Vogue’s interiors columnist shares all the ingenious ways you can make your home feel like a garden paradise.
How many times have you watched an interiors program or read an article in a design magazine and come across those famous words: “How to bring the outside in?” The standard advice typically involves installing a pair of bifold doors and popping a few mature cheese plants about the place. Personally speaking, however, I cannot stand houseplants—the cheesy kind.
Still, the truth is that—like so many of us—I live in a rented basement gardenless flat and so the concept of bringing the outside can seem like a daunting and unrealistic prospect, especially for the likes of house-plant-hating, city-dwelling tenants like me. But with the weather now finally warming up? Let’s face it, we all could do with bringing some of the outside into our homes—and to my mind, there’s no better way of achieving this than through a few well-chosen pieces of furniture.
When I was growing up, my mum had this fabulous set of 1970s low-level bamboo shelves that sat underneath a window in our sitting room, adorned with books and various trinkets. I’ve loved anything bamboo ever since. For me, cane furniture conjures up visions of elegant terraces with tea tables and 1920s reclining sun loungers. It’s also enjoyed, with homeware brands like Soane Britain championing British weavers and a revival of interest in the work of Gabriella Crespi.
But the great thing about cane furniture, of course, is that you don’t need pieces crafted by design icons to bring that outdoorsy feel to your home. I have found countless pieces of bamboo furniture at boot sales and junk shops; they’re the sort of pieces that turn up when you least expect them to. Try and look out for pieces on the smaller side that won’t dominate the space: I have a bamboo chair in my sitting room by my window that does the job perfectly, for example.
Alternatively, anyone who knows me knows I am massively into metal and wrought iron furniture—basically anything that looks like it belongs on the set of a Tim Burton film. My pal and long-time collaborator Barnaby Lewis makes the most extraordinary furniture and one-of-a-kind homeware pieces out of metal, with one of his many specialties being hand-forged roses. A bunch of those are the perfect antidote to any cheese plant—and are sure to last a lifetime.
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