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Styling ideas, care guides and the people behind every handwoven piece — notes from our workshops in Thailand to your home.

Hostess Gift Ideas: Handmade Pieces a Host Will Actually UseFeatured

Hostess Gift Ideas: Handmade Pieces a Host Will Actually Use

Handmade hostess gift ideas grouped by what the host does when guests arrive: snack baskets, placemats, coasters, a bread basket and a tissue box cover.

The Home Store By The Home Store · Oct 29, 2026 · 1 min read
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Stocking Filler Ideas: Small Handmade Pieces Worth Unwrapping

Stocking Filler Ideas: Small Handmade Pieces Worth Unwrapping

Small handmade stocking fillers from our shop, grouped by who the stocking is for: her, the tea drinker, the bag carrier and...

Oct 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Ideas de regalo para el amigo invisible: pequeños regalos hechos a mano y útiles

Ideas de regalo para el amigo invisible: pequeños regalos hechos a mano y útiles

Pequeños regalos hechos a mano para el amigo invisible, de nuestra tienda y agrupados según la persona que te ha tocado: compañero...

Oct 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Thanksgiving Table Decor: 10 Harvest Ideas with Natural Woven Textures

Thanksgiving Table Decor: 10 Harvest Ideas with Natural Woven Textures

Ten Thanksgiving table ideas built on woven placemats, rattan coasters and bamboo baskets, grouped by seat, centrepiece and buffet, with a count...

Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read
Christmas Table Decor: 8 Natural Woven Table Setting Ideas

Christmas Table Decor: 8 Natural Woven Table Setting Ideas

Eight natural Christmas table setting ideas built on woven placemats, runners, coasters and baskets, with a simple layering order and exact sizes...

Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read
What Are Seagrass Baskets Made Of? The Material Explained

What Are Seagrass Baskets Made Of? The Material Explained

Seagrass baskets take their name from the sea, but the fibre is generally a reed rather than marine seagrass. Here is what...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 min read
Lantern Decorating Ideas: Where to Put Woven Bamboo Lanterns

Lantern Decorating Ideas: Where to Put Woven Bamboo Lanterns

Where to put a woven bamboo lantern: an empty corner, beside a sofa or bed, on a shelf, in the hall, in...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 min read
What Is Kapok? The Natural Filling Inside Thai Floor Cushions

What Is Kapok? The Natural Filling Inside Thai Floor Cushions

Kapok is the soft fibre from the seed pods of the kapok tree, used as loose filling rather than thread. Here is...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 min read
Types of Hand Fans: Folding, Fixed and Woven Palm Leaf Fans

Types of Hand Fans: Folding, Fixed and Woven Palm Leaf Fans

Hand fans come in two families: folding fans that close up, and fixed fans with a flat panel on a handle. Here...

Oct 22, 2026 · 1 min read
What Is Bamboo? The Grass Behind Woven Lamps and Baskets

What Is Bamboo? The Grass Behind Woven Lamps and Baskets

Bamboo is a tall grass, not a tree, and not a true wood. Here is how its hollow stems become the woven...

Oct 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Thai Home Decor Ideas: How to Get a Warm, Handwoven Look

Thai Home Decor Ideas: How to Get a Warm, Handwoven Look

Six practical ways to give a room a warm, handwoven Thai-inspired look, from a woven pendant and wall baskets to a Thai...

Oct 20, 2026 · 1 min read
What Is Raffia? How It Differs From Straw and Rattan

What Is Raffia? How It Differs From Straw and Rattan

What raffia is, where it comes from, how natural, paper and synthetic raffia differ, and how raffia compares with straw and rattan.

Oct 19, 2026 · 1 min read
Decoraciones navideñas naturales: 10 ideas tejidas y hechas a mano

Decoraciones navideñas naturales: 10 ideas tejidas y hechas a mano

Diez ideas naturales de decoración navideña que combinan vegetación y naranjas deshidratadas con piezas de ratán tejido, bambú y hierba marina que...

Oct 17, 2026 · 1 min read
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