Reasons to love glass that’s neither frosted nor tinted, but which gives a broken transparency that does great things to light and shapes.
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Best Things: Conceal and reveal
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Best Things: Florence Lopez
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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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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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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Colour yum: Unusual combinations
Hope you enjoy some sheerly delectable and most unusual colour combinations, which are currently making me excited about getting dressed in the morning.
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Best Things: Businesses from Maison
This was the Skinny laMinx stand in Hall 1 at Maison & Objet. These trade show stands never photograph well, but I assure you that in real life, it was a beaut, with colours that caught the eye, which really is of the essence at a monster of a show like Maison. I had a bit …
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