These beautiful cushions are made by my friend Maggie. I saw all of her handmade items on eBay and emailed her to see if she would like to sell them in our shop. I love the idea of having lots of handcrafted items alongside our furniture and vintage items in the shop, displaying the talent of people from this area. I used to make cards and other little bits and it's so hard to get a bit of recognition for your hard work and creativity.
Maggie is such a clever lady, the colours and imagination that go into her work are simply stunning, and so inspiring. It just makes me want to get out the sewing machine and give it a go (but I know that the end result would be more of a tangled mess than a pretty cushion).
We used some of Maggies cushions in our Cornwall house makeover
This gorgeous hanger made by Holly Deacon @hollybobbins hangs in our shop window, it's made from pages out of old books and is so charming! Hollys beautiful canvas also takes pride of place in our shop, the colours and the work that have gone into it bring no end of comments from our customers
Handmade treasures are a much more satisfying item to purchase, and are actually quite hard to find in shops, especially around here so when we opened Old White I knew that was a direction I wanted to go in,
a local shop with local handmade treasures!
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