Every designer will tell you that curtains make every room—but only when chosen correctly. When it comes to window treatments, it is important to choose the colour and the fabric wisely.  Fabric is an essential part of choosing …

With the linen trend still going strong, it's nice to see a bit of pattern coming back to our homes - mattress stripes seem to be coming back in some way and we love it. The stripes get their name from traditional mattress co…

One might assume that the Scandinavian look is more suited to winter, with wooly fabrics and textures inspired by the roughness of nature. However, I find that the white, simple Scandinavian look works really well in summer - fre…

We're so excited that we're seeing so many new finishes for kitchen cabinets, moving away from the standard gloss white. Although the new trend of matt finishes is fantastic and perfect if you're going for that clean,…

Over the past 30 years the end use for linen has changed dramatically.  Linen uses range from bed and bath fabrics , home and commercial furnishing items, clothes to industrial products like luggage and canvases.  Linen fabric…

If you are refurbishing right now, take advantage of winter's lovely textures and patterns, and wintery pastel tones. This season, we've noticed a trend towards warmer shades of neutrals and some interesting geometric pat…

Marcelise is another great textile company we got lucky to meet at Maison et Objet, Paris. They produce sustainable, eco-friendly and stylish fabrics. With Marcelise, the designer Chloé Sanier has found the perfect opportunity t…

There was a lot of linen (as we expected) at this year's show so it was quite refreshing to meet the Spanish company MikMax. The thing that got us interested about MikMax was their lovely range of jersey bedlinens in fantasti…