Fermoie

The two Gentlemen who brought us Farrow & Ball, 

which they sold in 2006,

have just launched a new venture

and as one would expect it is beautiful, tasteful and highly covetable.

Fermoie

is a British fabric company.

It is printed in England, on cotton sourced from Lancashire 

Designer Katherine Pool and co founder Tom Helme check out a print run
images from Fermoie

There is a great article in this months  

House and Garden 

They do also have a blog

and an Accessories line coming in August
can't wait 

x

Pattern at home

Now that Summer is here
Even if it has rained incessantly for the last 2 weeks
I am in the mood to add some colour and pattern in to the house
Shake off the deep hues of winter
with some bright happy prints
Here are some of the pieces on my wish list

This Chair from
Soane
looks very comfy and would make a perfect addition to my living room
I currently have a vintage 3 seater brown leather sofa
which I do love and is very practical with 3 boys and a dog in the house
but sometimes I do lust after something a little more whimsical

While for me it is not practical I do love the idea of switching your Sofa cover for summer
As this is usually the largest piece of furniture in your room
changing the covers can really transform the atmosphere
so from Dark brown I would shake it up with this

 Expensive sofa from here
This is a covered sofa but you could easily get a slip cover made in a similar fabric

To throw on to this I would add

this Anthropologie cushion

and some from
John Robshaw

and we may need a throw
because, well, you know Ireland isn't exactly the warmest place in June
I would head back to John Robshaw for that also
and curl up in one of his vintage quilts

Then I would dot some of these around the room
as coasters
or catch-alls for the bits and bobs one needs to hand

plates from

High street market 

and finally the floor.....
I am being bold here but I do think this yellow rug would really make everything else sing

vintage morrocan rug 

As the walls are charcoal grey I think this would all be rather splendid

Do you change your decor or accessories for summer ?

James Plumb

You are probably familiar with James Plumb 

The duo responsible for the cluster lights 

but I only just came across what I think are far more beautiful 

Silk screen lights

Made using discarded silk screens 

from France and India

They are like illuminated paintings

to view more of this duo's work go HERE

to see a great little film on their work for 

Hostem 

a menswear store in London 

go HERE

Blue Living Room

I have always thought of Blue as a bedroom colour

My Bedroom is currently 

Blue Ground 

by Farrow and Ball

Detail of my bedroom wall

But, recently I am seeing this colour pop up

more and more

in Living Rooms

like 

 This interior by Steven Gambrel 

first seen on 

Habitually chic

also by Steven Gambrel

He even used it for the cover of his new Book

Isn't it smart teamed with Glossy black 

 This is a lighter blue
but very calming and fresh looking

image from HERE

I think this is my favourite, it is of Raymon Boozer, 

the owner of Apt 48's NY apartment 

......the table, dining chair, blue lamp,

the gallery wall....... love it all.

Image by 

Timothy Kolk

from ELLE decor

Olatz Schnabel

from 

T magazine
stopped me in my tracks when I first saw it
If you haven't yet seen her NY House then I would most certainly click on the link
and go take a look

 ok, so this is actually her bedroom 

but you could imagine it being a living room 

and the red curtains have inspired me 

I currently have navy linen in mine

and am on the lookout for a rug

I was thinking cream 

but these images have me veering towards red

or orange

This one from IKEA 

Is high on my list

As I am currently working on updating our Living Room

though

which included painting this sideboard black today 

(sorry bad iphone picture light was going will try update with a better one soon) 

 slightly better pic
also here you can see the current wall color which is a green

I used a new multi purpose spray paint from 

Rustoleum

 

and it was a great product very easy to use and dried really quickly

Now the question is do I go blue?

Alex Vervoodt, Wabi Sabi and the little woodwormed table

The movers have been and gone

My treasured possesions are now on the high seas

slowly making ther way across the ocean again.

We are living a spartan/glamping existence

for our final days in the city of New York

and you know what,

 I like it

Less stuff means less tidying up

Less noise

This also coincides with my recent purchase of

 this beautiful book

and some further research into the japanese philosophy of

Wabi Sabi

(this is a great piece about it)

I feel like I found my soul

 I cannot get enough of the scrubbed wooden floors, Does anyone have floors like this in their home?

Some years ago a little house in the local village was being demolished

I looked in through the windows and saw an old cracked belfast sink

after a little detective work I got in touch with the owner who told me to go in and take anything I like

I recovered a little desk, some old iron hooks

a mirror, the beflast sink

and a small woodwormed table.

I treated the table, to halt its destruction and set it in my kitchen

I texted Mr HJD who was away travelling:

Is there something wrong with loving a little woodwormed table THIS much

I sat and stared at it for days

I rubbed the worn patina on its face and traced the woodwormed furrows with my fingers

So now, in one week,

I return to my little woodwormed table

and the old familiar patina of my life in a little village in the middle of Ireland

and while the hottest new restaurant will not be opening
their next outpost there, any time soon........

I can't wait.

x

H

All Images from Alex Vervoodt Wabi Interiors

Roman and Williams

I have been hearing so much about The ACE Hotel

and have yet to get there

....it's on my to do list

When Abigail Ahern of ATELIER Abigail Ahern

mentioned the designers 

Roman and Williams

 the other day on her blog

It needed some further investigation

Which led me to this video on  

The Scout

Roman & Williams from The Scout on Vimeo.

definitely worth the watch

"It's a shame to only have dreams at night, you should have opportunities during the day"

says Stephen Alesch

What they create are timeless interiors

drawing on influences from Classical Architecture,

Asia, India and all with a heavy emphasis on texture

I love when they talk in the video about texture and how important it is to them, 

how the Arts have such a heavy focus on visual stimulus and how how limiting that seems to them.

Their interiors also have a touch of whimsy and humour so nothing feels really precious
but like somewhere you could really live
eat
work
create
which is what a modern home should be 

You can also read 

this blog post on Rose Callahan's blog

about her studio visit to Roman and Williams.

The society inc

Every 3 months Sibella Court creates a new palette for 

Murobond paints

based on a story she creates by collecting found objects.

I can't tell you how beautiful her site is 

You shall have to go and see for yourself

The Society Inc

Looking through her site made me so nostalgic for
all my bits and buttons and sticks and stitches
that I had spent years collecting
but left in Ireland!
Now I want them all, to artfully arrange on my mantelpiece
and curate into beautiful "scapes".
I guess I will have to start a new collection.

If you happen to live in Paddington NSW, Australia,

Do please visit her shop and let us know all about it