If there's one thing I always advise investing in for your home, it's good quality bedding. Soft, relaxed, comfortable and, with the launch of John Lewis & Partners' new exclusive collaboration with contemporary fashion brand Mother of Pearl, now beautifully sustainable too. I only recently discovered Mother of Pearl through the early stages of developing a capsule wardrobe, but immediately ...
A perfect night’s sleep
Sleep posts are by far and away the most popular content on my blog, and it's easy to understand why! This past year our bedrooms have needed to become true sanctuaries away from the outside world and yet, more now than ever before, the relentlessness of external forces are creeping in and disrupting long-established rhythms and much-loved routines. I've generally ...
delivering the perfect night’s sleep
in my last post i shared my experience making pillows and duvets with herbert parkinson as part of a press trip with john lewis & partners. the next stop on our northern adventure was hornington manor, set within the grounds of harrison spinks farm. the farm boasts 300 acres of beautiful yorkshire pasture and arable land, and is home to ...
dreaming of a duvet day
back in early july i was invited on a very exciting press trip with john lewis & partners, planned around one of my favourite activities - sleep! better yet the trip was up here in the north, and introduced us to the brilliant people who make john lewis' sleep products, showcasing the unique materials they use and the tradition and ...
a quiet revolution
the older i get, the more infuriated i seem to get with the excessive external noise around me. the incessant beep, beep, beeeep of someone tapping out a text message, one-sided phone conversations, roadworks and construction noise, loudspeaker announcements on a loop, christmas music in department stores in october. the list goes on and on. in pursuit of silence, which ...
#aworldofdifference
wouldn’t it be wonderful if you were able to raise money for your favourite charities whenever you shopped online? well, with easyfundraising you can now do just that! with the site and by simply shopping with any of their 2,700 registered retailers - including john lewis, asos and next - you can raise money for your chosen charity. for every item you buy ...