Revisit the very swinging 60s March 22, 2012 DANISH STYLE SOFA £449 FROM MADE This olive green Scandinavian-inspired sofa will add an air of effortless cool to your living room. made.com 60S STYLE PHONE £99 FROM JOHN LEWIS In an age of mobile phones, all landlines are pretty retro. Go the whole hog with this bright orange number. johnlewis.com CHROME ARMCHAIR £325 FROM [...]
Be inspired by Mother’s Day March 15, 2012 KITCHENAID ARTISAN MIXER £419 selfridges.com A most-lusted-after for many a kitchenista, this gorgeous retro mixer packs major power, mixing big batches fast. LIBERTY HOUSE SILK AND VELVET CUSHION £145 liberty.co.uk For a woman with a historical bent, this cushion features a vintage design of Liberty’s historic tudor building. FONTEYN DRESSING TABLE £349 made.com This delicate [...]
Keep time in high style with a statement clock March 1, 2012 HEALS VITRA SUNFLOWER CLOCK BY GEORGE NELSON £734 www.heals.co.uk DIAMANTINI & DOMENICONI LARGE WALL CLOCK £190 www.occa-home.co.uk TNOTIME CLOCK BY FARROW £140 www.scp.co.uk GRAHAM & GREEN CREAM CONVEX WALL CLOCK £130 www.grahamandgreen.co.uk KARLSSON WALL CLOCK BIG SPIDER STEEL W.PLASTIC BALLS CHROME £27 www.amazon.co.uk EICHHOLTZ GOLDSCHMIED HANGING CLOCK £144 www.occa-home.co.uk PERSONALISED VINTAGE RECORD PLAYER CLOCKS BY [...]
Give your home a dash of V-Day love February 9, 2012 PINK HEART PAPER DOILIES £3.95 www.dotcomgiftshop.com Incredibly simple and cheap way to make your table setting on Tuesday Valentine’s-ready: at under £4 for a set of 72, you can scatter them generously, then forget about them. STONEWARE DEEP-HEART DISH, LE CREUSET £42 www.lecreuset.co.uk Add some real heart to your Valentine’s dinner and future stews and [...]
Give your home a dash of V-Day love February 9, 2012 PINK HEART PAPER DOILIES £3.95 www.dotcomgiftshop.com Incredibly simple and cheap way to make your table setting on Tuesday Valentine’s-ready: at under £4 for a set of 72, you can scatter them generously, then forget about them. STONEWARE DEEP-HEART DISH, LE CREUSET £42 www.lecreuset.co.uk Add some real heart to your Valentine’s dinner and future stews and [...]
Hoberman’s internet-only furniture firm raises £6m January 10, 2012 MADE.COM, an online furniture group chaired by the Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman, yesterday announced it had raised £6m in a second round of funding. The New York-based investment group Level Equity led the fund-raising, supported by PROfounders Capital, a London venture capital group in which Hoberman is a partner. Ning Li, the firm’s 29 year [...]
Go softly: best winter cushions October 10, 2011 What and where to buy 1 Pomegranate Tree Roddy & Ginger £26, www.roddyandginger.co.uk 2 Robin Donna Wilson £67.99, www.donnawilson.com 3 We Had Everything Rob Ryan £47.29, www.etsy.com/shop/misterrob 4 Knitted Floor Cushion, Chartreuse Ferm Living £155, www.heals.co.uk 5 The Coloured-Sole Shoe “Shoes with coloured soles were as popular wggests Mark McNairy Derby shoes 6 Double Decker [...]
The irrepressible entrepreneur December 9, 2010 MOST people will recognise Brent Hoberman as the poster boy of the first dotcom bubble. He and his co-founder Martha Lane Fox publicly listed Lastminute.com on the day the market peaked. Yet unlike so many internet businesses they rode out the crash before selling the business in 2006 for $2bn. “We hit a zeitgeist moment,” [...]