Last week I visited Decorex at Olympia in London. It’s a wonderful event for interior designers, architects and brands to get together and celebrate all the exciting new launches and innovations in the interior design world. I love to meet my suppliers, find new brands and listen to some talks by leading names in the interior’s world.

You can see lots of highlights on my Instagram feed, under Decorex 24 highlights

Here are a few things that caught my eye this year.

Ava Innes

The founder of Ava Innes, Joan Johnston, worked for over 20 years with luxury brands such as Burberry, Ralph Lauren and Dunhill.  Now Joan has used her expertise, passion for sustainability and love for natural luxury fibres to develop a unique range of cashmere guard hair duvets. Guard hair comes from cashmere goats in Afghanistan, Mongolia and China and is not used by the traditional cashmere industry because it’s straight and therefore unsuitable for spinning, knitting or weaving.

Ava Innes has now created a new duvet filling using guard hair. The duvets are super soft and super light and temperature regulation and breathability ensure you stay asleep for longer. These eco-friendly duvets are perfect for both summer and winter.

The brand also sell some gorgeous cashmere throws and cushions in beautiful muted tones and traditional patterns.

Mullan Lighting

Based in a little village in Northern Ireland, Mullan Lighting was founded by an architect frustrated because he couldn’t find the high-quality lighting fixtures he wanted for his own projects. Now it’s a global company whose lights have been used in prestigious homes and landmarks throughout the world. Despite its growth, the Mullan design team continue to draw inspiration from the rustic beauty of their rural surroundings and the rich heritage of Mullan Village.

The selection of ceramic lights handmade and fired in their ceramic studio in Mullan Village caught my eye.  You can choose from a range of ceramic colours and brass finishes to create your own bespoke light.

Onacara

These luxury cushions are really gorgeous. From bold new geometric patterns to subtle textures, I loved how each cushion is designed to stand out on its own or work beautifully in sets of two of three cushions. The colours, fabrics and trimmings all showed wonderful attention to detail.

Kast Concrete Basins

I have used Kast basins in some of my projects. Available early next year, Kast gave a preview of their new collection of sculptural pedestal basins. They will offer mix-and-match pedestal basins in three colour combinations.

Kast make their basins from concrete which allows them to combine the organic characteristics of natural stone with the ability to create any shape and use wonderful bright colours.

Forada

Forada started making high tech and quality furniture designed for the healthcare industry. They have now branched into home décor and were showcasing their Skyline Collection at the show.

Skyline blends modern design with exquisite craftsmanship.  Their bright coloured shelving units would make a real statement in a contemporary living room.

Liang and Eimil 

Husband-and-wife team, Frank Eimil and Honghui Liang have a shared dream to create understated elegant products for the interior design trade. Their chic stand revealed a blend of modern, fresh, and timeless pieces which were stylish and sophisticated.

Tamasine Osher

Tamasine Osher creates beautiful hand-crafted furniture and lighting drawing inspiration from both nature and architecture.

It is great that Tamasine works closely with tree surgeons to sustainably source British wood from fallen trees that would otherwise become firewood. She also works with marble off-cuts sourced as a waste product from a local stone supplier and upholsters her chairs in fabrics like cork and recycled leather.

Her biophilic pendants are hand turned by highly skilled master craftsmen and are so thin that they are translucent but when illuminated, reveal the wood grain. 

Allwina

Allwina are London-based brand with their roots in the South American textile craft industry. Each of their beautiful rugs is made by wool producers working in a protected area in Argentine Patagonia and a group of talented women weavers. 

The rugs were beautifully soft. They use the finest quality wool which is hand-spun, hand-dyed, and hand-woven in Argentina and Peru for a stylishly rustic look.  They also had a beautiful choice of colours

Starel Stones

Starel Stones lead the way in bespoke natural stone and mosaic tile manufacturing. Family-run they focus on quality and value.  

The Milano solid oak vanity unit on display at Decorex is a harmonious fusion of British design and Italian craftsmanship. It is a timeless design that will look wonderful in any setting. The vanity unit can be customised with a bespoke marble top to match any bathroom.

The Soho Lighting Company 

Soho Lighting was founded because the founders, who were interior designers, struggled to find the right lighting for their own renovation projects. They decided to make their own lighting, switches and sockets inspired by period properties, yet made for modern living.

Designed in London and hand-made in Cornwall by skilled artisans, their lighting is stylish but also functional. I was very excited about their new Historic Royal Palaces collection, which takes inspiration from the architecture of the palaces.  

Samual Heath

Samuel Heath makes beautiful British manufactured taps, showers, bathroom accessories and door and window furniture. They had a beautiful stand, collaborating with wallpaper designer Emily Rickard and Bert Frank lighting. 

They recently won an award for their Lavatory Faucet, a timeless Bauhaus-inspired design with a contemporary twist.

It was a gret day out and I came home with lots of new ideas for my projects in 2025.