November 2009

Nowadays, more than ever time is precious. The challenge is to use your time in the office to work efficiently and productively. Creating the perfect office atmosphere, whether it is home or in a commercial space, is key to a productive daily routine. Laura Ashley this season has a selection of crucial office items to spruce the working environment and ensure you are geared up to deliver your work with a happy approach.

Ensure your pens and pencils are easily accessible on your desk with a set of 3 butterfly embossed pots in a tray. Pin your list of things to do and important upcoming events onto a matching lace edged memo board with enamel butterfly magnets.

Be sure to be ultra organized with a set of 3 bunched roses storage boxes and file those papers in a matching floral magazine file.

Conclude the peaceful appearance with a wooden house multi aperture photo frame filled with your loved ones and a stunning tall fluted optic vase overflowing with fresh garden sweet peas.

These essentials will help you realize the importance of balancing the corporate workspace with fun and relaxation to provide maximum interaction and creativity.

Spring is almost here and soon it will be time to open up those windows and let in the fresh air, enjoy the scent of flower blossoms and listen to the birds chirping their songs.

Spring is a time of rebirth and rejuvenation, and what better time is there to extend this theme to your home and garden? To help celebrate spring's arrival, here are some Laura Ashley tips to lighten and brighten your home.

Provide a space in your backyard to create a relaxing outdoor living area. With this space, you want to bring the indoors out.

Brighten up your evenings outdoors with some key lanterns, a floral glass printed lantern, a sweet bottle tealight lantern or a pair of spotty fabric hanging lanterns.

Encourage time amongst the nature in the great outdoors and experiment with accessorizing your trees and fences. Help to feed the birds with our new birdhouse feeder or watch them bathe in our hanging bird bath. Get planting your favorite shrubs in either the set of two wall hanging terracotta pots or Laura Ashley chubby blue & grey bird planter.

Spring has at long last arrived so get in your gardens!

Mable heart hook

The Mable hook has a multitude of uses in the home. Be that in the bathroom to place your towels, in the kitchen to display your array of cups or in the hallway to hold your coats and accessories.

The Mable hook would even make a great gift for a family member or friend. This hook really is value for money and is a must have this season so ensure you fill your home with this wonderful decorative accessory.

Vivien Doorknob

The Vivien doorknob is that perfect accessory. Doorknobs are a predominant feature in home-style magazines heightening the trend for these effective decorative accessories.

Vivien is a stunning hand crafted faceted doorknob made from clear glass. Placed on your door you will instantly add a touch of glamour and elegance in the living room, bedroom or anywhere else you would like to make your doors sparkle.

Laura Ashley are now offering doorknobs in pairs placed in protective packaging which makes it even easier for you to shop for your favourite decorative accessories.

Both Vivien accessories are available in store now.

Memento Doorknob

Memento doorknob has a beautiful painted design with flowers and butterflies, perfect for that summer essence. This doorknob will brighten any dull room, with its stunning pink palette base and intricately painted design.

To emphasise this sweet kitsch design why not add the Memento drawer pull and hook to your room. Both offering the same painted design. Drawer pulls are the perfect way of decorating a plain piece of furniture. The Memento hook will complete this beautiful look to your room.

Come to Laura Ashley for all your storage solutions! This season we have a wide variety of storage pieces, perfect for hiding the clutter and making your home fresh and tidy, whilst also adding a rustic charm to your home.

In the living room, file away those Sunday papers with our rattan magazine file. Why not also put one in the bathroom to hold your lazy bathtime magazines, and team it with our matching rattan laundry bin.

Our banana straw under-bed storage box is great for storing shoes or bed linen, and our set of 2 white washed trunks will have no trouble hiding kids' toys and games.

All of our woven storage pieces are made from sustainable resources, so through buying one, not only will you be cleaning your home, you will also be doing your bit for the environment!

Its that time of year when most of us have had a good spring clean (or at least thought about it). Now that the cobwebs have been blown away, why not freshen your home with our delightful new range of home fragrances.

New for Spring Summer 2008, Laura Ashley has launched a new Fresh Linen & Jasmine range of fragranced products. Like a summer breeze, this refreshing scent captures the essence of delicately pressed linen with floral notes of jasmine and rose, and hints of bergamot and orange.

Try the pot pourri to freshen a tired hallway, room spray to cleanse a stuffy sitting room or bathroom,

or use our filled candles, drawer liners

and drawer sachets to breathe life into a sleepy bedroom.

Delicate florals will be teamed with beautiful birds and butterflies to create a charming and romantic look.

The garden should be treated as an additional room in the home and this season Laura Ashley have a wide range of products, from candles to casual dining, for accessorising and making the garden comfortable and inviting.

Pretty candles such as the 3 Wick Butterfly Candle for £15 or the Blue Bird House Candle for £5 will light up any table.

Mix and match our charming hanging lanterns such as our Small Floral Etched Lantern for £8 or Tall Bottle Lantern with Trailing Butterfly Detail for £12 and hang them around the garden from our Cream Lantern Crook priced at £3.50.

Our pearlescent sets of 2 boxed bone china mugs or cups & saucers will have you all of a flutter with their charming butterfly and floral detailing, and sit perfectly with our butterfly embroidered napkins. Ideal for tea time in the garden.

Laura Ashley has some lovely chinaware this season that would be more than suitable for high tea, such as the Wisley Peony range of fine bone china. This regent style mug for £6, cup and saucer for £12 and tea for one for £20 will all make sipping your Earl Grey a pleasure.

Why not use our charming butterfly shaped cookie cutters to make delicious biscuits and display them proudly on one of our pretty cake stands? This small, footed cake plate for £15 has a delicate glass lid and this beautiful enamel cake stand with butterfly detailing for 18 also has a matching bowl for £15 - perfect for fruit or sweets.

Not in the mood for tea? Our charming butterfly printed jug for £18 and matching tumbler for £4 are ideal for ice cold drinks and sit perfectly with our set of four butterfly embroidered napkins priced at £15.

Highlights

ISLA EMBROIDERED BEDLINEN
Isla is a crisp white contemporary bedlinen with trailing leaves embroidered in silver and ivory with metallic outlines. This pretty 100% Cotton bedlinen is easy care and fits into our Winter Garden story, which is set to be a big hit.
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