Lovely Things

Wallpaper-style chinoiserie tiles from Fired Earth

Want a pretty wallpaper effect for your bathroom or kitchen? Take a look at Fired Earth's lovely handmade and hand decorated chinoiserie style tiles from tile maker Alice Gibbons and decorative artist Adam Calkin. Dragonfly, butterfly, bird, foliage and floral tiles are ordered individually or in small sets and can be combined to form panels of 4-36 tiles, which together create the full 72-tile decorative panel. The best bit? As this series is the Fired Earth product of the month for August, the tiles are currently 15% off. Prices range from £20.75 for the insect tiles, to £335 for the 12-tile panels.

Pink bathroom set from Matalan

Very retro and very pink! If you're looking for something more fun than the abundance of elegant stoneware, porcelain, polished metal and glass options for bathroom accessories we see everywhere these days, try this collection. This cute enamelled aluminium bathroom set includes a toothbrush holder, lotion/soap dispenser and tumbler and is just a tenner from Matalan. If you're a pink fanatic, check out our previous features on appliances and kitchenware.

Oriental Storage Cannister from Accessorize

I've been on the hunt for a pretty asian-inspired ceramic cannister for the bathroom ever since my poor mother picked up the lovely crackle-glazed one I had, not realising the lid just sits loosely on the top, and smashed the lid to smithereens (she was mortified). This one might just do the trick, with handpainted birds and floral details. It's 10 cms tall and £15 from Accessorize.

Manhole Cover Bathmat

I wrote about manhole cover doormats back in May and the style seems to be popular as you can now get a similar look in your bathroom with this rubber manhole cover bathmat. If you don't go for 'pretty' or you need something more sturdy than a traditional fabric bathmat, this could be a good choice. It has a 50 cm diameter, comes only in grey and is available from thedoghouse.co.uk for £19.99.

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Gift Guide: £20 and under

Ah Christmas shopping. It can be tricky finding an interesting gift without having to spend a lot of money, or a lot of time trawling websites and shops. And if you have a lot of people to buy for, the whole thing can really take it out of you. To give you a hand is our gift guide to lovely things for home and living, for £20 or less...