Cool, Ethical, Dutch
I’d been wanting to revisit Holland for a while, after being inspired by Dutch designers like Droog on my design degree (see Emily’s blog…
Hotel Droog, Amsterdam
Last week I took a trip to Amsterdam with some good friends and I was very excited when I learnt that Droog, the Dutch…
Jon, Sri Lanka, a cookery book!!
Tom our workshop manger here at deVOL introduced us to his mate Jon Lewin, a really lovely and very cool guy who always wears…
Glastonbury A World of Creativity
Instead of the traditional chilled out, hot holiday abroad, this year a group of friends and I decided to take some time off work…
Barcelona
I took a short trip to Barcelona a few weeks ago. There is so much to love about Bacelona; great food, museums and Gaudi’s…
Heritage style – Elizabethan manor house Canons Ashby
I had a little history lesson this weekend during a visit to the house and gardens at the National trust property a stones throw…
Happy Hoildays
Made in England
I’ve had a bit of a ‘Made In England’ weekend with a visit to the John Smedley factory shop in Derbyshire to stock up…
The Office
The views from our new deVOL design offices at Cotes Mill are a little more calming than the view I had in my previous…
Stylissimo
I always love to see beautiful photographs of a quirky interior, some simple food, an unbelievable view or just something ordinary, looking quite beautiful in…
Autumn
I look forward to each season as much as the last. Every one has something to look forward to. At the moment i’m really…
Alone in the wilderness.
If you want inspiration for ‘giving things a go’, this is the bravest man you will find.