Colours of Arley was founded by Louisa Tratalos in her quest to help people find the perfect interior stripe. After discovering how difficult it was to find the ideal stripe, she commissioned a bespoke striped dog bed for her terrier Patch and now invites people to do the same for their furniture, curtains, or cushions. The brand invites home makers to choose any two of the 180 colours from Beer to Mermaid, the size of the stripe (skinny, midi or grand) and the material for their own interior fabric. All fabric is produced to order at the Colours of Arley workshops in Cheshire.

Colours of Arley

Cushion Charm  Gold Leaf & Lemon Sorbet offcut fabric

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Cushion Charm  Swamp & Zest offcut fabric

Cushion Charm  Mulled & Bug offcut fabric

Cushion Charm  Powder & Oyster offcut fabric

Cushion Charm  Satsuma & Trip offcut fabric

Oven Mitt  Check Please - Red

Apron  Check Please - Blue

Tablecloth - Umber & Meteorite

Tablecloth - Mint Cream & Cypress

Tablecloth - Diamond & Nutmeg

Pet Cushion - Tobacco & Crystal with Saffron Piping 

Pet Cushion - Bug & Tofu with Postbox Piping

Napkin - Umber & Meteorite

Napkin - Mulled & Chalk Pink

Cocktail Cushion - Swamp & Zest

Cocktail Cushion - Mulled & Bug

Frilled Bolster - Chalk Pink & Cherry

100% Wool Blanket - Fizzy & Cherry with Slipper Stitch

100% Wool Blanket - Nutmeg & Sawdust with Postbox Stitch

Pet Steps - Opal & Peat

Pet Steps - Ibiza & Mulled

Pet Steps - Sawdust & Sycamore

Fabric Extension Cable - Postbox

Fabric Extension Cable - Deep Rust

Fabric Extension Cable - Mint Cream

Fabric Extension Cable - Lettuce

Fabric Extension Cable - Fizzy

Studio Bag Lantern, Nutmeg & Powder

Studio Bag  Sycamore, Sawdust & Lettuce

Cocktail cushion  Tobacco & Coconut - Midi Stripe

Mint Cream & Peat - Skinny Stripe

100% Wool Blanket

Frilled Baby Bolster

Striped Classic Cushion by Colours of Arley x ADAM JONES

Summer has a way of sending everyone in different directions. This year, the Glassette team is scattered across an alpine lake in Austria, an old town in the Algarve, a quiet corner of Devon, and the Italian Riviera. No grand theme, no single destination - just the places we've actually booked, the reasons we picked them, and a few recommendations worth saving for your own trip. Here's where we're going.

Glassette Team's Summer Holidays

With the heatwave in full swing, we want to be anywhere but inside - unless there's aircon, which, in British homes, doesn't exist. So: dinner on a paddleboard, a bottle of rosé in a Lime bike basket packed with ice, or the nearest patch of grass with a picnic. Meals don't need to be complicated. Wherever you end up, just not inside.

Trending: Anywhere but Inside

There's a reason we spend so much time rearranging, repainting and quietly obsessing over the right shade of green for a single wall. Home is personal - more personal, probably, than most of us admit. This month, we've been thinking about that: about the objects that make a space feel inhabited rather than staged, and about the particular satisfaction of a room that couldn't belong to anyone else.
Our pride homeware edit is built around that idea. Pieces with colour and character, chosen for the people who know exactly what they want and aren't especially interested in playing it safe. Mustard Made, who are donating 10% of sales to LGBTQ+ rights organisation Outright International throughout June, sit at the heart of it, alongside a handful of other finds that feel considered, a bit daring, and genuinely built to last.
No novelty product here. Just good things, for homes with a point of view.

Pride Homeware Edit

Britain is not, on paper, an obvious beach destination. The water is cold, the weather is unpredictable, and yet - on the right day, at the right tide - there are stretches of coastline here that rival anywhere in the world. Powder-white sand backed by machair grassland in the Outer Hebrides. Vast, empty dune systems in Norfolk that make you feel genuinely alone. Dramatic sea stacks off the Antrim coast, turquoise coves in Cornwall that look lifted from somewhere considerably further south. The secret, of course, is knowing where to go, and being prepared to get a little windswept getting there.

The Best Beaches in the UK

From the sun-drenched hills of Tuscany to the whitewashed shores of Mílos, Europe’s most beautiful summer stays promise slow mornings, long lunches and unforgettable views. Check into Il Palazzotto or Casa Newton for romantic Italian charm, or escape to Hotel Mediterraneo on Kastellorizo for turquoise waters and laid-back glamour. In Portugal, Muxima in Aljezur offers barefoot luxury, while La Colombe d’Or in St Paul-de-Vence remains an icon for art lovers. Marseille’s Tuba Club, Nice’s Hotel du Couvent and Mallorca’s Hotel Corazón capture the effortless elegance of a Mediterranean summer escape.

Top European Summer Hotels

A pairing that shouldn't work as well as it does, cherry and turquoise operate on pure contrast. Saturated warmth against electric cool, the richness of a deep red-toned cherry meeting the clarity of an almost Mediterranean turquoise.
Cherry anchors the combination, bringing depth, drama, and a sense of the deeply considered. Turquoise cuts through it with energy and lightness, stopping the whole thing from taking itself too seriously. Together they create something that feels simultaneously bold and balanced, the kind of colour story that looks instinctive but is anything but.

Cherry & Turquoise

For easy, elevated entertaining this season. Think colourful glassware, playful table linens, and effortless serveware that makes even a simple spread feel considered. From sunny garden lunches to last-minute drinks, these are the under-£50 pieces we’ve spotted for hosting in style.

Hosting Finds Under £50

There is a particular kind of swimming that has nothing to do with lanes, lap counters, or chlorine. It happens at the edge of things - where land meets ocean, where rock has been shaped by tide and time, where the water is cold and alive and connected to something much larger than a pool. It happens in places that were carved by volcanoes, built by hand during the Depression, or simply discovered one afternoon at the end of a rocky path.
They exist on almost every coastline in the world, and no two are alike. Some are grand civic monuments, art deco curves cut against a crashing surf. Some are nothing more than a hollow in the lava, filled twice a day by the Atlantic. Some are free, some are heritage listed, some require a scramble down a cliff to reach. What they share is harder to define - a quality of place, of wildness held just barely in check, of swimming that feels like it actually means something.
This is a celebration of the best of them. From the sun-bleached rock pools of Australia to the volcanic coastlines of Iceland and Madeira, from the lidos of Cornwall to a hidden lagoon on a Greek island most people haven't heard of - these are the pools worth travelling for. Bring a towel. The water's cold. Get in anyway!

The World's Best Sea Pools

Our weekly Nice Things Edit is a curated Monday round-up of what we’re loving right now. From our favourite pieces on Glassette to a recipe, a watch, a read, a place to visit, a restaurant, and a gift worth bookmarking.
Each week, every member of the Glassette team shares their current favourites, whether that’s new arrivals, pieces we’ve spotted trending, or timeless finds we can’t stop thinking about. Think of it as a weekly dose of joy, discovery, and design inspiration, handpicked by the Glassette team.

Nice Things This Week

This Mother’s Day, celebrate love, care and gratitude. For every kind of mothering, from mums and step-mums to grandmothers, aunties, godmothers and the friends who show up like one, we’ve curated a gift guide made for giving thanks. Whether they are a breakfast-in-bed person or a “don’t fuss” minimalist, find something that says thank you.

Mother's Day Gifting

Most kitchens don’t suffer from a lack of tools. They suffer from too many. Drawers full of gadgets that promised ease and delivered clutter. Cupboards stacked with things that felt essential once, then quietly fell out of rotation. The idea of kitchen essentials has been diluted by listicles and checklists. But when you strip it back, the essentials are simple: the objects you reach for every day, the ones that make cooking feel smoother, calmer, more intuitive. The ones that earn their place. This is a guide to kitchen essentials that actually get used - not aspirational, not excessive, just thoughtfully chosen pieces that support real life in the kitchen.

Kitchen Essentials That Actually Get Used

A kitchen reset rarely starts with a moodboard. It starts with a quiet irritation: the drawer that never shuts properly, the mug you don’t actually like drinking from, the counter that somehow feels busy even when it’s clean. The kitchen is the most used room in the house - and often the least thoughtfully edited.
The Glassette kitchen reset isn’t about a full renovation or chasing trends. It’s about pausing, reassessing, and making small, tactile changes that improve how the room feels and functions. A better spatula. Fewer things on show. One beautiful object that earns its place. Done well, a kitchen reset makes everyday cooking calmer - and that calm adds up.

The Glassette Kitchen Reset

Our weekly Nice Things Edit is a curated Monday round-up of what we’re loving right now. From our favourite pieces on Glassette to a recipe, a read, a place to visit, and a gift worth bookmarking.
Each week, every member of the Glassette team shares their current favourites, whether that’s new arrivals, pieces we’ve spotted trending, or timeless finds we can’t stop thinking about. Think of it as a weekly dose of joy, discovery, and design inspiration, handpicked by the Glassette team.

Winter changes how we use our homes. Even the best-styled bedroom or sofa starts to feel incomplete without something extra to pull over your knees, your shoulders, or the end of the bed. A good winter blanket isn’t decorative - it’s functional comfort, on standby. This is our considered winter blanket edit: pieces that add warmth without weight, softness without sloppiness, and texture without visual noise. These are blankets that earn their place through long evenings, early nights, and slow weekend mornings.

The Winter Blanket Edit

Most of us want the same thing from our bedrooms: to switch off. But somewhere between laundry piles, over-bright lighting, and well-intentioned styling, calm can quietly slip away. Learning how to create a calm bedroom isn’t about chasing a minimalist ideal or copying a hotel room wholesale. It’s about understanding what helps your nervous system slow down, softer light, fewer decisions, materials that feel good to touch, and then shaping the room around that. Calm isn’t a look. It’s a feeling you notice when you exhale.

Creating a Calm Bedroom

There’s a particular feeling you get when you step into a really good boutique hotel bedroom. Not flashy. Not over-designed. Just calm, cocooning, and slightly better than real life. The bed looks inviting rather than styled. The lighting is low and flattering. Nothing feels accidental but nothing feels try-hard either. The good news? Learning how to make your bedroom feel like a boutique hotel has far less to do with square footage or budgets, and far more to do with restraint, texture, and a few deliberate choices. Think less “Instagram makeover” and more “would I want to read a book here for three hours?”

Bedroom Like a Hotel

Our weekly Nice Things Edit is a curated Monday round-up of what we’re loving right now -from our favourite pieces on Glassette to a recipe, a read, a place to visit, and a gift worth bookmarking.
Each week, every member of the Glassette team shares their current favourites, whether that’s new arrivals, pieces we’ve spotted trending, or timeless finds we can’t stop thinking about. Think of it as a weekly dose of joy, discovery, and design inspiration - handpicked by the Glassette team.

Boxing Day is for staying horizontal.
Start with layers of cushions. Add a hot water bottle for extra warmth. Finish with a big quilt - or maybe two. You’re not aiming for proper sleep, just drifting: half-awake, half-dreaming, wrapped in comfort, with the vague possibility of a leftover mince pie within reach.