Dare we mention it, but are you thinking about Christmas presents yet? Get in quick to snap up some great-value gifts for kids at ACHICA next week. There's some wonderful toys and accessories from well-known brands such as Peppa Pig, Snoopy, Disney and Sportcraft as well as kid's baking sets from Miniamo and darling kid's furniture from JIP. Promotions start from Monday, but here's a sneak preview of what to expect.
1. Get little girls and boys in training for the next Junior Master Chef with the Miniamo S...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 20th, 2010
Do you have a bit of a love/hate relationship with London? I do. I love it, but it seems to hate me: always making me late, always making me mutter the unmutterable when I'm on a packed tube. But I don't like to complain - London had me at hello. It's great to see Barbara Coupe paying homage to London i...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 18th, 2010
Chocolate Week 2010 ends on Sunday 17th October this week (boooo...), but
National Baking Week 2010 starts on Monday 18th October (hooray!). To celebrate, ACHICA has some delightful promotions starting next week. These include useful baking tools such as spatulas, cooling stands and measuring spoons from Kitchencra...
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 15th, 2010
Sun Dial Hat is a gorgeous black and white picture featuring dancer Rosemary Andree, wearing her striking “clock” sun hat, taking a drink beside the Roehampton Pool in London in June 1939. On promotion at ACHICA today. Enough said.
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 14th, 2010
Is your living room crying out for some refreshing new art? Not sure if you prefer Renaissance 'da Vinci or YBA Damien Hirst style? Hot off the Apple approval desk this week comes the Easyart.com iPhone app.
This very cool Easyart.com app makes it easy for you to picture what the walls in your home would look like with certain framed art prints adorning them. Simply take photos of the walls in your home from your iPhone, or choose one of the four pr...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 13th, 2010
You might be excited by the imminent launch of the latest Windows Phone 7, but doesn’t every home need one of these classic ScandiPhones too? Its design is based on the upright phone that was introduced in Europe in the mid 1950s. Smaller and lighter than its peers, the unusual piece was, and still is, the perfect example of form and function. The push button version was introduced in 1967 and in 1973 it...
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 13th, 2010
It was love at first sight and sound when I clocked eyes on Orla Kiely's new PURE EVOKE Mio radio, which she launched at her shop in Covent Garden last night. The digital and FM portable radio features her nostalgic signature stem print and is finished with a mirror chromed handbag style handle, walnut veneered cabinet and cream fa...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 13th, 2010
With last weekend’s
Scandinavia Show celebrating all things Nordic (everything from cider to sausage to travel to furniture) and a never-ending dedication to Scandi style among home owners, it seems that everyone should have a little of Northern Europe’s cool factor in their life. There’s more to this evergreen northern style than Arne Jacobsen’s Egg chair and Ikea, and all...
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Posted by Nina Fitton, Writer, ACHICALiving.com
October 13th, 2010
Spice up your home with ACHICA Living's pick of the top 8 vibrant red treats on promotion at ACHICA this week - there's gift ideas for kids, furnishings for every room, pampering products for yourself and more...
1. Snuggle up to gorgeous 100% baby Peruvian Alpaca wool throws and feather-filled cushions from Elvang (above).
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 11th, 2010
Money doesn't grow on trees, but it seems that chairs do. Well at least that's what Penny Banks' wonderful photography stylist would have us believe. The designer-furniture company's contemporary chair collection, which includes these stackable Dejavu chairs, is on promotion at ACHICA from Tuesday 12th October at 8am to Thursday 14th at 8am. There will be paintbox-perfect Crystal chairs (below in the 'I Love London' photo), Elizabet...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
October 11th, 2010
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