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HOW TO CREATE A HOME WE WILL FEEL CONTENTED IN FOR LONGER

HOW TO CREATE A HOME WE WILL FEEL CONTENTED IN FOR LONGER

Designing and creating our own space is a wonderful project. But it can also feel like a daunting challenge on a scale beyond many other things we tend to embark on. One of the first challenges many of us will face is simply knowing where to start. To lend a helping hand, we’ve put together a guide of things to consider if you are about to, or are thinking about, renovating or redecorating your home.
EVOLVING LUXURY

EVOLVING LUXURY

Breaking away from stale ideas and perspectives on luxury, we are beginning to witness the emergence of more subtle, individual definitions of what true luxury can really be. Over the past few decades luxury has commonly been associated with excess. It was brash, bold and ostentatious. But modern luxury is evolving and this evolution is creating space for far more personal definitions...

imperfections and the passage of time

IMPERFECTIONS AND THE TRACES LEFT BY THE PASSAGE OF TIME

Our popular culture favours the new over the old, perfection and homogeneity over the quirks and idiosyncrasies that make things unique. A rigid focus on perfection can be problematic because it is often intertwined with a rejection of things that do not conform to this standard. But by cultivating a more diverse appreciation of beauty, one which makes room for imperfections and signs of age, we begin to develop a more healthy and sustainable aesthetic. We discuss this topic and show some of the signs of wear that our beautiful Blackline Cutting Boards naturally acquire with time and use. 

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The Ellei Home Journal is where you can discover the thoughts and inspiration that drive all that we do – from our product selection to our philosophy on design to a more thoughtful approach to life.

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