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25 Jul 2017

Cars of Lisbon

Lisbon has the coolest cars! Find more of my holiday snaps here.
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25 Jul 2017

Down the garden path in Porto

For four days, we glimpsed our new life in Porto tucked away in garden apartment…
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25 Jul 2017

Colours of Portugal

ALL the colours of Portugal, in one single blog post!
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19 Jul 2017

LOOKBOOK 2017/18 – Living With Skinny laMinx

Let’s be honest. While the Skinny laMinx shop is a lovely space to visit, there’s a TON of pattern and colour there, which can be pretty overwhelming when you’re trying to make a decorating decision. I get it! I’m the worst decision-maker in the world! That’s exactly why this year, we’ve rearranged our fabric book to group designs …
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12 Jul 2017

Living with Skinny laMinx

One of the biggest perks of this job is when we get to see how our customers use Skinny laMinx fabrics and products in real life, in their own homes. We must have the most stylish fans ever, like this one from Design Store, with a range of our Weft and Orla pillows. To see …
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7 Jul 2017

Old friends + facelifts

A few weeks back, I wrote about our first three colour print, which made me remember how exciting it was, way back in 2011, when I made our first two-colour print, Flower Fields. Of course, Flower Fields is still a firm favourite, so when we were revising the Fabric Book recently, we thought it might enjoy a bit of a …
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12 Jun 2017

Inside the St John’s staffroom

Usually it’s only the teachers who usually get to see inside the school staffroom, right? Well, two teacher-slash-decorators at St Johns Diocesan School in Pietermaritzburg mailed us pics of theirs, and we think it deserves to be see by everyone! Look at the sweet note they sent us too: “Hi Skinny laMinx Team, A colleague …
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8 Jun 2017

What goes with green?

Have you ever wondered how we decide which colours to include in a new textile print? Well, it was quite a process this year with Roof Garden, as we haven’t had a three colour print in our range before, so here’s how it happened: The process started late 2016, when the design had been decided upon, …
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17 Apr 2017

Styling with Green

As you know, we’re fully endorsing Pantone’s ‘Greenery’ colour for 2017, even if we insist on calling the colour ‘Brazil’. In between giving customers five star treatment, our brilliant shop manager Janine Loynes gives our shop a shake up and move-around every week, and has been putting PLENTY of Brazil green in the mix. Cushions, top …
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