As the cherry blossom blooms and blizzards in Spring, our décor inspo turns to face the rising sun.
Spring has sprung, and there are apples and cherry blossoms everywhere.
Mimosa, with its porcelain pink teardrop-shaped flowers, looks positively architectural.
In Japan, hanami is the celebration of its cherry blossoms, which includes picnicking under the boughs and delighting when the petals blow in the wind like confetti, what the Japanese call hanafubki or flower blizzard.
It’s a good starting point for a spring reset that, while pared back, has a floral flourish.
Bed down under its boughs
Graham & Brown’s soft pink bespoke Sakura mural is inspired by the National flower of Japan, the cherry blossom.
Representing a time of renewal and optimism makes it the perfect design for your walls to adopt.
In this beautiful colourway of this custom wallpaper, the pops of pink herald the end of winter and signify the beginning of a new season.
The simple paste-the-wall application, supplied to your exact dimensions and printed in 50 cm wide strips, ensures a seamless finish.
Prices start from about €50 per square metre.
Shibori-effect entrance hall wall
Make an entrance with Emma Hayes Designs new mural collection for George Spencer Designs.
The studio collaborates with leading residential and commercial designers and has been specified for a number of high-profile projects worldwide, including Louis Vuitton retail interiors in Auckland and Melbourne, the Nobu Hotel Miami, and WME/IMG offices in New York City.
The inky blues and greys of this non-repeating Solar, shown, evoke shibori and will work really well in an internal room. Prices start from about €63 per square metre.
Unami dinnerware
Elevate meals with this ceramic hand-painted serving platter, from Minnie-Mae's English garden collection.
Featuring cherry fruit, blossom, and leaves, and with a diameter of 26 cm, it can be used as a decorative piece or for food.
It costs €110.95 Maison Flāneur.
The clam shell pinch pot, complete with pink interiors and pearl, and used here as a salt pig, costs €44.95.
Japanese bath house vibes
Inspired by traditional Japanese bath houses, this wave-shaped step-up-and-into bath is designed by Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake for Roca and carries his name.
Prices start from about €3,000, while the floor-standing bath tap costs from about €1,039. Both prices are exclusive of VAT at Navan-based Versatile.
Bed down in a minimalist fashion
This low-set Presto storage bed has a platform surround with practical shelving for books, beauty products, a glass or water slippers, and a lamp, maybe, along with a hinged bed base that gives you a place to store bed linen, winter covers, and extra pillows.
It measures 164 cm wide and is 202 cm long, and fits a futon mattress that is 140 cm wide by 190 long.
It stands about 30 cm off the floor. Available in a light natural wood solid pine base from La Redoute Interieurs, where it is reduced from €657.99 to €460.99.
Eastern promise
Kyoto is the name of a new fragrance by Glencree Valley-based candle studio, Max Benjamin. With fresh notes of bergamot, wild rose, and lilac at the heart, is sakura blossom and white flowers with base notes of golden amber, softened by vanilla, tonka, patchouli, and musk.
It costs €30 and is stocked in Avoca, Brown Thomas, Carraig Dunn, Kilkenny Design, and Meadows & Byrne, among others.
