Holiday at home with rich linens and sweet scents
If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably spent the winter avoiding Instagram, and for good reason. It seemed everyone and their dog packed off and went to Europe, frolicking under the Tuscan sun and sipping Spanish sangria. We wore our jealousy whilst they wore white linens. It’s fine! We’re not bitter about it or anything. Well, only bitter in the way that Aperol Spritz is bitter.
But now whilst Europe is hunkering down to short days and cold winds, Kiwi’s can now steal – and improve upon – the best of the European summer. With fruity fragrances, crisp linen and seaside prints, there’s plenty to soak up and bask in. Decorate your home in the iconic Santorini way or add a Parisian edge to your boudoir. Check out our top Shop Your Home and Garden picks for a Hot Euro Summer, from the comfort of home.
Pomelo & Mandarin Bubble Bath, $46, from Shop Your Home and Garden
Relax into the scents of fresh pomelo and mandarin, with a soft lather that’ll moisturise and replenish. The smell of soft citrus will transport you to a sun-drenched orchid, somewhere with fat bees and a sweet breeze.
100 Percent French Flax Linen Ruffle Edge Duvet Set, $348.99 (Queen), from Shop Your Home and Garden
What could be more European than 100 percent pure flax linen? Soft-washed for that perfect relaxed ‘slept in’ look, and with a romantic raw edge look, this duvet set is the stuff of hotel-at-home dreams.
Summer Is Calling Print , $185 (A4), from Shop Your Home and Garden
Summer is calling, don’t keep it ringing. Answer the siren song of the heat with this Greek Sarakiniko beach print.
David Head Candle , $61.99, from Shop Your Home and Garden
Arguably Michelangelo’s greatest creation, this David head candle will take pride of place in your living room or office. Just be thankful it cuts off below the neck; any Florence visitor knows that the hands are more than a little bit out of proportion.
Herb Garden Reed Diffuser, $47.50, from Shop Your Home and Garden
With notes of lush vine tomatoes, freshly picked mint and divine jasmine, this diffuser is like having your pizza and eating it too.
Still Life Candle Set, $106, from Shop Your Home and Garden
This candle set uses the iconography and architecture of Europe – the gentle swooping arches, the sloping clifftop steps, to showcase the shapes of summer. We’re sold.
Santorini Dream Greece Print, $185 (A4), from Shop Your Home and Garden
Hit the beach with the sights of Santorini, a print perfect for dreaming up salty sea air adventures.
Campari Soda by Franz Marangolo Art Print, $159 (A1), from Shop Your Home and Garden
Nothing joyfully screams Italian more than Campari, that brilliantly red bitter. Capture some of the magic with a print that revisits the archives: a 1950’s Marangolo advertising print.
Teardrop Pitcher, $227, from Shop Your Home and Garden
Pour us another Porto tónico, will you dear? This pitcher is a tabletop must-have.
Woman Eating Spaghetti, Capri 1939 by Vintage Archive Art Print, $99, from Shop Your Home and Garden
Oh, to be a woman eating spaghetti, floating off the Isle of Capri. Be the next best thing, which is the owner of this cheeky, cheerful print.
Lilly Bowl, $129, from Shop Your Home and Garden
Serve up your salads in a statement bowl that offers style at every curve. Long lunches, here we come.
Venus Lady Candle, $61.99, from Shop Your Home and Garden
The Venus de Milo is a sculpture of the goddess of beauty, so it only makes sense that this candle homage is just as beautiful, if not more so.
Pillowcase Pair Oxford Border, $119.50, from Shop Your Home and Garden
Crisp white bedding always makes us think of surreal, beachy days and long Aperol Spritz nights. Made from 100 percent organic cotton and finished with a stunning Oxford border, these pillowcases offer rest and reprieve from the non-stop summer fun.
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