How often have you wished you could just bend the edges of the mirror to get a better view? I know I have. This beauty solves that problem and manages to look both modern and retro at the same time. It measures 39cm high and 85cm across so that’s also plenty of space for more…
Well you can see why I had to include these can’t you? Designed by Barbara Coupe, who started her textile company in 2002, these cushions, and others from her collection, have been featured in several glossy magazines. I’m very tempted to ask her to create a Mad About The House version for me …. I’ll…
There are some chores which remain boring which ever way you look at them and drying up is certainly one of them. Despite that, I must confess to a sneaking love for tea towels. No. I don’t know why either. Maybe it’s because they are affordable bits of loveliness. Some people put a lot…
For anyone who rents their home or who thinks they may have to move in the not too distant future, the issue of storage is always a vexed one. The renters need portable stuff they can take to the next place, and the owners need to wrestle with the question of whether to build and…
Now this is a rather lovely little object of design. And desire come to that. As a fan of monochrome, its simple colours appeal to me and I like the simplicity of the style. Here it is without the rather distracting panda on it. This would look great in my son’s monochrome bedroom as well…
I find I am increasingly drawn to wall lights these days and, in particular, to ones like these with a long arm. When I was doing up this house, it was really hard to find interesting and modern wall lights. So many of them looked like they belonged in Granny’s house but designers really seem…
I often think we take our interior design a little too seriously. A little humour never did anyone any harm and these vintage jelly lamps are the perfect solution for pendant lighting in a kitchen. They would look fantastic in an industrial style kitchen where they would lighten the seriousness of all the steel and…
Now before you scoff at the idea of a plastic outdoor rug, it is actually a very clever idea. It’s Swedish, does that help? It’s incredibly practical, as they are non slip, making them perfect for kitchens and halls and even bathrooms. You can flip it over to reverse the design if you fancy a…
It doesn’t matter how tidy you are, there are always those random bits of stuff that just end up lying around waiting to be filed, or put away or – worst of all – which have no obvious place to go. This may have been designed as a fruit bowl but it would work just…
Yes I know it’s supposed to be spring or possibly even summer now that the clocks have gone forward but it doesn’t really feel that way, or not at the time of writing at least. However, in a seasonal nod, today’s Object of Design is a lambswool cushion cover, so even if you can’t see…