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What is it about pastels?
As soothing as they are, we're not talking about throat pastilles. The COLOURS. They seem to fit into everything anywhere, to go with every outfit, with every painting, with every room scheme. So here's the low-down on why they're been such a success story, and when they first came onto the scene...
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The ONE THING to buy for Father's Day
The Orwell Shoe Horn I'll be honest with you, I thought this was a bit of a rogue product when we launched. Who even uses a shoehorn? Just try it, said my husband. They're beautiful. You never see such long ones anywhere else. And men will love them. Well....as much as it galls me to admit it, he was absolutely right (on this occasion). This was one of our first products, and since day one has been a bestseller. So why do people love them?
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Homeware to make your summer sizzle
"Temperatures may reach 27° degrees..." That's what the Weather Lady said. And we're ready for that sun. We're ready for long lunches, tomato salads, mozzarella. For spoiling puddings, for raspberries, for a little bit more cream. For afternoons on the grass. For reading every inch of the papers. For dozing off to the hypnotic coo of a wood-pigeon. We are so, so ready... Here's our Summer Selection
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Natural Homeware: Why we're going back to basics
It's very odd realising that the world is no longer your oyster. Or that your oyster has become very much smaller. A clam, if you will. A four-walled winkle. But in the same way that having a child forces you to slow down, spending a protracted spell in the same space and not knowing when that spell will break does help to distil things. Take breakfast, for example...
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10 easy and cheap useful tips for isolation
1 - Get an isolation buddy to learn Indian Head Massage and practice on you.2 - Buy a Mr Grasshead. £4 of childhood joy.3 - Make a homemade body scrub. Good way to get through the stuff at the back of the cupboard. Etc...
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Your Kalinko: What's InYa Bowls!
We wanted to see What was Inya Bowls... And you showed us! Here's the winner of the £200 voucher that was up for grabs for the best bowl...
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Globetrotting: Sydney
Heading for some winter sun in Sydney? Great idea. Here's how to do it, thanks to our resident expert, Katherine. It's an outdoor lifestyle, so pack your flippers and your factor 50, ready to work up an appetite for all the food-fun that comes afterwards.
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Home Truths: 9 Interiors Instagram Accounts to Follow
People are changing the way they use Instagram. It's going back to what it used to be: windows into small snippets of the world, little corners of beauty or interest, tiny escapes from our every day humdrum. We're seeing less "hotdogs or legs" (linked for the non-Instagram users amongst you who have no idea what on earth that is), and more pretty pools of light across a room in the afternoon.Here are the interiors instagram accounts we get particular pleasure from. ONE | Yellowtrace In their own words "dropping design inspiration bombs daily", Yellowtrace is a Sydney-based online publication. Their instagram feed is a varied, beautiful and perfectly curated showcase of the best design. TWO | Room on Fire Curated by interior designer Chloë McCarthy, Room on Fire is a gorgeous feed of rustic materials, sweeping arches and stairways and a lot of the streaming light that we can't get enough of on our Instagram stories. THREE | Modernist Estates This is awesome. It's just modernist estates, looking retro and chic, inside and out. FOUR | Ettoree Sottsass Ettore Sottsass was a 20th Century Italian architect and designer. This feed is actually curated by Raquel Cayre in his memory, inspired by his work. It's always bright, buzzy and a bit weird. FIVE | Plum Collective We love Melissa's pick of interiors, art and design. She actually runs a company that makes beautiful lights, but this is her vibe nicely encapsulated. SIX | Studio Ashby Sophie Ashby is a London-based interior designer. Her style is super varied, but centres on art, travel, vintage pieces and natural materials. A gal after our own heart. SEVEN | The Modern House This is actually a UK estate agent, but they only sell homes which are incredibly beautifully designed. So this is perfect for being nosy, and for planning your future post-lottery-win home purchase. EIGHT | Emily Forgot Emily is an artist, but her work is so popular with interior designers that her feed reads like an interiors account. Mid-century chic, and right up our street. NINE | Teklan A Swedish wunderkind of colour, Teklan Evelina Severin is the opposite of what comes to mind when you think of skandi interiors. Her images are bright, bold and brutalist. Originally an interior architect, she's now a "multi-disciplinary designer", so photographer, art director, set designer, brand consultant. Her posts always put a pep in your step. Follow us on Instagram
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Kalinko Living: Meet MiMi Aye
We’ve written about Burmese food before, and chatted about where to try it in London. But there’s never been an easy for us to help you try it out at home….until now! Chef and author MiMi Aye, who was British-born to Burmese parents, released her book MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen last Summer, and has made seismic steps for Burmese food in kitchens beyond Burma. She agreed to chat to us and tell us all about why her book has been so successful, what Burmese food really is, and how it has defined her life.
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