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cornish brands, styling your holiday home

Styling your holiday home is a creative and rewarding task, but it can be confusing knowing where to find the perfect interior items to match the theme of your holiday home.

Luckily, Cornwall is full of fantastic interior design brands and professionals that offer beautiful pieces and helpful tips, so you can create a comfortable, warm and inviting space for guests to relax and enjoy their holiday.

From minimalist Scandinavian styles to elegant nautical or country designs, enjoy browsing through our selection of our top Cornish brands for styling your holiday home.


Styling your holiday home | 10 Cornish brands and interior design professionals:

    1. Cream Cornwall
    2. Jo and Co Home
    3. Tom Raffield
    4. Atlantic Blankets
    5. Iroka Interiors
    6. St Mawes Scent Room
    7. All Driftwood
    8. Jo Downs
    9. Alesa Design
    10. Duchy of Cornwall Nursery

1. Cream Cornwall – Colour scheme ideas

Cream Cornwall - Colour Scheme Ideas - Cornish Brands

Classic Collection – featuring iconic blue and white maritime and sea creatures designs

Founded in 2012, initially starting as an online business wholesaling to shops throughout the UK and overseas. Now, 5 years later, and two shops based in Falmouth and St Ives, Rebecca and Alison offer a fabulous range of tableware, lampshades, cushions, soft furnishings, custom made furniture and paint. Their luxury homeware range oozes seaside appeal and boasts artistic, nautical flare, it’s the perfect shop for holiday home owners of coastal properties.

“Inspired by the colours of the sea, sky and land, the sheltered bays and windswept moors of our iconic country. Every colour has a story to tell, from the perfect soft grey Sea Fret, our trademark blue, Star Gazey, or the perfect neutral Clotted Cream”. Rebecca Heane and Alison Hughes – Cream Cornwall

Experience Cream Cornwall for yourself, their home design advisors can help update or redecorate your holiday property, creating stunning and beautiful interiors to your taste and budget. Bring a little bit of Cornwall into your holiday home.


2. Jo and Co Home – Statement pieces for your holiday home

Styling your holiday home couldn’t be easier with Jo and Co Home. Their homeware shop in Wadebridge, Cornwall, has a wonderful display of decorative objects. From cushions and throws to vases, bowls, lights, each luxury item adds style and texture to your holiday home, inviting guests to sink into your holiday cottage furnishings.

Visit their blog for top seasonal picks, how to dress your festive table and much more.


3. Tom Raffield – Interior lighting ideas

Tom Raffield Interior Lighting - Cornish brands

Featured Product: Drift Pendant

Lighting is one of the key elements that adds atmosphere and warmth in a holiday home and can even alter the perceived size of a room.

Tom Raffield creates sustainable, iconic lighting using a technique called ‘steam bending’, an ancient skill remastered in modern times, which involves hand manipulating wood into curves, twists and shapes without the use of nasty glues, chemicals or additives. All his products are designed to bring the outside in, including his Comber lighting range that captures the beauty of the shoreline inspired by the Atlantic Ocean and Cornish tides.

“Unique, quality homewares that are inspired by nature and handmade to last a lifetime using traditional craft processes in sustainable and innovative ways. We strive to inspire a like-minded conscious community and have a positive impact helping to create a world where people and nature thrive for future generations to enjoy”. – Founder, Tom Raffield


4. Atlantic Blankets – Local influence

Atlantic Blankets - Cornish Brands

British made blankets and throws

There are so many worthy Cornish brands to feature in your holiday home, but Atlantic blankets is a must! Designed in Cornwall, and made sustainably in the British Isles, each blanket carries the essence of the Atlantic in its soft fibres. Offering guests an element of coastal calm and comfort, this Cornish brand helps create happy memories from a square of soft yarn.

Here at Atlantic Blankets, we take sustainability seriously, creating timeless products for a priceless future. From farmstead to bedstead, we have thought about the entire journey of our blankets, making sure every step is as environmentally friendly as possible”. – Founders, Gemma and Al

For their full range of blankets visit their online shop, or head to Perranporth where you will find them on the walkway to the beach!


5. Iroka Interiors – The art of style

Art doesn’t need to be confined to a canvas or frame; it can be incorporated into your holiday home in a surprising number of ways.

Iroka Interiors do just that, each design is organic and driven by the client to create a highly personalised and tailored experience. They have a wealth of experience designing and furnishing holiday lets to a 5-star finish, as well as an extensive list of suppliers and in-house team to fit and dress your property.

Iroka exhibit and sell pieces from curated designers, with new pieces added to their shop every day. Take a look at their finest collection of furniture, accessories, soft furnishings, flooring and much more.


6. St Mawes Scent Room – Coastal inspiration

Taking inspiration from St Mawes and the coast, St Mawes Scent Room specialises in diffusers fragranced with the Cornish air. They offer a wide range of diffusers perfect to complement the interior of any holiday home. As all products are handmade in small batches, each item is made to the highest quality, beautifully packaged in a kraft gift box.

With over 20 years of beauty and fragrance experience at Jo Malone, Aveda and Clarins, Lucinda Cundy has loved creating her signature Coastal Living Collection. A unique and beautiful addition to your holiday home, one of many great Cornish brands.


7. All Driftwood – A nautical look

Driftwood art is widely recognised throughout Cornwall and the West Country. This unique craft allows each piece individuality, as no two pieces of Driftwood are the same.

Lorraine Handscombe from All Driftwood moved to Cornwall in 2008 and feel in love with the rugged coastline, she now offers a great selection of interior pieces from mirrors to chalk boards, door hooks and even driftwood Christmas trees, perfectly tailored for that beachside look.

“I became passionate for Driftwood Art after discovering the beautiful natural shapes of driftwood washed up on the beaches around Cornwall, which is where I source most of my materials. My work consists mainly of driftwood mirrors in all styles, shapes and sizes”. – Founder, Lorraine Handscombe


8. Jo Downs Handmade Glass – A touch of elegance

Jo Downs is one of the world’s most respected fused glass designers. Like many Cornish creative professionals, Jo’s work draws inspiration from the beautiful Cornish coastline, coupled with her creative abstract designs.

Jo has built a reputation over the last 25 years and is a sought-after artist with a distinctive technique, her innovative designs can be found on P&O cruise liners, in Hilton hotels and a variety of homes.

You can find many Jo Downs galleries across the county with gift shops in St Ives, Fowey, Padstow and Tintagel, but the Launceston gallery is where all the creative magic happens! It is packed full of a huge selection of gift and interior pieces, as well as a hub for all commissions. Add a touch of elegance to your holiday home with a handmade accessory from Jo and her team.


9. Alesa Design – Stylish wall décor

Alesa Design - Cornish Brands - Stylish Wall Art Decor

Sunset Surf Art Print

“As an illustrator, I create prints inspired by nature, travels and my everyday life living in Cornwall. My designs are light and subtle in a pastel colour, using different forms and lines. My art prints are a perfect wall décor that brings style to your home or office”. – Aleksandra, Alesa Design.

The beauty of a region is often the main reason people book holiday properties in Cornwall, so why not bring that look and feel into your holiday home?

Aleksandra is an Illustrator and Graphic Designer based in St Ives. She creates prints and stylish wall décor that features landscapes of local towns and coastline. All her work is designed from her home studio in St Ives, inspired by the Cornish coast around her.

Alesa Design receives joy knowing her products will simply bring colour and happiness to people’s lives. You can purchase her prints via her online shop or if you are looking for a custom illustration/design for your Cornish holiday home get in touch to organise a special commission.


10. Duchy of Cornwall Nursery – All things green

Design is not just about stunning interiors. Exterior areas also play an essential role when styling your holiday home.

The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery is an enchanting nursery with glasshouse close to Lostwithiel, with views across the valley to Restormel Castle. The nursery stocks a superb range of indoor and outdoor plants, many sourced from Cornwall and the South West that are suited to the climate.

Be inspired, view their online look book for creative inspiration or visit their friendly nursery team who are always on-hand to offer expert advice. Achieve your dream garden or bring any room to life with a splash of greenery.


Although it may feel like an overwhelming task when thinking about your styling holiday home, with a bit of thought, professional advice and carefully selected pieces from Cornish brands you can transform your property into an inviting oasis where guests will want to return year on year.

At Carbis Bay Holidays, our team of holiday letting experts are on-hand to offer furnishing advice, helping second home owners to understand the best fabrics that stand the test of time and more.

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