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Archive for the ‘Decorative accessories’ Category
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
 Contemporary flower vase If you’re looking for something a bit different to display a large bunch of tall stemmed flowers in, then how about this contemporary crinkled effect vase?
The vase is by Danish interior design brand, House Doctor DK, and is an eye-catching design before you even get to the stage of adding flowers. The tall vase is made from stoneware and cleverly looks like it’s a paper bag that’s just been slightly crumpled (although thankfully it’s a lot more substantial than that!).
Bodie and Fou have the crinkled vase available on pre-order.
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
 House of Money Doing up a house, decorating and furnishing it can be a costly business. So if you’re trying hard to save money for home improvements, perhaps a house of money would be a worthy investment?
This modern take on a traditional money box is an appropriate design for encouraging home savings. Designed by Trine Andersen for Ferm Living, and drawing inspiration from modern graphics, the fine bone china money box has a slot at the top for popping in your hard earned cash and a rubber stopper at the base for removing it.
It’s a simple but effective design and looks great used for decorative purposes, as well as money saving aims.
The house of money is available for £24 from 95% Shop.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
We couldn’t resist featuring a few heart shaped ideas today, so here are some products that we think would make great treats for you and your home.
The mustard yellow safety pin heart print cushion is a big favourite. This contemporary heart print cushion features a hand drawn design of pins made to form hearts. It’s designed and made in England and part of the Graduate Collection, of work by new designers. It’s £40 from Graduate Collection.
Trivets are always useful to have in the kitchen and these come as a pair. With the set of two bamboo wood heart shaped trivets, one fits neatly inside the other, so you can use them as one or separately. They’re £18 from John Lewis.
The mini unscented ceramic heart tealight candles come nicely boxed as a set of four. They’re perfect as a treat for yourself or to give as a gift, and once the candles have burnt, you can use the ceramic hearts as little dishes. They’re £18 from The White Company.
For a bit of fun in the kitchen, why not try your hand at making heart shaped waffles? The Gourmet Gadgetry non-stick waffle maker allows you to make one large waffle or five small heart shaped waffles in minutes. It’s £26 from Selfridges.
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Tags: contemporary design, Gourmet Gadgetry, Graduate Collection, heart candles, heart trivet, trivet, Valentine's Day, waffle maker
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
 
The New Japan collection of home accessories at John Lewis features contemporary and elegant designs evoking an oriental, with modern takes on origami and some inspiring textural effects.
There are vases, bowls, candle holders, photo frames and decorative objects with smooth, ridged or textured surfaces, in a selection of dark and light colours. The materials used vary from smooth, sleek soapstone, to pale and dark stained woods and, although most of the colours are whites, creams and naturals, the addition of some black, pinks and lilacs adds a bit of colour to the mix.
 
We love the white hurricane candle holders, with their contemporary origami style design (you could also use these as vases), and the earthenware streamline swallows.
All the pieces are well priced, ranging from £5 to £40 each, and work well used on their own or as part of a wider contemporary oriental interior design room scheme.
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Tags: contemporary oriental, earthenware sparrow, interior design, john lewis, New Japan, origami candle holder, origami vase, soapstone accessories
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
 Fiducia ceramic set This simple design vase and candlestick set, with its timeless soft colours, is perfect for a modern or contemporary home.
The pieces are all made of ceramic and it was designed by Louise Campbell for Danish brand, Kahler. One of the prominent elements of the design is that the individual parts can be changed and used in different combinations – there are magnets in the ‘arms’ which hold them together.
The vase looks great filled with simple twigs or flower stems, and the candlestick is ideally suited for a tapered candle (just be careful it doesn’t set fire to any displayed twigs or flowers!).
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Tags: candlestick, ceramic vase, contemporary vase, Danish, Danish design, Fiducia, Kahler, Louise Campbell, modern vase, Story North
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Friday, September 14th, 2012
 Colour swatch inspired clock At Fresh Design Blog we love a good contemporary wall clock and this Watch Me wall clock from Normann Copenhagen is up there amongst our favourites.
The simplistic clock design is inspired by swatches of colour that fan out to produce an eye-catching mix of colours and it’s available in a choice of different colour shades.
The clock was designed by Danish designer Rasmus Gottliebsen for Normann Copenhagen. As we can often be found drooling over paint and wallpaper colour swatches, the design seems very apt for us!
The Watch Me wall clock is available from various retailers, including Caroline McGrath, who sell it for £35.
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Tags: Caroline McGrath, clock, colour swatch clock, contemporary clock, Danish design, Danish designer, modern clock, Normann Copenhagen, Rasmus Gottliebsen, wall clock, Watch Me clock
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Monday, September 10th, 2012
 Spear design china With autumn on the horizon, here are some fresh homeware pieces that reflect the colours of the season.
The Spear design vase and bowl are designed in Denmark by Trine Andersen, for Ferm Living.
Both pieces are made from porcelain, with the design featuring modern geometric graphics. Autumn colours are reflected in the browns, golds and soft orange shades adorning the vase and bowl.
Both pieces, plus more in the collection, are available from Cloudberry Living.
The Spear vase costs £39.95 and the Spear bowl is £54.95.
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Tags: autumn, Cloudberry Living, contemporary bowl, contemporary vase, Danish design, Ferm Living, geometric design, porcelain vase, Spear, Spear bowl, Spear vase, Trine Andersen
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