Tag: birds

Price Points: Cranes homeware

Cranes homeware

Elegant birds have been flying their way back into fashionable interiors in recent times. Just in the past fortnight or so, we featured a fabulous heron print wallpaper from Gucci and a stunning handmade stork mural on our blog.

Today, we’re going to share with you a trio of cranes homeware that we’ve found available online. Long-legged birds such as storks, herons, egrets and cranes are graceful and elegant – much like catwalk supermodels.

Many of them feature in fairy tales & folklore around the world; storks are often depicted delivering newborn babies, flying overhead, carrying them in blankets in their beaks. Cranes can be found in Chinese, Japanese, Greek and Arabic mythology. They symbolise youth, longevity, joy and good fortune; just the kinds of thing you want to welcome into your home!

  1. Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages: £4.99, NOTHS
  2. Japanese cranes lampshade in black: from £29.50, Etsy
  3. Percale cranes duvet cover: £35.00, La Redoute

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Percale cranes duvet cover
Percale cranes duvet cover
£35.00
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
from £29.50
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
£4.99
Percale cranes duvet cover
Percale cranes duvet cover
£35.00
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
from £29.50
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
£4.99
Percale cranes duvet cover
Percale cranes duvet cover
£35.00
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
from £29.50
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
£4.99
Percale cranes duvet cover
Percale cranes duvet cover
£35.00
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
from £29.50
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
£4.99
Percale cranes duvet cover
Percale cranes duvet cover
£35.00
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
Japanese cranes lampshade in black
from £29.50
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
Moonlight cranes A5 notebook with lined pages
£4.99

Price points: Stone bird baths

Stone bird baths

Have you been enjoying the heatwave? We have! We’ve been spending time pottering in the garden; feeding the birds, dead-heading the roses, planting out seedlings and having barbecues in the evenings.

The garden birds not only need help with food, they need a supply of water with these soaring temperatures. At the moment, we’re providing a zinc bucket for them to have a drink. It’s not the most practical shape for them, it’s too deep. They really need something that’s wide and shallow so that they can drink but also take a little dip to cool off and clean their feathers.

As we have a lot of grey slate in the garden, we wanted to get a grey slate bird bath – easier said than done! We found a trio of stone bird baths that we really like – but one stands head & shoulders over the other two. The antique bird bath (#3) is the only one that’s made of chunks of real stone. The other two are real stone, but reconstituted and moulded into shape. Not only is it hand chiselled stone, the patina achieved from years spent braving the elements is beautiful!

  1. Simple birdbath: £179.99, Primrose
  2. Staddle stone design birdbath: £219.00, Amazon
  3. Antique stone bird bath: £325.00, Etsy

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Antique stone bird bath
Antique stone bird bath
£325.00
Staddle stone design birdbath
Staddle stone design birdbath
£219.00
Simple birdbath
Simple birdbath
£179.99
Antique stone bird bath
Antique stone bird bath
£325.00
Staddle stone design birdbath
Staddle stone design birdbath
£219.00
Simple birdbath
Simple birdbath
£179.99
Antique stone bird bath
Antique stone bird bath
£325.00
Staddle stone design birdbath
Staddle stone design birdbath
£219.00
Simple birdbath
Simple birdbath
£179.99
Antique stone bird bath
Antique stone bird bath
£325.00
Staddle stone design birdbath
Staddle stone design birdbath
£219.00
Simple birdbath
Simple birdbath
£179.99
Antique stone bird bath
Antique stone bird bath
£325.00
Staddle stone design birdbath
Staddle stone design birdbath
£219.00
Simple birdbath
Simple birdbath
£179.99

Price Points: Nature identification guides

Nature identification guides | H is for Home

Having to spend so much of the day in lock-down, indoors and in isolation makes you more aware of your wider surroundings. With the good spring weather, people have been spending their limited time outdoors, walking and cycling and generally appreciating the environment.

We’ve been noticing the growing presence of wild birds, butterflies and the reawakening trees. Here are a number of nature identification guides that we’ve found to help you in your quest to recognise what’s around you.

Bird identification guides | H is for Home

Birds

  1. Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab: free, Apple Store
  2. Field guide to the top 50 garden birds laminated identification chart book: £5.95, eBay
  3. RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds – RSPB (paperback): £6.99, Waterstones

British tree identification guides | H is for Home

Trees

  1. British tree identification app, Woodland Trust: free, Apple Store
  2. British tree leaves A4 and A5 identification chart: £3.95, Etsy
  3. Collins Complete Guide to British Trees, (paperback): £14.95, Amazon

British butterfly identification guides | H is for Home

Butterflies

  1. iRecord Butterflies app (iPhone & Android): free, Butterfly Conservation
  2. British butterfly wall chart: £2.85, Watkins & Doncaster
  3. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (set): £550.00, The Pemberley Bookshop

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The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (set)
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (set)
£550.00
British butterfly wall chart
British butterfly wall chart
£2.85
iRecord Butterflies app (iPhone & Android)
iRecord Butterflies app (iPhone & Android)
free
Collins Complete Guide to British Trees, (paperback)
Collins Complete Guide to British Trees, (paperback)
£14.95
British tree leaves A4 and A5 identification chart
British tree leaves A4 and A5 identification chart
£3.95
British tree identification app, Woodland Trust
British tree identification app, Woodland Trust
free
RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds – RSPB (paperback)
RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds – RSPB (paperback)
£6.99
Field guide to the top 50 garden birds laminated identification chart book
Field guide to the top 50 garden birds laminated identification chart book
£5.95
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
free
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (set)
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (set)
£550.00
British butterfly wall chart
British butterfly wall chart
£2.85
iRecord Butterflies app (iPhone & Android)
iRecord Butterflies app (iPhone & Android)
free
Collins Complete Guide to British Trees, (paperback)
Collins Complete Guide to British Trees, (paperback)
£14.95
British tree leaves A4 and A5 identification chart
British tree leaves A4 and A5 identification chart
£3.95
British tree identification app, Woodland Trust
British tree identification app, Woodland Trust
free
RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds – RSPB (paperback)
RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds – RSPB (paperback)
£6.99
Field guide to the top 50 garden birds laminated identification chart book
Field guide to the top 50 garden birds laminated identification chart book
£5.95
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
free

Some new feathered friends

Vintage Cadburys Bournville birds tin | H is for Home

We found our first example of this tin 10 years ago – and we loved it so much that we couldn’t part with it!

Vintage Cadburys Bournville birds tin | H is for Home Vintage Cadburys Bournville birds tin | H is for Home

Well, some new lovely feathered friends have arrived.

Vintage Cadburys Bournville birds tin | H is for Home

We picked up another one of these gorgeous tins produced for Cadbury in the 1960s. If there’s anyone out there who loves it as much as us, you’ll be pleased to know that this one is for sale. The bird illustrations are fabulous. They remind us very much of the work of Charley Harper.

Vintage Cadburys Bournville birds tin with tea and biscuits | H is for Home

We find vintage tins both decorative and useful. There are an endless number of products that can be stored in a good tin. Our own version is used to house biscuits and cakes – so obviously used on a regular basis!