Our Shop of the Week this week is Lytton & Lily.  This delightful online boutique offers a range of vintage styled and traditionally-inspired home and lifestyle products, as well as offering well-known brands such as Kath Kidson, Neom and Dogeared.  If you favour traditional French style, you’ll love their products!

vintage French style milk bottles, from £9.25

The theme of the shop was originally inspired by owner Debra’s grandparents and named in their honour – Lytton & Lily. Lytton was a master builder and Lily was an avid homemaker. 

Small French style armoire, £495

Debra and her husband, Duncan established Lytton & Lily Vintage Home & Garden with a small mail order business in 2004. Since then the mail order business has continued to develop and grow and they opened their first store in Barnstaple, North Devon in March 2005. The website was launched shortly after in October 2005.  I find it quite impressive that this small company had online presence so early on… this is what a lot of independents tend to score poorly on, which is a shame and definitely a missed opportunity.

I love these cute baskets, below…

set of 3 french wicker oval baskets, £30

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It looks like the snow is set to get worse, folks!  I’m quite thankful I haven’t made any plans to travel in the near future because most airports across the country seem to have been affected one way or another. 

One place I would love to go to though is Provence; albeit only because I want to stay in Jardins Secrets, a beautiful four star hotel which oozes luxury French style at its best!  With its opulent decor and welcoming ‘home-from-home’ feel, I’m not sure I’d ever want to leave!

  The rich colour palette and warm lighting create a very welcoming ambiance.  What a beautiful headboard!

 I love the shabby-chic feel of this bathroom, its so romantic…

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I found this image via Apartment Therapy, isn’t it a great idea?  The bright colours of the Twinings tea boxes are really eye-catching.  I think it helps that the boxes are all the same size, as a mixture of different sizes could just look cheap and untidy, whereas this display looks planned and intentional.

If you’re lucky enough to have some vintage containers hidden away in your garden shed, dig them out!  Otherwise the best places to find some are in traditional-style farm shops such as Westmorland in Cumbria , in garden centres or at Christmas time when limited edition gift boxes are on sale.  Be creative!

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