Nina Wornham Interiors

25/06/2026

We love our pets here at the studio and care very much for their comfort and wellbeing in this intense heat. Our chief mouser Florence, and her apprentice, Grace, would just like to remind people to keep water bowls topped up and to keep pets out of the heat.

25/06/2026

We love our pets here at the studio and care very much for their wellbeing and comfort. The past few days have seen us paying extra attention to keeping them hydrated and out of the intense heat.
Our chief mouser Florence and her apprentice, Grace, have the best idea. Plenty of fresh, chilled water and lots of shade.

24/06/2026

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23/06/2026

I've just added a new page to the web site explaining where the design influence and inspiration for my designs comes from. Now I feel a huge urge to go and find a quiet beach!
Link is below.

https://ninawornham.co.uk/pages/design-inspiration-background

12/06/2026

News Update.

When I closed my shop last Christmas and switched to online retail, I was close to exhaustion. All the marketing on social media, news updates, trying to stay relevant, photoshoots, endless updates to the web site, replying to messages, dealing with customers, ordering supplies and running a shop 5 days a week. And then afterwards, I was going home to cook, clean and juggle all those balls too.
I noticed that some of my friends in business were on the same treadmill and mostly the time was spent doing ongoing, never ending, social media updates for little reward. It was sheer utter madness.

So when I closed my retail outlet, I decided to step off the hamster wheel and take full control of my business by moving back to a simpler routine.
There are no Google Analytics, YouTube, Facebook, Tik Tok, Whatsap or Instagram sales channels on my web site. I've removed them all. We're not selling to the masses so we don't need them.
As a result I don't spend much time posting constant updates on any social media and I don't keep an email list or send out a newsletter.
I think all these things can end up giving us information fatigue and if you're anything like me, I don't believe you want to constantly hear about the minutiae of our every waking moment.
Instead what I now do is only post updates when I need to and this, I have found, has been working far more effectively.
Plus it's allowed me to have more time to focus on design creativity and source new inspiration. I'm also enjoying being much more productive just getting on with my job as a designer instead of trying to be a web technician, YouTube influencer, Tik Tok queen and social media marketing expert.

So, if we have days where we disappear from view, please don't worry. We haven't gone far. This slower paced, reduced input to being constantly connected to social media marketing is working much better for us. If you have any questions, please do get in touch. We'll be happy to chat. For now we're working hard behind the scenes reducing our social media time so we can be 100% dedicated to our design and production and give the best service to our customers.

Back soon. Nina x

11/06/2026

New design for the Cottage by the Sea Collection. This is Sea Stars. A gorgeous little starfish design to compliment the Seaboard Check Collection.
This is the first sample handprinted onto linen furnishing fabric. (Don't worry, it will be ironed before the next photoshoot).
This colourway is driftwood blue but we will have other colours soon.

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26/05/2026

In the Garden Room today, even our fish are finding it warm. Our very pregnant little butterfly koi fish has beached herself under the water sprinkler. Clever little fish.

25/05/2026

A lesson in the warp and the weft. The warp is the thread that runs top to bottom. Sometimes called the grain, it provides stability and structure to cloth. It's the scaffolding for the weft.
The weft is the thread that runs from left to right and creates the weave and texture in cloth.
When cutting out fabrics to make up curtains and soft furnishings, it's always important to lay out the fabric and cut along the grain, (the warp), which is parallel to the selvedge. This creates a perfectly straight line allowing blinds, curtains and cushions to hang and sit properly.
In contrast to fashion, where cutting along the the weft, (the bias), creates movement, fluidity and a natural twist, the fabric cutting for soft furnishings needs to be cut along the warp to stop the fabric from twisting and hindering the finished performance. For example, if a cushion cover is cut on the weft, it will never sit neatly on a chair. The corners will edge away from the inner cushion filler and it will sag and look untidy. Likewise curtains won't hang straight and blinds will bundle.
So as a general rule, it's the weft for fashion and the warp for furnishings.
That's the science explained. Nina x

23/05/2026

22/05/2026

Perfect weather for fabric printing. Let's hope this is the start of a long, hot summer.