Milan Furniture Fair though my textile eyes

I wanted to share some textures and colours from last weeks Milan furniture fair. It's always so inspiring.

 This lady was waring a beautiful shirt which was the same colour as what she was looking at.

 Beautiful mottled textures on rugs by HAY

 landscape rugs found in Rosanna Orlandi, an insprational shop make in an old tie factory.

 anything made from giant pom poms is a winner for me!

 more HAY rugs, they are like paintings, beautiful

 a few familiar faces at the Elle decoration show

 I want to live here!

 Royal Blues!

something very satisfying about this sandwich of brown and pink cord

 a landscape of luscious green worn rugs

 delicately folded

 Talking Textiles show

 Danish Crafts Show

 Slightly dirty but still beautifula

esther's kitchen

My friend Esther has the most beautiful Kitchen I have ever seen! Her husband Joost made it. 

I love Esther's house and her wonderful work. ( more of that to come)

 The units are made of reclaimed wood.

I love the colours she uses everywhere. 

I have just had a really nice catch up chat with her and she told me that this tray ( http://www.donnawilson.com/product.php?id_product=62 ) completed her kitchen! thanks Esther.

April giveaway .....and March's winner is......

And for this month's giveaway we're giving one lucky reader a bone china egg cup, with our Mog cat's face on it....so you have somewhere purrrfect to place our easter your ! (sorry I couldn't resist)

....all you have to do is send one line on how you would decorate your egg and we'll pick a winner at random, go on it's worth a go!

Here are a few ideas from last year

also congratulations to March's winner, who won a spring folk flower cushion. Jemibook, please get in touch with us to claim your cusion. laura@donnawilson.com

this is what Jemibook 's idea of spring... sounds lovely!

Jemibook said...

Spring is all about Sangria, and picnics with little bento boxes filled with fresh berries and dark chocolate, crackers and fancy cheese. Flying kites, star gazing with a lover. Barbecue's with corn on the cob. Jumping on trampoline's, getting caught in a sun-shower and swinging on swings. Picking flowers to put in your hair or give to a friend, getting out of work and smiling at the fact that there is still some daylight left. Easter egg hunts [even if you are not religious it is a must] pastel-flavored dresses that are just begging for a 50s dance party, and early shows that you enjoy on patio's or rooftops while sipping on a mojitio made with fresh mint. Spring is when everything and everyone comes alive, and you forget about all of the dreariness of the winter and find hope in every little thing that you see on the street and you smile way too much!

Have fun decorating those eggs!  

xx

Milan furniture Fair

Next week is the start of Milan Furniture Fair, and I'm excited to be showing here with SCP. Along with SCP's fantastic collection, we are launching a 3 seater chesterfield sofa, a range of knitted pouffes, rugs, and turned wooden stools, see some images below.


Here is their press release, if your around please come and say hello.



SCP
Spazio Botta
Porta Romana
via Botta 8
20135, Milano


A proud, innovative and diverse British manufacturer, SCP create lovingly made upholstery, furniture, accessories, lighting, textiles and rugs. At a specially organised British manufacturing mecca in Milan, Spazio Botta in Porta Romana, SCP present their 2011 collection.
On show are new product designs by Terence Woodgate, Matthew Hilton, Donna Wilson, Lee Kirkbride, PearsonLloyd, Kay+Stemmer, Gareth Neal, Rich Brilliant Willing and Silvain Willenz. Also previewing is SCP’s latest collaboration with Donna Wilson, a new range of Welsh woven textiles entitled Bora Da, alongside an expanded Rug Collection that features new hand-loomed designs and colourways.
In Milan, SCP also launch their second publication, SCP Issue Number
Two, a thirty-page newspaper designed by Farrow Design, featuring newly commissioned photography by John Ross and Pelle Crépin, with styling by Despina Curtis.
SCP are a complex and diverse British manufacturer who work with
wonderfully talented craftsmen and woman from all across Britain, Europe and now also in India. SCP blend talent and tradition to produce elegant pieces that live well, and live long.
SCP, 25 years in the making.

For more information please contact:
SCP Press Office
135–139 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3BX
T +44 (0) 20 7749 7393
F +44 (0) 20 7729 4224
press@scp.co.uk
www.scp.co.uk

on my shelf (2)

This morning I took a snap for you of my windowsill, I've been collecting little wooden things for a while. Don't really know what to do with them except line them up. I love multiples of things!

Ok, left to right:
1.Funny chipmunk babushka which I bought last summer in India.
2.Tall doll, which was turned on a lathe by a man outside Glasgow, and painted by me for an exhibition.  I wanted to find a small company to make them, but still can't find anyone.
3.Traditional babushka, which I think I picked up years ago in Prague. They are such beautiful things, and you can use them to put little secret keep sakes in. 
4.Little carved wood tree, bought from Thorsten van Elten (thorstenvanelten.com)when he had a shop on Warren street. 
5.Tiny green tree babushka, can't remember for the life of me where I got these three trees from.
8.9.more little traditional babushkas, I love the tiniest one, it's like a miniature skittle.
10.Rocking horse, bought in Orkney strangely enough! actually I think that's where I got those dark green trees, a tiny christmas shop in Stromness!

Ok the other side now:
11.after another chipmunk a (12.)turned bird also painted by me for the same show. 
13. Large carved tree, which are made in Erzgebirgische Germany where they also make those amazing nut crackers!
14.M15.ore babushkas
16.A dala horse which I got in copenhagen, although they are originally from Sweden, fid out about their history here: dalahorse.com/dala_horse_history.html
17.Little tree I made and painted and wrapped with wool, still really want to do something with these wooden pieces, so watch this space.
Collections of the same type of things always look really nice don't you think? 

Organic web site?!

 Just in case some of you haven't visited our web site for a while, it's turning organic and changing it's look every now and again!

 Let me know what you think. 

www.donnawilson.com