It's time to clear out some room at Pretty Dandy Towers so we are having a massive sale across the site. Have a browse around the site to check out our great value art prints, discounts on candleholders and savings on greetings cards... to name just a few. We love finding beautiful homewares which can help you to style your home and personalise it. We also love a bargain and we know you do too, so get stuck in and enjoy our Summer Sale. New lines are being added all the time, so check back and snap up some bargains! Becky :)  Also on sale!...
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I've been really enjoying the beautifully bohemian homes I've been seeing on Pinterest lately. Scattered with rugs, festooned with ferns and styled with lots of pattern, this is maximalism with a sophisticated, elegant palette. As a look I think it's not something you can 'pull off' or 'recreate', it feels like it's something you have to earn. You need to put a bit of time in going to flea markets and antique stores looking for just the right coffee table or cabinet. You have to spend some hours gathering cuttings of interesting succulents and cacti from friends and relatives, repotting them and maybe...
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We've recently added a new batch of colourways of one of our most popular wallpapers - Julia Rothman's Daydream Wallpaper design - and this got me thinking about wallpaper with a big pattern. I love pattern and am happy to clash it and layer it in a room. I also like a good feature wall with a bold pattern used sparingly for striking effect. It's also nice when you see a pattern blended into a room with clever use of colour and texture. Basically I like pattern. And I especially like pattern on wallpapers, so here is a quick round-up of some of...
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We are delighted to announce that between now and Christmas all orders to UK addresses will be shipped free of charge! Our Christmas elves are beavering away to bring you a fabulous selection of gift ideas, all delivered at £0. Here's a round up of a few fab gifts for your loved ones: Tea towels: These are incredibly popular as gifts and we've got a few left, but if you see one you like you should snap it up as they are selling like hot cakes! A Scandi design tea towel with a fab apple print Organic cotton tea towel, for the cyclist in your...
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I recently had the pleasure of visiting Stockholm - a very exciting prospect for any design fan! I was thrilled that I would get to spend a week enjoying the beautiful architecture, food, light, colours and - most of all - interiors of this fantastic city. So, I am pleased to share with you a little round-up of some of the highlights of this trip, a few photographs and tips for anyone else who is planning a trip there and would like to know a little more. I should also acknowledge a debt of gratitude to some of the fantastic websites that...
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Here at Pretty Dandy one of the things we love is new design. When the opportunity came up to support the launch of a magazine championing new design by covering design fairs around the world we were delighted to play a (small) part in helping it get made. That magazine was Fiera. It is edited by the very talented writer, blogger, editor and lovely person, Kate Tregidden. I'm even more delighted to let you know that issue 2 dropped through my mailbox a couple of days ago and it is every bit as good (maybe even better!) than Issue 1. It...
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I was doing some research recently into craft projects and came across a ton of fun free apple crafts you can do. I thought this would be a fun way to teach kids about the value of apples, how they grow and how good they are for you. It's also a good way to highlight that apple production has changed a lot over the years - did you know that two thirds of our English orchards have disappeared since 1950? Or that there are 6000 varieties of apple on the official Apple Register, but only around a dozen are commercially produced...
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Daydream wallpaper is one of our most popular products on the site. It's a beautiful, whimsical print by Brooklyn-based illustrator Julia Rothman. I love this print, it's so charming and really looks good in a big range of interiors. I'm always happy when someone orders it, because I know they're going to love the results. In fact, it's one of the products I often get thank you emails about, and people often send proud photographs of their lovely new rooms with the paper in situ. I just got another picture recently, of the colourway with yellow birds and blue clouds used by...
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I use Pinterest as a way to keep up to date with trends, so bookmark interesting sites and resources and to while away 10 minutes looking at kittens while I have a cup of tea.... oops, I mean, to research design and important things like that ;) So, while on a recent foray into that world of beautiful images I discovered a mini-trend for watercolour walls.These are beautiful, delicate, dreamlike colour palettes washed across an entire wall. They are complete with imperfections, colour bleeds and tonal variations. They are interesting ad stimulating to the eye, while still feeling elegant and not...
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Nottingham to Barcelona to Bristol As our followers on twitter may have noticed we have very recently relocated to Bristol. We originally began Pretty Dandy in Nottingham, inspired by the creativity of the huge numbers of artists in the city and our friends around us. It is a very welcoming city, which we loved being a part of, and we got great support for our Pretty Dandy Flea events there. After that we moved to another wonderfully creative city - Barcelona. This was a dream-come-true moment and we relished every moment of living in the sun, enjoying a different way of life...
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