Okay I have a confession to make, sshh, don't tell anyone. I am a closet home magazine addict. Every week I stealthily pop into a newsagent ( never the same one) and buy an Ideal Home or a 25 Beautiful Homes or a Country Living. Possibly I have an interior designer inside me begging to be get out or maybe my Gemini tendencies towards constant change include wanting to repeatedly evolve my house as well. Whatever it is, if I see some interesting wallpaper or fabric then I have to stop and check it out.
Cross Interiors is a soft furnishings shop owned by the warm and approachable Gill. She focuses on the more designer and classic brands such as Harlequin, Farrow and Ball, Sia, Romo, Jane Churchill etc and this shop is a miniature John Lewis but with a personal touch you can never get in a large department store. Gill's attention is squarely on you as you explain just what you want. This lady must have biceps of steel as she deftly lifts the huge sample books which would have required me and at least two other people to carry. In fact, this shop is CRAMMED with large sample books and you do not know where to begin. Thankfully Gill knows which brands to focus on when you explain your needs to her.
Cross Interiors sells curtain poles, fillials, carpets, and it calls itself a "design consultation" business which is an interior design made to measure service for the likes of you and me. There are sumptuous cushions, wrought iron signs saying "love" and cute cupcake photo-frames amongst the pieces of curtain material. if you have an idea in mind for your home, this is certainly a place in which it will become a reality. read more