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Hello and welcome to "Five Minutes With...", our latest blog feature. Each month, we'll be having a brief chat with one of our marvellous suppliers... about life, the universe, and everything. By which I mean interiors and travel, obvs. We work with a huge range of clever and creative maker-types, who craft all sorts of beautiful products, from ceramics, candles and chocolate, through prints, pencils and planters, to soap, sculptures and... some other great things. Join us for a glimpse behind the curtain and see what makes them tick.  This month, we'll be talking to the very lovely Soo Burnell, the...

We have a guest on our blog today! Please give a warm welcome to Katie Georgeson from Stoves! Here she shares her tips for throwing the perfect dinner party. Take it away Katie... Throwing a dinner party can initially seem daunting, but it’s also the perfect opportunity to show off your hosting and cooking skills. And while there isn’t a magic recipe to follow, there are many tips and tricks I can share with you that’ll help you create the perfect dinner party. Plan a Guest List Apart from the food, the guest list is the second most important thing...

Someone I know (mid-30s, no kids) recently said that she still gets "Back to School" vibes in September. I wholeheartedly agree and I don't believe we are alone. I'm now more than a decade out of the world of full time education, and to me September still feels like more of a fresh start than the new year does. Maybe it's the fact that it coincides with the changing of the seasons. There's a delicious crispness to the air and a hint of yellow creeping into the leaves... I don't know. What I do know is that September always makes...

  Welcome to our latest "Brilliant Blogs" post. Where we write a blog post about other blogs that we think are brilliant. Meta. This month we're featuring Cate St Hill. Her marvellous blog has been around since 2011, so you may well already be familiar with it. If not, you're in for a treat!  Cate is a design and interiors writer, blogger, stylist and consultant based in South London. As something of a mission statement, she set up the hashtag #thesimpleeveryday, and her blog is all about simple interior design for everyday living. We love it.  To quote Cate's 'About'...

Hello and welcome to "Five Minutes With...", our latest blog feature. Each month, we'll be having a brief chat with one of our marvellous suppliers... about life, the universe, and everything. By which I mean interiors and travel, obvs. We work with a huge range of clever and creative maker-types, who craft all sorts of beautiful products, from ceramics, candles and chocolate, through prints, pencils and planters, to soap, sculptures and... some other great things. Join us for a glimpse behind the curtain and see what makes them tick.  This month, we'll be talking to Joe Cocozza from über-cool design house,...