Footstools and Ottomans Worth Coming Home To
A footstool earns its place faster than almost any other piece of furniture. Put your feet up after a long day and it immediately justifies itself. But the best ones…
Pendant Lights by Colour and Style
Choosing a pendant light is one of the decisions that shapes a room more than people expect. It sits in the sightline. It affects the quality of light on the…
Pendant Lights by Material and Finish
The material a pendant is made from does more work than people realise. It is not just about looks. It determines the quality of light in the room, whether the…
Table Lamps by Style and Era
The lamp you choose for a side table or a reading corner does more than light the room. It sets the register. A good lamp tells you something about the…
Floor Lamps by Shape and Size
The shape of a floor lamp matters more than most people realise when they’re buying one. A tall arc lamp that works beautifully in a double height living room looks…
Cushions That Lift a Plain Sofa
A plain sofa is not a failure. It is actually the smarter starting point, because it means the cushions get to do the interesting work. The problem is that most…
Bookcases by Size and Shape
The bookcase problem is almost always a spatial one. You know roughly where it needs to go, you know how many books you’re dealing with, and then you spend weeks…
Dining Chairs That Pull the Room Together
The dining chair is the most sat-in, most looked-at piece of furniture in the room and it is almost always the last thing people think about properly. Most dining tables…
Bath Mats by Colour and Style
The bath mat is the most replaced, most ignored, most underestimated thing in the bathroom. People spend real thought on tiles and taps and then grab whatever is on the…
TV Stands by Colour and Material
The television is not going anywhere, so the stand it sits on deserves proper thought. Most people treat it as an afterthought, something functional to solve a problem, and then…