I am feeling a little bit like a stalker at the moment of the British designers Young and Battaglia.  I recently posted on their faux cowhide rugs which I love, they have now taken this to a new dimension, working together with American conceptual artist and designer Chad Wys, to create their classics revisited collection. The collection includes the Pastoral cow hide rug (Below), which is taken from Chad’s “American Tapestry” collection, and a series of cushions which take i

Well the link between football and accessories may seem like a long shot but this is how the Melbourne based accessories label came about it’s name Nancybird….. are you sitting comfortably. “The name “nancybird” comes from the work Emily was doing at university – her main focus was the way AFL [Australian Football] footballers looked when photographed while taking a mark – it looks almost like a ballet dance. The word “nancyboy” was bandied around for this uni work, but for t

Initially starting a business making baby booties Carola began to play around with the offcuts and her collections of vintage fabrics which were later to become the start of a new venture. Carola now creates hand made cushions and character filled animal heads (my favourite) with an eclectic mix of modern and vintage fabrics.  Carola started off as a one man band but now employs a number of people from her local community which makes for an all-round more homely business. Car

With summer just around the corner here in the southern hemisphere, it is the perfect time to add a little bit of fun and colour into your home.  Melbourne based duo Bonnie Ashley and Neil Downie, creators of the interior product company bonnie and neil have launched their summer 2012 collection which is full of colour and fun and is the perfect way to inspire a little change to your home. Catagorising themselves as “compulsive hoarders” of vintage fabrics and timber, Bonnie

“If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.” Ralph Waldo Emerson  I remember as a child turning up to stay with my grandmother, carrying all of my toys in an oil cloth print bag from Liberty’s of London. My grandmother would not allow me to bring the bag into the house, not because it was dirty, but because of an old age british superstition that

With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (now past but not forgotten) and the Olympics about to take place in the UK it is hard to get away from the London style and it’s iconic influences as the brits show how proud they are to be…. well British!! When you think of London you automatically think of Red, from the postboxes, telephone boxes and the buses which are truly a British institution. Old Street – Source Dianne Goode Dianne Goode has created a collection of hand painted silk c