Our own South London garden shed is covered with trellis & painted a classic dark garden green, but wouldn't it fun to have a shed painted in bright yellow or turquoise as the interiors of these at Conran in Paris
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3 days 16 hours ago
One of the delights of traveling in France are the wonderful street markets for food. Most entrancing are the displays of spices piled up in great mounds to be weighed & packaged just for you (see second from last photo below).
Galeries Lafayette has reproduced that charm in a sensational display at its Boulevard Haussman food store - lovely mounds of bright & earth coloured spice in trays surrounded by empty small, long clip top preserving jars for you to fill. Even more brightly coloured is the selection of sweet favoured sugars (4th photo below) to use with ice creams and cakes.
Note that same small preserving jars were used at one of our favourite small Paris restaurants, Pottoka, at 4 rue de l' Exposition in the 7th, to serve a special Basque spice mix for you to use (like salt or pepper). Larger jars housed their delicious layered crab/avocado/tomato first course placed on a rustic wood tray (see last photo below).
3 days 17 hours ago
Scattered throughout Liberty's home floor, an amazing selection of vintage bottles filled with field & garden flowers. No arrangement, just popped in. Dreamlike & romantic.
And while we are on this theme, a closer look at the mix of vintage vases group on that distressed table in the previous post. Enjoy!
3 days 17 hours ago
One of my favourite posts was the wonderful mix of vintage chairs around a big table at Athropology in London. And now we see another great variation at Liberty - a distressed painted table with a combination of vintage 20th century chairs in various colours & materials.
On the table itself, a random selection of vintage glass & ceramic vases holding spring flowers. Perfect!
3 weeks 2 days ago
Taking over as Creative Director, Jasper is polishing the Conran shop's selection & display, adding a more minimalist, sharper presentation. We love the bold blue/white striped rugs & pottery, art installation presentation - ideas to think about!
7 weeks 2 days ago
On a perfect sunny spring day in London - or any day - this is what we all should remember. Spotted at John Lewis.
7 weeks 2 days ago
If you thought the Victorian fringed & draped lampshades at Lafayette Maison in Paris were amazing, how about this pair of floral print, black fringed shades here at Liberty in London?
7 weeks 4 days ago
World traveler or not, this is a great decorative clock for a kitchen, family room or study - a reminder that our own bit of the world is just that, a bit. At Lafayette Maison in Paris.
8 weeks 1 day ago
Grey has been uptrending for interiors & it's a delight to see its warm richness used so beautifully by a master of modern tradition, architect/interior designer/design columnist Ben Pentreath, in his own shop at 17 Rugby Street, just off Lamb's Conduit Street here in London. Farrow & Ball's Charleston Grey covers the walls, accented by off-white and vivid colour.
8 weeks 1 day ago
Is this the beginning of a Victoriana revival? Spotted at Lafayette Maison in Paris yesterday, these amazing fringed, beaded & shirred silk lampshades. Would you have them in your boudoir?
