HOMEWARES

THIS MONTH OUR LITTLE BLACK BOOK SERIES BRINGS YOU THE MOST COVETABLE ACCESSORIES AND OBJECTS TO WELCOME INTO YOUR HOME.

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The '90s ushered in an era in which status-symbol accessories would permeate interior design. We still live in that age, but the hysteria around home accessories has dimmed. It's now more about how well you curate your pieces, using organic, weathered items to add a sense of timelessness to interiors. Accessories represent a time and a movement right now. Vases are an ‘it’ item, and quickly define our age. They are used to display much more than just flowers.

We have introduced many new names ~Aretae Gifting, Bottega Terra, Fred Home, Holmon Home, In Design, and Rose Van-Eyk, as well as secret sources where top designers make regular raids.

We are firm believers that bold gestures with accessories, be they in shape, texture or colour, are a requisite of good design. Accessories somehow draw together all the things that will eventually create the completed room. It's good to plan such statements from the start, not add them willy-nilly at a later date. Look for glamour, too. Flat surfaces, especially console tables, look better with things on and under them. Objects, vases and lamps anchor the surfaces to the walls, and anything underneath fills the void. At its strongest and most valuable, a house is mirroring you exactly, and accessories give you the freedom to crossbreed things that have never met before but somehow embolden each other. Here is our guide to favourite names and hot newcomers.

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