More Linum Cushion Coverage!

Our Linum textile range is hugely popular. We have our wonderful broad stripe cushions featured in the latest edition of English Home. Click here to view the range.

Inside Cornwall

We are featured this month in 'Inside Cornwall' - a Cornish arts, events, shopping and food magazine. Its a publication to be proud of - not the stuffy local magazine printed on cheap paper that we're often used to. We have always found Inside Cornwall an inspiration when searching for the perfect day out when friends and family visit, or for a new restaurant to try, or art galleries to visit around the county.

So if you are planning a trip to the county or plan to move here, have a look at the Inside Cornwall website and get yourselves a subscription! http://www.insidecornwall.co.uk/

Too Hot to Handle!

We took centre stage in Homes & Gardens magazine's recent Door Knob round up featuring nine of the best handles around! Our very popular ebonised wooden bun knobs (priced £42 per pair) are suitable for either rim or mortise latches and are also available in solid oak. Solid aged brass fittings and roseplates in a petal design complete the classic Victorian look. Click here to view our range.

New Staff at Willow & Stone

We are very pleased to have introduced two enthusiastic new members of staff to our small team. Joseph is to be our office expert who we are willing to let re organise us over the coming months. With a passion for interiors, Sarah-Jayne will be focusing on mail order sales and helping out in the shop too. All in all, they will help us to maintain our friendly and high level customer service, and help us to exceed your expectations!

Job Vacancy at Willow & Stone!

Assistant to the Manager at Willow & Stone in Falmouth.
Please email us at sales@willowandstone.co.uk to request an application form. Return this along with a current CV and hand written letter to the shop by April 4th 2008 (via hand, post or email).
Interviews for successful candidates will take place week commencing April 15th.
Job Description
We are looking for somebody to assist the manager in all aspects of the day to day running of both the shop and the website mail order business. The role will include sales within the shop, administration, dealing with telephone enquiries and orders, packaging orders for dispatch and assisting the manager where necessary.
As a small but rapidly growing business we are looking for someone who is confident, committed and experienced in sales and IT. Knowledge of period styles and a flair for interiors is essential as we specialise in fittings for period houses. Our customers often ask for advise when choosing products for their homes and it is usually necessary to explain how our some of our fittings work which requires a good level of confidence whether in the shop or over the telephone.
Although we all work together as a team and are capable of fulfilling various tasks within the business, the new member of staff will be specifically responsible for dealing with telephone and email enquires, checking in deliveries and helping the manager with many of the tasks which crop up everyday. Because we get so busy it can be quite a hectic environment and as such requires initiative, the ability to work under pressure (with enthusiasm!) and to juggle many things at once!
Please have a look at our website to get a complete idea of what we do and sell:
www.willowandstone.co.uk
Hours will be 25 hrs per week, over five days, Monday to Friday.
We look forwards to hearing from you.

Seeds of Change...

A new range of tableware designed by Terence Conran for Royal Doulton, will be available soon. We are particularly taken with this range given that it seamlessly combines traditional blue and white ceramics with 21st century design. It is part of our new collection 'Willow & Stone Contemporary Classics'. Conran was influenced by childhood memories of the tableware found on his visits to grand country houses.

The range includes teapots (from £30), souffle dish (£15), bird inspired sauce and gravey boats (from £12) along with mugs and dinnerplates etc. Available in either plain white, or with a traditional blue stripe combination. Check the website out for availability from late March 2008.

The Big Spring Clean!

The shop has just reopened after our week of closure. Apologies to anyone who came to see us and found us closed but we promise it will be worth it! It has been all hands on deck to revamp the shop giving it a thorough Spring clean and introducing new (hand painted by our artist in residence!) display furniture making it much easier for our customers to view everything, particularly our extensive range of fittings. Along with the revamp we have had a very posh, very complex, 'touch screen' new till to aid us with stock keeping and order levels (this is very much work in progress!). It will eventually mean that we are able to let you know straight away whether items are in stock or not and how long you are likely to wait if we need to order them in - so in the end it will be a valuable tool! However, at this time, our stock take continues...

Do come and see us this year!

New Year, New Stock!

Firstly a rather belated 'Happy New Year!'.

We have just returned from this years trade fairs and there's some excitement surrounding the arrival of our new prducts over the coming months. Amongst other things, we will be adding more lighting to our very succesful collection of ourdoor lanterns and indoor ceiling lights (this time there will be some in pale blue - as frequently requested!) They are expected in stock in April.... Hopefully we will be stocking a new range of Royal Doulton dinner and tableware designed by Terence Conran featuring elegant white china with blue stripe detailing - an exquisite contemporary twist on a traditional design!...Reconditioned BT telephones from 60's-80's - you remember the ones! Large dials to the front offering very pleasing dial movement. They will retail at around £69 each....We have found a supplier of terracotta kitchen storage in beautiful soft green and cream glazes - affordable and of the highest quality... Textiles from the quality Swedish company 'Linum' are expected early March and will include cushions, table cloths, napkins, aprons and tea towels and feature simple stripes in classic colours... A few items that have already arrived include a range of books and colouring books.... As they say 'Watch This Space' but let us know if you'd like any info on anything listed here.

If you havent managed to visit our shop in Falmouth yet, we thought we'd show you some pictures, taken on a dreary wet Saturday (yesterday!). We've just put up the tree and a few too many lights so its looking fabulously festive!

Willow & Stone's First Newsletter!

We are very excited to announce that our first newsletter has just been released!

Over the last 2 1/2 years, customers and potential customers have been adding their details to our mailing list by the bucket load. It now contains over 5000 names but we havent been utilising it! It is important for any small business to remind people that they exist, otherwise they can easily be forgotten. Time has passed and we have been saying 'maybe next year' or 'next time it's quiet'... It has become apparent that we don't have much quiet time at all! So recently, we engaged the help of a local company with a great profile to take on managing the mailing list for us. This finally means that a super quality newsletter will be emailed to our customers once a month to offer news of discounts and our favourite products and basically just to remind everyone we are still alive and kicking! We update the website everyday so its always worth keeping an eye out for new products.

Please click here to view the first newsletter. If you'd like adding to our list to receive future newsletters please email us on mailinglist@willowandstone.co.uk

So far we've had a fantastic response!