tiles

We have been on a little trip (more about that later) and when I return from a few days away I always want to change the house. I tend to drift between the simplicity of Scandinavian design and the organic, artisan quality of the Mediterranean. These concrete floor tiles fall into both camps. From Swedish company Marrakeck Design they come in lovely cool colours and can be arranged in any number of pattern combinations. Of course we have no where to put them, I would like them on the kitchen wall but we have to keep changing the colour for photographic shoots. This year it has been olive green, blue, back to olive and now this grey which I may keep for a bit. The colour is called 'nothing makes people happy' from my favourite eccentrically named paint shop Colour Makes People Happy.

typography and tiles

Last few images from Spain before we fly home to chilly England, tiles and typography from some of our favourite places.

penguin patterns 1

These caught my eye in a local charity shop, Penguin music scores published in the '50s with delicate  patterns in earthy colours that remind me of Pugin wallpaper and Spanish tiled floors.

lubna chowdhary

Way back before Christmas I went to a samples sale at Lubna Chowdhary's lovely garden studio. Choosing between her stock of beautiful, intensely coloured graphic tiles was really difficult. I had good intentions of just buying a couple but came home with this set. I have just got round to putting them in a frame and can't stop looking at them.