mix

Here's one we made a while ago and looking over the images again we've realised how top-heavy we are on lighting. There are some really beautiful pieces here - the Tab T lamp designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for FLOS is a classic in the making and the large Spica Light from IACOLI & MCALLISTER is simply breath-taking. But our favourite has to be the WALL LIGHT designed in the 1950s that sits on a teak and metal arm ... that one's right up our street.

Images:
Brutalist wall relief, Art of Vintage | Armshell, Modern Love via Design Addict | Interior, Marjon Hoogervorst | Wall Light, City-Furniture | Spica Light, Iacoli & McAllister | Interior, Dwell | Tab T Light, Yvonne Koné and Line Klein | Staircase via Emmas DesignBlogg

opportunities

Last night we came across some words which resonated with us .... "There are times when I feel this pointlessness with blogging - the vanity, the misconception, the pressure to constantly one-up yourself ...".  Yes, yes, that's us.  "... but there are other times when I'm abundantly grateful for it.  It's given me incredible opportunities ...".  And that's us too.  Only recently we were presented with an incredible opportunity that just wouldn't have come about had we not confiscated this tiny corner of the internet and made it our own. And right now we're feeling abundantly grateful - not just because this incredible opportunity came knocking, but to our readers for bearing with and providing us with the momentum to keep at it.

Thank you.

let there be light

We're in the midst of choosing some new lighting for our hallway, and decision making is proving a little tricky.  Now if money were no object we'd probably opt for a little something by Poul Henningen - the PH ARTICHOKE for instance, or the PH50 pendant - hey, we're not fussy.  But as money is an object - curse you oh piggy bank - and with a concern that there may be a design rule out there somewhere which says hanging an Artichoke in a hallway ain't the done thing or something, we've taken a more realistic approach to lighting that sad and neglected corridor that is our hallway.

We're down to two options, both of which we love - the white E27 SOCKET LAMP by Mattias Stahbom for Muuto and the NUD CLASSIC light fitting.  Both perfect, although the NUD Classic comes with a huge array of colourful textile cables to choose from which adds another layer to the decision making process.  Either fitting can be finished with a large filament light bulb - and the lightbulb, that lightbulb, is such a beautiful thing.  Time to flip a coin ...

Images:  Haus London

orange

We've featured the work of textile designer Claire-Anne O'Brien BEFORE, and the great thing about designers - they're only a collection away from their next set of designs.  So when we spotted this FITE stool from O'Brien's OLANN collection we couldn't resist sharing it here.  Isn't the colour and texture just a joy?  So unique, so different.  So fabulous.

And for those of you who need orange in your life, we hope you enjoy these wonderful images!

Images:  Claire-Anne O'Brien

clean living

Just love the colour palette - or rather lack of it - the bold prints on the wall, the contrasting floors throughout, the sweeping spaces and sense of light in this Stockholm apartment.  This is all good, but it's the chair goodness that is really, really tasty.  Those MODEL 66 chairs by Alvar Aalto and the 3013s by Arne Jacobsen ... delicious!

Images: PATRIC JOHANSSON for ELLE INTERIÖR (via LA MAISON D'ANNA G)