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Classic English Style for 2011

Check out this delightful Moreton framed sofa we received last week from head office.  I can't wait to launch this sofa in a window display...

I have been looking for an excuse to use an on-trend orange and terracotta colour palette for some time, and this seems like the perfect opportunity to complement the lovely warm hue of the cherry wood. The scheme below includes orange paint from Farrow and Ball, Paisley wallpaper and Rossini velvet from the Mulberry collection. The best bit is that all these companies are English!

These are a few of my favourite things...

Today I was getting in the mood for Spring by doing a spot of cleaning in the fabric cupboard.  Here are some of my favourite samples from the last year:  Farrow & Ball, Mulberry, Romo, Osborne & Little, Colefax and a Sanderson velvet.

Beautiful texture and beautiful colours

A pic of a fabric book that I took in the showroom today...

Interior Advisory, Long Ashton

 

These are 2 contrasting options I presented to a client for the living room of a beautiful 1940s house in Long Ashton.  They came to me looking for fabric and colour inspirations.  In the initial consultation we decided on 2 routes,one inspired by the front cover of Homes and Antiques Magazine and another very feminine option which would be very complimentary to the Parkay flooring.  

Rainbows in Dubai

I just got back from a beautiful wedding in Dubai. We did alot of walking around shopping centres
whether it was the world famous Mall of the Emirates or the hum drum of the textile and gold souqs. There was an incredible amount of visual stimulation. Whilst walking around the Bur Juman shopping centre, I saw a stunning Hermes window display that celebrates colour: I'm absolutely loving 'rainbow' colour palettes at the moment!

This stall in the textile souq in Bastakiya (old Dubai) Textile souq sells beautifully embellished slippers that come in every colour of the rainbow.

Winning Christmas Window display

It's been a while, so I thought I would upload some pics from our competition winning window display Jenn and I designed and implemented for Wesley Barrell! A few things went wrong along the way but fortunately it did come together in the end!

''A cosy hunting lodge inspired Christmas window, featuring 3 seater Bourton sofa in Wesley Barrell fabric Upton Antique.

A Sanderson English hunting toile wallpaper hangs above the fireplace, with the stag head and vintage frames over laid on top. A rich and heavy checked Mulberry fabric length hangs behind the Bourton and we have used another Mulberry fabric on the floor as a rug, promoting our Mulberry collection and high star ratings.

We have included Anjou side table in Mahogany and 20 different accessories in the window from pictures and vases, to birds, cushions, throws, draft excluder and the footstool. ''

Sun Home -Vintage interiors Sh.

Wandering around the French Concession in SH, I stumbled across a vintage interior boutique called Sun Home, No 1-4 Tao Jiang Lu (Dongping Road). A large classic vintage sofa in rich earthy green tones in the window attracted me into the shop.


Screens with stained glass windows divide the room into 2 areas.

I love this family of lamps - reminds me of the beginning of a pixar movie.

Leather club style arm chair
More vintage tins!
These flasks and enamelware reminded my mum of Chinese versions of stuff she had in the 60s/70s.
I had to buy a couple of these to bring home as souveniers!
I'm not sure what these moulds are for... maybe a seal?


I absolutely love this small collection of silver teapots.

Vintage research in Shanghai

The welcoming gate of Dongtai Lu Antiques Market.


A stack of suitcases/ trunks.
These tins are great.
I love this image with all these random items stacked on each other.
This is my favourite pic with tins and a globe and then the distressed wall behind.
Forget bird cages - these are cricket cages!
This place specialised in lighting.
Many Mao's!



I was inspired by the colours in this shot.
A random table with ceramics on.




Enamelware trays.These glass items were quite interesting and remind me of a 50s icecream parlour.

Shanghai Museum

People's Square in Shanghai is home to Shanghai Museum. You'll need to spend at least half a day here as there is so much to see! I would recommend heading up to the top to see the minority costumes on the top floor and then checking out the jade and the ceramics on 3rd and 2nd. Don't forget your camera as you can take photos without a flash.




















Salmon skin traditional dress