Dazzling, stunning and sophisticated! These fabrics + wall covering designs from Harlequin speak volumes!
The UK company has over 100 years of experience in the contract market and has worked with renowned architects and designers to satisfy the most demanding and varied tastes.
From the Far Far Away collection
From the Far Far Away collection
Harlequin fabrics and wallpapers can be purchased online at Sanderson Fabrics (and they ship worldwide).
What spurred me into the act of compiling this *etc* gallery was after the browsing of a new book on Ikea Japan. It’s a fascinating book I tell ya! The content and its layout got me excited about Ikea again and somehow I was eager to explore Ikea’s online presence around the world. Since core products won’t vary too much from country to country, local catalogues, services, newsletters and various designs apparently do! Join me now to tour around Ikea’s world for I know you’ll have a jolly good time!
Italy
Turkey
China
Page 2
‘Home, the most important place on earth’
Page 3
United Arab Emirates
Portugal
(Something about submitting an idea on how to reuse the 2008 catalogue and 5 participants with the best entries will receive an ÅNGE chair, which is made from twisted paper)
L-R (top to bottom): Cyprus, Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia
Came across this tip on next month’s issue of BHG (Aust): line the back of a rug with strips of construction adhesive or silicone to make it non-skid. A commenter on the BHG site reminded readers that a thin layer will stay on the rug should you peel off the strip. For me, I keep the ones I have in place with duct tape beneath.
I find myself enjoying the multi-transformations of corrugated paper into all kinds of predictable and unbelievable things. Recently, I bought some corrugated sheets from a packaging supplier and have started using one of them to pin up and display my knots.
It’s such an eye-opening experience going through the creative DIY projects shown here and just look at all these creations:
A sturdy and comfortable chair that weighs slightly over 4kg but is able to withstand a maximum weight of 100kg! It can be folded flat when not in use (which to me is the best part). Toddler version available as well.
The other day I popped by into a small backpack-cum-adventure gear shop looking for a first aid pouch. As expected, most of the items in that shop were dressed in non-adventurous (aka solemn) colours…but something stood out and made my eyes pop!
Pink + brown!
For the love of both colours, their rare partnership (in the world of sports) and the practicality of this item (I was still thinking), I bought it, together with the first aid pouch that comes with many compartments.
So how practical is this? I can think of all sorts of places for storage use: on the back seat of the car, in the closet, on your baby stroller or in a kids’ room and of course in my luggage for a next trip. And that reflective piece is a detachable mirror.
Besides Lafuma, from now on, I’ll be sticking to Tatonka for things sporty, chic and functional.
