Decorative Home Accessories by Ruth Holly

A selection of decorative home and garden accessories, featuring abstract art patterns and textures, by Ruth Holly.

Introducing The Nomad Splash serving platter/ chopping board, £24.95

A visually striking sustainably sourced eucalyptus chopping board/serving platter, featuring our popular Nomad Splash print, in charcoal greys and baked yellow ochres tones. A great addition to any kitchen, the eye-catching, statement print makes it perfect to be on permanent display.

Use as a chopping board, a bread or cheese board, or perhaps a serving platter for all your favourite nibbles.

Style it with The Nomad Texture table runner, £54.95

Striking table decor with extra wow factor! Our 100% cotton table runner is digitally printed using reactive inks, ensuring rich & vibrant colours. It's wide hem detail is hand finished in the UK.

Set the table with these stunning black bowls from Nordic Nest from £9 and this sea grass bowl from Green Tulip £6.

Finally welcoming guests? Use Nomad Splash coasters £5

Scatter these around to protect your surfaces and add a pop of colour to your home.

Add tones of Yellow to your interior decor, to create a happy home.

Looking forward to a brighter future… after Living Coral in 2019 and Classic Blue in 2020, PANTONE® introduces Ultimate Gray + Illuminating Yellow into the mix for 2021, perfect to create a happy home!

2021 PANTONE® Colour of the Year is described as ‘A marriage of colour conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting’.

Soft Grey and Yellow Ochre abstract wall art print - 'Nomad Splash Eclipse' - from £25

Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic, the union of PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating is one of strength and positivity. It is a story of colour that encapsulates deeper feelings of thoughtfulness with the promise of something sunny and friendly.

These tones can be found in our very own Nomad collection, active designs evoking travel nostalgia, holiday happiness and inspiring creativity.

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Autumn Home Decor - Hygge & 'The Nature Table'

I asked my Mum, a creative writer like myself, to write a guest blog post about Autumn. Hopefully it will inspire you as it has me, and will allow us all the draw on the positives of an often tough season for many, especially at this time of year. Thanks Mummy!

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Autumn is my favourite season. by Sue Fletcher

"There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves." Joe L Wheeler

For me, Autumn, the transition of Summer into Winter, is when the blankets of green are replaced by reds; yellows; burnt orange; copper and gold. It's when the silhouette of a fallen leaf shows more starkly and thus more beautiful, upon the earth.

As a child I was encouraged to forage and collect. Walking home from Primary school every day I  would bring my Mum a wayside flower; sometimes just its head, plucked with plump little fingers from some crevice. One day I took her a stone because, " today there were no flowers"...

In Autumn however the pickings improved, there were acorns, with or without cups; conkers; empty hazelnut pods; spinning jennys and a plethora of fallen leaves. All lovingly curated on the Hall table that became simply ' The Nature Table', where I would deposit the day's offerings. It was a passage of childhood that I tried to encourage in my own daughter.

Image from Pinterest.

There are many unique joys of Autumn. It's a time of preparation where a jar of jam made, and then opened in Winter, bursts with the mellow smells and tastes of the previous season.

I don't mind the shortening of the days too much. It gives me permission to hunker down with a hot cup of something; light the candles; a good book or a notepad, the Ruth Holly notepads and beautiful linen journals prompt that fresh clean start to capturing the new season and if a log fire is thrown in - heaven! It can be a time of reflection and an opportunity to take forward positive lessons learned and the hope of new beginnings.

I like to 're-fresh my home in Autumn - make it more 'hygge-like' and there's an easy way to do this - I introduce throws and I replace Spring/Summer cushions with the more warm and earthy tones of the Ruth Holly Signature range and the Earth and Wholesome designs. When complimented by the warm light of a matching lampshade, the feeling is complete!

"Fall has always been my favourite season, The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if Nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale"

Laren DeStefano

BEYOND A BRAND

something different, something special...

Hello friends, my new tableware is now available and LIVE on the website. Table runners, napkins and a tea towel refresh! 100% cotton, with wide hem detail, using prints from both Signature & Aspect collections. Celebrate everyday dining.

My tableware collection was born out of a desire, and growing trend to really slow down and take care and attention when dining. Creating a community spirit with your family and friends, coming together & feeding your soul with nourishment.

Sitting at the table to eat was something my mother would always encourage as a family, and it's something that I actively try and do for at least 2 meals a day. Sitting down, dressing the table and caring for your environment, automatically creates an air of calm, allowing you to respect your home and in turn, yourself. x

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ART_SCAPE

Here is no.1 of a monthly feature called Art_scape. An arty escape for 5 mins to soak creativity up into your eye balls.

I regularly use Pinterest as a source of inspiration and collection, those of you aware of it will know of it's absorbing power. Those not, here is it's strap line - "Pinterest helps you discover and do what you love. Find recipes, style inspiration, projects for your home and other ideas to try. " 

It also allows creatives access to unlimited visual feasting, hours of procrastination and heart wrenching urges to get paints out and just play. 

This month my focus will be to introduce more colour into my life. Over the last few years I have been drawn to muted tones and this has had a strong impact on my designs. They are subtle, understated and beautiful and don't ask for attention.

(Don't tell everyone), but of late I'm enjoying a quiet revival, I have been looking at gathering colour and how to use it, here's what I found;