Art is a great way to revamp a room. But buying original art can seem daunting. Here’s our handy and fuss-free guide on sourcing and purchasing original artwork for your home!
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Discover Your Inner Artist with Elephant Academy’s Online Courses
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Well, hang us in The Louvre and call us Rembrandt. We’ve recently completed a four-week oil painting course with Elephant Academy and we’re ready to don our biggest beret and get creating. Read more about it here and nab yourself 20% of your own art course and materials!
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Create a Night (and Day) at the Museum with a Gallery Wall
Moving into a new flat is great – especially when it’s brand, brand new. You have a complete blank canvas – a fresh start – and an opportunity to get creative. However, after the stress of moving and settling in, it can be hard to find your starting point when you eventually get around to…
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Behind the Design: Breakfast with Rory Dobner
It’s no secret that we’re cat lovers. But Kiki notwithstanding, we couldn’t pass up a trip to the home of the hand-drawn monocle cat – Rory Dobner’s studio in leafy Hampstead. But before we go into Rory’s style and what he’s been up to, we wanted to know a bit more about his journey and…
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Renting Rules | Ten Top Tips to Bring Art into the Home
Following our talk with Houzz, we’re excited to start a series showcasing our top renting rules. Whether it’s nifty ideas of creating a dining space or adding little touches to the kitchen, follow our #RentingRules hashtag on Insta for more inspiration. First up, and one of the most popular topics when it comes to renting……
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Switch it Ne-ON
From the bright lights of Las Vegas to the streets of East London, neon lighting is here there and everywhere – and a trend which is brightening the home, one strip at a time. Discovered in the late 19th Century, it wasn’t until 1910 that French engineer and inventor, Georges Claude first demonstrated neon lighting…
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Stylish Stationery Delivered by Cabana Magazine x Paperless Post
Take chintz wallpaper, batik fabric and historic artwork, combine that with quality paper and innovative design and you have the latest stationery range. London based title, Cabana magazine has teamed up with Paperless Post on a collection of beautifully intricate and totally stylish stationery – the perfect design news in time for National Stationery Week…
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Three New Launches You Need to Know About for March
For the first time the other day, on Friday night when the sun had still not set, the birds were still out singing and the weekend was about to begin, we noticed that around our building the daffodils were in full bloom.
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Trend Alert: Hockney Homewares
Currently making a big splash on the art scene, the word on everyone’s lips is David Hockney – he’s even making waves with Red-Top newspapers after redesigning The Sun’s logo for a one-off special. With a new exhibition at Tate Britain celebrating Hockney’s life and work, why not bring some Hockney-esque style into the home.…
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It’s Good to be a Sissy, Boy…
On one of our recent trips to Bruges, as well as canal walks and drinking our fair share of beer, we of course had some retail therapy and one of the places we came across is Sissy Boy.
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The Weaving’s on the Wall: Rug art too good to walk on
Wooden flooring is currently hugely popular with many of us stripping back haggard carpets for the rustic and natural look of floorboards. It’s one of the reasons we fell in love with our previous rented Tooting flat. One of the biggest reasons it appeals to us, as we’re sure it is for many, is how it…
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Meet the Designers Stitching the Mould with Contemporary Embroidery
One of the most beautiful techniques and uses of storytelling in textiles, embroidery has been used for centuries. From decorative tapestries and throws, through to cushions and artwork, we explore the contemporary designers picking up a needle and thread to tell their stories through the medium of embroidery…
Read More5 Minutes With… The Curious Department
Curiouser and curiouser… We love new homeware brands and this one has the perfect amount of quirk! The Curious Department is new to the interiors scene and is perfect for fans of botanicals, bugs and beetles. We spent 5 minutes catching up with Chris, one half of the the design duo behind the department, finding out…
Read MoreWe’ve got a Big Venus in the Bedroom…
Over a year ago we were having a big old moan about our boring white bedroom walls. As a reminder, this is what they looked like… Boring right! A year later and we couldn’t take it a minute more and so during a trip to the Botticelli Reimagined exhibition at the V&A, we spotted an…
Read More5 Minutes With… Natasha Broady
We love new online retailers, so when we were introduced to A Splash of Colour we knew we had a new go-to interiors hub for all things furniture and homewares. Focusing on two main aspects, colour and design, A Splash of Colour hosts an array of wonderful designers producing the best in contemporary interiors. Not…
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