Style focus: Modern Rustic

This season lots of interiors collections include rattan and weave. The bamboo pendant light and natural weave baskets shown here are from Bodie and Fou - for more brightly coloured options check out Habitat's current range. These pieces offer a quick and easy update for modern rustic interiors and will sit easily alongside other natural materials like linen, wool, slate and rough unfinished wood. This is a look that feels warm, tactile and nurturing, reflecting a desire for a simpler way of living.

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Mirror mirror...

Karim Rashid has designed a multifuction mirror, which doubles as a hanger and storage device, for Italian company B-Line.

The Oskar mirror, which will be presented at the Salone del Mobile in Milan later this month, has a front compartment with two hooks which can be used for storing and hanging everyday objects.

Its exuberant cartoon caricature teeth hint at an underlying inspiration that "leans towards the Muppet Show rather than Snow White".

Articles of daily use - #1 Cast iron kitchenware by Sori Yanagi

Today's post is the first in a new occasional series focusing on beautiful objects of everyday use.

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Elegant design and quality craftsmanship come together in this cast iron kitchenware by Sori Yanagi, who is perhaps best known for his 1956 Butterfly stool.

With their pared down Japanese aesthetic and functional simplicity these beautiful pans exemplify both the designer's love of traditional Japanese crafts and his dedication to modernist principles.

Created in one piece of cast iron they have a slightly curved edge, making it easy to pour liquids. There's also the thoughtful addition of a cast iron fork to enable you to lift off the hot lids and serve food at the table without needing a pot holder.

Far too lovely to hide away in the cupboard.

Available from Margaret Howell

Barena Venezia

Barena Venezia is an Italian company that creates simple, functional clothing inspired by the dress of the people who live on the islands around the Venice lagoon.

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Move in - March's property picks

This month's property picks include a spacious London loft apartment, a secluded Georgian property in the East Lothian village of Innerwick and an unusal contemporary home in the heart of Malmesbury.

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Furniture inspired by handbags

This furniture collection, inspired by the design features of handbags, is a collaboration between designer Mathieu Gustafsson and cabinet maker Nikias Karlsson of Grand.

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Living in... Wolf & Badger

A couple of weeks ago I popped into Wolf and Badger in Mayfair, just along from Dover Street Market. I've long admired the online store, and its mission of supporting independent design talent and promoting new generation and unique fashion, jewellery, accessories and interiors products, so I was curious to see what the flagship store, which opened last year, had to offer.

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Decorating with Style by Abigail Ahern

Abigail Ahern's new book Decorating with Style comes out this month.

Aside from her love of moody dark interiors (or the dark side as she calls it), Abigail is well known for creating seductive stylish spaces that are big on personality. Dazzling, bold, exuberant and whimsical are just a few of the words that could be used to describe the multi-layered, idiosyncratic interiors that typify her style.

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