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Interiors: the utility look – in pictures

Homes - The Simple Life: metal jug and ceramic salt dispenser
Finch and Crane Homespun offerings including door knobs, enamel jugs, robust textiles and utility ware. Antique metal jug, £9.95; ceramic salt cellar, £8, both Finch & Crane. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: lamp
I Do Cartwheels County Down-based designer Donna Bates sticks to one thing – lighting inspired by milking parlour jars – and she does it well. From £395 (light pictured, £750), I Do Cartwheels. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: metal cabinet
Bowles & Bowles From the family behind Original BTC and Davey Lighting, a collection made from vintage wire mesh. Mesh locker, €654, Bowles & Bowles. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: red jug and white plate and lamp
Folklore Husband-and-wife team source products from around the world with a sustainable bent. Red plate, £11.50; Pitcher, £38; Trumpet lamp, £175, all Folklore. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: picture with blue print
Hector & Haddock All things vintage paper-related, from nostalgic letterpress to bunting. 'Jam' linocut, £12.50, Hector & Haddock. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: brick vase
Great British Designs Unusual British-designed and -made products, from armchairs to eggcups. Brick vase, £30, Great British Designs. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: chest of drawers and wooden mushroom furniture
Out & Out Original Run by two brothers, this features furniture, from cast-iron chairs to Scandi sofas, that doesn’t cost the Earth. Teak mushroom, £29.99; Brunel sideboard, £299. Out & Out Original. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: wooden coat rack and bench
Out & Out Original Button oak coat hanger, £99; Cas bench, £499; all Out & Out Original. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: homes accessory - minature building
Chisel & Mouse Gloriously eccentric plaster sculptures of iconic buildings, New York’s Flatiron and Broadcasting House among them. Century Hotel on Miami’s South Beach, £135, Chisel & Mouse. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: cushion
Thread & Favour Where the Outer Hebrides meets East Anglia. Its elegant cushions pair Harris tweed with Suffolk silk, the latter from a ninth-generation weaver. Hampstead cushion, £185, Thread & Favour. Photograph: PR
Homes - The Simple Life: cloud wooden board
Future & Found Cloud chopping board, £25, Future & Found. Photograph: PR
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