News — NRM

  Chirpy, 148 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS7 4NZ This delightful, bright store has been set up by Harriet to bring lovely things to Leeds - she sources from independent British designers to bring a great selection of gifts and homewares to Yorkshire...definitely worth a visit...if you look closely at the photo you can see a selection of Jenny Duff products in amongst all the other cool things for your home...

   Today is The Lord Mayor's Show.  If you'd like to bring London and State Occasions into your home, how better to do it than with these mats from the National Railway Museum collection

  The customary practice of nicking part of the table décor at fancy functions as a memento led one designer to take the idea one step further. Hostesses can send British designer Jenny Duff (www.jennyduff.co.uk) pictures and she will make a pack of coasters or place mats specifically for that dinner (£65 for six, plus postage), helping to steer conversation or mark an occasion. Music impresario and frequent party host Andrew Lloyd Webber is said to have had his Pre-Raphaelite art collection photographed and turned into place mats. To read the full article please visit the Wall Street Journal

 Here is a larger scale image of part 2 of the new Waterloo Station Jigsaw set of table and serving mats, the detail is just fantastic - the artist Helen McKie was commissioned to produce the poster for Southern Railways in 1948 to commemorate the centenary of Waterloo Station...here's hoping that they'll be arriving on a table near you soon...  

Here's a link to an article in the Financial Times - please click on the image to read the whole piece - the mat featured is from the National Railway Museum Yorkshire collection