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Giannina Capitani’s Albers Collection, from £89
Everything that knitwear genius Giannina Capitani touches is exquisite. A case in point: her brand new Albers Collection, a pure merino-spun world of sublime softness across cushions and blankets, all inspired by Bauhaus legend, Anni Albers. We love it when two icons come together. Explore more.
A Wilder Way by Poppy Okotcha, £14.99
Part memoir, part nature story, part manual for how to restore our relationship with the land, this beautiful book is the perfect, inspiring read for days spent in the garden, face tilted to the sun. And if you don’t already, do follow Poppy on Instagram for her sage advice and the way she inspires gently and reminds us to slow down and embrace the rhythms of nature. Buy it.
Bonni Outbuildings, from £35,000
One of our larger, and most abiding, objects of lust is one of Bonni Outbuildings’ collection of beautiful garden studios. Sure, we might need to radically rethink our garden (which is to say, magically double its size), but we nonetheless remain undeterred from our longing. We are a nation of house tinkerers, and for those who have already converted lofts and side-returns, garden rooms represent another way to claim more living space. After all, there’s nothing quite so cosy as a room of one’s own in the garden (Virginia Woolf’s, a writing shed in her Rodmell home, remains the exemplar). No one makes them more beautifully than Bonni. Explore more.
June Home Supply’s Ceramic Citrus Juicer, $23
Don’t be put off by the fact that June Home Supply is America-based. Happily, they ship worldwide – and good thing too, for we couldn’t love the brand’s simply, home-spun aesthetic more than we already do. We’d take it all (especially this perfect but currently sold-out picnic patchwork) – but we’d also be particularly delighted with this very simple ceramic citrus juicer. Buy it.
Huers Chairs By Mena Woodwork + Design, £980
It is rare to find garden furniture that is sculptural, meticulously craftsman-made and, crucially, modern in its sensibility. Consider this, then, your cue to discover the oeuvre of Mena Woodwork + Design, the Cornwall-based, sustainability-minded brainchild of carpenter and joiner, Olly Hill. Beautiful, elegant and made from solid oak to be truly weather-proof, we lust unapologetically after everything he makes. Explore more.
Hearth Rugs By Sabine Van Der Sande, from £195
There are, surely, few more romantic paths to follow in the convenience-, AI-driven 21st-century than that of a hand weaver. We are very glad, then, for the very existence of Sabine Van Der Sande, who makes small batch textiles in her north London studio. These hearth rugs, conceived as a ‘kitchen rug to warm bare feet by the oven’, uses a traditional Swedish ripsmatta weave structure. In an age that is witnessing the handing over of art – minus the human-created imperfection that actually qualifies it as such – to robots, such pursuits feel like brilliant acts of defiance. Oh, and they’re also beautiful too. Explore more.
Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story of War, Exile and Hope by Olia Hercules, £14
‘I am writing this story without knowing its end: it begins long before I was born and will continue long after I die. I am writing this story to help myself heal and to make you understand.’ Olia Hercules’ latest – and tremendously moving – book contains more than just recipes. It tells the story Ukraine through four generations the lens of her family, all woven through with the food that has sustained them over those decades, its very creation an act of resilience in the face of years of devastation wrought by war. As Nigella Lawson says, ‘I was completely pole-axed by this. It is a breathtaking achievement to depict such pain so exquisitely. And it’s strikingly sui generis. Olia Hercules deftly fuses war reporting, food memoir, an investigation into identity, and an act of resistance to create what I feel compelled to describe as a painting out of words. An instant classic.’ Buy it.
