If harping on about birds was a sackable offence we’d be out of jobs round here. Since it’s not, here’s a company I’ve been meaning to blog about since seeing them at Tent / Design Week back in September: Standfast & Barracks, an 80-year-old Lancaster fabric printers. Just check out their birds…

Stick a yellow cushion with that, and we’re back at the major trend (I am trying to push) that is Lilac and Yellow. Or, wait a minute, no need…

Done.

My Friend, you still into dusky pink and – forever a colour I associate with you – coral? Behold this jazzy mash-up of vintage florals and oriental pattern… These kind of prints in the wrong hands? Possibly another Chelsea-ghastly moment. But, right now as I contemplate de-birding my spare room – papered in this – they’re making me pause.

I’ll leave you with a snap of the Standfast & Barracks stand that started all this…

Swanning off

I really didn’t know what to post about today. Looked at all my favourite blogs, ransacked my brain, nothing. So I just googled something I can’t get enough of, and present it here to you. Two words: Swan Beds. Here’s Mae West in her’s. And again: Amazing! Want one? Well I happen to know that […]

Butterflies

I’m blogging at speed today, so a quick mention of a cultural jaunt I really recommend – Sensational Butterflies at The Natural History Museum – well, in a tent in the grounds… The incredibly hot butterfly house contained over 100 live butterflies and moths, some of them landing on your hands, though not mine despite my […]

On twitter

Squawk! Birds might be more than everywhere, but I always have room for a bit more Charley Harper. From online craft shop Purl Soho, are these needlepoint canvases of all my very favourite bird pictures. They’re a bit steep, if you ask me, at around 100 dollars without threads. But as it’d take me a […]

Lilac and yellow

The web is alive with talk of Karl Lagerfeld’s latest colour scheme, lemon and lilac as launched in his cruise collection shown in Antibes this week, I found out at The Women’s Room. My friend, fashion guru (and all-round lovely girl) is a step ahead of ole Karl and has been talking up yellow and lilac as […]