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Out and About: The Victoria and Albert Museum
The V&A Museum is a long time Firmdale favourite with its treasure trove of ceramics, furniture, sculpture, textiles and paintings, with some dating back to over 3000 years ago - it is the world’s largest creative hub of history and inspiration...
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How We Do Checklists
We have many checklists and we've recently been busy installing a showroom for our upcoming hotel at Warren Street in New York. As we build and scheme for Warren Street Hotel, many checklists are triple checked and ticked-off once completed. Follow along with us to make sure everything gets done...
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Flowers: Our Styling Handbook
This week, our styling handbook focuses on the art of flower arranging and how to make them stand out whilst perfectly blending into your space....
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Out & About: Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
Join our Design Team as they take a day trip to Brasil Brasil! The Birth of Modernism at The Royal Academy of Arts in London...
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Dos and Don'ts: The Perfect Guest Bedroom
Guest bedrooms are the chance to do something a bit different and push your own boundaries when it comes to design. Here are out dos and don’ts for creating the perfect guest bedroom…
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The Well-crafted Life: Homes & Gardens Podcast
The Well-crafted Life is brought to you by Homes & Gardens. The podcast considers one big question: how do we enhance our homes and, in turn, our lives? Every week, Editorial Director Sarah Spiteri meets three creatives who open up their hearts and minds to reveal the ways they elevate the everyday. It’s a podcast that focuses as much on the little things as the big things. Because a well-crafted life is made up of both...
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Out and About: The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
The tri-annual Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea, London, has to be one of our favourite places to visit. There's always a vast array of treasures available and we love to share and compare our finds back at the Design Studio. Here are some of our favourite discoveries from this season's fair...
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Kit Kemp for Wedgwood ‘Sailor’s Farewell’
Kit Kemp has created Sailor’s Farewell, a new collection of specially designed china with iconic British company Wedgwood. Following on from her first collection, Mythical Creatures, the design for Sailor’s Farewell continues the folkloric story.
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Make Do and Mend - A Guide to Repurposing
Join us as we delve into the world of creative mending and repurposing of existing furniture, objects and clothing. Here is how our Design Studio and other makers have been creative in re-imaging, re-using and mending...
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Out & About: Flora Soames 'The One Day Box' Book Launch
Join us as we go 'out and about' in New York to celebrate Flora Soames first book launch: The One Day Box: A Life-Changing Love of Home....
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Mixing Old and New
Discover how the perfect mix of old and new can bring depth, character and effortless style to your interiors...
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Meet the Maker: Annie Sloan
As dedicated colour-lovers, we’ve long been admirers of the wonderful Annie Sloan. We sat down with her to find out a little more about what makes her tick…
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Meet The Maker: Soraya Shah
Soraya Shah creates and produces a collection of handwoven fabrics for one of our favourite fabric studios in the city, Temple Studio. Join us as we find out more about how Soraya got into textiles and what inspires her incredible creations in this week's Meet The Maker...
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Curtain Call: How Theatre Districts Cast Their Spell on our Interiors
Explore how we’ve brought the spirit of the theatre to life in our spaces...
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Out & About: Porta Romana for Focus/21
With the arrival of Focus/21, it was wonderful to be down at the Porta Romana Showroom on Monday afternoon, taking part in an in-conversation with Porta Romana Co-Founder and Creative Director Andrew Hills...
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Colour Schemes of Wimbledon
Explore some of our favourite Wimbledon-inspired colour schemes...
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Room 1005 at Crosby Street Hotel
Feel alive with our new scheme in room 1005 at Crosby Street Hotel. Energetic teals and corals set the tone in this Top Floor Deluxe Room which has sweeping views of downtown Manhattan...
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The Chesterfield Sofa
Explore how we have used the sophisticated and timeless Chesterfield sofa in our designs...
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How to Bring Texture into your Home
We believe rooms with little texture can be lacklustre, so we'd like to share our tips to help you add textures and visual stimulation into your own homes...
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Kashmiri Papier-mâché
We have recently completed some new papier-mâché products to support The International Craft Initiative. Soon to be available from Shop Kit Kemp, here is a first look...
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