At Lussorian, we appreciate that the finer things in life do not have to be big bold statements.
We believe luxury comes in the form of the highest quality. That’s why we are big fans of MLS, London’s Monogrammed Linen Shop.
We have reported on the luxury linen shop before and recently told you about their new Chelsea collection.
Now, MLS have teamed up with Italian linen brand, Jesurum. The synergy is a natural one: both companies espouse the use of natural cottons and linens, as well as championing skilled craftsmanship above machine manufactured home items.
In fact, Monogrammed Linen Shop have been confirmed as the exclusive UK stockist for Jesurum.
Jesurum is a Venetian company and its products are still manufactured largely in Venice and the surrounding area. It has been making sophisticated linens for the table, bedroom and bathroom for over 130 years.
It champions time-honoured forms of craftsmanship – such as lace making and hand-embroidery – and rejects all forms of mass production.
Its products are embellished with white, ecru and polychrome lace, woven on traditional looms and the embroidery is still done by hand, using skills handed down from generation to generation.
Jesurum has gained a huge and distinguished international fan base, which appreciates beautiful, elegant, natural items for the home, that remain practical at the same time.
With prices starting from £49.00, it’s never been a better time to head for The Monogrammed Linen Shop.
Monogrammed Linen Shop have launched a new ‘Chelsea Collection’ to celebrate Chelsea Flower Show 2011.
A guaranteed ‘Best in Show’ in the home style stakes, a range of exclusive, hand embroidered linens and garden themed items for the home.
The new Luxury range includes some stunning hand-embroidered linens. Choose from a selection of exquisite floral themed embroidered hand-towels.
There’s a big bold Crocosmia, a simple fresh Lily or pretty pink Hydrangea, amongst others. Made from the finest cotton, they cost £49.50 each.
Or bring some of Chelsea’s elegance to your dining table (either indoor or out) with a stunning floral motif embroidered placemat and napkin set. They cost £169 (for one placemat & napkin set).
Reflecting the growth in home-grown herbs, and the love of all things ‘outdoorsy’, MLS has included a pretty range of embroidered ‘Herb’ tea-towels and gorgeous embroidered garden themed guest towels, which cost just £12.20 each.
And for those who cannot visit the actual show, then what better than to eat your supper from a beautiful wooden lacquered tray, whilst watching the action on TV!
The stunning bright floral and vegetable designs on the trays will certainly be in keeping with the mood. Trays cost £59 each – and you can match them with pretty garden themed snack dishes - £23 each:
This year, don’t confine Chelsea-style to your garden! With MLS you can bring floral flair into your home and ensure you get the gold medal in the style stakes!
You can find The Monogrammed Linen Shop at 168 Walton Street, London, SW3. Alternatively, visit their online store for a huge collection of luxury linens and products.
At £136million, One Hyde Park has broken records and has confirmed that the top end of the property market is booming.
Rinat Akhmetov is now the proud owner of this super luxury development in London’s exclusive Knightsbridge. The coal miner’s son bought two apartments and swiftly made them into one. Now, Rinat Akhmetov has submitted plans for a £60million refit of the interior of One Hyde Park.
This is small potatoes to Rinat Akhmetov, who is reportedly valued at £10billion!
The three-storey penthouse has breathtaking views over Hyde Park and the London skyline. At £6,000 per square foot, One Hyde Park has some very impressive selling points….
Security is paramount, One Hyde Park is like Fort Knox; Iris-recognition systems in the lifts, bullet proof glass and panic rooms.
Interior design is simply on another level; Vast quantities of European oak and 15 different types of marble are used throughout.
Entertainment is also staggering; a 21m swimming pool, saunas, a gym, cinema, wine cellar, golf simulator…You just wouldn’t want to leave!
I forgot, how about concierge and room service from the neighbours? The Mandarin Oriental provides both!
For me, the absolute icing on the cake is an underground passage to a Heston Blumenthal restaurant.
That’s what you get for £136million. On reflection of all these perks, seems a great deal!
The previous most expensive flat was valued at £115million in a rival Central London development at St James’s Square in 2008.
Spina design have made a name for themselves with dramatic lighting and the most impressive tie backs and tassels you have ever seen.
This is where luxury home accessories should be. Understated quality with overstated fun.
With their clients including Harrods, Park lane’s Intercontinental Hotel and also on Park Lane, the Gary Rhodes restaurant, Spina are recognised for their use of high end materials with high spec design.
Spina Design create bespoke lighting and home accessories encompassing their signature opulent style. Fans include the Beckhams, Kelly Hoppen and…me!
For me, apart from the striking design, it’s the use of materials that makes Spina what they are. For example, their acclaimed curtain tie-backs collection with feather detailing.
The exquisite lighting sculptures in their latest designs incorporate semi-precious materials like coral, pearls, even tiger-eye alongside fine Japanese silks.
Also used in the designs are hand-made Wedgwood bone- china roses nestling with delicate crystal beads suspended from acrylic filaments.
Spina design have fun with their designs, that is clear. The end products always deliver.
SJ Villas are specialists when it comes to super luxury villas and private homes. Now they have just added Torre Maso, a Catalan tower and farmhouse not far from Girona.
Torre Maso consists of a restored farmhouse and separate tower set in 20 acres of olive grove, pine woods and meadows within the nationally protected and forested hills of the Gavarres mountains.
The tower was designed by Rafael Maso, a student of Gaudi in 1911. There are the most stunning 360 degree views of Las Gavarres, the Pyrennees and the Mediterranean some eight miles away.
The main house sleeps 11 people in six bedrooms. There is a newly built, well-equipped kitchen and dining room that opens on to a covered dining terrace and a small courtyard with a fountain. The house is surrounded by terraces and has a large landscaped and heated swimming pool with shady pergolas and swinging “Indian” beds.
The tower house is 200 metres from the main house across the olive grove and sleeps six in three bedrooms. It has its own small pool and there is a sitting room with a large modernista window. The large roof terrace, perfect for watching shooting stars on a summer’s evening enjoys views out to the Mediterranean. Both houses are stylishly furnished with antiques, rugs, kelims and family pictures.
Torre Maso is near the pretty town of La Bisbal d’Emporda, which has excellent restaurants, shopping and a traditional market every Friday. Barcelona is just over an hour away and the town of Figueres, with its Dali museum is also close by. The nearest beach is twenty minutes away. For golfers there are a number of good courses in the surrounding area and there is also a riding stables 10 minutes away.
Seven nights at Torre Maso starts from £460 per person with SJ Villas based on 17 sharing. The price includes the services of a cook and a maid.
