Independent Brands, Handpicked


Nobody Here Makes Everything . Everybody Here Makes Something Really Rather Well.

Selling Rather Well, If We're Honest.

Slightly awkward to mention, so we'll just leave them here.

Shop Print Sisters, textile designers working with original archive prints, at Brix + Bailey

FOUNDED AND RUN BY WOMEN

Women-Led Brands.
B Corp certified independent brands at Brix + Bailey

CERTIFIED, RATHER THAN CLAIMED

B Corp Certified.
Shop ethical independent brands at Brix + Bailey

THEY WILL TELL YOU WHO MADE IT

Ethical Brands.

REFILL + REUSE

Brand Spotlight: Kuishi.

Designed for circular living, refill, reuse, reduce. Made using thoughtfully selected materials with a focus on sustainability. Plastic-Free Packaging Reducing unnecessary plastic through considered packaging

Shop lighting from independent brands at Brix + Bailey, including vintage-style pug table lamps

THE ONE THING A ROOM CANNOT DO WITHOUT

Pendants, table lamps and wall lights from independent brands, including some that were rescued rather than made.
Dachshund on a teal velvet sofa beside a slogan cushion from independent brands at Brix + Bailey

SAY IT WITH SOFT FURNISHINGS

The easiest way to change a room, and the only furnishing that can be openly rude to your guests!
Shop wallpaper and murals from independent brands at Brix + Bailey, including designs for children's rooms

THE WALL IS THE BIGGEST THING IN THE ROOM

Wallpaper + Murals

People Have Said Some Very Kind Things.

It feels a bit much to repeat them ourselves, so we've put them here and left the room.

BRAND SPOTLIGHT

Vintage Electrical.

Steve spent twenty years as an electrician before deciding that what the world was short of was properly wired lampshades. He rescues original Coolicon and RLM shades in Norfolk, and makes new ones when the supply runs dry. The switches click the way switches used to. It matters more than you would think.

BRITISH BRAND · RESTORED ORIGINALS · SINCE 2015

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Shop Vintage Electrical at Brix + Bailey, restored copper Coolicon and RLM lampshades made in Norfolk

Brix + Bailey Editorial

Sustainable kitchen towels and natural materials arranged on a shelf

What To Look For In A Sustainable Brand

By Brix + Bailey

The word "sustainable" is doing a lot of unpaid, unverified work. Here is what to look at once you set it gently aside, so you...

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Two young children in earthy handmade knitwear and a mustard beanie, one standing and one sitting with a wooden toy

What Handmade Really Means

By Brix + Bailey

Handmade" has quietly lost its edges. Here are three questions that tell the real thing from the hopeful label, from someone with no interest in...

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A row of Hugs & Co suede driving shoes in navy, blue, red, grey and tan, laid flat and overlapping

What Family-Owned Actually Changes

By Brix + Bailey

A business expecting a daughter to run it in twenty years makes different decisions from one planning to sell in five. What family-owned actually changes,...

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A decorative plate printed with a Victorian engraving and the words "Thanks For Coming. Now Go.

Why Small Batch Is Not A Marketing Word

By Brix + Bailey

Small batch describes a limit on how many of a thing can exist, imposed by how it is made. What that does to the object,...

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Three woven seagrass baskets with grey fabric bases, nested together against a white wall

What "Ethical" Actually Means On A Label

By Brix + Bailey

Ethical has no certifying body, which means it is a word a brand chooses to use about itself. Here is what to ask once you...

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Two colourful interiors: a pale dining room with checked floor, and a blue room with a patterned chest and pink lampshade

Upcycled, Recycled Or Reclaimed?

By Brix + Bailey

Upcycled, recycled and reclaimed get used as though they mean the same thing. They do not, and the differences change what you are actually buying.

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