The interior design lover's guide for October: fairs, collabs, and books to know
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October sees the return of the heavyweights: for the collectors there are Frieze at Regent’s Park and PAD at Berkeley Square, along with Decorex at Olympia for interior designers.
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And the magpies out there will enjoy the Decorative Fair and Affordable Art Fair, plus a couple of sample sales.
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Bermondsey-based luxury natural paint brand Atelier Ellis is launching a 32-strong collection of bio-based stains.
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A far cry from the sticky browns of the 1970s, the covetable range can transform the appearance of wood, walls and floors, with the aim of refreshing over replacing.
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Shining a spotlight on British craft, Herringbone House, the family-run cabinet and kitchen maker, has just gone live with Herringbone Shop, an online array devoted to UK-made homewares.
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From tablecloths to dog beds, wallpapers to flooring, the team has handpicked makers from all around the country, with the curation underpinned by joyful prints and uplifting colour.
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Of course it’s dinner party season again and Aaron Probyn’s Rye wine glasses are sure to get the conversation going (£45 per pair).
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Each has a chunky stem and foot cast in bold colour and the design is stackable, meaning your kitchen cupboards will love them.
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And Mayfair is getting the chicest floral makeover with the opening of Claridge’s Flowers; blooms are for sale by the stem and there are plans for evening masterclasses with Flowers After Hours.
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Nearby, restaurant Pearl is opening in Brown Hart Gardens, atop a Grade II listed working electricity substation.
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The gardens were redesigned by renowned architect and horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett in one of his final projects before his death.
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Hot on the heels of a sell-out lighting collaboration, north London-based Leanne Kilroy — aka Good Bones — and Plank Hardware are back with a collection of handles and cabinet pulls.
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Five designs intended to be mixed — rather than matched — include star backplates and blackened bronze teardrop-shaped pulls (£12.95).
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Translating the textile designer’s most graphic patterns into rug form, the three styles suit both modern and traditional interiors and start from £420.
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Check out Penny Morrison for Lorfords Contemporary: the aptly named Penny sofa comes with loose slip covers and can take on various clever guises (from £9,750).
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Sharpen your elbows, as sample sales are fertile ground for homeware bargains.
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A Rum Fellow will be hosting its first in three years on October 9; expect rugs, fabrics, accessories and furniture (214 Kensington Park Road, W11).
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On October 16 and 17, New Zealand design house Resident is hosting an archive sale to round off In Living Colour, its 15th anniversary retrospective at 4 Pentonville Road, N1.
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Hundreds of products will be marked down by 50 to 70 per cent.
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Not forgetting the faithful regulars: The Decorative Fair returns to Evolution London at Battersea Park from September 29 to October 4, followed by the Affordable Art Fair, also at Battersea, from October 14 to 18.
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Or you can shop from the comfort of your armchair: the modern design and decorative art auction at Dreweatts on October 7 features three works by Quentin Bell, art historian and member of the Bloomsbury family, including a fabulously tiled table decorated with interlocking mermaids and a merman.
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Joanna Plant has quietly designed homes for rock stars and top models; in her first book, A Decorator’s Reflections on Making a Home (Rizzoli, £40), she welcomes readers into her own house, a Camden property that was once Amy Winehouse’s off-licence, and shares the story of its transformation.
Interior designer (to the royal family, no less) Ben Pentreath does a similar thing alongside his gardener husband Charlie McCormick in A Year at the Parsonage: The Story of a House and Garden (Quadrille, £30, out on October 8).
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The aesthetes bought their Dorset parsonage 15 years ago and this beautifully captured book serves as the ultimate retrospective.
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In John Pawson: The Minimal Home (Phaidon, £39.95) his approach to designing modern homes is explored across six chapters, from the 1980s to the present day.
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Knocking all village fairs out of the park is Daylesford’s Work of the Hand craft fair in the Cotswolds.
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Set in the farm’s Heritage House, it will host 20 makers and galleries — spanning ceramics, textiles, wood and sculpture — alongside alumni from the King’s Foundation and the Chanel Métiers d’Art Programme (October 10 to 11; tickets £15).
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And how idyllic does Apple Day at Parnham Park sound (October 17, £5 for adults, £1 for children)?
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Located near the Jurassic Coast, this stately home comes with all the bells and whistles — think a walled garden restaurant, greenhouses bigger than a two-bedder in zone four and Instagrammable bedrooms.
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