Category Archives: shopping

Brighton home buys

I brought back a few souvenirs for the house from Brighton, and gave the fireplace yet another rearrange… I was happy to spot the Cable & Cotton shop in Brighton as I’d been hovering over the ‘buy’ button on their website for a while, after seeing their lovely bespokely-coloured bauble lights on Kerry’s blog. The [...]

Christmas wishing

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It’s officially under three weeks until Christmas (!) so I think we’re OK to talk about it now, right? I’ve just started all my present shopping: unusually I’m doing most of it online this year but I think a little trip to Westfield or Selfridges for the final bits is due soon. I have of [...]

Urban Outfitters Home

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I’m pleased to see that Urban Outfitters UK is taking a leaf out of the US’s book and adding more homewares to its range. Much of it is online only, but there’s a great selection of rugs, bedding, storage and knick-knacks. And isn’t the photo styling nice and enticing? Rugs starting at just £12. I [...]

North London wander

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We took a lovely long North London walk in the sun on Saturday. Here’s a little map of where we went, and Instagrammed-guide below. Kicked off with a hugenormous doorstop sourdough sandwich and tasty Nude flat white at the darling Maison D’Etre on Highbury Corner. From there we walked up Holloway Road, stopping at Ooh [...]

Sous Chef: foodie heaven

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Wow – I just found this wonderful new website via the Rockett St George newsletter and had to share… Sous Chef is an online megamart for the serious home or professional chef – it neatly brings together hard to find products, tools and ingredients into one delightful site. Founded only two months ago by Nicola [...]

What I bought: Animals

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Fun weekend shopping at Renegade fair and around Shoreditch: Links: Kaye Blegvad/Datter, Urban Outfitters, Superfumi, Finest Imaginary, Sass & Belle You might also like… Etsy finds: prints and patterns Shopping in San Fran Urban Outfitters Home MAIDEN Shop giveaway and discount!

Midcentury style at Fashion For Home

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There’s some great mid-century modern inspired furniture pieces to be found at Berlin-based Fashion For Home. The site is new to the UK and focuses on innovative and stylish home furniture from an international team of designers. They manage to keep the prices low without sacrificing quality and workmanship by avoiding middlemen along the supply [...]

Copenhagen shopping

The perfect introduction to Danish style at the Dansk design shops on Istedgade: one for clothing and one for furniture and homewares. Both equally droolsome. Ooh la la. French industrial vintage heaven at No. 40 on Gammel Kongevej. Pretty reasonable pricing and the owner will ship bulky purchases to you. I’m not sure how I [...]

Jonathan Adler at amara.co.uk

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Amara got in touch recently, asking if I’d like to review one of their products. I hadn’t heard of the site before, but was happy to find it’s a very well-curated online home store, with brands such as Missoni, Orla Kiely, Emma Bridgewater and Rob Ryan amongst lots of others. I was particularly excited to [...]