not to like cath kidston stuff?

[poppy34]

dear lord its like the worst mix of retro/bunting cupcake/over priced nonsense you can get?

ghastly frou-frou for people who keep teddies on their bed & name their bits eg mrs miffy

Hmm, I like it.

Slightly off topic: I posted on another topic about making bunting for my dds' parties in the summer which had polkadots and cupcakes on- somebody picked up on this, in a mocking way...

Is this something that MNetters don't like on the whole? Much like Boden, or so it seems...

Genuine question!

It would be terrible if we all liked the same thing. Choice is good. I like all the things in my friends house, but I wouldn't want all those things in my house, probably visa versa for her too.

i like some of it...but aggree that you can get just as good patterns and designs elsewhere and for 1/4 of the price.

It's hideous. I would never buy it. Polka dots. Pink and yellow. Urgh. It's wrong.

Yep I like quite a bit of it but I own nothing of hers. I happened to read an article about her house (the one, I think, in the Cotswolds) - it really wasnt chinzy and probably her stuff is meant to be taken in small doses - a mix n' match look - with other stuff. Certainly this is what the interior of that particular house seemed to reflect.

I have an apron which males me feel like doing the housework - too much def bad, but someone bought me kids plastic bowl and spoons and we use them first out of the cupboard always. CUTE!

cupcakes on bunting for a little girl's birthday lovely

btw, what are cupcakes? Ate they the US version of fairy cakes, or something different?

Not to my taste

I think I might like it if the dominant colours weren't red and pink with something else - there's just too much red IMO.

I like the prints - I love pattern and I love retro and have never got the hang of minimalism. I want to live in Liberty's - but agree that too much CC can be rather overpowering.

toobusytothink - I think its the particular style she goes for that I am not a fan of rather than brands pre se (says it quietly but .. I quite like boden and john lewis)... but it is very expensive for what it is (and have same issue with emma bridgewater )

cupoftea bunting cupcake was a joke phrase that started on a thread about articles in papesr/magazines about people who start a business at home doing retro furnishing, organic babyfood etc whilst bringing up 4 children and running 2 homes (will try adn find link) -was tongue in cheek phrase to cover it.

Thanks for the explaination Poppy! Would like to see the link!!

It makes me think of Harry Enfield's shop 'I saw you coming' or 'Wank' or 'blondes of a certain age' PMSL

i love it,i have 2 oilcloths which were bought in the sale,the kids paint,colour,draw,bake,do play doh you name it and they wipe really clean,well worth the money IMO.

i want something CK for xmas too.

I love the stuff. But then I have a tiny cottage which suits the shabby shit chic.

I have an unkempt house which also falls naturally into the shabby stylee.

jenk what is an oil cloth?

oil cloth is prettily patterned plastic cloth, very durable, wipeable, hard wearing (popular in 50's now uber-popular)

and £15 a metre at Cath Kidston in Bicester shopping village

is old hat

Ta LFC

I love her and have her interior designs book (rah rah). Do shove it all in lounge/dd's room though!

And by "all" I mean knitting bag, knitting needle wrap and bunting (bunting for dd's room!). Have found my own shabby chic retro style tho and make my own aprons/drawer covers/washing bags etc out of fat quarters-much cheaper!

OK. Now I have to ask

1. what is a knitting needle wrap?

1. why is a fat quarter so named? a quarter of what? and why does it have weight ishoos?