olli and lime and isabelle

Another customer photo now, all the way from Australia. Mom Alyce shared this pic of her daughter Isabelle, over on Aussie blog metromum. I spied it today and just had to post.

It accompanies a review of our George bedding (pictured). Thanks for posting guys! Find a list of Aussie stockists or buy direct at our distribution partners, DanishByDesign [...]

on your bike

A while ago, we bought bikes in the UK. Unfortunately, these were stolen…from the back of our house, no less. We received insurance money to replace them but didn’t. Until now.

With our US future secured, we can take advantage of the Boston weather(!) and get on our bikes. We won’t be racing or rock-hopping, so a good old-fashioned [...]

olli and lime and marek

More customer photos, this time courtesy of our Canadian friend JoLyn, who we met at last year’s ABC Show. She kindly sent me these shots of her 6-month-old boy, Marek…

Isn’t he adorable? Marek’s expertly modelling our super-soft George Hooded Blanket, and it’s fair to say he looks pretty attached to it. Great news is, this is [...]

weather watch

The English are infamous for constantly bemoaning the weather. Rather apt then, that we’ve moved to a place that’s so rich in source material. Boston has it all, weather-wise.

Contrast the bitterly cold weather back in January, with this past July week. The forecast below is from the Boston Globe. They occasionally slip-in an icon with a [...]

reside

As part of our ongoing fascination with all things mid-century modern, we recently paid a visit to Reside, specialists in designer furniture, lighting and other objects of the period.

We looked around this newly-opened location, in Boston’s South End. They also run a long-established store from Cambridge, and the website inventory is pretty impressive…

The pieces aren’t cheap, [...]

mission accomplished

Huge collective sigh of relief at Olli & Lime. Thanks to us finally achieving our ambition (one that regular readers will be acutely aware of) of officially relocating O&L to the US.

I mentioned we were in the UK managing production of our new design. True, but we also visited the US Embassy (below) for VISA [...]

kicking the habitat

We’re back in the UK for another few days, having popped over to check on production of our new design. When we arrived, a friend told us some unexpected, and pretty sad news.

Habitat has gone into administration. This won’t be news at all to UK readers, while most in the US will be thinking ‘who the [...]

olli and lime and tallulah

When a customer sends pictures of their nursery, it’s always a pleasant and welcome surprise. The latest email submission came with another surprise, of the canine variety.

Mom-to-be Stacey – from St Louis, MO – isn’t due ’til September, so her three-year-old dog, Tallulah, acted as a very capable (not to mention cute) stand-in for these [...]

just teasing

Sorry for the brief hiatus; we’re in the UK currently, sorting some business issues. This includes production of our new – as yet unnamed – design, due for launch in September.

We always get excited about our new designs, but this one more than most. Main reason being, this new design is…wait for it…PINK! Yep, a [...]

happy independence day

Just a quick post to say happy Independence Day! It’s our first 4th of July on this side of the pond so we’re pretty excited. Predictably, plenty going on in Boston. Should be fun.

Plenty of flags around too. I spied this huge one hanging at the Boston Harbor Hotel, and the one below was ingeniously crane-hoisted [...]