By Jacqui Martin
Recycling cotton to create blankets or throws is an environmentally sustainable practice that offers several benefits. Firstly, it helps reduce waste and conserves natural resources such as water and...
By Jacqui Martin
Our sense of smell is, for most people, the strongest of the five senses, and our noses are at their very best when it comes to triggering memories. We all...
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By Jacqui Martin
If you’ve invested a lot of time and money into your plant family sometimes the idea of going away and leaving them to fend for themselves is too much to...
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By Esme Martin
Did you know nearly all cacti are succulents but not all succulents are cacti? Over 25 different plant families contain succulents one of which being the Cactaceae family, better known as...
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By Jacqui Martin
Customers often comment on the music that's playing in the shop so I've decided to share our latest Spotify playlists. Here's the first of many, I hope you like it. If...
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By Jacqui Martin
"Boro" is the Japanese word for a type of repairing and mending clothes and bedlinen by careful stitching and patching, which in truth follows much of the British wartime tradition of...
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By Jacqui Martin
Ranking high among the lucky plants that have surfed the explosion in popularity of indoor plants is the Calathea, from the Marantaceae or arrowroot family. Combining vibrant leaf pattern and...
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By Jacqui Martin
Maison Bengal Ltd was set up in 2004 after its Director Sheenagh Day returned from living in Dhaka in Bangladesh.After a number of years spent working in the aid industry,...
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By Jacqui Martin
Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? These are the words on the side of Prospect Cottage, Derek Jarman's former home...
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By Jacqui Martin
I was delighted to be invited by 91 Magazine to have a pop up shop at West Elm in November. I love the magazine and having the chance to sell...
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By Jacqui Martin
Products: Stumpie beeswax candle; Ojo De Dios blanket Hygge has become the go to concept for marketing executives this winter. Perhaps with such global instability, it is no mystery why this Danish word has become...
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By Jacqui Martin
The beautiful brushes that we sell at reste are made by Swedish company Iris Hantverk. The company has a very interesting story to tell, one which gives 'hand made' a...
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