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Bedrooms Design Shopping

Australian bed linen: Autumn’s best new collections!

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Logan & Mason 'Briar Rose' quilt cover, from $119.95

With summer on the wane, and winter not too far away, autumn is a fabulous time to get your bedroom ready for the cooler months. It’s seemingly also the most popular season for new bedding launches – coincidence much? I think not! From the inimitable Rachel Castle’s latest creations, to gorgeous oversized blooms at Linen House, the statement floral trend is certainly one with legs.

Castle & Things ‘Little Garden’ range: The Sydney bedding wunderkind has excelled herself with this latest design. Hand drawn by Rachel Castle herself (with watercolour, acrylic, pencil, texta, crayon, pastel and gouache), the whimsical floral design is heavenly. The range is complemented by a gorgeous creamy eggshell and black spotty linen.

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Would you look at that gorgeous print! ‘Little Garden’ pillowcase, $49.
Spot shag cushion cover, from $69
Spot shag cushion cover, from $69

Linen House A/W 2020 ‘Romantic Floral’ collection: The Dutch masters and French Impressionists provided plenty of inspiration for this new bloom-focused range. It also contains a modern take on Hawaiian print too.

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Linen House ‘Taira’ quilt cover set, from $169.99, is a modern update to a classic Hawaiian print
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Linen House ‘Violette’ quilt cover, from $189.99, is awash with a bounty of hydrangea
Linen House 'Primrose' quilt cover set, from $189.99
Linen House ‘Primrose’ quilt cover set, from $189.99

Aura Halo organic bed linen: The first range of organic bed linen for the brand, the collection is finished with a light stonewash for a matte look and soft hand feel. The colour palette is beautiful; there’s tobacco, rosewater, eucalypt, pebble and white. We’re hard pressed to choose a fave!

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Halo organic bed linen in eucalypt
Halo organic bed linen in rosewater
Halo organic bed linen in rosewater
Aura Halo Organic bed linen
Halo organic bed linen in tobacco

Logan & Mason AW 2020 ‘Back in Bloom’ collection: From large scale hand-drawn blooms (for an utterly maximalist vibe), to a painterly pastel vibe, there’s flowers aplenty in this new range.

Logan & Mason quilt cover
Logan & Mason ‘Briar Rose’ quilt cover, from $119.95. There’s bees and foliage, in contrasting terracotta, on the reverse.
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Logan & Mason ‘Gracie Sage’ quilt cover, from $119.95. This cover has a vintage-style chintz on the reverse.

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Design Interviews Kids Rooms

Nursery decor ideas: A moody, vintage, upcycled space

Upcycled wardrobe

This nursery caught our eye this week courtesy of its moody vibe and interesting mix of old and new finds. The creation of stylist Penny Hyams (of The Studio Melbourne), who worked with children’s interior store Hello Little Birdie, gender neutrality and sustainability were key to the brief. “We specialise in incorporating vintage pieces in our shoots as we believe they add personality to a room, and stop them looking too generic,” says Penny.

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Sitting atop the wardrobe, that Castle & Things ‘Love’ print is perfection!

Arguably the hero of the room, the cot was a Gumtree find, purchased from someone who had had it in their family for over 100 years. Used by three generations of the one family, the cot presented an ideal upcycling opportunity for Penny who repainted it and purchased a new mattress to go with it. “It was white when we bought it but there were many chips and you could see the history through them. There were several layers of different coloured paint beneath,” says Penny.

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The cot bedding and cushions were sourced from Castle & Things and H&M Home

The room’s upcycled wardrobe was purchased on eBay for just $10 before Penny painted it dark grey with a matte black interior – it was originally white. “It has lots of little drawers and racks for displaying treasures. We loved that we could layer things on top of it as well,” says Penny.

Amazingly, the room’s big-ticket items (the cot, wardrobe and old tin case), cost a total of just $160! “We mixed expensive bedding with very affordable items and think this could be an easy project to inspire others,” says Penny.

Upcycled wardrobe
This room could easily transition to an older child’s room simply by swapping out the cot for a bed

Old meets new aesthetic preferences aside, Penny and her team are passionate about sustainability and its principles underpin their whole ethos. “It’s hugely important to us! We have recently made our studio plastic-free and are working hard toward being carbon neutral in the not too distant future. There are so many vintage design gems out there waiting to be found and we now have quite a good collection of them.”

Upcycled wardrobe
The ‘Safari’ tufted rug is from Ferm Living

Photography: Sandy Rogulic for The Studio Melbourne | Styling: Penny Hyams and Mel Spurling

For more on The Studio Melbourne | Rockabilly baby: A stylish mid-century twin nursery

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Bedrooms Competitions Homewares

Win latest Rachel Castle bedding in gorgeous slate linen

The new printed and plain slate linen bedding from Castle was designed with the boys in mind but could equally be styled up for girls (little ones or grown-ups)!
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Rachel Castle says: “We’re so excited about our new slate 100% linens, such a bedding staple. We wanted to make something that the boys would like too for once, as we are very much known for our love of a floral and a spot!
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“So you can make a pretty bed with the floral and spot pillowcases and some soft pastel velvets, or a more masculine bed with the new linen stripes. Give it as much or as little colour as you like.”
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As a mother of a teenage boy, Rachel herself struggled with what to put on his bed. “The simplicity of a slate linen — all that texture and crinkly goodness, cause he’s never going to keep it neat — with a black velvet pillowcase and a simple blue stripe, was perfect,” she said. “The slate also happily takes you all through spring to summer, still warm but crisp.”
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I have to say readers, my Castle grey linen sheet and quilt cover is some of the nicest I’ve slept in. So soft!

Available in double, queen and king. Quilt cover from $235, sheet from $130 and pillowcases $59 each.

Competition time 

We are giving away one queen size set of quilt cover, fitted and flat sheet and two pillowcases from the range, of your choice. For your chance of winning, complete the form below by 6pm AEST on Monday 12 September 2016.

Not feeling lucky? Buy online.

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Win new Rachel Castle lumbar cushions in every colour!

As regular readers will know, we love Rachel Castle’s colourful, fun and luxe homewares. The latest offering from CASTLE are these velvet lumbar cushions. Not just comfortable on the old back, but perfect for mixing up the size and shape of cushions on your lounge or bed. And we can’t get enough of this season’s tactile velvet either.

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Two lucky readers will each win three lumbar cushions in teal, orange and butterscotch, complete with inserts (worth $79 each).

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The fine grade velvet cushion covers are double piped, front and back, with  a 3cm wall. They measure 52cm x 30cm. The inserts are 15% down and 85% feather, making them super dense and gorgeous. They’re made especially for CASTLE in Australia.

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Personally, we’d mix them up with some CASTLE velvet penny rounds.

For your chance to win, complete the form below by 5pm Sydney time this Friday 27 May 2016. Good luck!

Not feeling lucky? Shop online.

Styling by Megan Morton, photography by Pablo Veiga

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Bedrooms Competitions

Win latest Rachel Castle grown up (but not TOO grown up) linen

Castle’s new 100% Belgian linen is dyed the softest ice grey you’ve ever seen, says Rachel Castle. “All wintery in winter but oh so summery in summer, I personally love sleeping in linen, and love the way it washes over time into that antique scrunchy ‘I’ve had it forever’ kind of look so I’m dead excited about this range. ”

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We’re giving you the chance to win some (read how at the end of this post).

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“Our quite serious and grown up bed (ooh, never let us grow up entirely!) still has a twinkle in its eye, the antique wash pillowcases to match come printed with rust clouds, charcoal scallops and our signature white spots,” Rachel adds.

“We’ve wanted to do linens for so long now. We needed to find the right supplier, the right linen, just the right mix of look and feel, and all for the right price (they’re excellent by the way), so we hope you love them too. A nod to classic with a big cheeky wink. Who said sophistication couldn’t be fun?”

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Check out the whole range online.

WIN

For your chance to win 2 x grey plain linen pillow cases in grey, the 100% grey Belgian linen flat sheet, fitted sheet and quilt cover, worth a total of $650, complete the form below. Good luck!

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Art Dining Furniture Homewares

The Tabletop Project day 2: Rachel Castle

Christmas is all about gathering together for a feast with your favourite people. Sydney furniture makers Mark Tuckey asked seven of their favourite creatives to create a Christmas table (Some are glitzy, some are glam, some are just plain dotty) and we’re sharing one with you each day this week.

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Today, we have artist and bed linen queen Rachel Castle, director of Castle and Things. She used the Tripod Dining Table.

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“We need Christmas prep to be quick and easy. We work right up until Christmas Eve, and some customers even drop by the office, and later at night by my house, to pick up orders. I’ve got to say the late last minuters are always the husbands, funny.

“I grab all the circles and offcuts I can from the office and on Christmas morning simply lay the table and then colour everything up with bits and bobs of paper and tinsel and streamers.

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“A little spot, funny, totally puts whimsy into anything. My family however, are probably a little over the spot situation. Tough luck peoples, it’s just how we rock ‘n roll! At least I buy them nice presents to make up for it.”

Photography by Cameron Bloom.

THE TABLE TOP PROJECT Rachel Castle from www.shayneallen.com on Vimeo.

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Art

New Rachel Castle teatowels make the BEST limited edition, affordable art

Rachel Castle’s teatowels are a little bit legendary. At just $69, they’re designed to be framed as artwork and considering they’re limited edition, that’s a serious bargain. The latest designs are as fun and colourful as ever.

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And you know me and art incorporating words: BIG fan! I think, as a chronic night owl, I need this one (above)!

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Of course, you could use them in the kitchen, but I wouldn’t approve!

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Buy online.

Read our interview with Rachel.

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Interiors Addict

Warning: Rachel Castle’s tutti frutti linen may make you want to dance!

If you know Rachel Castle of Castle & Things’ work, you’ll know she creates colourful, fun (and pleasingly white-based) linen and pieces that become cult must-haves within weeks.

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Remember Put The Love In the Coconut? Thought so! The latest tutti frutti collection is no exception. Just perfect for summer. It comes with a warning though: it may make you want dance like THIS…

Now you’re feeling all happy and giddy, check out the rest of the collection. I’m really stoked there’s polkadots involved on the quilt covers this time. I’m just dotty for spots.

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14 gifts for mum: a pair of polkadot pillowcases

There’s a reason these fun Castle polkadot pillowcases are bestsellers. What mum wouldn’t like a pair? Go matching or mix it up with an odd pair!

They’re $49 each and 5-star hotel grade. They come in yellow, pink, turquoise, orange and more.

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Interviews

“There’s not a day when I don’t just want to make things.” An interview with Rachel Castle

Rachel Castle of CASTLE

You probably already know Rachel Castle’s sellout pokadot pillow cases, velvet round cushions and colourful artwork. If you’ve seen the saying Put The Love In The Coconut around the place, you’ve seen her happy creations for her label CASTLE.

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Rachel Castle of CASTLE

I’m delighted to finally interview Rachel for Interiors Addict but it’s taken a while because her life, by her own admission, is a little hectic, like most creatives I’d say. Also, her work is so popular that she can’t make enough of it (“I get really cranky customers writing ‘BUT EVERYTHING’S SOLDDDD,’ which is great, but I often feel so bad I’m not making things quick enough!”).

Whether she’s inspired or frustrated though, there’s never a day when Rachel doesn’t want to just make things. “Inspiration is a funny old thing. It comes in the night time when it’s a complete shag to get out of bed and write it down, why is that?! I think the thing for me is to keep it real, to say what I want to say rather than what I think others might like/not like me to say. Having said that I keep the language well and truly nice, unlike in real life!”

Limited edition teatowels, designed to be framed, are an affordable $59
Limited edition teatowels, designed to be framed, are an affordable $59

While her work is always vibrant and colourful, that isn’t a conscious decision. “I just know when something looks right to me. With inspiration I think there is an equal part frustration. I am just as frustrated as I am inspired at times, which I think keeps me busy and making things constantly. Sometimes it works, others it doesn’t. That’s just life and I think being aware of this keeps me moving.” Fashion also influences Rachel hugely and she turns to fashion magazines when her brain “feels dull”.

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