Low vases can be beautiful styled with flowers and have the benefit of not getting in your eyeline when used on a table, but they(more…)
Author: Mark
Our Favourite Colour Combinations for Your Home
Colour can fire up memories, trigger emotions and evoke moods. We’re capable of distinguishing about 10 million colours and the subtle differences can make all(more…)
Cooking the Vegan Books
This week we’ve been busy planning the menu for our Summer Evolution season launch party – we’ve still a few places left so click through(more…)
Summer Evolution
It’s hard to explain what it is like to nurture a small business. At its most exciting it is like nurturing evolution – finding new(more…)
Savoury Vegan Sun-dried Tomato Scones
We love preparing for a party at Fig1. This Thursday we’ve our big Christmas launch night – a chance for customers to see our new(more…)
Throw-back Thursday: Our Rice Porcelain Launch Party
Our new website and blog has been a long time coming and it’s been launched at one of the busiest times of year. December may(more…)
A Fiendishly Simple Supper
Things I look for when planning supper and what’s simple, easy, full of vegetables and tasty. In addition yesterday the question was “what can I(more…)
On Food Culture, Store-cupboard Jars & Introducing Seggiano
We were the weird kids at school. In the days when spaghetti bolognese was exotic, we had lunch boxes full of olives, spanakopita and left(more…)
Getting the Autumn Look
We’ve been busy at Fig1. There are many jobs behind a small business, but the buying and sourcing of stock and the visual merchandising(more…)
Our Summer Sale Launches on the Open Seas
Why Set Sale? Some small businesses shy away from sales events, but I find them a really exciting part of the year. For us, it’s(more…)