Bringing Nature Indoors: Thyme's new 'Cutting Garden Rooms’ in collaboration with Edward Bulmer Natural Paint.

Bringing Nature Indoors: Thyme's new 'Cutting Garden Rooms’ in collaboration with Edward Bulmer Natural Paint.

We are delighted to unveil our most recent collaboration with the esteemed bespoke furnishing studio, Lorfords Contemporary.

Our debut collection of handcrafted upholstery has been designed to sit within a number of rooms here at Thyme. The collection includes soft seating that has been covered in our signature linen fabrics, showcasing hand-painted botanical artworks from our founder, Caryn Hibbert.

Does anyone need an excuse for a good, hot soak at the end of a long day? It’s not just a lovely, luxurious thing to do, but it also has a myriad of wellbeing effects. So if you need a reason to carve out much needed me time in the tub, read on…

Balance in life is so important for both health and happiness and after the high octane, often exhausting festive season, now  is the perfect time to rest, reset and be kind to ourselves.

If we can learn how to recognise the signs of low grade, chronic stress we can begin to manage it, take the matter into our own hands and restore balance in both our body and mind, to retune our engine. 

This ritual switches off the body's stress response by activating the parasympathetic nervous system through the powerful combination of diaphragmatic conscious breathing, scent, nature and positive thought training.

The brain and gut are intimately connected through a complex system of nerves called the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic responsible for the ‘fight or flight’ stress response and the para sympathetic (the vagus nerve) responsible for ‘rest & digest’ calming and quietening the body. 

Continuing to ring true to Thyme’s agricultural heritage and founding ethos, the cottage has been carefully curated with a warm, welcoming and earthy colour palette reminiscent of the delicious vegetables that readily inspire our plates, while playfully adding a sense of sophistication and charm to each of the rooms.

My ambition to create a breathing balm has been long held and was founded in the knowledge that slow, deep breathing can be an extremely powerful tool for life with remarkable and profound effects on our wellbeing.

It's such a joy to collaborate again with Thyme. This is my third collection and I always love using Caryn's beautiful illustrations as a starting point for my ceramics. Inspired by her autumnal drawings of oak leaves and horse chestnut I used leaves sourced from my garden and Holland park to press into a speckled stoneware clay body.

The idea that a tablecloth could make your food taste better might seem like a strange one. However, according to a scientific study, the impact that a beautifully dressed table can have on one’s perception of a meal is profound.

Bertioli & Bell Hutley: Dragonfly & Waterlily

Bertioli & Bell Hutley: Brimstone Butterfly & Sea Buckthorn

A collaboration that evolved from a shared desire to tell the story of nature’s pollinators and to celebrate their magic.