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The Ultimate Guide to Interior Design
The buying guide part III: the homeware shop
with RITA KONIG — Internationally renowned interior designer. AD100, House & Garden Top 100, Elle Decor A-List.
Lesson 18 of 36
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Rita visits Daylesford, one of her preferred homeware shops and teaches how to pull the best pieces from their collection.
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The Buying Guide Part 3: The Homeware Shop
Here I am at Daylesford Organic, a great homeware store. My china is a mixture of pale green cabbage bowls and plates from Daylesford, which also makes good everyday glass and other great homeware. You want your basic china to be things you can replace so that you don't have a dwindling collection. The Conran Shop is also great for buying china, it has an excellent china room.
I am very fond of baskets and have acquired a number of them. Put your basket to creative use by using it to store kindling and firelighters, toilet paper, and tea towels by the kitchen sink.
Similar Shops to Daylesford
Fortnum & Masons, Claridges, Royal Worcester and The Conran Shop are other homeware stores in the UK that sell china, baskets and general homeware.
Wheel & Barrow, Papaya and Domayne sell great homeware in Austrailia.
Macy's and Portmeirion are excellent places to buy china in the United States.
Larger Cross in Oldwick, New Jersey, is a fantastic boutique that combines country house basics with modern design.
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Rita Konig
Internationally renowned interior designer. AD100, House & Garden Top 100, Elle Decor A-List.
Rita’s effortless style has made her one of today’s most sought after interior designers, with her writing and work a staple of Vogue, The New York Times, House & Garden and The Wall Street Journal. She is an expert at bringing refined, relaxed comfort to a home, and is passionate about sharing her expertise and empowering people to decorate and design their homes themselves.
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