Object of the day: Sanderson 'Manila'

It's holiday time of year for the organised among us. 

If that's not you (it's not me), or if your holiday is about open fires and British countryside, you could always bring the heat home instead. And these two prints, in Sanderson's new Manila range, would do it for me.









A good tip if you don't want to commit to wallpapering properly, or can only stretch to one roll of the stuff, is to

Object of the day: CUSTHOM's latest embroidered fabric

I've written about Custhom before: the young design company's particular speciality is their unusual and striking digital embroidery technique, which gives their textiles a tactile, 3-D quality.

Now they've just launched a new range of cotton wallpaper and fabric using the same methods.









The south London-based pair behind Custhom Nathan Philpott and Jemma Ooi only met – at the Royal

Can't afford the new Sheila Bownas sofa?

What do you think of this sofa/daybed, designed using fabric from the Sheila Bownas archive and created in collaboration with furniture-makers, Parlour? 

It's called the Edwin, and I think the shade of blue, the smooth solid walnut, 50s-ish legs and back and the classic, boxy shape make it very good indeed.



Alas, thanks to rather beautiful details like these...



...it costs £2400. But if

Fabric of the day

It's been a while since I browsed the Ikea fabric department. And I'm rather liking these new-ish designs...



HÄLLEKNOPP, £4 per metre



STOCKHOLM, £6  per metre





TRÅDKLÖVER, £7 per metre



Because I'm a very lazy sew-er (I have a machine I was given on my 18th birthday. Back then I was an enthusiastic sew-er. It is currently rather dusty) I'm thinking the top and the bottom ones would