Material matters
Homes & Gardens|August 2022
There is an alluring organic luxury about these schemes all crafted with pieces focused on being natural
KIERA BUCKLEY-JONES
Material matters

ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH

A striking vintage console, which demonstrates the beauty of sourcing pre-loved furniture, and sculptural vases made from recycled paper pulp are set against a textural wallcovering fashioned from natural leaf fibre.

Synamay wallpaper in Chalk, £950 a roll, Mark Alexander. 5.1 and 5.2 naturally dyed canvas with oak frame, £150 each, Studio Madder. Vintage 1970s travertine console table, £650, Anna Unwin. Onsen check vase, £340, de la jardin. Lavin stoneware lamp with cotton shade, £220, Att Pynta. Vase in beech, £528; vase in hornbeam, £384, both by Jayne Armstrong at Maud and Mabel. Large spelted beech dish, £98, Couverture & The Garbstore. Fritz rope square ottoman in Fog White, £1,540, Palecek at Paolo Moschino

PALE AND INTERESTING

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