Aside from the controversial marketing decision I posted about earlier this week, Harrogate's Flooring Show 2013 had some great stuff going on and some lovely people involved in trying to coax some exhibitors / attendees / sales reps into the 21st century. The UK carpet industry has taken a massive hit in recent years, on a one to... Continue Reading →
Interior I-Spy: Artisan, Manchester
New kitchen / bar Artisan opened in Manchester this week and we popped in last night for a few cheeky cocktails & nibbles with friends and to check out the much talked about interior design scheme. I loved it. All the things we've been raving about this year brought together in a glamorous & industrial... Continue Reading →
Sunday Style Summary: Holker Hall garden festival, crafty finds & mucky windows
Sunday's round up for last week is the usual eclectic mix of home, interiors, property and garden madness involving getting high on both paint fumes and garden scents 🙂 I visited Holker Hall near Ulverston in the Lakes yesterday for their annual garden festival, spending as usual a fortune on unusual plants!It was my kind... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 Furniture, lighting and pattern
There were quite literally hundreds of stands, products and designers at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 so it wasn't at all easy to choose favourites.... but we managed it! Here are the ones which stood out for me as exciting, innovative and yes, you know the script, Moregeous 🙂 All images taken at Clerkenwell, not stock... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Interiors London & May Design Series 2013
Endlessly surfing the web and gazing at flat screened images has got nothing on seeing things up close and personal, with trade shows being a great way of seeing lots of products and companies under one roof. This week's May Design Series at Excel was an amalgamation of different events - KBB (kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms), Arc... Continue Reading →
Interior Design Trend: Using lace pattern in design and interiors
As in fashion, so to the home - again! This time all things lacy for 2013 and a trend which has been on stylists' radars for some time now had definitely found it's way into the gift and homeware world as I saw on Monday at Pulse London 2013: on cards, lighting, cushions, jewellery and... Continue Reading →
The typography trend in design continues at Pulse 2013
The trend for the written word in design and interiors was very much apparent at PULSE 2013, but with a not so subtle variation - it was all quite in-yer-face with a definite move away from Keep Calm and Eat etc.... As typified by Soddit and Blimey above, many young designers had opted for typographic... Continue Reading →