While in Paris recently, I splurged on home and lifestyle magazines, coming home with tons of glossy titles to inspire. Paging through Milk Decoration and AD Spain, one name kept appearing… Parisian antique dealer Florence Lopez and her unbelievably stylish apartment. I am in love. I immediately started transforming myself into Florence Lopez, by going out and buying two …
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Best Things: Florence Lopez
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Colour Yum: Forest tones
We’ve been making a noise about our DIMENSIONAL textile collaboration with Heath Ceramics, but did you know that the colours we chose for the collection are drawn from Heath’s Winter seasonal palette? Just look at these gorgeous tones, inspired by verdant Northern California, and with foresty colour names like Bourbon, Deep Teal and Juniper. Heath …
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Best Things: #IHaveThisThingWithTiles
This year has been all about tiles, hasn’t it – with my Lisbon trip in June, and now our tile/textile collaboration with Heath Ceramics too. But it’s not only me. Check out I Have This Thing With Tiles on Instagram, featuring an amazing array of floor-view selfies tagged #ihavethisthingwithtiles. Don’t you love it that the pics that include feet are called a …
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In the shop: DIMENSIONAL collection
We are absolutely thrilled about our DIMENSIONAL collaboration with our friends at Heath Ceramics. Read all about it here, and then take a look at all the things we’re making from the three prints in the DIMENSIONAL collection: we’ve got cushions, table runners, soft buckets, and much, much more! Like what you see? It’s all exclusive to Heath …
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Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair 2016
We’re at the Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair this weekend in Johannesburg! Find us at stand 16 on the rooftop of the Hyde Park Corner shopping centre. The Fair will be open over three days: Friday 14 October: 12pm-10pm Saturday 15 October: 10am-9pm Sunday 16 October: 10am-4pm Buy a ticket at the door or online here. Hope …
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Heath + Skinny laMinx collaboration
We’re super excited to announce the launch of the DIMENSIONAL textile range – a Heath Ceramics + Skinny laMinx collaboration. At the end of 2015, Heath released their book Tile Makes the Room, and with this in hand, as well as my Ace Camps trip to tile-covered Lisbon, I had a brainwave and approached owner Catherine Bailey with the …
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Garden Day
There’s a new day to celebrate, and one I think we can all relate to: On Sunday 9 October, it is GARDEN DAY, which is intended to bring us together to celebrate gardening, which is one of life’s simplest but most profound pleasures. So, on 9 October, whatever size or type of garden you have, think about how …
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Best Things: Dwell.com
I recently signed up for the beta version of the Dwell.com platform, which I’m enjoying very much. It’s a kind of pared down and edited version of Pinterest, but specifically for design lovers who also love the Dwell aesthetic and interest in good design. This is how they put it: “We know that good design makes homes …
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Planty Inspiration
I have a lot of houseplants. A LOT! At Skinny laMinx HQ on Bree Street, we have windowboxes outside, plants in the shop, and a roof garden above the fabric studio, while at home, there are hanging ferns in the stairwell, two outside balconies, an enclosed balcony and other various indoor plants dotted about the place. …
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