Celebrating British Design & Culture

Don’t you always find that people tend to take up their favourite position when it comes to furniture? One side of the bed over the other, left or right part of the sofa, always the same chair at the dining table – these choices become almost subconscious. With the armchair though, this behaviour tends to […]

I’ve always thought that sofas have many more uses than just being a piece of living room furniture. You can put one in your kitchen, bedroom, or even a dining room for example and it’ll certainly make that place warmer, cosier and more pleasant to be (and sit!) in. It’s particularly true for dining rooms […]

If we go by the saying “When in Rome…” then let’s face it if you had a home in the 90’s then it was to buy a floral sofa. We can all remember sinking into one and waiting for our favourite show to come up on the big box in the corner. Now we can […]

We live in a house with a pretty small garden. Indeed, Surrey gardens seem to be an extension of London gardens – small, very busy and with some plain and pretty un-exciting brown fences on either side. Given this I’ve always wondered about new ways to make the limited space appear as roomy as possible. […]

Here in Great Britannia (ahem) we love a good old fireplace. Unfortunately, like the one in our house, most of them only still fulfil one of their two original jobs – to look pretty. Given this it’s understandable that a lot of thoughts and efforts often go into how we can make our mantel really […]

British furniture has long been known for its ability to age gracefully. Impeccable design, enormous attention to detail, and exceptional quality of materials have all been joined together to craft furniture which can stand the test of time and be handed down from generation to generation. For me and indeed us all at Willow and […]

I could hardly imagine my Christmas day without the obligatory British cheese board making an appearance in the afternoon. Accompanying the cheddars, stiltons and camemberts of this world we also put a few delicious home-made chutneys. I make a few of them each year before Christmas and at least one is always based on a […]

A couple of months ago we decided to redecorate our kitchen – a project still very early in the planning stages (judging by our inability to make decisions it will still be at this same stage in a year’s time)! As most women know the impetus and lead came from me and naturally I started […]

Is there anything more relaxing than sinking into your cosy sofa and cuddling up with a scatter of soft cushions? We all know that one of any shape and colour will keep your head comfy through that lazy Sunday afternoon nap but if like me you’d like to sprinkle some spice on your sophisticated sofa […]

We recently decided that we would like to develop relationships with bloggers and journalists in the interior design and home furnishings industry to help raise awareness of our sofas and sofa beds. Although we have spent a lot of time on many of their blogs we were a little unsure on exactly how to get […]