A hall table
A single composed piece to greet whoever walks in: scaled to the table, chosen for a hallway’s light, in a vessel that suits the house.
Flowers
Everlasting Designs
They are permanent. Arranged by hand, to last, not to fade. Designed for a particular space, in a particular room, in a particular house.
Ready to order
Four pieces, each made by hand. Every one is shown with its dimensions, its vessel and the reasons behind it, so you can judge it against the surface it would stand on.
Four arrangements a year. One for each season. Brought and set in place by us.
A house that never changes stops being noticed. A house that changes with the year does not.
Four times a year we design a new Everlasting arrangement for the same place in your home, bring it, and put it where it goes. You keep the room you like. The season is the thing that moves.
- Four arrangements
- One for spring, summer, autumn and winter, each designed for the same spot and the same light.
- Delivery
- Included. There is no separate charge for bringing them to you.
- Installation
- Included. We place each one ourselves rather than leaving you a box.
- Price
- The price of the year is being set and will be published here. Until then we quote it when you enquire.
Spring, summer, autumn, winter.
Existing studio work, shown for the character of each season rather than as the arrangement you would receive. Yours is designed for your room.
Spring
Pale, upright and a little sparse. The first thing in the house to notice the year has turned.
Summer
Fuller and warmer, built to be looked at from across a room with the doors open.
Autumn
Berries, dark stems and depth. The arrangement that makes lamplight look deliberate.
Winter
Structure instead of colour. Bare branches, held high, and a great deal of empty space.
Three decisions, then nothing more.
Three decisions at the beginning, and then nothing more is asked of you. We keep the room in mind, not a calendar reminder.
- Choose the placeA hall table, a kitchen island, a mantelpiece. One surface, seen every day.
- We design the firstTo the room, its light and what is already in it.
- It changes four timesOnce a season, a new arrangement arrives and is set in place.
For a room the collection was not made for.
A commission begins with the room: the surface, the light, the colours already there and the way you live in it. The design follows from that, in a vessel chosen for the house, and it arrives placed rather than posted, wherever we can.
- Share the roomPhotographs, rough dimensions, the light, and how you like to live.
- Meet the designerBy video, or in person where we can.
- Receive a proposalScale, vessel, palette, stems and a price.
- Approve the commission
- Delivery, or placementWhere placement is offered, we set it in the room ourselves.
What we consider
A commission is judged by how it sits in the room, not by how many stems it contains. These are the things we settle before a single stem is chosen.
- The roomIts purpose, its mood, and where people stand and sit in it.
- DimensionsThe surface, the height available, and the space a piece can occupy without crowding.
- LightWhich way the room faces and how the light moves across the day. It changes which colours read.
- StyleThe colours and materials already there, and your own taste, which we would rather serve than override.
- VesselChosen for the house, or a vessel of your own that deserves a better arrangement.
- ProposalScale, palette, stems, vessel and a price, before anything is made.
- Delivery or placementWhere placement is offered, we set the piece in the room ourselves.
Three kinds of commission
The first commission is finished and installed. The photographs and the client’s own words are being prepared, and it will be shown here properly rather than described in the meantime.
Photograph to comeA finished dining-room commissionAwaiting a real commission photographed with permission
A dining room
A low, wide arrangement that lets people see each other across the table, or a taller sideboard piece that anchors the room when it is not in use.
Photograph to comeA larger installation in situAwaiting a real commission photographed with permission
A larger installation
For a mantelpiece, a stairwell or a room that needs a substantial gesture. Designed in the space, with structure and placement planned together.
Living with an Everlasting piece
- Material
- Faux stems where the piece must hold one place for years; dried stems where the real thing preserved is the point. Each piece says which.
- Care
- Dust with a soft brush, or the brush attachment of a vacuum cleaner. Keep dried stems out of damp rooms.
- Vessel
- Stated for each piece, with its dimensions, and whether it is included. Where it is included, the price is the whole thing.
- Delivery
- Delivery coverage and charges are being confirmed.
Tell us about the room.
For a single piece, a new arrangement each season or a commission: photographs help more than descriptions, and a rough measurement is enough to begin. We reply with questions, then a design and a price.