Recently we’ve been noticing the return of lace and eyelet in a approach that’s by some means, towards all odds, completely un-frilly. Living proof? The romantic but contemporary lace curtains by Nest Design, like these. See? We love the best way they handle to really feel tender however not fusty—and we are able to simply see how they’d raise in an open window.
It’s in all probability helps that Nest Design’s method isn’t fussy, both. “I’ve all the time cherished making issues, notably out of textiles, so after coaching as an inside designer I began Nest again in 2001,” writes founder Lucy Bathurst. “Since then, it’s grown from simply me in a basement to a crack crew of seamstress ninjas designing items for architects, resorts, eating places and personal purchasers.”
Now these ninjas, and Lucy, work out of a transformed Mission Corridor in London the place they “specialise in sourcing uncommon, pure, vintage, and hand-dyed materials,” stitching them into new headboards, curtains, cushions, and wall hangings that may be seen the world over.
In the present day Lucy writes in from London with the film bed room that impressed Nest HQ, her kitchen pet peeve, and the stunning shade she dyed her sheets. Learn on…
You’re invited to dinner. What’s your go-to present?
Champagne, flowers, and cheese if it’s an easy dinner and one thing textile-y if it’s a housewarming. Relying on the tastes of the good friend, it is likely to be one thing classic that I believe they’d love, or possibly one among our handmade cushions.
What’s in your bedside desk?
Primarily books, a pleasant massive pile of them—which at the moment features a 1970’s Ebook of DragonsHettie Judah’s Lapidarium and The Inventive Act by Rick Rubin. Oh, and a few peonies from the backyard.
What’s your desert island design/artwork/architecture-related guide?
I’m unsure that it’s strictly talking any of the above, however Stephen Ellcock’s All Good Issues is totally chock stuffed with the most effective sort of visible magic.
What podcast or playlist do you placed on whenever you want inspiration?
I really like Jo Andrews’ Haptic & Hue podcast. It’s an enchanting and brilliantly researched exploration of all issues textile, and it by no means fails to remind me what a wealthy and various area it’s and the way fortunate I’m to work in it.
What’s a movie or TV present whose aesthetic has caught with you?
I acquired just a little bit obsessive about the bed room in Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favorite. To the extent that I made a decision I wanted to recreate it in brutalist type right here at Nest’s HQ. The tip result’s actually reasonably pretty and never almost as bonkers because it sounds.
