Here’s absolutely everything you need for stylish bedrooms, with a collection of beautifully made contemporary bed linen (think white, cream, natural and pale blue) and luxurious throws and blankets from cashmere to quilted velvet in colours such as pebble, willow, chocolate and taupe. They also offer luxury duvets and pillows and bedroom accessories such as rugs, mirrors and toiletries. There are lots of ideas for the rest of your home as well, plus lounge wear, gorgeous toiletries and candles and other gifts.
Cath Kidston started her now world famous company ten years ago in a small shop in London’s Notting Hill, selling second-hand furniture and vintage fabrics. She soon began to design her own fabric and wallpaper, creating signature floral prints which have come to stand for her unique look. On her colourful website you'll find some really pretty and different bedlinen and bedspreads, cosmetic bags, towels and robes, notebooks, photo albums and lots of really pretty gift ideas.
Heals offers contemporary styling and reasonable prices for every room in your house, from major furniture items such as beds and sofas right through to lighting, small accessories, bed linen, towels and toiletries. Click through to their clear website and pay a visit to the room of your choice or check out their garden furniture and accessories and storage solutions. They also have a wedding list service, interior design, kitchen planning and much more.
Based on the famous US furniture and accessories retailer Pier One Imports everything here is attractive and well priced and you'll find lovely gifts and accessories here from all over the World. The range is extensive, you could furnish an entire room in your house with their stylish, modern and traditional furniture or just choose from their wide selection of textiles, glassware and lighting. They're excellent for presents and bring out a special catalogue each Christmas to complement the website.
For the past 25 years The Monogrammed Linen Shop has provided classical and contemporary household linens to customers from all over the world. They only use the most beautiful laces and embroideries together with the finest cottons, linens, and silks to produce luxurious bedlinen, table linen and nightwear. They also offer perfect ideas for gifts for all occasions and offer an exquisite babywear collection going up to age 4. Their monogramming service rarely takes more than ten working days.
Muji's products, whether for your home, office, school or travelling are always very well priced. That's not to say that you couldn't find the same goods at the same kind of price elsewhere, but when you couple what else Muji has to offer; chic, minimal styling, functional design and a wealth of ideas with it's excellent value this is a really good place to shop. Delivery is reasonable and you can order their furniture now if you live within the M25.
This is a really lovely home accessories and gift website with some quite unusual products, such as the deliciously scented and beautifully packaged Gianna Rose Atelier soaps, Millefiori candles, Mulberry Home and de Le Cuona throws and shawls, Missoni tableware and lots of other ideas. Its a beautifully designed website and you can see all the products very clearly.
This online home retailer offers mainly Scandinavian style home accessories including chic tablelinens, candleholders and vases, photo frames, cushions, and rugs plus an excellent range of dinner and pillar candles in an unusual range of colours. For Christmas there are wreaths and garlands, enchanting lights and candles and traditional decorations.
This retailer only selects fair trade products from around the world, in particular Asia, South America and Africa. They're also members of the British Association for Fair Trade Shops. Most of the items offered here are very well priced, and range from gold and red batik bowls to pretty gifts for young children. Check out the circular tea light holders and inlaid jewellery boxes as unusual gift ideas.
If you're one of those people who likes to keep their papers, cd's and even the tv remote control tidied up and elegantly stored then this is the place for you. You'll find every kind of storage covered in what looks like antique embossed leather but which is actually a special resin. They offer booksafes, box files and journals, drinks accessories, photo frames and much more and they'll deliver worldwide.
Here you'll find an eclectic mix of luxury soft furnishings, full of colour and detail such as embroidery, beads and sequins with inspirations from countries such as India and Morocco. The website is divided into sections with titles such as Beach Boutique, Coco Morocco, Samiksha and Shanghai Chic and there are gorgeous treats to be found in each one. Luxury gift wrapping is standard
Zara is one of those stores that seems to have become and essential shopping destination within an amazingly short space of time. It's chic and well priced and effortlessly offers things that bring your wardrobe right up to date. They haven't yet put their clothing range online, but here is Zara Home (which surely has to be the first step), and where you can find gorgeous bedlinen, blankets and throws, towels and bath and body products plus accessories and furniture for most of the rooms in your house. Take a look round now.
This is a brand new, beautifully designed online home store, offering a superb range of designer home furnishings and accessories by names such as Descamps, Lulu Guinness, Jasper Conran, Versace and Vera Wang. If that makes it sound more like a fashion boutique than a home store I can assure you that it isn’t and you’ll find Designers Guild, Eva Solo and Coalport here as well. Dot Maison is also particularly good for home fragrance, with the collections of Lothantique and Millefiori Milano available too.
This is a lovely, clearly designed, online interiors store offering a very good range for the home, from luxury bath towels and cutlery canteens to throws, cushions, fine china and candle holders. Particularly good is their selection of crystal and silver. There are hand cut, silver inset champagne flutes, tassled silver paperknives, Riedel ringed decanters and silver tumble cups with gilded interiors. They offer engraving, gift wrapping, express delivery within the UK and EU delivery.
At Atlantic Blankets they quite rightly say that one of the problems is which one to choose. There’s everything from the fleece and picnic variety right up to patterned cashmere throws, then there are striped, checks, brights, pastels, boucle and alpaca blankets to choose from plus a pretty nursery selection. This is a great place too if you’re looking for a gift as they offer gift vouchers plus cushions, hot water bottle covers and scented candles as well.
Chelsea Textiles faithfully re-creates antique fabrics, cushion designs and furnishing accessories with patterns such as embroidered vines, Indo China, and Heather Voile for the fabrics, and animals (mainly dogs and cats) and insects (butterflies, dragonflies and bees) for the embroidered cushions and bags alongside gorgeous roses, florals and vines. You do have to call them or e-mail to order but if you're looking for a special fabric or gift you should have a look here.
This is a very easy to get round home accessory and gifts website where you'll find one of the prettiest selections of traditional style cushions, Venetian glass mirrors, unusual vases and candle holders (such as the monkey nuts candle holder pictured) and Chinese influenced porcelain. This is mainly a place to find gifts, the choice isn't enormous but what is there is very different and attractive. They deliver only within the UK.
This is a pretty website run by a family business offering lovely traditional Welsh fabrics which they design and print using the latest digital technology. You can buy the fabrics themselves by the metre, have them make up curtains and blinds for you using their online measuring calculator or buy cushions, bags and boxfiles. Your order can take up to ten days to arrive (longer for curtains and blinds) and they're happy to ship to you anywhere in the world. Take a look at their hotel website and you’ll see how the fabrics look in place but don’t start there or you’ll never escape, it looks so enticing.
At Purple and Fine Linen their pure linen tablecloths, placemats, napkins and runners are designed to offer a look of timeless luxury and simple elegance. As well as traditional white and ivory you can also choose from their range in black, chocolate, deep chilli red and damson (purple), which would be lovely for Christmas. These are investment linens rather than the throw away variety and very beautiful. They also offer Irish linen bedding and hand towels.
This is a relatively new, very prettily designed website offering handcrafted and unusual products from France, such as Durance toiletries from Provence, traditional bathroom accessories, colourful tableware and table linens, hand made quilts and cushion covers and a small range of gift ideas. There's also a collection of furniture for bedroom and garden.
The Hambledon is a lifestyle shop based in Winchester, who have successfully managed to transfer most of their gorgeous products online, on a pretty and easy to use website. You'll find fragrance and bath and body products by Miller Harris and Wickle, candles by Tocca and REN skincare. There's also a wide selection of gifts. Call them if you want overseas deliveries.
Aspinal specialise in leather gifts and accessories, including jewellery boxes, photo albums, wedding albums, leather journals and books handmade by skilled craftsmen using age old traditional leather and bookbinding skills. This is also an extremely quick and cleverly designed website, where you can see a wealth of ideas with just a couple of clicks. There's a wide choice of colours for all the items and enchanting baby gift ideas as well. They'll ship to you anywhere in the World and offer an automatic next day delivery service in the UK by DHL.
Tricia Guild always offers an eclectic range of beautiful things, and although the wonderful range of fabrics is always in evidence, now you’ll find bedlinens, colourful towels, unique home fragrance and gorgeous blankets and cushions available in her shops and online store as well. There are neutral colours here but the speciality is as always the pretty greens, blues and deep pinks that she’s famous for. There are online stores for the UK and US and stockists worldwide.
Maison offer a really pretty collection of plain and patterned high quality and traditionally styled bed linen and bedspreads with detailing such as embroidery, hemstitching and lace edging. For some of the designs you’ll find accessories including lavender bags, tissue box holders and laundry bags. There’s also a very feminine choice of gifts with lace covered clothes hangers, fine linen guest towels and lovely children's bed linen being just some examples.
Click on ‘Sleeping’ on this busy website and you’ll find a small but prettily edited range of bedlinen and bedspreads, throws, cushions, lamps and porcelain and attractive bedroom furniture. Everything is designed to work together in a very attractive, light and modern style which is ‘reallylindabarker’. They do deliver worldwide and offer an express UK delivery option but if you want your order shipped internationally you need to give them a call.
If you're looking for an unusual fragrance then this is an excellent site, offering Molinard, d'Orsay, Diptyque and Annick Goutal plus Cote Bastide and Coudray. Also beautiful bedlinen, bedspreads, mohair throws and waffle blankets, pure cotton nightwear and linen bags and handtowels. UK delivery is shown on the website but email them for overseas charges.
Dibor is an independent UK based company offering French style furniture, home accessories and gifts for every room including kitchen, dining, bed, bath, living and garden. There are also some very pretty ideas for children and a special Christmas department in season. The website is very easy to navigate and an extremely attractive place to browse, particularly as you’ll find ideas here that aren’t available anywhere else. If you’re buying a gift you can even choose the wrapping paper you want them to use.
This is a family run business offering a lovely selection of fabrics, wallpapers, gifts and home accessories from brands such as Mulberry, GP and J Baker, Harlequin and Fired Earth. The selection of mouthwatering gift ideas includes Mulberry candles, pot pourrie, cushions and throws and James Brindley's range of faux fur (think leopard, llama, bear and cheetah) throws, cushions and hot water bottle covers. Resist if you can. You can request free samples of fabrics to help you finalise your choice and then order using their online system. They ship Worldwide
Myakka is a family run business, specialising in hand crafted, solid wood furniture, unique home accessories and beautiful soft furnishings. The furniture ranges are Shaker, Classic, Contemporary, Mallani and Thakat and include some really attractive trunk tables and sideboards. In the textiles section you'll find rugs and gorgeous Indian fabric cushions, plus gift ideas such as vases and bowls, incense burners and wooden tile boxes.
The Bodie and Fou collection of European designer home accessories includes stylish, unique interior decor, kitchenware, lighting, babywear and gifts plus chic French homewares, luxurious bodycare and scented candles from Cote Bastide, Normann Copenhagen, Kathleen Hills, Flavia del Pra, MisseMai, Ole Jensen, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Oromono, Menu and many more.
Danish jewellery and silversmith Georg Jensen has always stood for a refined, timeless and elegantly simple design. He is considered to be one of the most influential silversmiths of the past century and part of the collection of jewellery, cutlery, home accessories and gifts (such as candlesticks and barware) can be ordered online.
Roost Living is an attractively designed online boutique, showcasing and offering the products of emerging British based talent. These are unique, handcrafted products which you may well not find anywhere else, and include colourful and unusual cushions by Camilla Meijer, handblown vases by Dean Hopkins and textured ceramics by Timea Sido. The next time you're looking for the perfect wedding gift or just something totally original for your home, stop by here.
Interiors-Tides offers a unique and unusual collection of quality design led giftware, home, kitchen and garden accessories and furniture all with a coastal theme. Choose from scupltural coffeewood furniture, stylish garden hammocks and enamelware to Nigella Lawson's Living Kitchenware range. There are also delightful gifts and bedroom accessories for children. UK delivery is shown on the website but email for overseas charges.
Baileys offer a wonderfully eclectic mix of home and garden accessories, from pretty Welsh blankets and paint buckets to big sinks, garden lighting, Bailey’s Bath Soak and Carrot Hand Cream. There are ideas for junior gardener’s gifts from junior tools, watering cans and buckets (all in a gorgeous cherry red) and vintage style garden forks, pots and twine reels. To order anything on their website you need to phone them.
You do need to call them to order but the homewares on this website, designed by Abigail Ahern, are so different and attractive that if you like something it would be worth the effort. This is a small, very contemporary (and expensive) collection including smokey glass vases, soft pure merino throws, unusual candles, cushions, placemats and hand thrown Italian tableware. You won’t find this collection anywhere else so if you’re looking for something really different you may find it here.
Ok, so now for something totally different. Here’s a totally Western style collection of furniture, including a cowhide and steer horn chair and cowhide shelf, soft furnishings (yes you guessed it, cowhide covered cushions and rugs) and accessories and gifts such as bronco or cactus decorated china, western style cushions, hides, mats and cowhide bags and purses. The company is based in Battle, Sussex, but everything is sourced in the US. Great fun and very different.
Robert Welch trained as a Silversmith at Birmingham College of Art. He then moved to the Royal College of Art in 1952, where he specialized exclusively in stainless steel production design. In 1965 he was awarded Royal Designer for Industry. Together with his son, Willliam he has designed some unusual home accessories which you can buy from their website, including candlesticks, bathroom accessories, flatware and pewter. Don't miss his hourglass salt and pepper holders.
This is a France based retailer offering you all those home accessories you saw on your last trip but weren't able to sneak into your suitcase. Gorgeous and colourful table linen from Les Olivades and Jaquard Francais (and lots more), quilted cushions by Souleido and toiletries and home fragrance by Manuel Canovas and Jardin Secret. There's also a fantastic range of bed linen by designers such as Descamps and colourful beach towels as well.
Danish designer Theresa Bastrup Hasman has brought together a beautiful collection of cushions and soft furnishings grouped into categories with names such as Moroccan Nights, Indian Fairy Tales and Paisley Flowers. There's also a small section for children and they offer a bespoke service as well. Everything is made specially for you so you need to allow four weeks for delivery.
As you would expect, this is a really beautiful website offering you the opportunity to buy David Linley designed accessories online including frames, vases, lamps, candlesticks, home fragrance, jewellery boxes and cushions. Everything is beautifully photographed and expensive as you would expect but if you're looking for a very special gift, you might well find it here. Prices start at about £55 for his keyrings and head off upwards steeply. The packaging is gorgeous as well.
A collection of hand embroidered fabric, cushions and lavender bags with themes such as Bees and Bugs, Seaside Collection, Botanical, Rose and Classic, described as 'designed for today and destined to be the heirlooms of the future'. These are unique textiles and accessories which you'll probably want to collect and you'll find extremely hard to give away, although their present giving potential is excellent. They'll deliver Worldwide and offer an express delivery service.
Lombok offers high quality, stylish furniture and home accessories made from either recycled or 100% natural materials, many of which are exclusively designed and manufactured for them, so the next time you're looking for a special gift or accessory for your home, take a good look here. You’ll find a unique selection of candles and lighting, storage options, tableware, frames, cushions and vases and quilts.
This pretty website is divided up into sections such as A Decorative Home, A Creative Diva, Any Excuse for a Party and Children's Corner. In each of the sections you'll find appropriate ideas such as soft furnishings and pictures, linen ribbon and coloured tissue paper, outdoor tableclips and tea light holders and gumball machines and butterfly garlands. They'll send this eclectic mix to you anywhere in the World and if you want something urgently you need to call them.
Conran are famous for their modern, colourful and well priced furniture and accessories which you can now buy online through their website. Discover his modern take on everything from kitchen accessories, candles and soft furnishings, lighting, clocks and gifts. Oh yes, and you can book your next Conran restaurant meal here as well. Worldwide delivery by agreement and through their other websites.
An online retailer, of the novel, clever, innovative and somtimes silly for everywhere in your home and including designers such as Nigella Lawson, Eva Solo, Sebastian Conran and Oliver Hemming. You'll find such ideas as the Armadillo breadbin, tipsy tray and Oliver Hemming Nio teapot here plus wacky (their description) products such as the collapsible funnel and male chopsticks. If I'm making this website out to be the place for last resort gifts it's not, the selection of attractive and useful products is huge and they offer free delivery to the UK.
You’ll find some quite different products on this website, such as the ZapCap bottle opener, Escali Cibo nutritional scale and CaddyO bottle chiller alongside their designer kitchen and tableware with collections from Eva Solo, Cuisinox Elysee, Le Creuset, Mauviel, Couzon and Jura. This is not the normal kitchen and cookware selection so have a look round, you're certain to find something very different and some great gifts for the enthusiastic cook.
Ferns, pampas grass and acacia, Narnia and Magic Roundabout are just some of the designs Clarissa Hulse has created to use on cushions and wallpaper in her online store. Her colours are modern and range from neutrals, brown stone and cream to hazy purple and dark red. It's a small and very different collection but extremely attractive. Check out also the stationery collection, featuring Clarissa's designs on beautiful silk covered notebooks and photo albums and perfect for presents.
World Gallery have a huge, easily searchable, interactive database and deliver prints, posters and frames worldwide. Choose from the selection by artist, subject and style; such as classic, contemporary, modern or impressionist. Once you’ve decided on your picture you can select your mount and frame online and see exactly what the finished product will look like. This is a really excellent website – try it and you’ll see.
This is a small company specialising in high quality basketware, so if you're looking for a new linen or log basket (or a dog basket for yours to chew his or her way through, and there are loads), this would be a very good place to start. As well as willow baskets made in their own workshop, they also offer an extensive range of basketware handmade by craftspeople from all across the globe in weaving materials rush, seagrass and cane.
Everything from France, from tableware, linen and cutlery to toiletries by Christian Lenart and Savon de Marseilles and elegant Anduze garden pots. Also a selection of pretty bedlinen in traditional French designs such as Toile de Jouy, Fleurs de Champs and Monogram. The descriptions and information about every item are clear and well written and everything is beautifully photographed. This website only delivers to the UK other than by special arrangement.
This is a long established retailer of home and lifestyle products including candles, tableware, silk cushions, pretty etched glasses and duvet covers and quilts. They're quite hard to really categorise as the products are so wide spread but if I tell you that some of their bestsellers are bevelled mirrors, Chinese lanterns, lavender scented hears and Penguin (as in the book) mugs you’ll probably get the idea. You’ll definitely find some lovely gifts and ideas for brightening up your home here.
FineTable offer a unique selection of linen and design-led dining accessories from across Europe from companies large and small, including unusual candles and candlesticks (with names such as single tangle and ‘tangelarbra’), Volga table linen, Carrol Boyes cheese knives and Julien Macdonald glass. A wide range of festive decorations for the tree and table are available all year round with collectable pieces from Gisela Graham which you can order in advance if they're not yet in stock.
If you’re looking for new tableware then this is the site you need, offering over thirty-five different china manufacturers with all their different designs, crystal from Jasper Conran to Waterford and silverware including Christofle, Arthur Price and Villeroy and Boch. Also an excellent range of kitchen equipment from juicers to copper and Le Creuset pans, Sabatier knives and Aga pots and pans and baking trays. You can order absolutely everything here but naturally they don’t stock it all and you may have to wait. Call them to check on the delivery times.
From bowls and vases, to ice buckets, decanters, jugs and glassware Dartington have created the modern options to match contemporary design in your home or to make excellent gifts (particularly for wedding presents). The prices are reasonable and you can be certain that anything you order will be very well made. They’ll deliver to you anywhere in the World (7 – 14 days for overseas) and faster within the UK.
Emma Bridgewater is very well known for her high quality pottery and clever and attractive designs, such as Polka Dots, Hugs and Kisses and Hearts as well as her mug collections including dogs, cats, birds and flowers. Every season she’s bringing out new products, such as cutlery, glass, preserves and teas, all with her signature script. Almost every kitchen has one or two pieces of her pottery, the only question is, can you resist the urge to collect? Difficult.
This is interior designer Joanna Woods’ selection of gifts and accessories for the home and it is a lovely, cleverly chosen collection including bronze candlesticks, Rigaud scented candles, silver pens and bronze detailed crystal boxes plus gorgeous hand embroidered cushions, boxed Haut Couture tableware and Villandry china in the homewares section. Delivery is usually within 3 – 5 days and if you need an express service just call them. They’ll also gift wrap for you.
Oka is a really beautifully designed and photographed website where you'll find some inspirational ideas for your home. Browse through their roomsets and pick out the individual items that would enhance your existing decor, or go for broke and buy them all. From throws, cushions, quilts and rugs to porcelaine vases and elegant furniture there's a wealth of items to choose from. Most items will be delivered within 14 days although you need to allow 28 days for heavier items."
Brand new home accessories and gift website home360 has an attractive, eclectic range of products, from Nina Campbell home fragrances, elegant Bramble glassware, Gianna Rose sculptured soaps, Polar vases, Durance diffusers and lots more reasonably priced ideas. The website is very clearly laid out and easy to use.
Lavender & Sage was founded by Mayke Hogestijn, an interior designer who has worked in both England and France and who has sourced a large range of beautiful and traditional hand-made home accessories. Browse through this beautifully designed website to find items such as high quality soft furnishings and lighting, French tableware, kitchenware and furniture, as well as traditional bed and bath linens. They also offer Lavender & Sage's own line of 100% natural hand-made French recipe soaps. Just about everything here would make a lovely addition to your home.
With stores in London and New York, Marson and Langinger had the enviable reputation as the market leader in the manufacture of custom-made timber-and-glass conservatories, poolhouses and garden rooms. On their attractive website you can order from their range of furniture, lighting, garden tools, accessories, textiles, and Marston & Langinger's own-label domestic paint. Make sure you've plenty of time before you stop off here, there's a great deal of this beautiful collection to browse through.
Dedicated to Dutch design, here you'll discover beautiful, modern home accessories from designers that Dutch by Design believe could become the interior design classics for tomorrow. Simplicity, clarity and often a sense of humour are the hallmarks of what they offer and the range includes mirrors, clocks, vases, throws and attractive lighting plus some very good gift ideas.
There are beautiful, sophisticate ideas for your home here concentrating on rich and tactile pieces of superb quality. Nearly everything, from the modern to the traditional, is in deep neutral colours with black being the dominant colour in every room whether it’s the black lacquer dining furniture to the French black glass chandeliers and black upholstered ‘Louis’ chairs. If that makes everything sound too dark it definitely isn’t, you do need to like black but this is a wonderful place to shop for your home.
The trouble is it's all to easy to slip onto this site and see such a wide choice you don't want to bother to go and visit other websites. Their offer is huge and growing all the time and couple that with the value for money you find here and it's difficult to get away. In their Home Accessories department you'll find rugs from cowhide to flokati, to Berber and Bokhara, plus the softest fake fur and fleece throws, cushions plus mirrors prints and decorative vases.