Love Your Home Blog

The New Year signifies the preparation for the first of four shoots we work on throughout the year.

The first of these will focus on our love for detail. Our bespoke service, puts the customer in control of the of the finished design, giving a truly unique product.

This season we will be reflecting our love of design detail through the combination of, contrasting texture and subtle colour change. At Love Your Home we really believe that design must last, not just for this season but for the future

Below are 3 mood boards. 

Large Prints 

We have spent the past 4 years focusing on, our core designs and fabric ranges. We have spent a huge amount of time sourcing the best woven, velvets and plains in cotton, linen and hard wearing stain resistant fabrics. We work extremely hard to edit out designs, so you know the fabrics we have are the best within the price range. At last we feel satisfied with the content of our plane fabric range. We feel ready to add pattern to the collection last year we added Fermoie, founded by the previous owners of Farrow and Ball. As you can imagine the colours and textures are perfection and completely timeless. 

This year we are including some large bold florals and limited edition floral designs, as always we have taken our time, researched and edited, so the new range will include only what we feel is the best, unique, timeless, and highest quality…watch this space for the results of the shoot.

 

New Neon

Neon and Neutral, For those who love an opportunity to experiment with New Tends . Christmas and in particular gift , wrapping is great time to play with colour and texture.

2/4 Blog posts demonstrating how you can get into the Christmas spirit, and still remain true to your style.

 1/4 Blog posts demonstrating how you can get into the Christmas spirit, and still remain true to your style.

Your home is, just that. Your place to feel relaxed and calm. This is never more important than at Christmas.

I used to find Christmas a challenging time, I love Christmas, being a stylist I am in heaven working on the colour palette for the up and coming festivities. But I used to find I got overloaded with inspiration, and ideas. After many years i realized, that that the way to decorate for Christmas is Exactly the same as you would at an other time . if you’re a minimalist, don’t feel you should, cover every surface with glitter and tinsel. Since this moment of clarity, I have been able to sit back and enjoy. Reminisce over the existing decoration and add to them year after year.

I have compiled some inspiration, to hopefully inspire your all. Remain true to yourself and what you LOVE.  

In our home we have a family tradition , we begin our Christmas decorations on the  10th day before Christmas. This tradition has carried over from my partners childhood. This is not a practice I approve of! left to me, we would be in full festive flow on the 1^st of December.

Today with 9 days still to go, until the big day i start with welcoming Christmas wreath.  As with every project a little research is required….

Well, thanks to our marvellous new Workshop extension and being super efficient, we are able to extend our last orders date for Pre Christmas Mainland England Deliveries to the 26th November - subject to the fabric being in stock, which it normally is. Our lovely Sofas, Beds and Sofa Beds will ensure you and your guests relax in Style and Comfort this Christmas. Best wishes The LYH Team

The Christmas countdown is on ….

Today I bought my Christmas cards , yes you heard me correctly. This year I am getting ahead. Every year I have elaborate plans of how I am going to create the perfect Christmas. Some work….and some dont.

One thing that you can do now is think about where you will be spending Christmas? If your at home, and expecting guests. Now is the time to make plans for ….

1The unexpected visitor  - The Felix is one of our new designs. I beautifully simple corner sofa Bed, with additional storage in the chaise.  The bed has a 2000 pocket sprung mattress with a memory foam top. Lets hope your guests don’t get to comfortable

2Extra seating – Angelina Armchair is a very generous, enveloping armchair.

3Reorganize the Guest room – A storage bed in a guest room is an absolute must. Many of us have spaces that need to work really hard. A storage bed gives a huge amount of extra space.

4 Put your feet up! – What more can I say, Christmas is a time to relax. The new Winston has the advantage of extra storage. Also available in bespoke sizes.

We Have started our countdown to Pre – Christmas orders on Instagram. Please follow us to find out our deadline.

 

Layering a silk dress wool trousers, leather jacket and scarf . The autumn is a great opportunity to experiment with texture. As you begin to layer your clothes, your home also begins to need a little update. I really went to town when layering the NEW Christobelle bed for our recent photo shoot. A throw, blanket large Mongolian cushion or even rug (if you feel the need for bigger change) can completely change the way your home feels as the days begin to shorten. I always have a selection of blankets, throws or warm tactile cushions to snuggle up with, in the snug or bedroom. My daughter hates itchy textiles , so I have become quite an expert in sourcing the most snuggly textiles. My advice would be choose a simple colour palette, then combine big knits, with soft brushed cotton and Mongolian sheep skin. Or crisp linen with, curly Mongolian and fine cotton knit . The more you combine the textures the better! See below some of my favourites this season.

Above: Rugs by Stitch by stitch

Below: 1 wool Throw From Mourne textiles , 2 Cable knit throw FromZara Home, 3 Arinay cushion from Anthropology, 5 Mongolian cushions M&S  7 Tweed wool throw from Mourne Textiles, 6 Cashmere throw from Brora

Autumn is my favourite time of year. Living in the country, I am of course, subconsciously, inspired by nature and its changing seasons. But at this time of year I find myself obsessively drawn, to the incredible sculptural forms of dried seed pods from poppy’s, dry allium heads and fennel. Even our wild sweet pea has a faded to a beautiful paper-like garland. I an constantly stopping the car to rescue Teasel or Gathering bundles of  Cow parsley, tying them together with string or arranging them in vases. They are so fragile, I want to protect these small mementos of summer from the onslaught of winter. I found the image above, during the height of summer, when the garden was in full bloom. Even in the heat of July, sitting in my flip-flops, I had a pang of excitement thinking of the season to come, and the hidden treasures of autumn.