Object of the day: H & M new season cushions

One day, I'm going to get around to making my own cushion covers. I've even got my 1980s sewing machine out. It looks nice on the new under-stairs alcove shelf arrangement. So far that's as far as it's got. 

So hurrah for H&M's new season cushion range. You may remember their excellent horse cushion from last year... this year they've gone graphic and colourful. And prices start at just £3.99...

Below: cotton cover in green, £3.99.

This one also comes in yellow, black and turquoise and has a different pattern on the reverse. (All the cushions are 50cm x 50cm unless specified.)

 

Jaquard weave cushion cover, £12.99. This one comes in six other colours too including orange, yellow and black.

Cotton cushion cover with black and white geometric stripes, £3.99.

Jacquard weave cushions (black and white patterns, above), two different sizes: £6.99 or £7.99.

Love that they also do really plain covers but in good, sturdy, non-flammable fabrics. I spotted this one in a lovely jade green too. Linen cushion cover, £6.99.

And these chirpy chevron covers are currently on sale at just £1.99 a-piece. Nice.

Post by Kate

Wild horses

A friend emailed me this week with a link to this cushion, saying "saw this and thought of you". She knows me so well; I'd almost bought it a few weeks earlier, while loitering in the H&M homeware department (which is full of many other good things too, this season).

I think I really need a horse cushion in my life. Especially as I'm broke at the moment and this is only £7.99. Find it on the H&M website.

It's not, after all, the first time I've hankered after a bit of horsey homeware. A while back, there was also this...

...and, below, this, available from Surface View (and by the way, the wall got filled with something entirely different in the end, and gained a life-size fox, which I don't think anyone but me likes).

And I love this large, recycled wooden horse, from Folklore, £48, below.

But this old metal toy horse already lives with me. I love him.

And, nothing to do with interiors or, even, horses really, but my equine obsession has also got me hooked on the horse_ebooks spambot. This Gawker piece introduced it to me. If you like surreal Twitter feeds, check it out.

H&M Home's super affordable summer range

Earlier this week, Gaelle Monin gave us a tour of her stylish home.
And a couple of the lovely things in it were – I was surprised to discover – from H&M. So I thought I'd check out what else their summer range, below, had on the go. And it's all rather gorgeous (and bargain-ous to boot). 

What a pretty way to picnic. Find these pretty products and more at the H&M Home website

Here are some of my favourite picks...

Florals
Mismatched florals is a big look in fashion right now – so why not go catwalk at home, too? Love all these strong, cheery, summery colours. Makes me want to go and do some gardening...if only it'd stop raining.

1. Shower curtain, £14.99
2. Single duvet cover set in cotton, £7.99, reduced from £14.99
3. Doormat, £14.99 (50x80 cm)
4. Cushion cover in cotton satin reduced to £3.99

Love those black metal shelves. Not, sadly, from H&M Home – but the vegetable-themed linens all are

Monochromes
I do love a good flash of black – it's a very anchoring colour that can really pull a room together. These  two-tone graphics could look rather cool clashing with some of the florals above. Would need some care choosing the right clash though, or it could just lead to a headache.

1. Cushion cover, 50x50cm, down from £7.99 to £5.99.
2. Shower towel (in background), £12.99. Very Missoni.
3. 'Guest' towel (comes in a two-pack), £6.99
4. Storage bag, £2.99
5. Cushion cover, 50x50cm, £12.99
6. Organic cotton tea-towel with 50s-style print, £3.49

There is heaps more luscious, and lusciously affordable stuff in the H&M online store too. I must put that credit card away now...