Fortune smiled on happy anorak last week when a 1946 Royal Doulton Belfast sink more or less fell out of the sky (or was on its way to the tip before being rescued). Plans are afoot for a creative workspace at home, which should include said sink – if we …
Happy Anorak used to live a charmed life in Italy and met some wonderful people there. On a sunny September day, while waiting in a queue for an inflatable boat ride down the river during an international traditional games festival* (no, really), we got talking to a woman who came …
This picture says it all really. I saw this painted on the side of the old British Road Services Building in the centre of Leeds. Just steps from a new shiny shopping centre full of designer clothes and global brands it was a refreshing splash of colour and creative expression. Once threatened …
‘If they’re still there, I have to have them.’ In a quiet Northampton street, on a pretty but unassuming residential terrace, there’s a little gem of a shop called 15 Collingwood. Happy anorak discovered it in late autumn 2016 drawn to the mid-century furniture in the window and the beautiful painted …
I found this print at The Great Yorkshire Shop in the Corn Exchange in Leeds. It’s a great shop with a small selection of prints, ceramics and homeware from local artists. I loved the simplicity of the image at first sight and I couldn’t walk away from it. The mustard …
What makes you happy? Happy Anorak has spent many a spring/summer day walking or cycling along the river bank from Ponte Aleardi towards Porto San Pancrazio collecting interesting leaves and flowers for printing. I never went out with a particular leaf in mind, I looked at the veins in the …
Make yourself comfortable and feel free to browse Happy Anorak’s collection of our own creations and ephemera found in our wanderings across the internet. This isn’t a shop so there’s no pressure to buy and no rush either. Take a look, reflect, enjoy the pretty. Cup of tea?
