Well, that was 2011

What a year! Despite serious health issues, redundancy and new jobs we still managed to keep this blog going.  Thank you for visiting!

This blog was viewed about 2,500 times in 2011.  Most visitors were from the UK, but there were also visitors from USA, Australia, Asia and South America!

The busiest day of the year was 2nd October. The most popular post that day was Helping to save the Loggerhead turtle.

In 2011, there were 36 new posts, with 338 pictures uploaded – that’s about 7 pictures per week.

Please ‘sign up’ for all our posts in 2012 when we hope to feature more fabulous days out and holidays in the UK and abroad.

In 2011, we loved working with/for the following clients:

Anthony Hartley (Furniture designer)

UltraMarine Magazine

Marine Habitat

On: Yorkshire Magazine

Earth, Sea and Sky (Turtle conservation charity)

Biteback (Shark Conservation Charity)

The Deep (Hull)

Swaledale House, Swaledale, Yorkshire

Agra Cottage,  Nidderdale, Yorkshire

Tea & Cake Cafe (Almondbury)

National Federation of Women’s Institutes

Tea & Tarts WI (Huddersfield)

Cafe Nouveau

Birkby Lodge Dining Club

Yo Yo’s Restaurant (Shipley)

Bettakultcha (Leeds)

Culture Vulture

What’s on up North

Smallholder Magazine

Yorkshire Evening Post

If you have accommodation you’d like to see reviewed here, please contact us.

Likewise, if you have places, products or food to be photographed, please drop us a line.

If you’d like to buy canvas or framed prints, please visit our galleries: www.aspinallink.co.uk

Edna’s popular

We’re so pleased that our client Anthony Hartley’s doing so well. The media interest in his chairs ‘Mr Smith’ and ‘Mr Smith the second’ has coninued with rave reviews of the new range of drawers - ’Edna’.  Richard’s photos of Anthony’s technicolour furniture have been featured on design websites all over the world and in a few UK magazines including ‘Elle Decoration’ and ‘Homes & Gardens’.  Anthony’s collection at the TENT London design exhibition in September has had a phenomenal amount of interest.  It couldn’t happen to a nicer man!  Congratulations Anthony!

Homes & Gardens Magazine – and Greece

One of Richard Aspinall’s photos can be seen in the September edition of Home and Gardens magazine (page 25) and simply dozens of major design websites.  Our client, Anthony Hartley, is being tipped as ‘the one to watch’ for this year’s Tent London design exhibition and his cutting edge design has been picked as the one Home & Gardens thought best ‘summed up’ Tent London.

Mr Smith

Mr Smith the second

 

To see more of Anthony’s fabulous designs (and more of Richard’s photos) please visit: http://www.anthonyhartley.co.uk/

As a quick Google search will prove - there’s  a lot of media interest in the designs so, Richard’s photos of Anthony’s chairs have been used far and wide:

http://design-milk.com/mr-smith-the-second-chair-by-anthony-hartley/

http://roundedoff.com/2011/08/09/mr-smith-the-second-by-anthony-hartley/

http://www.chairblog.eu/2011/08/09/mr-smith-the-second-by-anthony-hartley/

http://www.archiscene.net/design/mr-smith-chair-anthony-hartley/

http://www.designer-daily.com/mr-smith-chair-by-anthony-hartley-17642

http://www.nochintz.co.uk/blog/2011/08/one-to-watch-anthony-hartley/

http://modernisticdesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/mr-smith-second-by-anthony-hartley.html

There’s even a Greek site featuring the chair:

http://www.designmadness.gr/index.php/2011/08/10/chair-mr-smith/

Here’s a sneak preview of his latest clever design – This time, a set of drawers!

The Tent London exhibition takes place 22-25 September, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL  www.tentlondon.co.uk

Anthony Hartley – The one to watch

If you’re looking for garden furniture this summer, why settle for something mass-produced when you can have something hand crafted by local furniture designer, Anthony Hartley?

Anthony makes each piece by hand from sustainable redwood pine or European, and will paint them the colour of your choice, and yet they cost around the same as the outdoor furniture found in many local garden centres.  His company, Tea-Pea.com produces a range of outdoor furniture including the popular ‘Adirondack’ garden chair, based on a traditional New England design.

Adirondack oak chair

For sheer style and beauty, an investment in the Oak chair and footstool will be appreciated for many years to come (£395 for chair and footstool).

Without a doubt, the most eye-catching of the range are the painted pinewood Adirondacks (available in natural, delicious ice-cream pastels or stylish traditional garden colours; £195 including your choice of colour).  The Adirondack chairs and benches are complemented by a range of more contemporary designs, unique to Tea-Pea.com.  From the elegant Cuban lounge chair (£75) to the stunning solid lines of the outdoor sofas and armchairs, these are pieces which bring a modern twist to any size of garden or balcony.

The usual response to the chairs is, “Wow, they’re gorgeous,” as people see them, and then, “Wow, I don’t want to get out of it,” once they try them out.

Anthony holds true to the old-fashioned belief that any furniture should be comfortable, stylish and made to last.  He says:

 “Sadly, so much furniture nowadays seems to be made to be disposable; to be changed every year or two with your colour scheme or garden design.  Our resources are too precious for this throwaway approach, so I build from classic designs which can easily be update with a fresh coat of paint every few years, but which will happily live outdoors for many years with minimum maintenance.”

Tea-Pea.com is based in a spacious Victorian canal-side mill in Slathwaite, with stunning views across the local hillsides. Part of the mill complex is nowhome to an artisan bakery (which sells the most delicious bread I’ve ever tasted), while another part will shortly house a new vintage clothing outlet.

This summer, Anthony is busy preparing to launch a range of designer furniture at TENT London (part of the London Design Festival) this September. He’s being tipped as ‘the one to watch’ so, if you want to be ahead of the crowd, get your commissions in now before the rest of the world hears about this Yorkshire gem!

TENT Poster by Richard Aspinall

More of Anthony’s garden furniture range can be seen and ordered on www.Tea-Pea.com  His designer furniture is featured at: http://www.anthonyhartley.co.uk/

To place an order, arrange a visit to the Mill or discuss a commission, please call Anthony on: 07758 779183

Studio photos by Richard Aspinall: www.aspinallink.co.uk © Aspinall Ink