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It's been lovely to return to Yorkshire after the hectic but amazing week we've just had at luxury interiors fair Decorex in London.

It was great to see Bess and her team from one of our favourite Yorkshire interior designersSturman and Co at Clerkenwell Design Week. Click below to see their review of their best finds:

In this update we thought we thought you might like to see a few behind-the-scenes images of the work that goes into our unique designs.

At The Monkey Puzzle Tree we like to do things a bit differently, eschewing our computers and using original hand crafted artwork, creating our pattern repeats using paper, sellotape and scissors! 

Clerkenwell Design Week 2019 and behind the scenes on our new design from Kirsty Greenwood.

In this post I'll be introducing you to the two amazing new artists we are collaborating with for our new collection which will be launched later this year.

We also have a link to an in-depth interiors trend report and tickets if you'd like to come and see us later this month atClerkenwell Design Week.

Now I’m all about bringing you something different on my interiors journey. Recently I had the great pleasure of meeting the very talented Charlotte Raffo of fabric design company, The Monkey Puzzle Tree, that has hit the textile industry by storm in the last year. 

Continuing our theme for finding out a little more about the artists behind our designs, this month we thought you might like to learn about the work of printmakerAlexis Snell.

Two core elements were at the heart of the design: The ‘How the leopard got his spots’ velvet fabric fromThe Monkey Puzzle Tree and Dulux HeritageMallard Green on the walls.  We’ve met Charlotte, the founder of The Monkey Puzzle Tree a few times at various interiors events and we’ve been fans of this fabric since Charlotte popped over with a sample a few months back.  

We've been struck by how interested everyone is in the stories behind our artists and designs. So as it's Valentine's Day we thought it would be appropriate to meetSarah Jane Palmer, the Sheffield based artist behind ourBody Lace voileandMaîtrise wallpaper.

It's dark outside, and our homes are looking a little bare now the decorations have gone.

So there's no better time to start thinking about adding some colour and pattern into your home for 2019 - whether that's a cushion to refresh your sofa, or a whole new scheme to really update your home.

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Charlotte Raffo from The Monkey Puzzle Tree Talks to Artist Sarah Thornton about the first year of The Monkey Puzzle Tree and the launch of their new wallpaper - 'She Chose Science'.

 

We thought you might like to see how our customers have been styling cushions from The Monkey Puzzle Tree in all sorts of exciting ways.