Next is a bit of a surprise for home decoration, and their small collection of wallpapers has some lovely designs at a great price. Each roll is priced at just 14.99 for 10.5 metres, and all paper is sourced from sustainable forests. Go for the baroque look with the purple or silver 'damask' papers (above), a cooler silhouette with the duck egg blue 'ice' (below left), or 'ice mocha' for a neutral tone, or a subtle retro style with the grey 'stellar' (below right).
Homewares aren't what I first think of when I think ASOS as they're much better known for their celeb-inspired clothes, but the online-only store currently carries a lovely range of flocked home accessories. Being from ASOS, they're also pretty inexpensive, so a great way to try out the current enthusiasm for all things flocked without breaking your budget. The set of four coasters is just £5, the candlestick and cushion are both £10 each and the photo frame is £12.
Thanks very much to my lovely friend Sandra who alerted me to these baroque-style flocked storage boxes. As I've mentioned before on this site, flocking is everywhere on paper-based goods, fabrics and tableware and gives a great textured effect. These boxes come with either black, red or green velour flocking on a white background and are available from BoConcept from £11.
This week I popped into Habitat to have a brief nose around the new range in their Habitat Art on Demand collection. As well as a range of posters I didn't have the chance to fully explore, they have some great painted ready-to-hang canvases in a variety of styles.
View more via the link below.
How gorgeously kitsch is this cushion? It depicts little boys and girls decorating a Christmas tree and is really very sweet. Made from a 1950s inspired vintage-style cotton fabric it comes with a 40 x 40cm cushion pad included and the start price is £9.50. Be quick, the auction only has one more day to run.
Having mirrors around the house definitely helps to make spaces feel larger and brighter. But not all decors suit the traditional square mirror shapes. Round mirrors can give more of a portal effect, and can seem a little more unexpected in a room perhaps dominated by angular furniture.
This round carved wooden mirror from Laura Ashley has a lovely vintage style and comes in either cream or dark gold at £75.
For more mirrors, click the link below...
Unfortunately, like the websites for their fashion stores, Zara Home doesn't show full details of their products, any individual product images or any sort of online shopping. So, we'll have to make do with their gorgeously-styled room shots. It looks like Autumn/Winter from Zara Home sees some differently styled lines. One, a more modern, slightly retro theme, and the other, a real feeling of decadence and crumbling opulence, with luxurious fabrics, mirrored furniture, lots of gold tones, embroidery and the flocked fabric style that I also saw a lot of at the Autumn Top Drawer show (seriously, everyone seems to be doing it). Here's a few favourite shots of the decadent style (click on the link to view)...
Get over to Synergy Styles to take advantage of their clearout of ex-display and showroom stock.
You can snap up this Sanderson slipper chair in gorgeous wine-coloured check upholstery for just £250, a saving of over 600 quid on the original price of £875.
Less than half price is this Sanderson sofa in a fresh green with lovely rolled arms at just £799, down from three grand. Both pieces are one-off bespoke creations upholstered in designer fabric, so there's just one of each available. At those prices it'd almost be rude not to, wouldn't it?
A few nice pieces of shabby chic style furniture available via eBay...
Victorian Painted 'Shabby Chic' Corner Cupboard
French Style Shabby Chic 3drw Chest & Cupboard
Victorian Painted 'Shabby Chic' Cupboard on Turned Feet
Beautiful Brand New Cabinet Cupboard French Shabby Chic
Victorian Painted Pine 'Shabby Chic' Tall Cupboard
SHABBY CHIC Sage Green Colour-washed Cabinet/Cupboard
Check out these very funky retro-style hanging tealight holders. They come in red, blue, yellow and green glazing, and have a very tactile, smooth ceramic 'shell' that makes me want to reach into the picture and stroke them. Available from Stylish Life for £9.99, marked down from £16.50.
