Wanted: Interior Designers

I regularly receive emails from customers asking if we provide interior design services. Well, at the moment we don't as we are busy enough as it is finding exciting new designs and running the businesses.

If you are are an interior designer specialising in stunning, contemporary design , preferably Dutch and living in the UK, email me.

Last week our new consignment of the marvellous Juju hats arrived.

They look fabulous on walls, adding instant texture and colour to interiors and are very popular with interior designers.

A customer visited our showroom to select a few. After informing us that he was colour-blind, he said he was looking for a blue one.

What kind of blue is that? he asked. Turqoise. Can you describe that colour?

Errrrr. See a very flustered Dean, desperately trying to describe Turquoise.

We really do go the extra mile for our customers.

Yes, I know it has been months since I blogged, I have been ill with the dreaded Swine flu and I can tell you that that is no fun at all. It takes weeks to recover from and I am still quite tired.

As Christmas is approaching very soon (yes so do get your gifts now, please don't leave it to the last minute) here is a a solution to proudly display all your Christmas cards, the Christmas Card Tree Holder.

Simply hook it over the back of a door et voila you can display all your Christmas cards.

Oops, seems the Home Duvet is causing an uproar in the States at the moment, AOL has written about the design here

Now we donate 30% of profits to homeless charities and we want to highlight and open up the discussion on homelessness in a frank and open way.

Judging from the comments on Shelterpop, we managed to at least open the discussion.

Last year I actually slept on the street for 1 night as part of the Centrepoint charity fund raising event and it was the most terrifying, tiresome and lonely experience of my life. I have the utmost respect for people who have to sleep on the streets day in day out.

I hope it will at least force people to think how they treat homeless people the next time they pass a person sleeping rough on the street, have a chat and maybe buy them a hot drink or some food.

I love super clever design that not only looks good but makes your life easier too!

Take the Hook Me Up Laundry bag.

The Hook Me Up is a laundry bag with a multi-functional twist. Because of its construction, you can hang it wherever you like, in your bedroom, bathroom, next to or above your washing machine and dryer. When it's full you can carry the laundry bag, with or without the metal construction, to the washing area.

Or just grab the laundry out of the bag from the top or open the zipper which is attached to the bottom.

One of our lovely customers, a very talented artist called Jane McCracken sent me an email with her new website address

Jane makes the most amazing biro pen drawings and portraits like the Russian Doll drawing which I found utterly compelling and really moving.

Her new series of work 'Tales from the East', involves strong images floating on stark white paper or images stirred by her photographic stills of films and documentaries then drawn in layers as if the stills are projected on top of one another, creating an ethereal final image.

Jane is looking for at a good gallery in London and Scotland to display her work, you can contact her via her website.

New this week is this stunning Wine Glass Chandelier .

I love this design with the wine glasses hanging in the metal framework. When the light is on, it spreads a lovely, soft light reflected in every glass.

Perfect above the dining table as a stunning centre piece or in the hallway to make a statement.