Over the years we’ve always stocked a wide range of wicker and rattan products - and we’ve witnessed, first hand, the changes. Now ten years ago, rattan was all the rage, even though the quality was variable. But of course tastes and needs change and of course products need to evolve to cope with this change...

I think one of the wonderful things about design is the limitless possibilities it throws up – such variety enables us to furnish our homes with the style that best reflects us (sadly budget has a big part to play in this too, I mean I would love to have Gustav Klimt’s  ‘the kiss’ hanging in my bedroom but... )

This week I wanted to highlight one of our more beautiful pieces – taking inspiration from the school of Danish design we created our Nordic console table. We stuck to the principles of functionality, high quality craftsmanship and simplicity...

 This week I wanted to draw your attention to an offer we are running – and before your eyes glaze over and you start mumbling about ‘sales overload’, please bear with me and read on -  because this is an offer, in the immortal words of Brando – ‘you can’t refuse.’

Books were once confined to houses of the religious and the wealthy (remember they were hand written and therefore not cheap!). As a result the average home wasn’t in too much of a hurry to find somewhere to store them...

If you say ‘nest of tables’ to most people the first thing they will say is – ‘they are so hard to find’ or ‘my gran had some in her front room’ – if you mention the same words to someone involved in furniture design however...

Of all the crafts, the art of basket weaving is not only one of the widest spread throughout the history of human civilisation, but also one of the most enduring. Why? Well baskets, by the nature of their design, are just so damn useful ...

It’s great to be different, to be able to think outside of the square – so to speak, to not be influenced by the masses, to be open to change, to try something that isn’t necessarily ‘de rigeur’...

Whether it be decorative china plates, figurines, old dolls, antique toy cars... (the list is endless) – most households have a collection or two in them...

It doesn’t come as any great to surprise for us to know that the vast majority of wine drinkers don’t own a wine cellar or wine room (complete with inbuilt climate control)...