innovation generally.
Smile Plastics, based in mid-Wales, are talented recyclers of plastic: chopping board off-cuts, old yogurt pots — you name it, they’ve taken it and turned it into something functional, but also beautiful.
Their Black Dapple sheets would make a particularly striking worktop.
This all copper light fitting, which we installed last month, will work brilliantly with a filament lamp…
Our eye was drawn just before Christmas to this Belsize Park project, which is the work of Cave Interiors.
One particularly beautiful and deft touch is the matching grain on the sawn kitchen drawer fronts.
The presence of a handsome woodburning stove is well noted, too. We’ll be writing a post soon about some of our favourites…
