Stuck for inspiration for that perfect present? The White Lounge has some lovely art gift ideas.

Giving art as a present is perfect as it lasts forever, it’s really personal, and it’s more thoughtful than another bottle of perfume or more clothes.

It doesn’t have to be expensive… The White Lounge art gift ideas start from just £15.

Zoe Reece, founder of The White Lounge.com, has sourced some unusual and beautifully designed home accessories, which will make lovely gifts for the modern mum!

For example Glass scent bottles and bowls from Teign Valley Glass:

• Erin - The delicate glass scent bottle in our picture, is both pretty and functional. Each bottle is freeblown and has an individual stopper made to fit. Available in 4 colours (shown left to right): red, yellow, green and blue. Size: 14cm high.

• Swerve - Another unique glass scent bottle is decorative and useful. Each bottle is freeblown and has an individual stopper made to fit. Available in 5 colours : turquoise, orange, blue, pink and green. Size: 26cm high.

• Saturn Bowl - Colourful and curvy, these glass bowls would look lovely as a table centrepiece or on a windowsill. Available in 4 colourways: blue, green, blue and green, red and yellow. Size: 30cm long.

All are priced from £65.

Visit The White Lounge website for more Mother’s Day gift ideas.

Customers and dealers can now buy online from the Gloucester Antiques Centre and purchases will be shipped to customers directly.

The launch is a significant step forward for the company, the dealers and the customers.

The ability to transact online is something now taken for granted in many areas of business. The new website brings the Gloucester Antiques Centre bang up to date and enables customers from all over the UK and worldwide to purchase directly.

The detailed photographs and descriptions of antiques on the website deliver an experience, which is similar to shopping at the centre in person.

The quality of stock available on the website is assured by their clear dateline policy.

Since Gloucester Antiques Centre’s change of ownership in 2006, they have invested heavily in modernising the way they operate in order to improve the service and value delivered to customers and dealers.

In July 2009 the Antiques Centre moved from its previous building, which was in a very poor state of repair, to a beautiful refurbished warehouse in Gloucester Quays.

The new website is the next important step towards providing the service every customer and dealer now expects.

Fresh stock at the centre is uploaded onto the website daily and the range of items currently on show on-line provides a real taste of what is available at the Antique Centre itself.

Visit the Gloucester Antiques Centre website to view the exciting collections.

Spoil your mum silly this Mothering Sunday with Dunelm Mill’s great range of charming gifts.

Let her know just how special she is, by treating her to some little luxuries that she will treasure forever.

And at Dunelm Mill it needn’t cost you a fortune, to make the best mum in the world feel like a million dollars!

Featured in our picture are: Teapot £5.49, Mug £1.59, Tray £8.99, Creamer £2.99, Quilted Throw £39.99 and Boudoir Cushion £5.99.

Or consider: A Beatrice Floral Cushion: A wonderful decorative way to enhance the sheer beauty of the home. This cushion mimics a flower in swirl ruffle detailing, giving it a modern stylish look that will work well with most home decors. Available in black and midnight blue. £11.99.

Key Lime Collection Marrakesh Lantern: Brings the wonderful and exotic warmth of Marrakesh right into the home. The Lantern features a hinged door for easy access, creating a peaceful and soft surrounding with its intricate cut-out design. Only when lit in a darkened room can its beauty be truly appreciated. £4.99.

The Dainty Collection Rose Jug: Is a charming ornament, decorated with sprays of pink and red roses. It makes a great talking point and is ideal for use as a vase, or on its own as an ornament. This jug has a lovely traditional feel to it and would enhance any home or make a lovely gift.

And much more available in stores and online ………….

About Dunelm: A refreshingly different approach to homewares and soft furnishings; that’s what makes Dunelm one of the UK’s favourite shops. They are passionate about a couple of things you’re probably keen on too – value for money and customer service.

Whatever you want for your home, from bedding to bath mats, fabric to furniture, including many famous name brands, can be found at Dunelm.

Visit the Dunelm website to locate your nearest store, or view the homeware ranges online.

Tel (0845) 1 656565

the-saleroom.com, the UK’s leading live online bidding site, recorded a 120 per cent year-on-year increase in bidder numbers in 2009, revealing growing buyer confidence in purchasing art and antiques online.

In a year when recession and credit issues dominated the headlines, the-saleroom.com bucked the trend with revenues generated by the site increasing by 55 per cent year-on-year.

With a growing International presence, the-saleroom.com appears to have a winning formula.

The value of lots sold on the site has also grown by 87 per cent with the highest price paid online for a single lot sold being £88,000 for a collection of war medals.

49 per cent more sales were connected up to ATG Media’s live bidding platform in 2009 and the percentage of lots sold over the Internet increased from 9 to 15 per cent.

the-saleroom.com has succeeded in building a world-class live antiques bidding platform and has attracted auctioneers all over the world, with sales in China, New York, Rome and Paris coming online through the platform in the last 12 months.

Anne Somers, Chief Executive of ATG Media, commented: “the-saleroom.com opens up the world of Antiques to a much larger population and is a fast, simple, reliable way of purchasing something timeless and valuable.”

Launched in 2006 by ATG the-saleroom.com, is an online service, where bidders can view hundreds of catalogues and participate in live auctions using live audio and video links.

The website provides a complete range of online services for buyers and sellers of art and antiques at auction, including a leading UK facility for live online bidding.

The site publishes a wide range of catalogues for upcoming sales, giving full details of the sale contents and highlighting star lots in each catalogue.

Visit www.the-saleroom.com to browse and bid.

The clocks are changing at the end of the month, however we’ve had a good run of mellow sunny days this Autumn; so celebrate this loveliest of seasons, with this totally desirable Cider and Beer mug from Emma Bridgewater.

It’s beautifully etched around the rim and generous enough to hold a pint of English Bitter or sharp Breton Cider.

It makes a great present for anyone, as even if your not a beer drinker, this generous and heavy glass, would look great stuffed with a bunch of late wild flowers, or greenery that you’ve picked up on an Autumn walk.

• The Glassware Beer Mug is perfect for a frothing pint of anything you fancy and is particularly handsome. A great present for the boys!

• Etched with “Cider & Beer”. Capacity 1 pint; Height 13 cm. Priced at £39.95.

For Halloween consider:

• The Polka Pumpkin 1/2 Pint Mug - Sweetly spooky Polka Pumpkin 1/2 pint mug; the ideal mug to enjoy your Heinz Tomato Soup from at Halloween parties. Capacity 0.3ltr; Height 9cm. £15.95.

• Complete the set, with Pumpkin decorated Soup Plate £15.95; Baby mug £11.95 and 8½” Plate £12.95.

Visit Emma Bridgewater’s website for more stylish pottery, kitchen and tableware.

Tel: (020) 7371 5489

Add some colour to your table with LSA’s new autumn Coro collection of wine glasses and tumblers from Beth Stevens.

Perfect for festive winter celebrations, these stunning glasses are available in three colour assortments, Berry (rich shades of red and purple), Lagoon (cool blues) and Leaf (fresh greens).

Each glass within the collection has a specially selected different colour base; for the perfect seasonal sparkle, they are also available as hand painted gold and platinum sets.

Each set contains four glasses as either a wine glass or tumbler, presented in an exclusive box and are the perfect gift for any occasion.

The Coro collections are excellent value, making them perfect for parties and entertaining with friends and family; mix and match the colours for a contemporary, eclectic look.

With different colour sets to choose from, these beautiful modern glasses are ideal for the holiday season.

Price: £25.00 set of 4 wine glasses; £15.00 set of 4 tumblers.

Web: http://www.bethstevens.co.uk
Tel: (01329) 822 212

Brand new to Drinkstuff is LSA and their stunning collection of glassware. The LSA collection of glasses, barware and jugs in clear glass and bright colours, would make a gorgeous addition to your outdoor dining table this summer.

LSA are renowned for their eye-catching and elegant glassware, so Drinkstuff is focusing on their barware and glass collection, featuring brightly coloured tumblers, champagne flutes, jugs, cocktail glasses and wine glasses.

The Vivi Collection includes wine glasses and champagne flutes with delicate colour fading in vivid colours of turquoise and lime green.

For a more subtle colouring yet equally dramatic effect, the Spiro wine goblet has purple embossed markings etched round the glass.

For a funky modern addition to your table this summer, add the Hula Cool Colour Tumbler, pictured here in bright blue and green; they have a completely curved base and your friends will be amazed that these glasses stay upright, even when you knock them (delicately) from side to side.

For a stunning wedding gift for friends, the Jazz collection featuring cocktail glasses, champagne flutes and hi ball tumblers, has unique hand applied designs painted on each glass in black.

Each LSA product is made using traditional mouth blowing techniques, for a unique handmade glass that exudes a delicate quality for a sophisticated table setting.

Prices:
LSA Vivi Champagne Flutes - £54.88 (for box of 6).
LSA Vivi Wine Glasses - £54.88 (box of 6).
LSA Hula Cool Colours Tumblers - £13.95 (box of 4).
LSA Spiro Wine Glasses - £54.97 (box of 6).
LSA Jazz Cocktail Glasses - £37.97 (box of 4).
LSA Bar Cocktail Jug - £21.97.

To see more from the LSA range visit:

Web: http://www.drinkstuff.com
Tel: (0870) 428 0958

A gorgeous Easter Gift, The hand painted and personalised Easter Egg from GettingPersonal.co.uk makes a beautiful Easter Gift.

The China Egg is a lovely gift this Easter time and comes in 3 wonderful designs featuring either an Easter Chick, Flowers or the Classic design.

Each Easter Egg can be personalised with the name of your choice and the year you wish to appear on the egg.

There’s also a choice of message to appear on the Egg, ‘My 1st Easter’ for young children or ‘Happy Easter’.

The Easter Eggs measures approx 2″ tall. Priced at £9.74.

Go on, make someone smile….

GettingPersonal.co.uk is a leading online retailer of Gifts, offering Unique and Personalised Gifts that cannot be purchased on the High Street.

Web: http://www.GettingPersonal.co.uk

Rosendahl is launching Grand Cru dishes that can take the heat - and like the cold; adorned with the characteristic Grand Cru grooves on the sides and the Rosendahl logo on the base, the three oven-proof glass dishes fit beautifully with the Grand Cru table setting.

But they differ from all the rest of the Grand Cru range, by their ability to endure hours of exposure to more than 300°C in the oven – and they can then be taken straight through to the dining table.

The new, transparent oven-proof dishes are currently available in three sizes: 24 x 12.5 cm, 24 x 24 cm and 25 x 38 cm; they have been cleverly designed so that the small and the medium-sized dishes, fit inside the large dish. This way, three dishes only take up the space of a large dish on its own, thus saving space in the cupboard.

Rosendahl’s new glass dishes are perfectly capable of taking the heat, when cooking meat or vegetables and they are beautiful enough to be put straight on to the table; they also make ideal serving dishes for serving cold food.

The new Grand Cru dishes are priced at £15.95, £20.95 and £24.95.

Web: http://www.rosendahl.com
Tel: (01252) 377 900

Amaroni Homeware online, have brought together a collection of designer kitchenware and designer homeware ranges from around the World.

Their online store contains both designer and contemporary collections, from potato peelers to contemporary picture frames, handy and functional gadgets for use at home or as gifts for someone special.

The comprehensive UK online range of kitchenware accessories includes, ceramic and stainless steel breadbins, kitchen bins, wooden chopping boards, utensils both in ceramic and stainless steel, salt and pepper mills presented in wood, pestle and mortars, stainless steel finished juicers, traditional wooden trolleys, bar works including wine racks to list just a few, at a range of affordable prices.

Featured in our picture from the stylish Christmas range are:

Mulled Wine Pot with ladle heart design, stoneware and stainless steel. £24.99.
Mulled wine cups heart design, stoneware; pack of four. £14.99.

Free Christmas delivery to mainland UK.

The range of accessories is constantly being updated, so to view the new products visit:

Web: http://www.amaroni.com
Tel: (01205) 260 384