Interiors & Furniture
Sony Rolly offers a unique music experience
Following unprecedented interest, Sony has announced that “Rolly” (SEP-30BT) will be available in selected European outlets this October. “Rolly” is Sony’s unique palm-sized music entertainment player which spins and dances to the rhythm of music.
The sofa for all seasons
Searching for the perfect sofa is almost a national pastime. The Ekornes Classic launched this year may just fit your criteria perfectly. Its design can be described as modern with a retro feel. Classic is extremely comfortable because that is the start point for any sofa Ekornes make, but it looks great too.
Swedish style at Bodie and Fou
Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, Award-Winning designer Camilla Diedrich may look like an anarchist but she thinks like an architect. One of the first textile designers to start cutting holes in textiles and structuring them in terms of negative space, Diedrich’s early work related more to deconstruction architecture than it did to fabric design.
Ernest Jones launches Vera Wang Love Knots collection online
Ernest Jones has announced that the Vera Wang Love Knots Collection for Wedgwood, featuring Vera Wang’s signature ‘bow’ motif, is now available online. Offering a range of designer wedding gifts, the Love Knots Collection consists of photo frames, candlesticks, vanity boxes, napkin rings and champagne flutes, all designed by leading wedding gown designer Vera Wang for English china company Wedgwood.
Warm up for winter with Dulux PaintPod
As the dark nights draw in and the temperature outside begins to drop, it’s time to start thinking about warming up our rooms ready for the winter months ahead. What looked light and airy in the bright and breezy days of summer can look stark and austere in winter, so opt for a welcoming palette that you’ll want to retreat to at the end of the day.
East meets West at home
Award winning furniture designer, Halo, is creating even more inspired looks for the home by fusing its British vintage designs with eastern influence. Encouraging a mix and match look Halo’s high calibre collection includes the Vintage leather Downing chair, a comfortable, British classic wing back chair in Halo’s signature Vintage leather and trunks collection which are large statement pieces often used in Eastern interior design.
Short on space but not on style
Making a small property appear larger is one of the biggest challenges for a homeowner, but if you apply a few decorating and furnishing tricks and take some professional advice from an interior designer, there is no reason why your small home should not look or feel like a more spacious property.
Gloss is back
After years of discreet matte finishes on our walls, doors and furniture, gloss is making a major comeback. A few splashes of gloss in your home – think shiny splash back in your kitchen, lacquered TV cabinet in your living room or gleaming laminate floor in your hall – is the very latest in interior design.
Spend a romantic Autumn with Virgin Vie at Home
Virgin Vie At Home welcomes the arrival of a brand new collection for Autumn Winter 2008. The new collection offers a gorgeous selection of home accessories, enabling us to give our homes a seasonal update with minimal fuss. With a strong Autumnal feel, the new collection features beautiful accessories in a distinctive series of floral and leaf designs.
Every picture tells a story
Young and talented, 27 years old Lisa Bengtsson was born in a little town called Gnosjö in the south of Sweden. Since she was little, she always felt that she was meant to be a designer so she could communicate her feelings through her work.
Taking photo display to new heights
Kodak has announced a feature-packed wireless digital frame series boasting innovative capabilities and accessibility to online content. Available in 10-inch and 8-inch versions, these frames will wirelessly connect consumers to photo-sharing sites including KODAK Gallery and Flickr, and Internet content manager FrameChannel, a service of Frame Media, Inc.
Newly discovered Gainsborough portrait doubles its estimate at Bonhams
A packed saleroom saw fiercely competitive bidding for a number of paintings in Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale today, including a recently discovered portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, (British 1727-1788), which sold for £198,000 – over double its pre-sale estimate. A painting by the Dutch landscape artist Gaspar van Wittel (1653-1736) also fetched an impressive £826,400. The sale itself made a total of £2,876,960. The painting - a previously unrecorded work by Gainsborough – was bought by a private European collector on the telephone.
Indulge your home with Nitin Goyal
Nitin Goyal has had a loyal customer base of real interiors devotees since the launch of the label in 2004. The beautiful hand crafted detailing such as intricate smocking, quilting, pleating and stitching, lush colour palettes and the use of the finest materials, such as sensuous silks, wools, cashmeres and velvets make his products must have items for anyone wanting to bring true luxury into their homes. It is no wonder then that the London based designer is gaining international recognition from stylists and journalists alike.
Kährs voted Best Wooden Floors for 7th year
Kährs has been awarded winner of the Contract Flooring Award for Hardwood Flooring for the seventh year. Sponsored jointly by Contract Flooring Journal and the Contract Flooring Association, the Award was given for Kährs complete range. Votes by CFJ’s flooring contractor readership were registered in a ballot earlier this year and the Award was presented at an exclusive luncheon hosted at Woburn Abbey.
Super rich bolster arts and antiques market
The super rich and international buyers are bolstering the arts and antiques industry as signs show the credit crunch is beginning to bite, says the RICS UK Arts and Antiques Survey.