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Get The London Look From Great.ly

It’s September and that can only mean one thing (well in the Mad House it can) and that’s the London Design Festival. This year it’s running from 13 – 21 September and in honour of that I have created a Made in the UK department in my Great.ly store.

spiro stools by Anthony Hartley come in a range of colours for £70
spiro stools by Anthony Hartley come in a range of colours for £70

In addition, those very kind people who run the site have said that for the whole of the week (starting today 10 September) till next Wednesday they will offer free shipping on anything that is bought from my shop from that collection.

This table by Louisa Blackmore of West Egg is exclusive to my Great.ly store

It’s a great offer as there are a couple of pieces of furniture on there and it would be great not to have to pay the shipping on those wouldn’t it!

reclaimed wood and gold board by di overton
reclaimed wood and gold board by di overton

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Great.ly concept, the idea is that a panel of people – the so-called Tastemakers – bring together the products they like from the Makers and create their own individual shops. That way you – the Shopper – can check out the boutiques of the bloggers, writers and stylists whose tastes they already chime with and, hopefully, find things you want to buy. 

tea towels and cards by uk makers at great.ly
tea towels and cards by uk makers at great.ly

The makers get 60 per cent of the retail price, the tastemakers 25 per cent and Great.ly 15 per cent. It’s an idea that is simple and deserves to do well.

 

60s furniture revamped upcycled by outofthedark.com
revamped Gplan and 1960s furniture by Out of the Dark – exclusive to my store

I really hope you like this collection. It’s British, it’s quirky and some of the products – the Out of the Dark furniture and the West Egg coffee table are exclusive to my store. The gold and wood chopping boards came about as a result of a previous post I wrote about the gold glue and I was thrilled to have them as the first ever product I stocked.

textiles at great.ly
textiles by Kyoko Bowskill at Great.ly

If you want to see the other collections from makers all over the world then you can visit my shop here but otherwise do have a browse round and, as Kate Moss would say, Get The London Look.

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.