House & Garden's Ruth Sleightholme rounds up the most beautiful things to shop this March, from a smart oak sideboard to a ceramic dessert plate handmade in Egypt. Whether you're looking for beautiful objects or brilliant ideas, a scroll through our gallery will offer inspiration in abundance.
Using the stippled paint technique of the impressionists as a starting motif is a good way to soften otherwise bold colours and hard materials: both the tufted carpet and the soft, madras lace reference impressionism, and the dappled pattern of this pink marble mirrors the impressionist style of the rug.
Blue, brown and salmon-y pink makes for an old-fashioned colour scheme that somehow feels very now. The contrast between the tapestry-style fabric from Liberty and the puffer-jacket sofa (the former could be used as cushions on the latter) - as well as the references taken from Delft tiles and mochaware ceramics - seals the deal on the historical-meets-futuristic approach.
A mid-century fabric pattern and a re-issue of a classic fifties chair design are excellent bedfellows. Fabrics and rugs from this era were often inspired by the imperfect, hand-painted patterns of folk ceramics, and so this wall light and plate match the mood whilst adding an important figurative touch to this pattern scheme.
