Ghost Houses

I'm always so excited to discover new quirky things that light up.  I stumbled upon these Ghost Houses on Etsy and had to order some for Radiance.

They are made by Dan and Mer of 2of2 Goods and they come all the way from America.

The houses are made from MDF and paper and the trees from bamboo and floral foam. They are mounted on a base of reclaimed timber and you can turn the light on with a very satisfying clunk of the chrome switch.

They are really very sweet and I'm really pleased to have them at Radiance. You can see them here.

Wall lamp wall!

I've never had much room to display any wall lights but the new shop layout gave me the opportunity to create a new wall. We wired it up yesterday. There's even room for more on there so watch this space! :)

People often say that they have trouble finding unusual wall lights, or they have just bought a house with ugly wall light fittings that they need to replace ASAP. I'm trying to find the pretty ones for you!

We'll be adding these new ones to the website soon.

Maxine Sutton's lampshades at Radiance

I am so pleased to have Maxine Suttons new printed and embroidered lampshades at Radiance. They arrived this morning and it's the first time I've seem them in the flesh. They are better than I imagined.

I first met Maxine a few years ago at The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair where I saw some lampshades that she had made. She couldn't wholesale them though at the time so I couldn't buy any for the shop :(

I did write about her in Illuminate though and found out all about her and her work and her lovely shop Blackbird in Margate.

But since then there have been developments and Maxine had developed a brand new range of shades. They are printed on hand woven organic cotton and printed with Soil Association approved inks and some of them have embroidered details too.  

 I'm very happy to have them at Radiance.

 Here is Maxines page on the website.

Radiance all sparkly and new!

We are happy to be open again. Since I moved my studio out of the back of the shop Radiance loves having more space to itself to spread out. 

I've been taking some pictures this morning so I can show you....

Fancy a sit down?

We haven't even seen the fireplace for the last year or so. It's been all covered up with cardboard boxes.

Now that we're all settled back in we'll be having a website overhaul and putting lots of  lovely new products on it! Will keep you posted. x

Bigger and brighter

So these last couple of weeks while I have been enjoying my new studio little Radiance has been in renovation chaos while it moves into the space that my studio left behind.. As Alison from Heart Gallery put so well when I saw her in the street the other day 'It always looks worse before it looks better'.  Yes it's been very upside down indeed.

But now it's coming together. Clare has made a fabulous new counter and some new shelves where the old counter used to be. Emma has worked her magic with the paint roller and Sean has been doing the wiring. 

Here they all are being busy.

Emma has funny shoes!

Here's the original sketch. That's me welcoming the customers.

I'm looking forward to being open again and working in the bigger and brighter Radiance. Hopefully we'll open on Saturday but we'll have to see how tomorrow goes...

Changes!

For those of you who have visited Radiance you will know that since I opened the shop, seven and a half years ago I have had my studio at the back of the shop. This has been great in many ways but it's time for a change. Both business need to spread their wings. I need undisturbed time to design and more space to manufacture so I have moved my Hannah Nunn studio to new premises. And Radiance is making use of the extra space and is expanding into the back making much more room for pretty things!!!. 

I love my new studio. I have my big light filled windows,

separate areas for designing and making,

lots of drawers for all my laser cutting.

ample storage,

room for lots of plants

and good good friends just down the hall.

I love it and I am VERY grateful!

Now that I am settled in here, work has started on the new look Radiance. Clare Scott is in there as we speak building a fab new counter, Emma's coming back with her paintbrushes at the end of the week and Sean is coming to do some re-wiring. Well be closed for a week to ten days...however long it takes, but we will still be processing online orders each day so don't let that stop you! ;)

It's all exciting stuff.