Over the last few months, there’s been a noticeable shift, and it’s being dubbed “going analogue”, and it’s starting to influence interiors, too.
Going analogue is choosing to live a bit more “offline”. It’s swapping screen time for real, tactile things - books, board games, even a deliberately tech-free corner of the house. Would you do a TV free living room?

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Over the last few months, there’s been a noticeable shift, and it’s being dubbed “going analogue”, and it’s starting to influence interiors, too.

Going analogue is choosing to live a bit more “offline”. It’s swapping screen time for real, tactile things - books, board games, even a deliberately tech-free corner of the house. Would you do a TV free living room?

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.

Nice Things This Week

Spend five minutes with chef Santiago Lastra, the force behind London’s KOL, where Mexican cooking is filtered through a fiercely personal, produce-led lens. We catch him mid-service, deep in rhubarb season, talking flavour as the ultimate non-negotiable and food as an act of celebration. From spicy, fresh plates designed to make you order another round, to the quiet power of teamwork in the kitchen, Santiago reflects on patience, joy, and why the best meals are colourful, generous, and made to be shared.

How to cook Mexican like a Michelin chef

How to cook Mexican like a Michelin chef with Santiago Lastra

Valentine’s Day doesn’t need grand gestures or rigid rules. It’s simply an excuse to slow down, stay in, and romanticise the everyday. Think an elevated takeaway, or a candlelit centrepiece. Less about roses (especially when they’re out of season) and traditional, old-school clichés, and more about fresh takes that feel personal, design-led, and truly special.

Creative Ideas For Valentines Day

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,” Cathy Earnshaw declares in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. If that sentiment were an interior, it might look like this: an all-pink bedroom that feels flushed with emotion, not sweetness. As Emerald Fennell’s new film pulls the story back into the cultural bloodstream, glimpses of the sets and costumes suggest a bold, surreal fever dream of Gothic romance. Cathy’s bedroom is the purest expression of it, a masterclass in pink that reportedly nods to Margot Robbie’s own skin tones, with layered textures and uncanny, intimate detailing that leaves the space saturated with her presence.

Wuthering Heights Edit

Film Moodboard: Wuthering Heights

Pisces season (February 19 – March 20) invites imagination, and a gentler kind of escape.
Represented by the fish, Pisceans are guided by intuition, empathy, and a quietly romantic streak. They’re drawn to pieces that feel atmospheric, sensory, and a little otherworldly. Pisces thrives in spaces that feel calm and dreamy: washed colour, fluid forms, tactile textures, and details that glow softly in the background.

Pisces Gifting

Paris will always be the world’s dream: grand boulevards, storied cafés, mythic silhouettes. Yet right now it feels genuinely cool. A new wave of chefs, bakers and bartenders is reshaping the city, rooted in tradition but fearless in approach - working with small producers, celebrating seasonality and terroir, and borrowing global techniques. Natural wine bars spill onto pavements beside century-old bistros; cocktails come with manifestos. Pop-ups, guest residencies and one-night menus keep energy high. The old Paris hasn’t vanished; it’s evolved. White tablecloths near wine caves, ornate façades hiding forward kitchens. Here’s our guide to Paris!

Paris Guide

Fresh from exhibiting at the National Portrait Gallery, photographer Rory Langdon-Down launches an exclusive series of small, limited-edition prints with Glassette. Captured between 2018 and 2025 across locations including New York, Miami, Sri Lanka and the UK, this intimate body of work offers an accessible entry point into collecting photography, without compromising on craft or intention. In our interview, Rory reflects on where he is in his practice now, the significance of working in limited editions, and why these cinematic, joy-filled moments are designed to live in people’s homes. Read on to discover the stories behind the images, his approach to shooting on film, and his advice for anyone starting their photography collection.

Starting Your Photography Collection

How to start your photography collection with Rory Langdon-Down

Hello, and happy new year (is it too late for this?)
I’m tiptoeing back into January with my first monthly round-up - a rummage through the big things, the little things, and all the bits in between that have caught my eye and given my mood a gentle nudge in the right direction.

What Inspired Me This Month

Pinterest predicts trending report is back for 2026. From lace-trimmed details to poetic corners, brooched detailing, and playful, hand-painted walls - these are the trends set to influence interiors and hosting this year. Expect cabbage abundance on the table, Opera Aesthetic drama in the corners, and Neo Deco geometry and colour bringing a sharper edge to it all. These are this years trends and what we're taking from it for home, interiors and hosting.

Pinterest Predicts 2026

For 2026, interiors move towards spaces that feel warmer, more personal and intentionally lived-in. From expressive woods and softly reflective chrome to sociable banquette seating and cosy, cocooning nooks, the focus is on creating homes with depth and character. Design becomes less about perfection and more about personality, layering meaningful details, playful elements and thoughtful contrasts. These are interiors designed to evolve over time, telling stories through material, form and feeling, and balancing everyday comfort with a sense of quiet, confident style.

2026 Interior Trends

A treehouse stay taps into something instinctive. It’s part childhood fantasy, part architectural rebellion, a refusal to remain grounded, both literally and emotionally. The world’s most compelling treehouse stays aren’t about five-star service or polished formality. They’re about perspective. Elevation. Sleeping among branches, mist, snow, or jungle canopy, with nothing but nature as your nearest neighbour.
From remote Nordic forests to wild coastlines and ancient rainforests, these are the treehouse stays that feel genuinely transportive, places where design, landscape, and imagination meet.

The Worlds Best Treehouse Stays

Few materials shape a space quite like wood. Warm, grounding, and endlessly versatile, it brings texture and depth without ever shouting for attention. From pale, tactile grains that brighten a room to rich, dark finishes that add quiet drama, wood has an instinctive way of making interiors feel considered and lived-in.

Wood Edit

In 2026, let your interiors moodboard begin on screen. These five films are immersive worlds where colour, composition and object placement feel quietly intentional. Watch for painted walls that set the emotional temperature, fabrics that catch the light, and rooms styled with a restrained confidence: a few standout pieces, thoughtfully spaced, doing more than a crowded shelf ever could. There are motifs worth borrowing too - florals that feel modern, metals that read softly rather than shiny, and palettes that balance sweetness with edge. Consider each film a design reference point: part escapism, part study in how atmosphere is built.

2026 Film List

The Films You Need to Watch in 2026 (And the Interiors They Inspire)

Put the kettle on (or pour a wee dram) and spend five minutes with Darcie Maher, founder of Edinburgh favourite Lannan Bakery, as we talk Burns Night, baking, and the power of nostalgia.
Raised in the Scottish Borders, Darcie’s work is rooted in the treats of her childhood - pink iced buns, custard slices and bakery windows full of joy. For Burns Night, she keeps things refreshingly low-key, favouring good food, good music and desserts that honour tradition with a playful twist. From cranachan hacks to sea buckthorn Jaffa Cakes, this is a love letter to Scottish flavour, past and present.

Burns Night with Darcie

Burns Night with Darcie (Lannan Bakery)

For every kind of love.
For your partner, your best friend, your mum, your flatmate, your dog - or simply you.
We’ve curated a Valentine’s gift guide for everyone you’re celebrating (including you).

Best of Valentine's Gifts

Frank Gehry design is defined by asymmetry, material honesty and a refusal to prioritise visual perfection over lived experience. This editorial explores why Gehry’s approach still matters today, how his principles translate into interiors, and how to borrow the mindset without literal imitation. A modern guide to designing spaces that feel human, expressive and quietly radical.

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry: The Art of Imperfection

Consider this your 2026 short list: five under-the-radar destinations that feel refreshingly untouched. Think cinematic landscapes without the crowds, culture with depth, and places that reward curiosity over algorithms. These are trips for travellers who value atmosphere, design-led stays, wild nature and the thrill of discovering somewhere just before it becomes a “thing”. From desert horizons to overlooked coastlines and creatively charged cities, these destinations offer a fresher way to travel. Don't tell everyone!

Under-The-Radar Holiday Spots

5 Under-The-Radar Holiday Spots In 2026

Across Europe, listening bars are giving nightlife a new dimension. Warm light, design-led interiors and thoughtful vinyl selections create a new kind of experience. Listening bars have been around for a little while, and they’re not going anywhere. From Porto to Paris, Milan to Hamburg, these spaces put sound first. No bad lighting, no background noise posing as a playlist - just rooms designed to let music lead. These are our favourites in Europe.

Europe's Best Listening Bars

If Pantone’s Colour of the Year set the baseline, consider these its brighter counterparts.
Looking to SS26 fashion as an early reference point, interiors appear to be moving in the same direction: colour with more presence, less noise. Grape, Fuchsia, Lime and Flame Orange are saturated but considered, bringing depth, warmth and a lift to the home. Used as a single statement or paired for contrast, they’re the shades we’re watching for 2026.

2026 Colour Trends

This week’s moodboard looks to Marty Supreme, a film that’s become a cultural artefact before most people have even taken their seats. In cinemas now, its rollout has set a new benchmark for how movies show up in culture.
For this week’s film moodboard, we’re borrowing from its world of sharp suits, sharp wit, and scenes that unfold over a perfectly poured drink. Think clean-lined martini glasses, silver platters, and tableware that leans polished and pared-back. Bring a slice of Marty Supreme’s after-hours energy home with our latest edit.

Marty Supreme

Film Moodboard: Marty Supreme

This month’s colour pairing to brighten dark January brings together butter yellow and sky blue - a creamy, mellow yellow with an airy blue. Butter yellow feels warm and comforting, while sky blue adds calm, clarity, and a cool freshness. Together, they strike a balance that feels light, optimistic, and instantly uplifting.

Sky Blue & Butter

Colour Pairings: Sky Blue & Butter

IKEA and Sabine Marcelis return with an upgraded take on the iconic VARMBLIXT donut and pendant lamps, now with smart, customisable lighting. Keeping the same sculptural silhouettes, the new versions are built on the Matter standard for seamless smart home compatibility, and finished in a soft matt texture that gently diffuses light. The donut lamp features 12 curated colour sequences, plus full spectrum control via the IKEA Home Smart app, while the pendant shifts through nuanced white tones, from crisp to candle-warm. Launching this April.

VARMBLIXT, Made Smarter

Looking for the best wedding gifts for 2026? Whether you’re buying for newlyweds, shopping a registry, or choosing something thoughtful for a couple who “already has everything,” this edit is designed to help. From design-led homeware and elevated tableware to meaningful details for everyday rituals, these are modern wedding gift ideas that feel personal, useful, and beautifully made. We’ve organised our favourites by couple type, from forever hosts to food lovers, so you can find the right gift quickly, whatever your budget or relationship to the couple.

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