These fabulous vinyl stickers are designed by stylish, young frenchwoman Sofia Antonvich and have been quite a phenomena in her native country.

Perfect for adding a certain ‘je ne sais quois’ to almost any surface, you can stick them to walls, windows, furniture, mirrors, in fact any smooth surface. As long as your surface is stable, they will peel off again just as easily as they went on- temporary tattoos for your home!
The French Liberty collection includes birds, butterflies and dragonflies in gorgeous floral prints of blue, green and pink. They look stunning fluttering over a bedroom wall.
For the more urban among you there are butterflies in black, silver and hot pink. Perfect for scattering over mirrors or windows, you could even stick them to your car or scooter- how cool is that?!

Sofia recommends using the designs to decorate your lap-top or even, with the smaller ones, you could decorate your shoes.

The miniature mirror frames lend a touch of vintage glamour to any room. They look pretty used to frame photos, mirrors or found objects but equally good just left empty.

Just watch the designer show you how easy they are to use…cue funky french music!!!

A ‘move on’ from candles and incense. No flames, no hydrocarbons.

W love these beautifully packaged diffusers that can be used in any room of the house from kitchen to bathroom. A clean and modern room scent solution. Abode aroma are the brand leader in Australia and the USA. There is a range of scents available from the comforting calming vanilla to zingy fresh verbena, a different scent for every occasion.

5 simple steps for use
1. Remove bottle, reeds and display collar from package.
2. Unscrew cap on bottle of fragrance.
3. Place the collar over the bottle neck.
4. Place all the rattan reeds into the bottle and arrange like a bunch of flowers and allow to absorb the oil
5.Turn the reeds several times to achieve desired fragrance level

Choosing your scent
Obviously scent is a very personal choice but you might like to consider the environment you wish to use the diffused in and the mood you would like to create.Whilst testing the scents please note that after two to three oils your sense of smell tends to become less sensitive. To restore “cleanse” your sense of smell take a sniff of the coffee beans that we provide in store to enable you to fully appreciate all the scents.

Available now in Tangerine Vanilla, Gardenia Bud, Fresh Fig, Vanilla Cream, Black Bamboo and Lemongrass Scents £29.99

After a long time in the research and development stages we are finally ready to launch our new look. In early September we’ll have brand new signs, carrier bags and packaging. Our packaging has been sadly lacking just recently while we have waited to manufacturers to do their stuff and there have been inevitable delays, however we really do have (almost) everything we need on site now. So, hopefully, next time you visit us you can take your purchases home in a gorgeous new Narborough Hall carrier bag.

At £4.99 each these wooden letters are fantastic value. They’re great for spelling out names and they have fixings on the back for wall-hanging or can stand on a shelf too. Or, spell out SLEEP or DREAM above a bed, LOVE makes a great value wedding or anniversary present. They make a great gift for crafty types too- you can paint them to match your colour scheme or let your imagination run wild and make them spotty, stripey or just crazy!

This funky new range is aptly named L’Attitude Enfant!
The friendly, knitted ‘GrAnimals’ bring the tradition of knitted toys is right up to date.
All these soft woollen animals come beautifully presented in a special keep-sake gift box making them the ideal gift for a young child or newborn baby. Julien the Dog, Sacha the Cat, Alice the Mole and Hugo the Hedgehog are destined to become firm friends with children young and old.

The Nature collection consists of activity toys designed to entertain and stimulate. The strappers velcro on to buggies & prams for fun on the move. Choose from the musical cow with the squeaky bottle of milk, the bear in a car- you can beep the horn on his car and he even smells of honey, or the little girl-she has a meowing cat in her bag and carries a scented flower!
For playtime at home choose from the brilliant Activity Ring, Play Ball, Sound Cube or Cat stacking rings, all of them bright and stimulating and utterly charming.

I have to admit I am completely addicted to our new word frames. I started putting photos into them for our displays in the shop and got bitten by the bug. Now I’m printing out photos every evening and making them for everyone I know. They make the most unique gift and can be personalised to suit any person and any occasion.

Names, dates, pets, hobbies, sports, events, holidays, just about any and every occasion. So far I’ve had names for both of my children, my niece and my godchildren (names look great hung on children’s doors too). A Seventy for an Uncle’s birthday. A Ruby for an anniversary, and Friends and Family for our kitchen. But, I’ve come up with loads more ideas too. Here are just a few, but the possibilities are endless!

Ages are great; ONE, TWO, THREE… (it’d be great to start a collection for a child and buy them one on every birthday) …THIRTY, FORTY, FIFTY for milestone birthdays, PARTY or BIRTHDAY for a big celebration.
Choose GOLDEN, RUBY or SILVER to mark a special anniversary and add photographs of their years together.
Or for a landmark year; 2007, 1965, 1982.
Fill NEW YORK or PARIS with your holiday snaps.
GRANNY, GRANDAD, AUNTIE, DADDY make great gifts, you can start a collection with one for every member of the family!
Hobbies are great too; FOOTIE or GOAL! would be ideal for a football fanatic, or FOXES in blue & TIGERS in red. FISHING, GOLF, CRICKET for other sporty types.
Little girls would love PRINCESS or BALLET, and would love to pose for the photos to go in it!

I could go on… but I’ll let your imagination take over now.

We keep many designs, Family, Friends and Memories being the most popular, which are £17.99. Personalised frames are made to order, take up to 10 days and cost £22.99. All you need to do is select your word (up to 8 letters). Choose a frame colour, either Beech or Black, then choose your mount colour (Ivory, Pale Pink, or Pale Blue) and let us do the rest. You can collect the finished frame from Narborough Hall, or for £3.99 P&P, it can be sent directly to any UK address.

You will be able to buy these onine at www.giftspace.co.uk very soon, but for now you can ring us on 0116 286 6885 to order.

Narborough Hall be open as usual on Good Friday and Easter Saturday (9am-5.30pm) but closed on Easter Sunday (eating lots of choccy eggs we hope!) We will be open on Easter Monday, 11am-5pm, then its back to our normal opening hours.
We wish you all a very Happy Easter.

As many of you will know, Narborough Hall has an online store at giftspace.co.uk.

The site is down at the moment, but will return shortly – keep an eye on this blog for the latest news. If you have a news reader you can use our RSS feeds to keep you instantly updated. Simply click on the RSS link in your address bar or on the left of the page.

One of the things we want to do is have this news appear on giftspace automatically, so hopefully if you point your browser to giftspace.co.uk you will see this headline there as-well.

And if you have got here from giftspace.co.uk, welcome to Narborough Hall!

We have been busy making changes to the giftspace website, the internet shop of Narborough Hall. We still have a few changes to make, but it is starting to take shape.

Please bear with us while we persuade the technology to bend to our will!

Hultquist-Copenhagen was established in 1980 by Anne Hultquist.

Yet another gorgeous collection from Danish company Hultquist. We absolutely love it. Here’s what they have to say about it;

“Anne Hultquist and her team continuously design an extensive range of feminine and bohemian fashion jewellery influenced by the classical Scandinavian look expressing individualism and fashion awareness. Their new ranges for 2007 include:

‘FRESH BLOOMS’
It would not be a spring collection without flowers! This season we adore the bell flower in good company with the rose, butterfly and a single cross.

‘THE TREE OF LIFE’
The Mulberry Bush is the symbol of the tree of life. Here together with fresh-water-pearls, jades and multitude of leaves.

‘FIRST CLASS CRUISE’
We are in the 1920’s-30’s with a fine balance between the feminine and the masculine. A touch of retro regattas, elegant emblems, French lily, vintage globes and royal crowns.‘”