We are delighted to launch Emma Grant for ODD: a collection of new fabrics and rocker designs.
The collaboration was originally envisaged as a collection of printed outdoor fabrics but as Emma began to research and develop the fabric design, a new intention sparked. The result was the first new ODD Rocker design for almost 20 years: an imaginative reinvention of the much-loved swinging sofa.
Handmade in England, the collection has brought together artisans across the country: specialist carpenters, seamstresses and passementerie-makers as well as ODD’s own upholsterers and printing partners.
The fabrics are available by the metre as both high-performance acrylics for outdoors and upholstery-weight linens for interior use. The rockers are made to order.
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Much of the furniture in the cottage is very plain early oak. Sturdy and sometimes a bit clunky but perfectly suited to the house. It almost entirely relies on textiles to lift the heaviness of it all. In the bedroom large wax rubbings of medieval effigies were worked into the window panels and a silk and metal thread embroidery with irises and swarming birds hangs above the bed. The damask pelmet came from Peta Smyth before her wonderful shop on Moreton Street closed. The armchair is upholstered in an original eighteenth century Tree of Life embroidery and the vast hanging behind the chest of drawers is another eighteenth century metalwork piece that I never tire of looking at.
A wonderful shoot by @liz_elliot_hg and @mark_anthony_fox for @houseandgardenuk
The bath design in the cottage began with very old oak joinery I had bought long ago, without a bathroom in mind. Repurposed to surround the entire room it sits alongside Delft murals and a nickel and red stone sink. feature by @liz_elliot_hg and @mark_anthony_fox 📷 for @houseandgardenuk
My son Hector proudly inspecting his bedroom in the March issue of @houseandgardenuk . The interiors of our cottage were shaped by my collection of antique textiles, accumulated over the years and originally kept for reference, often too fragile or impractical to find their way into projects . When designing the cottage I came round to using them, taking time to repair and reinforce each one and letting go of preservation in the process.
Huge thanks to @liz_elliot_hg , who so thoughtfully captured the spirit of the place and my enthusiasm for old rags, and to @mark_anthony_fox , whose photographs Hector has been studying intently.
By a nice coincidence, it appears in print the same week we bought the cottage and the week Hector arrived, four years on. Happy birthday darling H 🎈
