I love a vase of flowers as much as the next person but there’s no doubt that with an over excitable kitten and two growing boys who can’t seem to work out what size they are or how much…
Objects of Design #111: Wall Vases
Volume II
Objects of Design #110: Kitchen Storage from Jasper Conran
Now look at this. I love it when the High Street gets it right and the new collection from Jasper Conran for Debenhams is great. Having said yesterday I wasn’t sure about storage jars with labels, I do like these…
Objects of Design #109: Vintage Storage Tins
There are so many different sorts of storage jars out there and, I have to admit, I’m not a fan of the pre-labelled ones for the most part. My own storage jars are all the same Quatre Saison with the…
Objects of Design #108: Magazine Rack from Merci
I’ll admit it, I buy far too many magazines. It’s research. Honest. And the question remains what to do with them all? There’s only so many you can put on the coffee table. And in a pile under the coffee…
Objects of Design #107: Joseph Joseph 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago, twin brothers Anthony and Richard Joseph took a long close look at some every day kitchen implements and decided to make them better. The result was the Joseph Joseph Chop2Pot, the hinged chopping board that allowed you…
Objects of Design #106: Wall Mounted Wine Rack
It’s Friday, it will shortly be wine o’clock and so for that reason it seemed appropriate that today’s object of design should be this, wonderful, wall mounted wine rack. For those of you that didn’t fancy the wooden champagne rack…
Objects of Design #105: Vintage Cinema Seats
You might think this is a touch leftfield as a storage item but the first obvious answer is what is a chair if not storage for the body (or perhaps just bottom) and the second, less obvious, is that storage…
Objects of Design #104: Vintage Wooden Filing Cabinet
After the modernity of yesterday’s pieces, it felt right to look at something a little more vintage today. I love mixing old and new and this would be the perfect storage for either a playroom – my son would love…
Objects of Design #103: Belly Desk by Steuart Padwick
With a name like that it had to be included in this month’s series on storage. I’m not sure its belly is quite big enough for the amount of storage that I seem to need to cram away but it…
Objects of Design #102: French Oak Wine Rack
There’s nothing like a little drop of sun to make one feel like a little drop of something chilled and these old French champagne racks are perfect for storing the bottle as they wait their turn in the fridge.…