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Summer Picnic

Wednesday, 21 July 2021

When the weather is good Summer is the time to get outside, breath the fresh air and enjoy the outdoor dining experience of a picnic. Is there anything better than lugging a hamper to a lovely spot and laying out the picnic rug for an excellent al fresco lunch in the open air? In the 1950's, the...
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Sunday, 27 December 2020

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Lockdown at New House

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

When the lockdown was announced New House closed like every other, with the same alternate universe feeling we all had. Yet being located in the quiet depths of rural Herefordshire, our lockdown experience was probably different to those in towns and cities. The only amenity we have in our small...
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Decorating a winter roller blind

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

We took this image of my cottage window roller blind after decorating it with our metalic copper trimming and blind pull. It looks so cozy with the candle lit and sorting out the decorations! The fabric is Dot-to-dot, a white-on-white design that you can get through one of our blindmakers (see...
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New Summer Tea Towels

Tuesday, 02 July 2019

This Summer why not treat yourself to some gorgeous new tea towels? We have some great reinterpritations of classic Marianne Westman historical designs in stunning clean modern colours that will help give your kitchen a new look. Marianne Westman is one of Sweden's most famous post-war...
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Redecorating in Spring

Wednesday, 27 March 2019

After the gloom of winter Spring is always welcome! It's time to clean the house, let the fresh air in and do some redecoration! Many blind makers all over the UK and beyond use our lovely high quality roller blind fabrics, that can be found on our sister site www.newhousetextilestrade.co.uk....
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Mothers Day

Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Mothers Day is without doubt one of the most special days of the year. Time to thank your mother with breakfast in bed, a bunch of flowers or a nice new china tea or coffee mug that you know she will like. At New House we have many gorgeous, high-quality kitchen and dining items that make...
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Redecorating in Autumn

Saturday, 06 October 2018

After our amazing hot summer Autumn is now well on it's way and we are all back inside. Like many, my house is looking a bit neglected and Autumn is an excellent time for doing a little bit of redecoration.  I usually start by picking up a paint brush to touch up marks that have accumulated...
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Harvest Festival gifts

Thursday, 20 September 2018

Now is Harvest Festival time when we traditionally celebrate the produce we or others have grown. But what do you give the gardener in your life who's just given you some amazing home-grown veg or jars of fresh preserves? It's easy if you have grown something in your garden that they haven't, but...
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The Luminarium

Tuesday, 07 August 2018

A few weeks ago I had great fun exploring 'the Luminarium' on The Stray in Harrogate, which was a huge inflatable structure with a labyrinth of colourful tunnels inside. You take your shoes off and enter through an airlock into a bright colourful world, lit from the outside by sunlight...
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Recolouring a classic homeware design

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Picknick by Marianne Westman has been a Swedish design icon ever since its launch in the 1950’s, and this Summer it has been expertly recoloured in a fresh new Scandinavian palette of subdued unisex colours, with notes of soft burgundy and terracotta mixed with gentle olive greens and petrol...
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Scandinavian interior design

Thursday, 03 May 2018

At New House we have always loved Scandinavian design and know we are not alone!   Since the beginning of the 80’s New House's main business has been designing fabrics for window blinds and many of these have been produced in Sweden at specialised mills. Due to this, we have become very familiar...
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Presents and gift sets

Wednesday, 04 April 2018

Giving a gift or present to a friend or loved one is often one of the most enjoyable things we can do!     Chosing a thoughtful gift is always a small sacrifice of time, but if it brings pleasure or fun to a loved one it's always worthwhile. Am I alone in thinking that it is often more...
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Our contemporary interior trimmings

Monday, 19 March 2018

We first took an interest in haberdashery over thirty years ago, when shapes at the bottom valance of a blinds were very fashionable. We designed a gimp braid we called Regency that was easily to apply, bent round corners and also had enough yarn density to stop heat-melt glue from showing...
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Wooden'it be good light pulls

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

When we think about designing new light pulls, wood is always one of our favourite materials. it is warm to the touch, traditional, not hard like a metal or glass and easy to work into good shapes or forms too.  Our New House hearts are always into simple elegant shapes, so over the years have...
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Yorkshire's Stonehenge

Monday, 08 January 2018

I was walking in the Yorkshire Dales and came across Yorkshire's Stonehenge - the Druid's Temple at Swinton. It wasn't built by mysterious ancient Celts, but a man called William Danby (1752 - 1833) who lived in Swinton Hall about a mile away.  For a shilling a day his workers built this...
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Restoring an elderly knitting machine

Monday, 04 December 2017

Our textile business was started by my Grandfather Harold Stanier who bought his first knitting machine in 1921 and began producing fabric in his front room. To begin with he made fabrics for garment manufacture, but in the 1950's was making aerospace-grade filtration fabric. We were still...
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Sheila Bownas, designer

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

New House has always had a thing for the cheerful designs of the 1950's and 60's so it was a real treat to visit Harrogate's Mercer Gallery and see their exceptional exhibition of designer Sheila Bownas' work.  I've been in design all my life so must have seen her work, but did not know her name....
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Mosney Mill comes to New House

Thursday, 02 November 2017

New House Textiles are delighted to welcome the introduction of an exciting new collection of home and kitchen accessories from British based Mosney Mill. Everyone admires the beauty of a typical farmhouse kitchen, full of charm, welcoming, warm and cosy and the Mosney Mill collection embodies...
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Christmas stock arrives

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

It seemed appropriate that Western Power Generation were re-cabling How Caple village the morning when some of our Christmas stock arrived.  We were without power for a while and couldn't resist lighting a candle as candlelight does look very nice in our 300yr old buildings!   As well as new...
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