Our favourite exhibition

Home/Top Drawer at Olympia is always one of New House's favourite shows, and we were on stand L36. We set up on Friday when there was no one else, and Olympia looked a bit bleak :

                                      

 Charlotte did her usual stunning drawing on the walls:

Home had 1000's of visitors and we were happy to meet many new and old customers. It was a great show and were sad when we had to demolish our stand

We will be back next year!

The Summer is not over yet....

Our clever illustrator Charlotte Farmer has been drawing her favourite seaside holiday objects - all to be launched at Home 2014, Olympia, London  14 - 16th September.

Seaside Fun is Charlotte's latest design, and available in trays, tea towels, mugs and coasters.

It's sure to cause a splash!

    

Pure wood at New House

We love our new wooden kitchen collection!

Made from sustainable wood, practical yet stylish and with items ranging from traditional rolling pins to chopping boards.... plus scoops, tongs and spoons. There is something for every cook in the kitchen.

Here's a few items :

Inspirational holidays

It's been a great and hugely inspiring summer for me, with revisiting Bulgaria one of the highlights. I first went there just after the Berlin wall fell 20yrs ago with a friend, Elsa. I remember we were starving in a buffet-less train, so got off at random the next station called Kazenluk. Everyone was extremely friendly, so we soon got talking and were invited to stay the night. We did, and then stayed the rest of our holiday in Kazenluk. We've kept in touch with our good Bulgarian friends ever since, and went back this year.

Bulgaria has a long  history as it was the first European country to be settled by humans 1.6 million years ago, the Thracians were a fantastically cultured civilisation who pre-dated the Greeks, and it's had a varied and interesting history ever since.

Sofia is an enjoyable modern city, if a bit grafiti-plagued :

although some of the grafiti is rather fun :    

Our first stop was the Museum of Soviet Era Art where many of the old Soviet statues now live.

I enjoyed comparing the statues that used to be in the city center, with what's there now  :

The National Archological Museam held some real treasures  :

Bulgaria has great secenary and countryside.

Some interesting customs, such as publising when someone sadly passes away.

I wondered if armed-robbers would go elsewhwere once they saw this sign outside a bank?

It was great to be back with our old friends in Kazenluk. The town is famous for it's roses, and also the very sophisticated many artists associated with the town.

Our new Yarn Break Detector

Modern textile machinery is so fast these days, that if a yarn breaks or a bobbin runs out, you can quickly have loads of faulty fabric on your hands.

Since the 50's, New House have manufactured yarn break detectors (or 'stop-motions' as they are known in the trade) that detect broken yarns, stop the machine and can quickly save all this wasted fabric.

Ten years ago we developed a new model, NHT-10 which is a sealed unit, impervious to the dust, gunk and starch you often get in a textile mill, and works with an infra red beam down the centre. It's also possible to control the dropper tension, so it can easily handle a wide range of stiff or fine yarns, or high and low tensions without problems.

It all began with a concept drawing  :

After many revisions the final product became :

It's a true UK-Made product with the moulds made in Yorkshire, the curcuit boards in Leicestershire, extrusions in Worcester and final assembly at New House's Herefordshire HQ.

Due to the downturn and the world's textile industry contracting, we had to shelve the project for a while. However with the UK economy now growing again, we are happy to revive NHT-10 and launch our new yarn-break detector.

We had a recent scare when we heard that the Yorkshire company who held our mouldnings had closed, but the good people who took over quickly found them again. 

These are some of our tools, all in good clean working order and ready to GO!