A modernist shoppable scheme inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s house
Ruth Sleightholme presents a series of elegant schemes inspired by the juxtaposition of the steel frame erected to protect Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s The Hill House in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, during its conservation and the Scottish designer and artist’s innovative architecture
Jake Curtis1/6- ‘Aplomb’ (from left: rose poudre, amande), merino wool satin, £200 a metre, from Dedar.
- Birch plywood, £71.90 for a 244 x 122 x 0.9cm sheet, from Chambers Timber.
- ‘Marquesa’ wood and cane bench, by Oscar Niemeyer, £10,200, from 32 St George.
- Nickel-plated metal and mirror glass occasional table, £5,500, from Rose Uniacke.
- ‘Monastiri’ mouth-blown glass lamp with silk and cotton shade, by Yali Glass, £4,200, from 32 St George.
Jake Curtis2/6- Curtain in ‘Aplomb’ (rose poudre), merino wool satin, £200 a metre, from Dedar.
- Birch plywood, £71.90 for a 244 x 122 x 0.9cm sheet, from Chambers Timber; painted in geometric design, £75 a square metre for similar, by Annie Millar.
- ‘Round Block’ small oak stool, by Jan Kurtz Mobel, £260, from SCP.
- ‘Cove’ oak and bouclé wool sofa (cream), £3,200 for 2.5 seater (including fabric), from Fred Rigby Studio.
- ‘Sections’ outdoor Cor-ten steel bench, by Guglielmo Poletti, £13,920, from Seeds.
- ‘Sing Sing Sing’ tubular steel and steel mesh chair, by Shiro Kuramata for XO, £3,600 for six, from Béton Brut.
- ‘Dovetail’ wool cushion (indigo), £108, from Eleanor Pritchard.
- ‘Analogue’ steel table lamp, £650, from EJR Barnes.
- ‘Swirl’ handdipped candle (mustard yellow), £32 for 4, from Candle Flair.
- Concrete round pot, by Serax, £72 for extra large, from SCP
Jake Curtis3/6- Birch plywood; and ‘Aplomb’ (rose poudre) wool satin; both as before.
- ‘Checkerboard Knight’ hemp dhurrie (noire, bone, bay, sky & clay), by 8 Holland Street and Vanderhurd, from £2,800 for 256cm square, from Vanderhurd.
- Travertine dining table with cubist base, £1,600, from Monument Store.
- ‘Vault’ oak and leather chairs (ebony), by Edward Collinson, £2,280 each, from The New Craftsmen.
- ‘Michael Cane’ maple, cane, anigre veneer and brass sculptural pendant light, by Alexander White, £9,500; ‘Bain de Soleil III’ terracotta sculpture, by Aude Van Ryn, £1,440; ‘Georgiana’ creamware flower brick, by John Wheeldon, £145 for small; all from The New Craftsmen.
- ‘Seventy’ ceramic vase (gold brown), by Studio Floris Wubben, £895, from SCP.
Jake Curtis4/6- Birch plywood, £71.90 for a 244 x 122 x 0.9cm sheet, from Chambers Timber.
- ‘The Building Blocks Series’ cork and ash shelves, by Fred Rigby Studio and M.A.H Gallery, £3,180 as seen, from M.A.H Gallery.
- From top shelf from left ‘Black Pentacle I’ stoneware and porcelain sculpture, by Julie Nelson, £1,080; ‘Shura’ paper clay vase, by de la Jardin, £140; ‘Black Altered’ ceramic vase, by Enrico Donadello, £576; stoneware sculptures, ‘Pleomorph 62C (1st Gen)’, £216, and ‘P29 (2nd Gen)’, £1,296, both by Abid Javed; ‘Large Cylindrical Basket’ clay sculpture, by Solenne Belloir, £432; all from M.A.H Gallery.
- ‘Oyster’ cast recycled aluminium table lamp, by Ferm Living, £325, from Heal’s.
- ‘Aplomb’ (rose poudre), merino wool satin, £200 a metre, from Dedar.
Jake Curtis5/6- ‘Vault’ oak console table (ebony), by Edward Collinson, £7,700, from The New Craftsmen.
- ‘Dorsey’ brass, aluminium and steel table lamp (sandstone), £600, from Nocturne.
- Terracotta sculptures, ‘Tendre Penchant’, £540, and ‘Gratte-Ciel’, £580, both by Aude Van Ryn, from The New Craftsmen.
- ‘Aplomb’ (rose poudre), merino wool satin, £200 a metre, from Dedar.
Jake Curtis6/6- ‘Cantilever’ birch plywood and sapele chair (blue), by Lewis Kemmenoe, £1,200, from Fels.
- ‘Rivet’ aluminium box table, by Frama, £666, from Amara.
- ‘Temple Single’ Pyrex glass, steel and brass oil lamp, by Bethan Laura Wood, from €2,500, from Nilufar Gallery.
- ‘Aplomb’ (rose poudre), merino wool satin, £200 a metre, from Dedar.
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Back to TopRuth joined House & Garden in 2010, having graduated from Newcastle University - where she edited the student magazine and literary review - and after a summer internship at The Week. Rising through the ranks to Style Director, she has been producing and art directing House & Garden’s lead decoration ... Read More
