More packing today, oh joy, as we near the end of the move between the old house and the semi-1 bedroom. Will this ever end? Today it's the basement and all the tabletop props and fabrics I hang onto for when I'm styling (have a look at the Portfolio to see some of the gear in action).

The other day I ended up in Lucca, a great linen store on Yonge St in Toronto. Pattern and colour are the stores trademarks, my favourites were pieces from John Robshaw. Now I'm a huge linen junkie and in the habit of collecting teatowels (maybe it's a British thing) so at Lucca I was in nirvana. This is of course isn't helped by my sister designing for The White Company, which has unfortunately given me a taste for the finer things when it comes to bed linens.

I headed home and checked out John Robshaw to see what else they had on offer and found these pretty yet quirky handpainted pillows. Just the thing to wake up a tired old blah beige couch.