The Pillow Lab is the Skinny laMinx research facility, where we do groundbreaking research into the issue of mixing and matching pillows to perfection. Read on for more about our Lab work:
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The Pillow Lab
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Colour Yum: A peaceful palette
One of my favourite shots from our Living with Skinny laMinx Lookbook is this bedroom shot, where we made up a headboard in the Breeze print, and teamed that concrete colourway with a squishy pile of pillows in restful greys and sages. It’s the perfect palette for unwinding and recharging, don’t you think? Cushions from L-R: Breeze, …
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Slowing down on the Promenade
The Sea Point Promenade really is my favourite place to take a walk, and when the exercise ban lifted a few weeks ago, it became clear that I’m no exception there. There’s so much to see! Waves & surfers, paragliders & windblown trees, dads with prams & nurses with wheelchairs, doggos & joggers all making up a …
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How Pattern Works
I spent the first month of lockdown designing, filming and editing the How Pattern Works online workshop, which launches today. I developed the course out of my teaching experience with Ace Camps in Portugal, where I was using the amazing tile heritage of Lisbon as my teaching tool. While teaching, I noticed how the energy …
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Decorating with Scissors: Jo’s House
Here’s what we came up with for Jo Glover, one of our lovely customers who sent in some pics of a couple of rooms that needed a bit of a Skinny infusion.
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Decorating with Scissors again
I’ve been redecorating strangers’ houses with nothing but a pair of scissors!
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Liyabona Library See Saw Do
We spent a special Saturday morning at Holy Cross Convent in Distric 6, attending the joyful opening of Liyabona library. We donated fabric, which the genius See Saw Do put to brilliant use as part of this beautiful, safe, well-stocked library, all orchestrated and fundraised by the Otto Foundation. How inspiring to see a headmistress …
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Colour Yum: Persimmon and Sand
I know, I know, they say it’s all about blue this year, but we’ve started the year hot to trot with our new favourite colour combo, Sand and Persimmon. While they may not make good ingredients for a smoothie, they do make for a yummy colour palette, in both fashion and interiors. Clockwise above : Burda magazine ++ Paloma Wool ++ Nanamica ++ Verloop x Peanuts …
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