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It is this time of year thoughts turn to Christmas gift shopping and many of the online stores are already stocked with goodies. One of those is Bristol based Howkapow where co-founder and creative director Cat How has a good eye for design. The post begins with this colourful wrapping paper that is a Howkapow in-house exclusive. Other arrivals in the new Christmas selection include cushions

I have finally reached the end of my Maisons du Monde marathon. It has been seven days of posts - so thank you for sticking with me - and I hope you have found something inspirational you liked. We end with a mixture of snap shots from my store visit and beautifully styled shots from their website. Everything featured during the showcase was spotted at Maisons du Monde who have a stores all

P&P today is all about the Exotic - mainly meaning designs inspired by a country that seems distant and different from your own. French company Maisons du Monde created a variety of looks inspired by countries such Mexico, Brazil, and Spain. We begin with a selection using ethnic motifs and colourful embroidery, with poms poms and South American brights. This is followed by Palm Springs and Rio

My Maisons du Monde features are carrying over from last week. One because we had a day off to focus on the Sock Design Contest and two they have so many lovely things to see. The French based retailer was founded in 1996 and celebrates it's 20th birthday this year. It has nearly 200 stores in France with a further 69 across Europe including Italy where I came across them. There philosophy is

I am still featuring Maisons du Monde, the shop I fell in love with whilst in Bologna at the beginning of this month. Here is why I liked them so much - the ranges at Maison du Monde are a lesson in how to make patterns work on a wide range of products and add value and style to a business. It is the prints that add the appeal to these goods and make them stand out from other retailers. Plus

I am continuing to post about a beautiful store I found in Bologna, Italy at the beginning of September called Maisons du Monde. This French company have a wonderful range of prints and patterns within their product ranges - and at a very affordable price. There were so many nice designs on every shelf I didn't know what to snap first when I visited . Today's collection is their retro themed '

My best discovery and favourite store in Bologna, Italy was without doubt Maisons du Monde. This contemporary store felt like a mixture between Heals, West Elm and Ikea. It was packed with patterns on a wide variety of products. So this week I will be bringing you a selection of their products through my snapshots taken in store and web pictures. Their designs are all themed into collections

Tresillo is the new, fashion-inspired collection of eclectic fabrics and wallcoverings from Harlequin. Released this month Tresillo is a modern collection of "soft, geometric motifs, subtle but statement patterns and effortless organic designs" that have been inspired by Latin America. It has a lively and imaginative colour palette, grouped together in combinations that are vibrant and

We have a real treat on P&P today with tons of new product from Donna Wilson. There are lots of fab new designs for Autumn/Winter 2016 including these fun bamboo plates featuring a fox, cat, and bear. Donna Wilson is known for her sense of humour, knitting and love of craft. Her quirky woolly creations are stocked in top stores such as Heals and John Lewis. Fond childhood memories in the

As it is the last day for Print & pattern before a little summer break I wanted to go out with something really bold and colourful. And what better than these stunning prints on cushions, fabrics, lampshades, rugs and more from bluebellgray. The company was founded in Scotland in 2009 by Fi Douglas a graduate of the prestigious Glasgow School of Art. Fi wanted to make designs with a painterly

And for our Friday eye candy, where we post fab patterns 'just because', we have these designs from the legendary Marimekko. We start with Aino Maija Metsola's 'Pieni Hattarakukka' print featuring 'cotton candy flowers'. This is followed by Pieni Karuselli (Merry Go Round) which was designed for Marimekko in 1973 by Katsuji Wakisaka.

Stylish brand KUTE have just launched ten brand new cushion designs. KUTE started as a small, idea in 2015, between a couple with a shared passion for design and home décor. A hope for a creative future together was forming, and after many months of ‘talking’, a plan was finally put into action. Their debut collection launched in November 2015 to much enthusiasm and KUTE are excited to share

Here we have a little sneak peak of some of the home furnishing designs expected at George this Autumn. The little bird cushion (above) particularly caught my eye, but being Autumn we can expect to see lots of leaves and foxes when the range hits the stores later in the year.

After the success of a pop up shop at Christmas time New Zealand based designer Ellen Giggenbach has taken the plunge and opened her very own retail store "ELLEN G" in Petone near Wellington. It’s in a lovely big airy space and filled with a large variety of products all featuring Ellen's wonderful art. Ellen makes as much as she can herself (the wall hangings, cushions and paper products/

Mönster Surface Design is a surface design studio based in Recife - Brazil, that produces special cushions for home decor and Mariana Pinheiro is the designer and maker behind it. The pillow cases are made in a linen, cotton and viscose fabric blend in natural color, screen printed by hand and sewn one by one for me. Without necessarily follow trends or launch periodic collections, Mönster are

I thought I would just drop in and see what was new at ferm LIVING. I was pleased to find designs from Ingela P Arrhenius on kitchen napkins and boards, and a cute cat poster for children. Also catching my eye were the bold geometrics of the Maya range (above & below) on cushions and wall art.

A new week begins with fresh designs from boutique Oliver Bonas. This UK design led retailer has 51 shops across the country and a lovely online store. New arrivals for Spring Summer 2016 include beautiful packaging on soaps and toiletries, typographic wall art, geometric cushions, painterly greetings cards, and a Memphis style notebook. You can see these items and lots more home and fashion

Today we have a real burst of spring colour with the new arrivals at Habitat. The new collection use a palette of warm yellow and orange either cooled with grey for indoors of freshened with green for outdoors. Shown here are rugs, cushions, vases and picnicware which are all new for this season at Habitat. It has also been announced Habitat are working with fashion designer Henry Holland - so

I was inspired to create today's post after seeing the cover image on the latest edition of Country Homes & Interiors magazine. It features a vivid floral spring floral by Clarke & Clarke. The wallpaper print is called Ariadne's Dream by Kim Parker from her Artbook collection. The range features various beautiful florals on both fabrics and wallpaper and can be seen online here.

Whislt checking out the latest Mini Labo Japanese range I thought I would have a browse around the Belle Maison website and see what other prints and patterns I could find amongst their interior goods. You can see these and more including designs from Leah Duncan and Pattern Bakery online here at Belle Maison.

Lohko is the latest range of fabrics and wallpapers from UK company Scion. This fabulous new graphic collection was officially launched at a Paris trade show just over a week ago and was designed by Hannah Bowen. 'Lohko' takes its name from the Finnish word for blocks and is an ideal title for this Scandi style geometric range. Motifs include chevrons, cut out blocks, hyper stylised tulips,

Whilst on the subject of designs for children these wallpapers are a new edition from British home furnishing company Scion. Called 'Guess Who?' this is Scion's very first children's collection designed in house by Hannah Bowen. For the colourways Scion wanted to move the 'typical’ kids colour palette onto something more trend-led. Rather than creams and yellows which are often used in

The lovely designs come from "The Scandinavian Pattern Collection" a business collective which aims to promote Scandinavian designers and patterns to the Japanese market. Members of the collective include Edholm Ullenius, Maria Bergstrom, Anna Berger, and Johanna Orn. Here are some of my favourites but there is plenty more to see at the Scandinavian Pattern Collection website.

Natalya Zahn is an American illustrator currently located in Boston, MA. Her love of nature, animals, and natural history subjects has resulted in a new collection of textiles based on wild plants and pollinators. The original goal for the collection was for display during a solo art exhibition called 'Birds, Bees and Tulip Trees' - thus each pattern was designed at a larger than life size to

KUTE started as a small, sparkling idea in 2015, between Alice Potter and Aurelien Vassal, a couple with a shared passion for design and home décor. A hope for a creative future together was forming, and after many months of ‘talking’, a plan was finally put into action. That plan included a road trip to Spain in August 2015, where Aurelien and Alice spent two weeks travelling by shared cars