29th June 2015
I walked from the corridor into the Arab room at Cardiff Castle and was just amazed.
The ceiling is known as a muquarnas ceiling. Made from wood then covered with pure gold leaf and decorated.
It is an amazing sight and with the stained glass windows below it is just beautiful, the windows were inspired by Egyption designs and each have a crystal ball in front to reflect the light onto the ceiling.
Β The Arab room was commissioned in 1881, it was one of the last designs William Burges produced before he died.
The window shutters are designed in the mishrabaya style so that you can see out but those outside cannot see in, which was excellent as although the room was designed to be used as an occasional sitting room it was also used as a bedroom when needed. It must have been amazing to wake up in this room!
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Autumn is in full swing at ours π
Weβve brought the season indoors with blackberries, rosehips and the last of the hydrangeas, set against our Strawberry Thief fabric. This licensed William Morris design is digitally printed and manufactured in the UK π¬π§
Those cheeky little thrushes look right at home among the berries! π¦π
Shop via the link in bio π Three sizes of tablecloth available - 147cm round, 132 x 178cm and 132 x 229cm βΊοΈ. #strawberrythief #williammorris #autumntablescape #madeinuk #laurasbeau
What are you all dressing up as for Halloween? This was last years costume for Bertie, what can he be this year? ππ€
Heβs lounging on our Compton fabric, a licensed William Morris design printed in the UK. A pumpkin with good taste!
Tell us your costume plans below π#halloweendog #blacklab #williammorris #comptonfabric #laurasbeau
What would you make with this fabric? π§΅
Our Golden Lily heavyweight fabric is a licensed William Morris print, printed in the UK, and itβs a dream to sew with. Cushion covers, roman blinds, tote bags, a reupholstered chairβ¦ tell me in the comments what you`d makeπ
Available now, we sell it by the half metre for Β£13.25
#sewingproject #upholsteryfabric #williammorris #printedinuk #laurasbeau
Setting up for an evening of crafting βοΈ These 20cm x 20cm squares we sell as bundles of 5 fabric pieces, theyβre perfect for smaller crafts, what would you make from them? πͺ‘π§΅
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Cosy Sunday season is here π―οΈ anyone else constantly got a candle burning and a grazing board on the table at the moment? π
On the table, weβve got our beautiful Mallow Wine licensed William Morris design, a staple year round but especially this time of year π€
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October is for treating ourselves all month right? π» On the table is our gorgeous William Morris licensed Mallow Wine design, this time of year itβs rarely off the table! π€
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A fabulous way to display your best new tea towel; a tea towel bow π Iβve been doing these a lot lately, but Iβm so excited for how festive theyβll look for the coming season! β¨
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Weβre making some new fat quarter bundle sets for the website, let us know any combinations youβd like to see! β¨ We know lots of quilters like colour combos to match, do you prefer like colours or clashing? π«Άπ»
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Autumn gardens are upon us! π anyone else just constantly brushing up leaves? ππ½ββοΈ These Compton William Morris tea towels are our favourites this time of year, the digital print on them is so crisp ππΌ
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New product! π©· Our Charlotte Rose French floral design is so beautiful, itβs from our French floral archive and weβve just decided to do tea towels in it in time for the season of gifting π Β£10.99 each, available now on our website β¨
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Bringing back the pumpkin napkin fold π Anyone want a tutorial on how to do it? βοΈ
This is our licensed William Morris Compton design, isnβt it gorgeous π
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All printed in the UK, these are the licensed William Morris designs we cut today- can you name them all? β¨
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We have one Golden Lily small tote in stock! β¨ Perfect for taking out and about, if everyone loves them weβll start to make them βοΈ We have them in stock in Trellis too in small and large size, DM me for a link β¨
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Florals florals florals β¨ These are our exclusive range of designs that weβve restored from our French archive that dates from the late 1800s- early 1900s, would you like a sneak peak at our archive? Thereβs still lots of gorgeous designs in there ready to shine again! π«Άπ»
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Gorgeous wildflowers gracing this tablescape β¨ Lily is such an underrated design by William Morris, itβs one of our favourites! π«Άπ» weβve got 20% off everything on our website this weekend with code; WEEKEND if you have your eye on anything, but be quick, it ends midnight tomorrow! π€
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Cut this gorgeous fat quarter bundle today βοΈ Can you name all the gorgeous William Morris designs? β¨
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Did you know all our William Morris designs are licensed William Morris designs that we digitally print and manufacture in the UK π¬π§
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Cut this gorgeous fabric stack today- can anyone name these iconic William Morris designs? β¨
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Our fabric patchwork bundles, fabric bundles and remnants have been restocked on our website now! π€ With only a few available, hurry to get the designs you want, the bundles are great for smaller sewing and quilting bundles, what will you create? πͺ‘π§΅
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Is there anything better than fresh flowers? π» Bringing sunshine and nature indoors with Merton blue on the table today π€
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