An update from Burma May 11, 2022 This time last week Sophie touched down in Yangon for the first time in just over two years. She has now spent a very happy week back in a place she...
At Home With: Phway, founder of Gabar April 20, 2022 It’s kind of amazing how a scent can bring you back to a particular moment, place or person. It evokes so much memory. It could be the perfume your mother...
An Ode To Golden Hour April 13, 2022 You’ve probably heard us wax lyrical about Yangon’s light. We feel like we must do it some sort of poetic justice, because when you see it, it’s hard not to...
Homes With Soul April 06, 2022 This month we’re reflecting and focusing on the soulfulness of home. Whether it’s having a drink at the end of the day, gathering around the kitchen table, sinking into the...
Behind Closed Doors: Archive Photography of 70s Burma March 23, 2022 Emma Jane Palin's collection is rooted in the 70s. Here we have a look at the secret flair beneath the facade of Burma in the 70s. Prepare for flair and...
In Conversation with Emma Jane Palin March 16, 2022 In case you missed it, we've launched our first ever capsule collection, designed by the wonderful interior stylist Emma Jane Palin. Emma’s 70s style, bold colour scheme and warm personality were exactly what...
Meet the makers behind our collection with Emma Jane Palin March 01, 2022 So much goes into our collections. From the initial designs to showing you the final products. But the most important part? Our makers and how they craft each piece. We...
A few thoughts on 'home' February 23, 2022 Liese Doucet said in her Desert Island Discs last week that “the word ‘home’ is one of the most evocative, the most powerful, the most beautiful words in the English...
Love Notes: To And From Our Team February 16, 2022 Last week we mentioned that we’re in the process of moving warehouses both at home (Yangon) and in Wales (another version of home). You might have seen glimpses of our...
Why Grow? February 09, 2022 Two exciting moves are happening this month: into bigger warehouses in both Yangon (our Kalinko home) and Wales (right by Sophie’s family home). That means two really important things: we can a) house...
An Interview with Sophie, Founder of Kalinko February 01, 20221 comment A lot can happen in six years. People change, businesses transform; we move, we adapt, we grow. There have been plenty of shifts over the past couple of years, and...
The Story behind our Brass Collection November 17, 2021 Where oh where does all that shiny stuff come from? Here's the scoop... Burma has long been known as The Golden Land, and for good reason. There are thousands of...