Coral and Hive - Handwoven rugs for the natural home

Coral and Hive - Handwoven rugs for the natural home

Jeannine Birch started Coral & Hive in 2016 as a natural home interior brand with the vision of sharing the magic of South African makers with the rest of the world. She grew up admiring the art of weaving, and is passionate about the creative process behind woven craftsmanship.

I was really interested to find out more about Coral and Hive so Jeanine has kindly given us an insight into her fascinating world of weaving and growing her business.

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Maria Sigma Woven Textiles

Maria Sigma Woven Textiles

Continuing the theme of sustainable businesses and products, I wanted to highlight the work of Maria Sigma - a textiles weaver that I discovered recently. I was fascinated by her passion for woven textiles, the way she uses sustainable materials and the process she uses for creating the textiles. Maria has kindly answered my questions and I think you will agree that it is a fascinating read.

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Balineum 'S' Series

Balineum 'S' Series

Balineum is well know for its beautiful bathroom washstands and high end bathroom accessories from towels and linens to towel stands and lighting but unbeknown to me it has also had a very successful traditional tile business in Italy for the past 20 years. This year they have bought this huge range of tiles to the UK and I was very excited when they asked me to do a feature on them on my blog. 

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MYB Textiles

MYB Textiles

With a busy summer drawing to a close it is time to focus the mind again and focus on my lovely readers. So with the new season in mind I decided to get up and running with a fun competition in collaboration with my latest feature on MYB Textiles. One of the last remaining mills in Ayshire in Scotland, dating back to 1900. MYB still weave traditional lace, however through recent developments and innovations (read on to learn more) they are now bringing the mill into the 21st century to produce fabrics that top designers such as David Collins and exclusive venues, the likes of Soho House are commissioning. 

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de Le Cuona

de Le Cuona

Bernie de Le Cuona has been leading the way with fabrics for the past twenty years. Developing exquisite fabric collections with a refined finish, look and drape. Bernie not only works with linens but is renown globally for her paisley wool and cotton collections. Paving the way with her luxurious fabrics I had a chance to interview Bernie to glean an insight into her business...

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Vis a Vis

Vis a Vis

When you're looking for beautiful bespoke linens for your interior design projects where do you go? On a trip recently to London I decided to go and check out a little secret on Motcomb Street that I discovered whilst working at Helen Green. Having not been there for a while I walked straight past it. What I had known as L&B London has been taken over by Vis a Vis.

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Diane Hill

Diane Hill

It was only a few months ago that I was taking my parents in to the Fromental showroom in Chelsea Harbour to show them the stunning hand painted wallpapers that were on display. Little did I know at the time that some of the work could have been that of the then head designer, Diane Hill. She has since left the company to set up on her own and has literally launched her website this week. 

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Rapture & Wright

Rapture & Wright

Last Friday, I set off for a one day screen printing workshop at Rapture & Wright. It was a beautiful, sunny winters day and as I drove into the Cotswold I was put instantly into a calm and enlightened mood. I wished I could up sticks and move from Surrey to live in the picturesque Cotswold countryside, but alas I was here for one day only and I had a mission on hand. To learn the art of screen printing!

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