Don't match your handbag to your shoes. Don't match your curtains to your carpet. Don't match your napkins to your walls. In fashion and in our homes, the recent mood has been against matchy-matchy style. Seeing double: An elegant arrangement by OKA 'The idea of matching sets in the home has been a bit of a taboo,' says Julie Paul, head of interior design at OKA, 'non-matching dining chairs and clashing fabric textures have been everywhere. But this eclectic look can start to appear messy, Lục bình gỗ tỳ bà especially in more confined spaces.
So is it time to bring matching back?' Banish thoughts of naff sets of three flying ducks over the mantelpiece and think instead of collections of vases, prints in matching frames, or groups of natural objects such as fossils, agate stones or shells. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next Bob Hope's space age UFO-style home in Coachella sells for... A pad fit for Prince Charming! Adam and the Ants drummer...
Homeowners' £120k premium to live in a National Park: Prices... Share this article Share Take your inspiration from an exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Garnitures: Vase Sets From National Trust Houses recreates the original decorative arrangements of collections of beautiful vases from the stateliest of homes. Our ancestors loved these garnitures - literally: garnishings or trimmings - which they ranged along mantelpieces or displayed above door http://malanaz.com/luc-binh-go-tphcm-luc-binh-go-trang-tri-phong-khach/ frames.
Josiah Wedgwood, the 18th-century china impresario who called himself 'vase-maker general to the universe', saw the commercial advantage in persuading customers that they didn't need just one of his vases, but eight, nine, ten of them, in different sizes and with slight variations to the pattern. Dynamic ceramics: Vases by ceramicist Chris Keenan who specialises in multiples Today, ceramicists make pieces that beg to be grouped and gathered together.
Chris Keenan throws beautiful cups, pots and vases in porcelain (from £30, chris keenan.co.uk). 'I never make one thing,' he says. 'Making multiples is an important part of my work.' He says experimentation is hugely important as you're arranging treasured objects. The more you play with collections, whether on a mantelpiece or along a dresser's edge, the more you will see your possessions anew. 'Why not move two things each day as you go up and down stairs?' He installed a row of his pieces on a windowsill at Blackwell, an Arts & Crafts house, near Lake Windermere. His aim was to allow glimpses of the fells and sky through the gaps.
His work can be seen over his studio's open weekend in London (December 1 to 4). On show: Open shelves are a good way to display attractive pottery and ceramics like these by Emma Bridgewater Adam Keeling, a ceramicist at Whichford Pottery in Gloucestershire, throws deep decorative bowls in bold patterns (from £30, whichfordpottery.com). Use his designs to brighten up open kitchen shelves. Follow Emma Bridgewater's example and build high shelves around the top of the walls of every room to display commemorative mugs, teapots and heirlooms.
So is it time to bring matching back?' Banish thoughts of naff sets of three flying ducks over the mantelpiece and think instead of collections of vases, prints in matching frames, or groups of natural objects such as fossils, agate stones or shells. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next Bob Hope's space age UFO-style home in Coachella sells for... A pad fit for Prince Charming! Adam and the Ants drummer...Homeowners' £120k premium to live in a National Park: Prices... Share this article Share Take your inspiration from an exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Garnitures: Vase Sets From National Trust Houses recreates the original decorative arrangements of collections of beautiful vases from the stateliest of homes. Our ancestors loved these garnitures - literally: garnishings or trimmings - which they ranged along mantelpieces or displayed above door http://malanaz.com/luc-binh-go-tphcm-luc-binh-go-trang-tri-phong-khach/ frames.
Josiah Wedgwood, the 18th-century china impresario who called himself 'vase-maker general to the universe', saw the commercial advantage in persuading customers that they didn't need just one of his vases, but eight, nine, ten of them, in different sizes and with slight variations to the pattern. Dynamic ceramics: Vases by ceramicist Chris Keenan who specialises in multiples Today, ceramicists make pieces that beg to be grouped and gathered together.
Chris Keenan throws beautiful cups, pots and vases in porcelain (from £30, chris keenan.co.uk). 'I never make one thing,' he says. 'Making multiples is an important part of my work.' He says experimentation is hugely important as you're arranging treasured objects. The more you play with collections, whether on a mantelpiece or along a dresser's edge, the more you will see your possessions anew. 'Why not move two things each day as you go up and down stairs?' He installed a row of his pieces on a windowsill at Blackwell, an Arts & Crafts house, near Lake Windermere. His aim was to allow glimpses of the fells and sky through the gaps.
His work can be seen over his studio's open weekend in London (December 1 to 4). On show: Open shelves are a good way to display attractive pottery and ceramics like these by Emma Bridgewater Adam Keeling, a ceramicist at Whichford Pottery in Gloucestershire, throws deep decorative bowls in bold patterns (from £30, whichfordpottery.com). Use his designs to brighten up open kitchen shelves. Follow Emma Bridgewater's example and build high shelves around the top of the walls of every room to display commemorative mugs, teapots and heirlooms.
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