Lush Designs: Distinctive British Homeware and Decorative Lighting

Lush Designs is an independent British design company celebrated for its richly illustrated homeware, imaginative surface patterns and unmistakably characterful visual style. Founded by artists and designers Maria Livings and Marie Rodgers, the company creates decorative pieces that combine original drawing, strong colour, narrative detail and a distinctly British sense of wit.

Hornseys has stocked and sold products by Lush Designs for more than fifteen years, giving us extensive first-hand experience of the company’s designs, materials, changing collections and enduringly popular subjects. We hold a substantial selection in our Ripon gallery, with an expanding range available to purchase through our website.

Original Illustration and British Design

Lush Designs is best known for original artwork inspired by the natural world, wildlife, woodland, gardens, architecture and folklore. Birds, owls, donkeys, ocelots, lorises, hedgehogs and other animals appear alongside stylised landscapes, flowering plants, historic buildings and imagined rural scenes.

Rather than using anonymous or generic decorative patterns, Lush Designs creates recognisable, story-led illustrations with a strong artistic identity. Many designs reward close inspection, revealing expressive animals, intricate foliage, architectural details and continuously developing scenes.

The result is contemporary British homeware that feels decorative, playful and highly individual without losing its practical purpose.

Lush Designs Lampshades

Lush Designs lampshades are among the company’s most distinctive and collectable products. Many are made using original screen-printed designs on parchment, allowing the illustration to remain crisp and clearly defined while softly diffusing light.

The lampshade collection includes designs intended for table lamps, standard lamps and pendant or ceiling fittings. Sizes vary considerably, from compact shades for bedside and smaller table lamps to substantial statement shades designed to create a focal point within a room.

Popular themes include:

• Birds and woodland wildlife
• Botanical and floral designs
• Rural landscapes and gardens
• Architectural subjects
• Exotic animals and tropical foliage
• Bold contemporary colour combinations

When illuminated, the parchment allows lighter areas to glow while denser printed sections retain their graphic detail. This gives many Lush Designs lampshades a different character by day and by night.

Lush Designs Lamp Bases

The company’s ceramic lamp bases combine practical proportions with colourful glazes and distinctive botanical decoration. Their sculptural forms are designed to work with a variety of medium-sized shades, allowing customers to create either a coordinated combination or a deliberately contrasting display.

Available colourways may include rich reds, greens, teal and softly muted tones. Each lamp base is selected to complement Lush Designs’ illustrated lampshades while remaining sufficiently versatile for use with other decorative shades.

Homeware, Ceramics and Gifts

In addition to lampshades and lighting, Lush Designs produces a varied collection of illustrated homeware and gifts. Depending upon availability, this may include:

• Cushions
• Ceramics
• Mugs and tableware
• Tea towels
• Trays
• Decorative accessories
• Art-led gifts for the home

Across these different formats, the company retains a consistent design language based upon original illustration, confident colour and carefully observed natural forms.

Quality, Longevity and Responsible Design

Lush Designs places emphasis on creating attractive, practical objects intended to be used and enjoyed over time. Its designs are not conceived as short-lived seasonal decoration but as distinctive additions to a home.

The use of original artwork, traditional screen-printing processes and carefully selected materials gives the products an authenticity that distinguishes them from mass-produced decorative goods. Slight variations associated with screen-printing and hand-finished production may occur and are part of the character of the work rather than manufacturing defects.

By choosing well-designed, durable homeware with a clear artistic identity, customers can create interiors that feel personal rather than generic.

Why Buy Lush Designs from Hornseys?

Hornseys has been established in Ripon, North Yorkshire, since 1976. We are an independent family-run gallery and shop specialising in fine art, illustration, rare books, decorative objects and carefully selected gifts.

Our relationship with Lush Designs extends over more than fifteen years. This long-standing experience allows us to catalogue the range accurately, advise on dimensions and suitability, and identify the differences between lamp bases, table-lamp shades, standard-lamp shades and pendant fittings.

Experience and Product Knowledge

Every Lush Designs product offered by Hornseys is handled and inspected in-house. Our descriptions are prepared from direct examination of the item rather than copied mechanically from generic marketplace listings.

We provide clear information on:

• Design name
• Colourway
• Materials
• Printing technique
• Height and diameter
• Intended fitting
• Suitability for table, standard or pendant use
• Included and excluded components
• Delivery arrangements

This is particularly important with lampshades, where proportions, fitting type and intended use must be understood before purchase.

Carefully Curated Stock

We do not attempt to offer every mass-market homeware range. Each maker and product collection is selected for its design quality, visual appeal, originality and suitability for our customers.

Lush Designs has remained part of our offering for over fifteen years because its products combine practical usefulness with genuine artistic character. The range sits naturally alongside the illustration, ceramics, decorative art and design-led objects for which Hornseys is known.

Detailed and Accurate Descriptions

Our website listings include detailed measurements, colour information, construction details and fitting guidance wherever applicable. Product photographs form an important part of each description and are intended to show the design, proportions and continuation of the pattern as clearly as possible.

Where a listing is for a lamp base only, lampshades shown for display are identified as not included. Likewise, pendant shades are clearly distinguished from shades intended for table or standard lamps.

Secure Packing and Tracked Delivery

Lighting and decorative homeware require careful packing. Every order is prepared in-house using protective materials appropriate to the size, shape and construction of the item.

Where stated in the individual listing, the price includes 48-hour tracked delivery within the United Kingdom. Overseas shipping for larger lampshades may be substantially higher than our default international rate because carriers calculate charges using parcel dimensions and volumetric weight. International customers should therefore contact us for a quotation before ordering.

Fourteen-Day Returns Guarantee

We offer an unconditional fourteen-day returns guarantee. An item may be returned for any reason, provided we are notified in advance and the item is returned within fourteen days of receipt in the same condition in which it was supplied.

Once the returned item has been received and inspected, a full refund will be issued in accordance with our published returns policy.

Explore the Lush Designs Collection

Our Lush Designs collection includes decorative lampshades, pendant shades, ceramic lamp bases and selected homeware in a wide range of subjects and colourways. Additional items are regularly added to the website, while a broader selection may be available to view at our Ripon gallery.

Whether you are looking for a statement ceiling shade, a characterful table lamp, wildlife-inspired decoration or an original British-designed gift, Lush Designs offers a distinctive alternative to conventional mass-produced homeware.

Visit Hornseys in Ripon or browse our online collection to discover current Lush Designs stock, together with our wider range of fine art, illustration, rare books, ceramics, decorative objects and gifts.