I saw the image below on Rom 1.2.3. and suddenly my heart skipped a beat. Can you see what I can see...La...dans le coin a droite...oui...there in the right corner! Look at these three little beauties of vintage crates turned into storage...The perfect combination of vintage and modern, smooth and rough. I have two of these at home that regularly change function/room from bedside table to coffee table to storage from lounge to home office and currently they are in Mila's bedroom but I would be quite happy to turn them into a storage unit on wheels like this...The idea is not new and Sally and Mark from Baileys Home and Garden suggested a whole unit out of vintage crates but this is a bit too much for me. I like little vintage touches in contemporary interiors not the whole shabang. What do you think? Do you like it?

Image 1 from Rom 1.2.3 | Image 2 from Baileys Home and Garden

J'ai vu cette photo dans Rom 1.2.3 (un magazine Norvegien) et mon coeur n'a fait qu'un bond. Est ce que vous voyez ce que je vois..la...dans le coin a droite! Regardez ces trois cageots anciens transformes en meuble de rangement...Une osmose parfaite entre l'ancien et le moderne, entre des matieres lisses et rugueuses. J'ai deux cageots similaires a la maison qui changent regulierement de fonction, parfois gueridon, table basse et qui sont pour l'instant dans la chambre de Mila mais cela me dirait bien de les transformer en meuble de rangement sur roues comme ca...L'idee n'est pas nouvelle, Sally and Mark de Baileys Home and Garden avait dans le passe suggere tout un mur de rangement avec des vieux cageots mais je trouve que ca fait trop. J'aime bien les petites touches vintage dans des maisons contemporaines mais pas le total look vintage. Qu'est ce que vous en pensez? Ca vous plait?

Sorry guys, I'm posting this as a memento for myself because my computer is SO slow, I need to throw away some stuff and I want to keep this in mind because I like the look of the storage boxes on the right hand side with the brown labels. I think they sell similar boxes at Ikea. I also love the moody mood board on the left which is quite dramatic with its B&W images. Something like this would be fab for a home office

I love these cupboards - which if I remember well from various features in mags - are from Abigail's home

A couple of years ago, I mentioned Urban Outfitters' Hip office space in Philadelphia and if you remember it was a fantastic inspiring spaces. The place was bursting with colours, mood boards and I was aching with envy just looking at the photos...
Today it is a complete different design but as beautiful and of course in tunes with the brand it embodies...here are Neals Yard Remedies Head Office designed by Feilden Clegg in Dorset (Feilden Clegg also designed Greenpeace HQ, The Woodland Trust offices). The building is stunning, there is no question about it. I love how Feilden Clegg made use of wood and blend the company within the beautiful landscape of Dorset but what caught my attention was the work of Pinch which were asked by Neals Yard Remedies to design the interior and furniture for their new head office and manufacturing facility.
Pinch is an Award-winning company set up by husband and wife team Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon in 2004. Before Pinch, Russell had co-founded The Nest, a multi-disciplinary brand design agency with clients including British Airways, MFI, WHSmith, Rip Curl and Selfridges while Oona worked first at The Nest then at branding agency Bloom.
They now design furniture for some of the best UK furniture brands such as Conran, SCP and Benchmark Furniture (another company established by Sir Terence Conran).
As you will see from the pictures below, the interior combines bespoke Pinch furniture with customised basics to create a positive working environment that works to refect both the NYR brand and the exterior architecture and I think a lot of their gorgeous ideas could also be applied to your home.

Blackboard storage (clever & stylish idea for the home)

Reception signage

Office and coat hook


the restaurant and its gorgeous lighting