Blog – Page 2 of 18 – Blake & Taylor

Custom Made Cushions

Blake and Taylor2019-09-03T12:15:34+00:0011 July 2019|Blog, Cushions, On My Design Bench|

We are making a few new exciting changes to Blake & Taylor at the moment and one of them is adding a whole new range of beautiful custom made cushions to the store. I am really pleased to be able to share with you some of these stunning designs using the best quality fabrics. I have always loved playing around with pattern and textures in this way. The addition of a gorgeous custom made cushion to a room can really elevate it from ordinary to extraordinary. Best of all, exclusive Blake & Taylor cushions include a soft duck feather insert. [...]

Dash & Albert Stair Runner

Blake and Taylor2019-09-03T12:06:35+00:005 July 2019|Blog, On My Design Bench|

This week I want to show you the installation of this gorgeous Dash & Albert stair runner for one of my lovely clients. The Dash & Albert range is suitable for practically any area in your home indoor or out. I love the fact that they are ethically produced, eco friendly, handmade, child and pet friendly! They come in a fabulous range of colours, patterns and textures and the founder Annie Selke has collaborated with some of the best artists and designers in the business to produce exclusive collections. Take a look at this stunning runner from the Bunny Williams [...]

Furniture Paint Makeover

Blake and Taylor2019-09-03T12:03:57+00:005 July 2019|Blog, Chalk Furniture Paint, Furniture|

This hutch and pine chair have been sitting at my house for a while now both waiting for a lick of paint! Rather than tackle the project like I usually do painting at my home, I decided to work on this furniture paint makeover project at the Blake & Taylor store instead. It was a bit tricky finding the space but it worked and lots of customers were interested to see how the paint works up close and personal. For this furniture paint makeover I decided on Dove Grey for the hutch and Duck for the chair, knowing exactly which [...]

Pear Frame Makeover

Ellie Ramsay2019-05-22T16:25:58+00:0013 May 2019|Blog, On My Design Bench|

I have been wanting to transform this old pear frame ever since I launched the Chalk Furniture Paint colour, Sage. I have always thought this would be the perfect hue to enhance this old painting and be a great way to use some of the Soft Black Wax to bring out that beautiful foliage carving detail. Pear Frame Makeover Materials Used: Methylated Spirit Rags 25mm Round Synthetic Brush Painters no leak masking tape Blake & Taylor Soft Black Wax Blake & Taylor Chalk Furniture Paint Sage Green Click here to watch the frame makeover. Step 1 Clean the frame using [...]

Artwork In Ellie’s Home

Ellie Ramsay2019-05-14T03:50:42+00:0013 May 2019|About, Blog|

My home is my creative playground. I love imagining new ways I could transform each space. The stairway was a spot that had irked me for quite a while. About a year ago my husband and I took a few cans of Blake & Taylor Chalk Paint, expended half a day’s worth of elbow-grease and fixed it right up. (Would you like to see the results? ) Left photo Kitchen looking into breakfast room showing Blue & white Stack Painting. Photo to the right Afternoon Mosaic. The project did not end there of course! Stairwells are the perfect place for a [...]

Everything Is Better When It Is Vintage!

Ellie Ramsay2019-05-14T03:53:38+00:0013 May 2019|About, Blog|

Ok, I must digress, not absolutely EVERYTHING is better when it is vintage. I much prefer my smartphone to the twist-it-all-the-way-around rotary dial of my youth. Though, to be fair, it did help me practice my memorization skills. Many things that were fashioned in the past give me great excitement. The love and care infused into each item is second only to something that has been hand-made. Both of which I have in spades at the Blake & Taylor shop! It is as if these items are filled to the brim with the very appreciation of time that went into [...]

Handmade Scented Hearts

Ellie Ramsay2019-05-13T17:38:04+00:0013 May 2019|About, Blog|

Does anyone remember your youthful excitement at the prospect of a grab-bag? They were those bags full of random candy and surprises you might have received at the end of a birthday party like these handmade scented hearts. You might spy them sitting on a table at the beginning of the event and wonder for those two hours what magic was in store if you did indeed receive one. The possibilities were endless and amazing! Your imagination would run wild. Well, we are all grown up now and that feeling is few and far between. But in one small way, [...]

Chair Makeover

Ellie Ramsay2019-05-14T03:55:25+00:0013 May 2019|Blog, Furniture, On My Design Bench|

Here is the next project that has arrived on my design bench, a chair makeover! You might not believe it, but this fabulous chair frame is not an antique! The gorgeous wooden frame with beautifully carved floral detail was designed and crafted overseas. This chair was commissioned by one of my client's for their bedroom (another project that I am involved with for this clients bedroom - see On my Design Bench' 8 January 2019.)Yes, you all know how enamored I am with antiques; how I like to imagine the stories that weathered old items would tell. However, in this [...]

Sonya Bag

Ellie Ramsay2019-04-15T02:40:44+00:0011 April 2019|About, Blog|

New in my web store is the Sonya Bag which I worked on for over 12 months. This stunning bag has been lovingly created by moi, Ellie, using a collection of vintage fabrics from France, vintage glass buttons and hand stitch techniques. The stitching technique used to create this bag is the Japanese Boro stitch. The term "boro" comes from the words "boroboro" meaning something tattered or repaired. Historically, as hemp was more widely available in Japan than cotton, the two kinds of fabrics were woven together for warmth, birthing the term "boro" as one type of fabric was often [...]

Doll House Makeover

Ellie Ramsay2019-04-11T05:33:08+00:0011 April 2019|Blog, On My Design Bench|

One of the very first blog posts to ever make it on the Blake & Taylor website was of a custom painted doll's house for a customer. It was such a treat to bring new life to an item that was made with quality in mind. Similar to our own homes, the foundation may have been built to last generations but the decorating needs a spruce up every few years. On today's blog post, we walk you through how we freshened up a recent doll's house that was brought into the shop by a customer who was inspired to give [...]

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