london shopshoot - botany

london shopshoot - botany

4 Jul 2016

Hi Every-one,

when I'm in London as well as visiting old favourite places I like to explore districts new to me. On a rainy day I made my way over to Chatsworth Road, Clapton to explore the district and to visit Botany, a lovely plant and homewares store.



When I was in high school I used to work in a plant and flower shop so I spotted many old favourites.



This is what I found inside the store.



A lovely combination of plants, pots and homewares.



Unfortunately, as much as I would have liked, I couldn't take any of the plants home with me.







Instead I concentrated on the homewares.



Once I left Botany I wandered along Chatsworth Road until I reached Cooper and Wolf, a Swedish cafe.



The cafe has this great mural on the wall. I'm not sure but I'm guessing the little boy is Cooper and his dog is called Wolf.



I completed my loop by walking along Millfields Road to explore Lower Clapton Road before heading home to Notting Hill.



I hope you enjoyed my little ramble around Chatsworth Road. See you later in the week with some more photos of my time in London.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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folklore shopshoot

folklore shopshoot

6 Jun 2014

When I was in Islington trying to locate the Estorick Gallery, I noticed a lovely old painted shop window and inside was Folklore, a store I'd read so much about. 





After my visit to the gallery I decided to visit. Would you like to come and have a look inside the store with me?



Aren't those tiles gorgeous and the rest of the store is equally as lovely.



This is what I found inside. Lots of beautiful ceramics, elegant lights and products made from gorgeous natural fibres.



There was beautiful wrapping paper, coin purses and furniture with clean lines.



I just love these Falcon enamel teapots and if Mr. Falcon is listening I'd particularly like one in red.



Just look at these recycled bookends. What a clever way of repurposing old books.



Folklore have an online store with an even greater selection of products and best of all, they ship worldwide. 

If you're in London you can find Folklore at -

193 Upper Street
Islington
London N1 1RQ
UK
+44(0) 207 354 9333

I hope you enjoyed my visit to Folklore. Next time I post I'll have some images to share with you from Brussels, so until then,

Jillian

Edit - Folklore closed it's doors in January 2016.

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london part II - islington, shoreditch and borough markets

london part II - islington, shoreditch and borough markets

4 Jun 2014

Hi evey-one,

I'm in Paris at the moment but as promised here are some more images from my time in London.





I visited Islington to see an exhibition at the Estorick Gallery.



As I wandered in circles searching for the gallery I passed quite a few nice shops including Ottolenghi, Toast, Folklore and Atelier Abigail Ahern. I had to stop when I saw this moss dog. 





Something pretty to share with you. 



After my visit to Islington, I hopped on the overground to Shoreditch High Street for a wander around the area. First things first, I needed some feeding so I dropped in here for a bagel and a piece of cheesecake. I'm still reeling at the prices as everything was less than a pound.



I dropped into Labour and Wait to find it packed with shoppers.



I walked back to Liverpool Street Station via Fournier and Princelet Streets in Spitalfields. The shops may change hands but thankfully the shop fronts stay the same.






The next day I was up bright and early for a visit to Borough Markets.





I do like a good market.





It was too early in the day for me to have one of these sandwiches, but they smelt wonderful.



So much grit and texture on display.



Some lovely produce. It made me miss cooking, just a little.



A final image of the Shard to share with you.



Once I get time to prepare the images, I'll post the shopshoot I did while I was in London.

So until then,

au revoir,

Jillian

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london - part 1

london - part 1

3 Jun 2014

Hi Every-one,

I'm on the Thalys travelling from Brussels to Paris. The train may be high speed but the wi-fi certainly isn't. Hopefully I'll get this post written before I arrive at the Gare du Nord. I am so excited at the prospect of Paris, but back to London.



I spent 5 days in London. It was sunny the day I arrived, it was sunny the day I left and it rained every day in between.



I've been visiting London since I was 15, so I've been there a few times now and the city is very familiar to me. Each time I visit I like to explore a new to me district. This time I chose to explore Islington and I stayed at a gorgeous flat in Shepherd's Bush I found through airbnb. 




I visited the Estorick Gallery in Islington and I did a shopshoot while I was there but I'm awaiting for permission before I can post the images. I also visited my favourite gallery, the Courtauld at Somerset House.




I saw a wonderful Matisse exhibition at the Tate Modern and walked back across the Millenium Bridge to St. Paul's cathedral, where I saw this view from the bridge.





I found these beautiful roses in the garden of St Paul's.






I also visited the glamorous Italian fashion exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. 





As I needed a bit of cheering up after a day of sloshing through puddles, I went to Liberty of London as their flower shop never disappoints.  





As always I took stacks of images so there will be a few more London posts. I also shot most of a roll of black and white film whilst in London, so I'll share those images once I'm home and get them processed.



Okay, it's official, the wifi has defeated me so I'll finish this post here while I still can.

I'll be back soon, so bye for now,

Jillian

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copenhagen IV - louisiana museum of modern art and HAY

copenhagen IV - louisiana museum of modern art and HAY

28 May 2014

Have you heard of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art? It's a beautiful art gallery about 40 minutes travel time from Copenhagen.



It has a beautiful sculpture garden, dominated by this Henry Moore sculpture, overlooking the sea.







The Louisiana has the best gallery shop I've ever seen. I could have bought everything in sight, but common sense prevailed.



Back in Copenhagen I visited the University of Copenhagen Botanical Gardens.






It was lovely seeing all the flowers in bloom and the sun shining.

I found time to climb the round tower and visit the adjoining Trinitatis Church, where I was treated to an impromptu piano recital.

There was no time to rest though because I had few final photos to take of HAY. HAY furniture is available in Sydney but I think a stand alone store would do very well. HAY has 2 locations in downtown Copenhagen and I visited both of them.



I'm looking for a new light fitting for my flat and this George Nelson light might just be the go.





I just loved the staircase in HAY House and the views of Copenhagen from HAY House were just amazing.





Some of the goodies I found in the store. I did leave with 2 tiny little items, I could easily stash away in my luggage.



Cool Copenhagen.



I'll leave you with some iconic images of Copenhagen.



Those were my final images of Copenhagen. I've been in the UK for close to a week now and it's rained just about every day so photo opportunities have been few and far between. I'm planning to take my black and white film camera out with me today as I think film will best capture the moody tones of London.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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