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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Ochre & Ocre Icons By Jo Verity
Ochre & Ocre is launching its new Icons Collection this May; a range of unique pieces exclusively designed and individually made by UK craftspeople. Each piece is a unique modern heirloom that is designed to last.
The Jo Verity Collection:
Ochre & Ocre have teamed up with the very talented jeweller, Jo Verity, to produce a gorgeous new range of napkin rings that complement the Ochre & Ocre table linens.
Jo has designed and made the napkin rings using her unique paper beads, which she makes individually by hand.
Read more about : Tableware
The Peter Fagg Collection From Ochre & Ocre
Ochre & Ocre have also commissioned Peter Fagg, a wood turner from Northamptonshire, to make a range of wooden napkin rings.
Using native coppiced wood, Peter’s designs emphasises the natural beauty of wood.
Due to the nature of the material, each piece is slightly different, and the wood is finished with pure beeswax to bring out the grain; each set is turned out of one piece of wood.
Read more about : Tableware
Wharfside’s Eco-Design Hallway Furniture – Team 7
While attention is lavished upon the kitchen, bathrooms and living room with renovation and decoration, it is often the humble hallway that gets left in the shadow.
As essentially the gateway to your home, there seems every reason to bring your hallway bang up to date, which is where Wharfside’s eco-design hallway furniture comes in.
Team 7 Hallway Furniture
Read more about : Console Tables, Contemporary Furniture
Pretty As A Picture – The PEONY From Herend
The New Peony Design from Herend is a modern take on the famous Victoria Pattern from 1851.
This new pattern picks out a single strand Peony from the bouquet and enlarges it, so that it gracefully curves around the surface of the white porcelain.
Peony comes in two colour ways: PIRO2L a delicate purple enhanced by green leaves and PIRO1H a soft peach with delicate blue leaves.
Read more about : Tableware
Stripes And More Stripes From House Couturier
Stripes are a popular trend at the moment and the reason they work so well in the home is that the simple use of colour and design makes for a dramatic statement.
House Couturier’s stunning bespoke striped wall coverings are perfect for making a bold feature wall and can be custom coloured to your exact specifications.
The company specialises in creating designer wall coverings and their new collection now includes stripe wallpaper in monochrome, ocean coloured hues and warm Moroccan tones.
Read more about : Home Interiors, Wallpaper
Accell Fitness Treadmills Get You Started
What does the prospect of crossing the finishing line after a 26-mile run do to your heart rate?
Inspire you to book a place for the 2010 Flora London Marathon and start training immediately? – or leave you feeling flabby, inadequate and wondering if you cover 26 miles in a month?
Running, jogging or walking, we’re all advised to clock up 10,000 steps a day, but if even that suggestion leaves you feeling daunted, remember you could cover a lot in half an hour on a treadmill.
Read more about : Training Courses
Ecotopia’s Quest To Help The Humble Bumble Bee
Bumblebees are among the most endearing and familiar of our insects; the sight and sound of bees droning methodically from flower to flower is a quintessential part of a summer’s day.
Sadly, changes to the farmed countryside have not been kind to our bumblebees. The number of species found in most of lowland Britain has halved since 1950. Three species have gone nationally extinct and several more may follow in the near future unless we act quickly!
The reason that bumblebees have declined in the countryside is simple:
Read more about : Gardening Advice
Dremel Revs Up With A Lego Promotion
Dremel has teamed up with the world-famous Lego brand to create a promotion that kids and adults alike will love. The Lego Creator pack comes entirely free of charge – attached to the packaging – with purchases of a Dremel 300 or 400 Digital multi-tool*.
The instant reward of the Lego Creator three-in-one pack, means you can build a monster truck, a fantasy sci-fi saloon car, or your ultimate F1 driving machine as soon as you get home.
The promotion runs until the end of August 2009.
Dremel multi-tools are used worldwide for creative, modelling and DIY tasks including sanding, routing, polishing, drilling and cutting through all kinds of materials thanks to Dremel’s huge range of 150 different accessories.
Read more about : DIY Advice
Children Just Love A Playhouse
Children love a garden playhouse. It’s their own space where their creativity and imagination can be released and enjoyed.
The Playhouse Company have specialised in designing and building children’s play houses for 20 years and have extensive experience in building a large range, from a kid’s tree house, or a large garden play house, to a small Wendy house.
All of their playhouses, tree houses and play equipment are built to a very high standard; they are always supplied fully treated in the client’s choice of colours and are installed by The Playhouse Company.
Read more about : Building Services, Garden Rooms
Sex And The Closet
Carrie Bradshaw openly celebrated her closet in the popular Sex and the City series; so Manhattan Closets thought they’d invite ‘Sarah Jessica Parker’ to experience their spectacular new range of walk in wardrobes at the Ideal Home Show.
‘Sarah Jessica Parker’ received a warm welcome at the show and was escorted through the latest white walk in wardrobe by Gay Roper, co-owner of Manhattan Closets.
Enjoying a glass of champagne, “SJP†was thrilled with the vast shoe storage that can be achieved and thought her Manolo Blahnik’s would feel very at home.
Read more about : Bedroom Furniture, Wardrobes