It’s official. We’re spending more time in our gardens and outdoor spaces than ever before. According to the latest data , February saw 62% of the UK’s adult population visit a green space. And with the warmer weather on its way (fingers crossed!), surely our desire for getting out in the garden will only increase. Making your outdoor space an extension of your home For the best part of a year, our ga …
We’re always happy to do our research at Furnishings Studio and we were very fortunate to make it to Spring Design Week just before the lockdown. We held off from sharing what we saw while we all wrestled with food shortages, shielding, working from home and getting to grips with home learning. But now that we’ve baked all the bread we can eat (banana or otherwise!) and decluttered to our heart’ …
Time was that it seemed like the whole of London was painted in Farrow and Ball’s famous shade of grey. Or a variation of it. But if our recent trip to interior design exhibition, Decorex, is anything to go on, then things have taken a definite turn towards the dark side. Because charcoal is the way forward. And it’s incredibly versatile and looks absolutely stunning. We saw it in paints (for wal …
It’s so nice to see the sun and to have the clocks move forward. But it’s that time of year when it can often look much warmer out than it is and when the house gets chilly quite quickly once it loses the warmth of the sun. But with so many of us now enjoying lovely bifold or patio doors we often have a space in our homes that has the advantages of garden views combined with the snug cosiness of t …
We recently made our annual foray to Interior Design show Decorex. Here’s an update on what we saw: Screens and room dividers Our lives seem to be becoming increasingly ‘open plan’. Flats are being developed with one large living space and many of us are opening up our houses in the same way. But how to delineate where the eating area morphs to the sitting area? Or perhaps to deaden sound as it bounc …
Here at Josie’s Furnishings Studio, we’ve been passionate about soft furnishings since 1981. During that time we’ve worked with customers in homes and offices across London and the South East.