Lost and Found

Check out Lost and Found for lots of amazing vintage and handmade textiles. My favourite item has to be the original bus rollers, reconditioned into roller blinds for interiors. I first spotted these in a friend's home and it's hard not to fall in love with them!
Dimensions to fit within:
Approx Width 95-115cm
Approx Length 100cm-125cm
Drop 240cm maximum for blind, or longer if wall hanging is preferred.
Prices from £225
http://www.lostandfounddesign.co.uk/

hazelandhunter on Etsy

On looking for some handmade and antique inspiration on Etsy I came across Hazel and Hunter, love the contrast of amazing patterned fabric with dark wood on classic chair frames.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=30591409

Villeroy and Boch, Marchesi Cutlery set

On a random tangent, but always looking for cool things for when I get inside the flat, when on a recent trip to Munich I discoverd a quirky cafe using the Villeroy and Boch Marchesi Cutlery set - love it! http://eshop.villeroy-boch.com/uk/shopping/cutlery-marchesi-18-10/show_126354

Finally in the flat, here are the first raw shots

So it has been forever and a day, but I'm finally in the flat, more on what I've done so far shortly, however I thought I'd put some keepsake first images of the flat up to remember how it was when I first bought it and hopefully how well the flat rennovation has progressed.

A little reminder of my early photography days

When first introduced to developing film, we made our own pinhole cameras and I was amazed when I came across the quirky Ridley's House of Novelties version: http://www.lovelygifts.co.uk/little-people-and-their-grown-ups/pinhole-camera-by-ridleys-house-of-novelties/prod_13.html Priced at only £6.99 (lovelygifts.co.uk) it will make a perfect stocking filler or secret Santa pressie.

Muji Maps and V&A Stamps

As the year in closing in on us and Christmas is ever nearer I'm frantically looking for those quirky gifts for people and seemingly finding things that would also look good in the flat...

Loving Muji's update on their ever popular city map handkerchiefs, which had sold out at every Muji store I visited last year, I've managed to grab the Paris, New York and Tokyo versions this time and it's great to see they've got a vintage look to them, which I think makes them all the more appealing.

Grab yours while you can at Muji online: http://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?V=1&Sec=21&Sub=87&PID=3922

The V&A Shop also has a great range of gifts and I'm loving their stamp collections, perfect for personalising your gift tags and cards... get hold of yours now: http://www.vandashop.com/product.php?xProd=4548&s=1

UK Textile Artist, Anna Raymond

A quick post about the amazing work by friend, Anna Raymond who is a talented Textile Artist. Anna digitally prints and screen prints on to cotton satin, she has an amazing ability to use bright colours and brings the everyday to life within her imaginative creations, her work is displayed within several of the renowned Firmdale Group Hotels and she has previously exhibited at the V&A. Here we see one of her most recent works; 'Numbers Game', 2009, being showcased within the home of the private curator.

UK Textile Artist Anna Raymond: www.annaraymond.co.uk