Category: Art
Switched on x
We still have no starting date for the construction of the garden office pod. But that hasn’t stopped the dreaming. I’ve found this company – Loomlight Design– based in Leicester, that specialise in creating unusual reclaimed and salvaged lighting plus a little bit more…
Like industrial cast aluminium light switches made from recycled alloy wheels.
(Which can even be personalised with dimmers and text of your choice.)
And check these out..no-nonsense door handles.
(All info LoomlightDesign)
Roll on start date..
Laters, Kate x
Wasted x
Wastepaper are part of the bare essentials a room needs, but it’s freeing to think that a place for the rubbish in our lives could be beautiful too..
So I took a look. I like the idea of a grand bin – something that takes pride in it’s job and makes a statement. What I didn’t realise was the grand price attached – the first picture? £185..for a bin. That’s a living oxymoron. This one from Oka? A snip at £75..
It seems that bins run in the same business rip-off as cars – people are willing to pay a premium for a new one, meaning they’re devalued as soon as the first snotty tissue lands. So my tip – look to Ebay and Etsy where vintage examples with character can be found at a tenth of the price.
For me, I think I’ll follow my folksy heart and go for canal art painted buckets.
(All links Pinterest)
Just because I love them. And a person always needs a good bucket..
Laters, Kate x
Wish list x
Take a moment and think textured, green, seventies glass.
(All pics Pinterest)
A Joy, no?
Laters, Kate x
Trayed x
If less is more than the more has to speak volumes. Which doesn’t apply to our current tea tray. It’s the only one we have – round, crudely painted with white undercoat that literally laughs at me with it’s many stains and unclassable imperfections, too gritty to even rank as boho.
It was bought from Ikea many years ago as a DIY project. But I think I’ve always known that there were better painted trays available than I could ever produce.
(All pics Pinterest)
And so it has languished, used but unloved. The butterfly moment is never going to happen. Time to love a replacement and move on..
Laters, Kate x
Today x
Laters, Kate x
Hot seat x
If there was a design choice Dessert Island discs the Frank Guhl concrete chair would make the cut. Or if all else failed, a concrete homage..
Which is odd because concrete doesn’t look the most comfortable to sit on. And yet..
There’s a fragility, like the edge of an exotic shell, combined with a brutal, no nonsense strength.
It’s a sculptural piece of practical art.
(All pics Pinterest)
And I’ve decided, if all else fails and they really are all fur and no knickers, there’s always the joy of finding the perfect cushion…
Laters, Kate x
Bowlful..
Such a pleasure when a sink can be full of colour and visual ideas as well as water.
These sinks from The London Sink Company, a mother and daughter team, are glowingly resplendent in their form and practicality.
Not a cheap option, but a deep one that sings buy less, buy better, buy better but maybe wait longer – but then relish with joy every turn of the tap.
Laters, Kate x
The fairest of them all..
Mirrors. The item that always gives back.
Powerful and playful. As illustrated by Leandro Erlich’s Dalston House art installation.
(All pics Pinterest)
It’s all about what you see.
Laters, Kate x
Bling x
If an Indian summer comes in the autumn, what name do you give a summer that arrives in spring…and disappears?
The gardens need the rain..but I was so looking forward to the easy living of summer dresses.
Which has been a brilliant discovery of older years and has resulted in a serious, but sensible shrinking of my wardrobe.
There’s no need to think, a dress is the perfect capsule wardrobe in itself.
All effort can go into beautiful, stand out jewellery, like all of these earrings by Finery London.
Fun, Sassy and succulent. Now all we need is the sun.
Laters, Kate x
Light the way..
A wall of synths and soaring violins – that feeling when you find the perfect present for the right person.
I’m on the trail for something fire, candle, glass, light related. It has to be functional, simple, not too ostentatious. 
There’s always that invisible line – do you push for something they’d never consider but could love? 
Or play it safe?
(All pics Pinterest)
Decisions, decisions.
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 