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Timorous Beasties butterflies luxury fabric

Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Luxury designer butterfly linen fabric

Butterflies fabric

We’re rather entranced by the Timorous Beasties butterflies design fabric.

Having spent some time recently in a butterfly house, with the most exotic colours and designs of butterflies, the butterflies on this fabric look amazingly realistic.

The colours stand out wonderfully and, even though there’s an enormous amount of detail on the background, with stems and branches weaving around, the butterflies don’t detract from this at all.  We love the different butterfly sizes and colours, and the tiny ones that you almost miss.

Designer screen room divider made of fabric

Butterfly fabric screen

The fabric is lovely and looks brilliant used on this fabric covered screen.

Sadly it’s not cheap – it will set you back £120 per metre (ouch!), but for a very special project or treasured cushion, it would be ideal.

The butterflies printed linen fabric is available from Timorous Beasties.

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Golden butterflies cushion from More Vibrant

Monday, April 16th, 2012
Handmade vibrant cushion

Colourful cushion

Fresh, uplifting and colourful sums up this cushion very well, we think.

Golden butterflies are depicted flitting between bright fuschia branches, on a background of turquoise blue.

Definitely uplifting and a great splash of colour for a chair or bed, the cushion cover is made from 100% cotton canvas and is finished off with decorative natural wood buttons.

The golden butterflies cushion is a snip at only £12.99 from More Vibrant.

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Kitty McCall: Among The Trees cushion

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Contemporary cushion for a modern home

Contemporary cushion

Cushions are one of the easiest ways of updating the look of a sofa, chair or bed and we’re constantly on the lookout for new designs.

This cushion design – Among The Trees – from textiles company Kitty McCall (run by London-based print designer, Catherine Nice) is buzzing with colour and energy. It has a fresh and contemporary feel to it and is unlike any other cushion design we’ve featured before.

The printed design is, “inspired by layered patterning created while drawing with no fixed starting point or end,” and each cushion is unique.

At £69, Among the Trees is not a cheap cushion, but it is unusual and there’s plenty of depth and interest to keep drawing your eyes back to it.

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Maple cream chunky knitted cushion

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Contemporary knit cushion

Natural knitted cushion

This is the most lovely, soft and snuggly cushion (trust me, you won’t want to put it down) – and the chunky knitted design is on trend too!

With an autumnal chill already in the air (where has the summer gone?), this is the perfect cushion for snuggling up to on a chilly night.

The knitted cushion is made from 100% acrylic, with a polyester lining, and comes in a maple cream natural colour.

It’s usually priced at £55, but is currently on offer for £41.25 from Laura Ashley.

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Animal inspired cushions from ContemporaryLab

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

ContemporaryLab have some great new animal inspired cushions in stock, all designed by Katie & The Wolf.

Modern fox design cushion

Martha cushion

The Martha cushion features a striking fox design. It’s made from digitally printed silk and screen printed organic cotton and the back of the cushion is nicely finished off with button details.

Perch bird cushion designed by Katie and the Wolf

Perch cushion

As the name suggests, the Perch cushion features a brightly coloured turquoise bird perched on a leafy bush. The back of the cushion is plain (the same bluey grey shade as the bush), with two contrasting buttons.

Contemporary bird cushion by Katie and the Wolf

Gather cushion

Birds also feature on the Gather cushion, but in a rather different design. Definitely more modern and contemporary in style, the monotone colours of the bird and black background of the cushion contrast with the bright colours below.

All of the cushions by Katie & The Wolf are priced at £54 each and can be purchased from ContemporaryLab. The site sells lots of unique and unusual pieces of furniture, lighting, textiles and kitchenware by award-winning new designers, so is well worth a browse.

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Quirky moustache cushion cover from Selfridges

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Celebrate facial hair quirky cushion

Moustache cushion cover

Who knew we’d be featuring home accessories involving facial hair? Although slightly mad, we couldn’t overlook this quirky and humorous cushion!

The La Cerise Sur La Gateau moustache cushion cover features six illustrations of different types of moustaches, together with a tongue-in-cheek French description.

It’s not cheap at £52 for just the cushion cover, but if you’d like to pop this on a cushion of your choice, you can buy it from Selfridges.

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Sanderson Dandelion Clocks design beanbag

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Designer Dandelion Clocks fabric bean bag seat

Comfy seat, gorgeous design

It’s no secret that we’re rather partial to the 1950s retro Dandelion Clocks wallpaper and fabric and we’ve previously explored some of the wallpaper and home accessories available in this wonderful print.

But now there’s a new addition on the block, in the form of this lovely beanbag.

We’ll be honest and admit that it’s not a design we’d ever expected to see as a bean bag, but it works incredibly well.

If you’re not sure you’d want the wallpaper, but would like to incorporate the design into your interior somehow, then the beanbag could be the perfect solution. You get all the benefits of the lovely design, as well as getting a comfy seat too.

The Sanderson Dandelion Clocks design beanbag is currently available in the ever popular Chaffinch colourway and can be purchased from John Lewis.

For other homeware in the matching Dandelion Clocks design, check out one of our previous posts.

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Iconic stamp design rug

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Purple Queen's head rug Pink stamp rug wall art

Remember the Stamp Collection mugs we featured before? Well now you can take your love of stamps even further, with these great stamp-inspired rugs.

Made from 100% New Zealand wool, the stamp rugs feature the distinctive image of the Queen on a plain coloured background. The edges of the rugs are white, finished off nicely with the classic scalloped detail you see on the stamps. The rugs measure 1.2m long by 1m wide (although other sizes are apparently available) and come in a choice of colours, representing the appropriate stamp prices:

Purple / burgundy rug – 1p stamp

Pink rug – 16p stamp

Grey rug – 50p stamp

Olive rug – 56p stamp

Red rug – 62p stamp

If you don’t want to use the rug on the floor (or can’t bear the thought of standing on the Queen’s head), then the rugs can also be hung on your wall as wall art.

The quirky stamp rugs are sold by Isabel Ballardie Interiors. Sadly they cost somewhat more in price than the stamps they represent!

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Traditional black telephone cushion

Monday, October 18th, 2010
Old fashioned black telephone cushion

Quirky telephone cushion

Home accessories and soft furnishings needn’t be boring, as this quirky cushion reminds us.

Shaped in the form of an old fashioned telephone, this black cushion looks like it’s come out of the past, but is far comfier to lean back on than an actual old telephone.

The telephone cushion is made from cotton and linen and is filled with a polyester cushion pad. It’s priced at only £15 from John Lewis.

If celebrating traditional telephony alongside modern inventions does it for you, then you may also like the look of this reconditioned transparent working telephone or the utterly glam chrome phone.

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Florestine Ischia sea splashes applique cushion

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Applique cushion

Applique cushion

This striking cushion is handmade in France and available exclusively at Florestine.

The white cotton cushion is brought to life by the addition of bold and bright circles and splashes of colour – aquamarine, deep marine blue and Greek blue - which are appliqued onto the cushion.

The design is inspried by the Mediterranean blue sea around the Italian island of Ischia, from which the cushion gets its name.

The Ischia cushion cover is £17 and you can also buy a cushion pad separately, from Florestine.

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