Fun selections from Debenhams to spruce up your home

MANILA, Philippines - If your home is a bit of a bore, it’s time for an update. None of the costly renovations, mind you, but just a one-stop shopping spree in one of the UK’s largest department stores, Debenhams. 

Debenhams mixes elements from the street, vintage diner signs, and giant floral graphics into a kaleidoscope of colors, ironic design statements, and tongue-and-cheek messages.

They say time is gold, not cheap plastic, so when buying wall clocks, at least go for design value, quality materials and make. The retro Dairy Ice Cream Tin Clock by Jones is a vintage-inspired convex tin clock with dairy ice ream parlor design, sure to add a hint of sweetness in your kitchen. While the wood Grand Terminal clock, also from Jones, echoes the Grand Terminal Clocks of Victorian England with a wooden plaque, and three dials representing Paris, London, and New York. 

With their punchy graphics, in your face statements, and street-born designs, designer Ben De Lisi’s throw pillows are just the right amount of radical to bring in fun. From the bold, red “Shut Up and Sit Down” slogan pillow, to the interchangeable “Welcome We’re Open/Sorry We’re Closed,” the ode to consumerism “Priceless” barcode-printed pillow, the vinyl record-printed “You Spin Me Around” pillow, and the rectangular “One Way” pillow, which looks just like any one way sign you see on the streets, Ben De Lisi’s pillows bring the outside in, with a little more quirk and a lot more excitement.

In this day and age of Instagram, nothing beats a real picture — especially if it’s well-framed. Rocha.John Rocha opted to make a soft craft such as crochet turn into metal, blue metal, to be exact, and came up with the Blue Metal Crochet Effect Picture Frame. 

Who can resist the Large Silver Peacock Motif Hanging Mirror by Butterfly Home by Matthew Williamson? With an elegant peacock design with blooming yellow English roses set in black, this hanging mirror echoes the vainglorious days of the Victorian, yet with a modern shape that is so very now.

Accent bowls are an excellent way to add a splash of color in any space. Rocha.John Rocha creates the Red Metal Crochet Effect Bowl. With a smooth glazed finish, the bowl is a perfect addition in any tabletop that is needy for some fun company.

If you are the type of person who treats your bathroom as your second home, the least you can do is keep the place interesting. Not to worry, with some key pieces, your bathroom will feel brand new in no time.

Ashley Thomas soft cotton light pink/light green polka-dotted towels to bath, now would you? Don’t mind if you get a little too excited in the shower, as the Cream Textured Cable Knitted Bath Mat by Rocha.John Rocha will do the drying. And finally, adding a dash of color and unexpected quirk in any bathroom corner is Ben De Lisi’s Red Small Scale Bin.

Have you ever slept in a bed of poppies, quite literally? Well, the Orissa by Rocha.John Rocha will make it possible, with a white cotton design exploding with different colored poppies. Ben De Lisi’s Numbers feature different tiled numerics in a colorful display of pure “geek cool.”

Debenhams’ Home collection is available at Shangri-La Plaza Mall and Rustan’s Makati.