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ORGANIC MODERN TREND

What many of us are seeking to nurture in our homes (and in our lives) these days is a deeper sense of connection: an understanding of where our things have come from; a more intimate relationship with the materials and the processes – and the people behind them. A slower and more conscious approach to everything from the food we eat to the ways we furnish and run our homes. A return to the earth.
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STEP INTO MY OFFICE...

STEP INTO MY OFFICE...

With the beginning of a hopeful new year and home working likely to be a long-term cultural shift all over the world, it feels like a good time to get more intentional and creative with our home work spaces. With most of our team now largely working from home both in the UK and in Kenya, we’re having discussions about what rituals, adaptations or small purchases are helping us work better and work happier.  

 

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At Home With... Cara Sutherland

At Home With... Cara Sutherland

For our first At Home With feature we were delighted to chat with the very lovely Cara Sutherland, whose Instagram account @CaraSuthers and blog Within These Walls we have swooned and cackled over for several years now. She's got a dreamy Cotswold home, killer dress sense and seriously great hair, but it's her hilarious captions, honest portrayals of life's ups and downs, and abject refusal to take herself too seriously that captured our hearts and our minds. 
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Trend Alert: Desert Dusk

Trend Alert: Desert Dusk

A new interiors colour palette is melting its way into our awareness as spring ebbs into summer, and it’s a revisiting of gentle, earthen tones like terracotta and taupe, gold,...
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Trend Alert: Velvet Crush

Trend Alert: Velvet Crush

We are crushing on velvet here at The Basket Room. Big time. In fact, Holly speaks dreamily of her lust for a green velvet sofa, a hot cup of tea and a stack of style magazines to work her way through. We’ve been eyeing up plush armchairs and button-backed chesterfields, and daydreaming about peachy pink ottomans.
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New Year - New Neutrals

New Year - New Neutrals

An evolution from the brights of new modern to the soothing salves of tea rose, lavender and grey.

For anyone with an obsession with all things house and home, the dominant palette for this year will already be lingering in your awareness in soothing swathes of tea rose, grey, peach, blush, lavender and mint.

 

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Ariaal Style: A Meeting of Two Tribes

Ariaal Style: A Meeting of Two Tribes

Back in March this year, Camilla travelled across Kenya to meet the Ngurunit Weavers Group, the collective of 150 women who produce our beautiful Pambo Palm beaded baskets.  It’s vitally important for...
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Create a Boho-Inspired Interior with an Indoor Jungle

Create a Boho-Inspired Interior with an Indoor Jungle

This year we are seeing a move towards more natural home interiors; a reconnection with nature and with slowing down. ‘Greenery’, Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2017, is making us want to ditch the minimalism trend and bring the outside in.

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A Christmas Message from The Weavers

A Christmas Message from The Weavers

""We started as a small group but now we've grown not just in numbers, but also as individuals....To everyone that buys these baskets, we say Asante sana sana (Thank you so so much).
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The Basket Room £100 Voucher Giveaway with Candy Pop!

The Basket Room £100 Voucher Giveaway with Candy Pop!

Our £100 Voucher Giveaway with lifestyle blogger Candy Pop!

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Mother's Day - Three Generations of Weavers

Mother's Day - Three Generations of Weavers

The Basket Room Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Our Mother's Day collection includes some of our favourite baskets. Each one is lovingly handmade by women in rural Africa, who will have learnt the art of weaving from their Mothers and Grandmothers and in turn, will pass this age old tradition onto their own children. 

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Our Monthly Styling Comp - Your Chance to Win a £75 Voucher!

Our Monthly Styling Comp - Your Chance to Win a £75 Voucher!

Share your baskets for a chance to win £75 in our monthly styling competition, My Basket Room.

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