country homes & interiors mag feb '10

as promised, here are some of the other images from the
Nature's Beauty photoshoot for Country Homes & Interiors magazine
that some of our work was used in,
with our slate & oak coffee table on the cover!

also included in the photos is our reclaimed oak & slate lamps,
our medium size reclaimed slate portrait mirrors
and our leaf lanterns.


thanks again to stylist Carol Wortley-Bishop,
styling assistant Tamara Kelly
and photographer Lucinda Symons.

to see more, the feb '10 issue is out to buy now and you can
check out the editor Rhonda Parry's blog here

inside cornwall magazine

inside cornwall magazine
have featured our reclaimed cornish slate mirrors
in the october issue (out now)


there is a little teeny tiny misprint:
our small cornish slate portrait mirrors pictured in the mag
are actually £40 (includes p&p to mainland uk), not £44.



thanks to Angela at the mag for contacting us about the article
and Kathy for writing the piece.

www.insidecornwall.co.uk

our materials: reclaimed cornish slate

we have told you a little about where our reclaimed oak is sourced, now we'll explain about the reclaimed slate that we use.

reclaimed cornish slate:
like all of our materials, we spend alot of time sourcing & choosing the right pieces. The slate comes from old buildings and are sometimes so dirty that it's impossible to see the colours and markings underneath. It's alot of work cleaning them up, sometimes having to chip away at cement and bitumen just to get to the slate. But once we have cleaned them up we can see the beautiful colours and markings in each piece, a mixture of deep & light blues, little patches of rusty orange, greys, browns and blacks, and sometimes a real defined contrast of lights & darks. Every single piece of slate is different which makes each thing that we make unique.




Glenn hand cuts each piece and then polishes the slate to reveal more of the colours that have occured due to the slate being weathered for years and years and years. We use reclaimed cornish slate in our accessories range for our mirrors, ranging from small portrait ones to huge sculptural panoramic ones. We also make a range of clocks from this beautiful slate, polishing a circle for the face of the clock so it's really smooth and leaving the rest of the slate slightly textured.




next: steel

images: top left: small portrait mirror top right: large square clock bottom left: panoramic mirror bottom right: long rectangular clock

spring open studio: 15th - 19th april '09

hopefully we will see you all at the love factor furniture exhibition in Appledore this weekend but if you can't make it then maybe we will see you at our spring open studio.

for the rest of the Easter week we will be opening our studio in Welcombe where we will have a selection of work for sale: new furniture & accessories, our usual range of mirrors, clocks and lanterns and some old stock at reduced prices (see below for details).

we will have our last old stock coffee table for sale at the spring open studio.
the table is the same as the one above apart from the slate not being the new cornish slate that we now use.
the oak is reclaimed and finished with danish oil and the slate is protected with a sealant to protect against stains.
length: 90cm x width: 90cm x height: 43cm
the table is reduced from £750 to £500.


new gold leaf bowl lanterns will be available from the studio at £10 each - not available from our website yet.
also for sale will be our leaf skeleton lanterns at £12.50 each, available in little boxes perfect for posting as gifts.

we still have a few old stock mirrors made from dark slate left, in a few different sizes ranging from small ones reduced from £25 to £15, medium ones reduced from £35 to £20 and these large square mirrors that are perfect for bathrooms.
they are 60cm x 60cm and are reduced from £200 to £120.

a brand new product that we have made especially for the spring open studio are these beautiful serving/chopping boards made from reclaimed oak & ash starting at £10.

also available will be our usual collection of mirrors and clocks from reclaimed cornish slate - mirrors start at £30 and clocks at £60.

we will also have a range of furniture on show including new pieces for 2009.

as well as our studio, Paul Jenner will be opening his photography studio selling beautiful box canvases, prints & cards. David Westcott produces a wide range of functional earthenware at Welcombe Pottery and will also be open for the 5 days. The Old Smithy Inn will be open for lunch from 12 to 2.30 serving great food, good wine & real ales.
Welcombe lies on the coast inbetween Bideford and Bude, just off the A39 - all studios will be signposted.

hope to see you this Easter.

pachadesign open studio:
well barn, well farm, welcombe, near bideford, devon, ex39 6hg
open: 15th - 19th april '09 10.30am - 5pm