October 2020.

October is off to a flying start with the recent of a magnificent new Fleet Foxes album that sits somewhere between their most traditional, pastoral beginnings and more experimental later phase. It’s lovely, layered, nuanced, complex/simple music and there are eagworms around every corner.

I’ve been decorating some more cottages for our Glen Dye Cabins and Cottages business. It’s the most enjoyable bit of my job and here are some of my favourite suppliers of homewares. I haven’t included the links (because I want you to stay here/don’t know hw to without lengthy reference to How To sections on squarespace). But here is my roll call.

Print Club London and Jealous Gallery for excellent prints, great service and brilliant (and well-priced framing).

Smithson Gallery are good, too.

Indigo Framing near us in Wales. This is a one-man operation and between various businesses Mike has now framed over 2000 pictures for us. He’s a machine and great value.

Editions Copenhagen for more specialist limited editions. artrepublic is good, too.

Each house has around 40 pictures, so I spend a lot of time rooting around online looking at prints. I love it!

I bought some outstanding lockdown/socila distancing prints from the excellent Printer’s Devil.

And Basil and Ford are terrific, too.

Home Bothy, Baileys Home, Hadeda, Home Barn, Wovenology and many others for excellent vintage and hoe made bits.

I went to excellent vintage fairs this week in Cheshire (Arthur Swallow Fairs) and the classics at Newark Runway and Kempton. All were thriving.

Lamps by Artemide as ever and Heal’s and Habitat, both of which are at the peak of their game at the moment. And plenty of Anglepoise, of course.

RugVista is just incredible for all types of rugs at all price points. Honestly, it’s unbeatable.

I have bought a fair bit of Lloyd Loom stuff, which feels right at the moment.

Lighting and hardware from Urban Cottage Industries, as ever and of course Original BTC.

Mustard make great metal cabinets, if industrial is your thing.

Two saunas, made in Wales, from Heartwood Saunas. Several hot tubs from Hikki in Sweden.

Another Country are good but I can’t vouch for them nowadays because my stuff isn’t yet with me; that’s 3 months so far. Hmmm.

If you’re thinking about planting wildflower seeds now is then time. I’ve done a lot of sowing this year. Landlife Wildflowers are excellent.

For houseplants try Hortology; they’re great.