http://the-colonies.com a London interiors blop (blog and shop) Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:00:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Don’t play with your food. http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/dont-play-with-your-food/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-play-with-your-food http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/dont-play-with-your-food/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:00:40 +0000 Jessica http://the-colonies.com/?p=2847

‘candelier’ by kevin champeny image from here

all other images from here

 

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‘candelier’ by kevin champeny image from here

all other images from here

 

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from here

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from here

]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/lately-im-loving-rgb-pendant-by-zero/feed/ 0 I wish I had created this… http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/i-wish-i-had-created-this/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-wish-i-had-created-this http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/i-wish-i-had-created-this/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:21:54 +0000 Jessica http://the-colonies.com/?p=2830

images from here

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images from here

]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/i-wish-i-had-created-this/feed/ 0 Deep Thought of the Day http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/deep-thought-of-the-day-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deep-thought-of-the-day-22 http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/deep-thought-of-the-day-22/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:00:53 +0000 Jessica http://the-colonies.com/?p=2813

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]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/deep-thought-of-the-day-22/feed/ 0 Just Folk http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/just-folk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-folk http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/just-folk/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:41:07 +0000 Jessica http://the-colonies.com/?p=2801 The images below are from California shop, Just Folk.  There are treasures at every turn. I would live there in a heartbeat…giant hands, mannequin lamps and all.

images from here

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images from here

]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/03/just-folk/feed/ 0 Girls! http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/girls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=girls http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/girls/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:54:52 +0000 Megan http://the-colonies.com/?p=2782

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]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/girls/feed/ 0 How to fill that light-shaped hole in your room… http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/how-to-fill-that-light-shaped-hole-in-your-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fill-that-light-shaped-hole-in-your-room http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/how-to-fill-that-light-shaped-hole-in-your-room/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:57:50 +0000 Megan http://the-colonies.com/?p=2785 What’s been missing from my life all these years? Why, a light on a rope with an industrial pulley (and maybe even a crank), of course.

Exhibit A: chandelier in Trangallan restaurant, Newington Green, London

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B: Not your everyday bedside lamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit A: chandelier in Trangallan restaurant, Newington Green, London

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B: Not your everyday bedside lamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/how-to-fill-that-light-shaped-hole-in-your-room/feed/ 0 Lately I’m Loving… Boucherouite Rugs http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/lately-im-loving-boucherouite-rugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lately-im-loving-boucherouite-rugs http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/lately-im-loving-boucherouite-rugs/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:51:26 +0000 Megan http://the-colonies.com/?p=2754 Behold. Colour. Made by the Berber people of Morocco from scraps of old clothes.






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]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/lately-im-loving-boucherouite-rugs/feed/ 0 Gurunsi Earth Houses of Burkina Faso http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/gurunsi-earth-houses-of-burkina-faso/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gurunsi-earth-houses-of-burkina-faso http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/gurunsi-earth-houses-of-burkina-faso/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:00:04 +0000 Jessica http://the-colonies.com/?p=2740 I would like to paint the outside of my house like this, though I suspect I might not get away with it.

I find these images inspiring and insightful – they make me think about the need for expression and personalisation of the home no matter the environment or the presumed economic status of those that live there.

Show us some of your own attempts at expression and personalisation of your home by commenting below.

 

images from here

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I find these images inspiring and insightful – they make me think about the need for expression and personalisation of the home no matter the environment or the presumed economic status of those that live there.

Show us some of your own attempts at expression and personalisation of your home by commenting below.

 

images from here

]]> http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/gurunsi-earth-houses-of-burkina-faso/feed/ 0 How to Hang Your Art http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/how-to-hang-your-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-hang-your-art http://the-colonies.com/2013/02/how-to-hang-your-art/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:03:13 +0000 Jessica http://the-colonies.com/?p=2729

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