Surreal Photography For Louboutin

Sometimes I come across images that make me keep going back time and again to take another look. These promotional photographs by Khuong Nguyen were for Louboutin. Each time I revisit I see something new. Enjoy!

Tinctory - Smocked Jewellery

Totally in love with these beautiful pieces of jewellery by Tinctory. Each piece is individual and made from silk dyed using vegetables and tea. Stunning. Found at Florizel

The Garden Station

I was in London AGAIN last weekend, delivering more Ghost Furniture to a customer and on the journey home we took a scenic detour. Not that far from home is The Garden Station a fabulous old Railway Station turned into a fabulous garden with beautiful walks.

The old waiting room is now a lovely tea shop, of course I took refreshments.

You can walk along the old track which is now grass and

gravel. Take a look at those old railway bridges.

Peeping through the trees I spotted a lake then just down the road is

a fabulous castle. How's that for a detour?

My Collaboration With.................

Sorry but this is just a teaser and it's the new logo but you are welcome to guess who it is I am collaborating with. Not long to wait as the new Ghost Furniture website which includes lots of pieces from this collaboration with......................... is nearly finished.

Vegetables - All Stiched Up

Don't go thinking these are just vegetables because they are not, they are made from fabric and stitched in an way to make you think they are real. Trompe l'eol takes on a whole new meaning. I mean just take a look at

these cabbage leaves,

the rhubarb,

the lemons and

a red cabbage. How clever is this? By Scholten and Baijings found at Designboom
Shown during Salon del Mobile in Milan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi

The Things You Can Do With Old Tapesteries

Even though I wouldn't consider having one in my home there's no denying that these life size, vintage tapestry covered animals are truly stunning. By Frederique Morrel in Paris

A Concrete Kitchen

I just fell in love with a kitchen. This one by Steininger in Austria is made of concrete just look

at the close up and

the truly clever thing is that the drawers and doors are in 8mm thick concrete but

when I noticed the herbs I thought they were placed there by a stylist but NO that drawer is for growing herbs in your kitchen. See why I fell in love?

Put Your Trotters Up

Life size pig stools look so comfy. Still Lives by Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz

More Milan Finds

Before I start blethering on about what I liked at Salon del Mobile in Milan let me say that you could do a lot worse than go to Designboom for a rundown, they are truly inspirational.
Now for me - I love the vintage fabric covered Beetle by Bokja Design,

the vintage furniture fixed together and draped by Martin Margiela - very Ghost Furniture

the Fornesetti Tables and

more Fornasetti tables by well Fornasetti of course.

WANTED!

A garden table with ivy growing all over it like this one found at Stylin Rooms in Germany

Simplicity

Ashes and Milk a simply beautiful website

STOP PRESS: The Great Escape

The sheep and their lambs have just escaped from their field and are happily munching on the grass outside my cottage door. Saves having to cut the grass I suppose but I now must go and find the farmer and tell him they are out.
Whilst typing this I had to run out and chase them as one of the lambs was eating my alpine plants. Ah life in the country.

Spring In My Little Hamlet

At this time of year I really appreciate living in a tiny hamlet in the middle of the National Park of Northumberland. I step out of my cottage onto a daffodil path,

see new life in the fields all around me,

some residents even come over to meet me and say hello,

there's always one isn't there,

new life springs up in my garden and

sunrise gives clarity to everything around me then

sunset changes the whole scene as if by magic. There's worse places to live.

Grassland

In my lounge sits this rug which has a tuft of grass growing out of it, well not literally as it's false but this is the best thing I have ever bought. They still sell them on my old website wheredidyoubuythat.com. Yesterday I discovered Grassland that sell

grass sheep,

grass orbs that look

fabulous in groups,

grass letters and

grass lamp shades. I get so many comments on my rug but am sure if I put that sheep on it my guests would have it confirmed that I truly am crazy.