rawness of the finish and I think it kind of feels like a piece of the East End has moved West.” It also provides a venue for customers to buy off the peg pieces as opposed to solely commissioned pieces. Their neighbouring Mint is another of Lisa’s favourite spots. “Mint has always been THE place in London” she says. Lisa loves the variety that the highly respected curator Lina Kanafani brings, “I absolutely can never second guess what the collection will be before I go in and I truly see things in there that I haven’t seen anywhere else, that’s quite something in this day and age”. To relax, Lisa heads to her small but perfectly formed contemporary house in
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Norfolk for the weekend, “it sits right on the sea wall and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places on earth as far as I’m concerned” she says.”If I can have one day there spent pottering, gardening, swimming, playing on the beach, entertaining beloved friends and family and cooking then all is right with my world, it’s the one place where work does finally switch off for a few hours or more, no phone signal or tv” she confesses. Lisa says that Squint are currently focused on their next big steps forward and are hoping to open another store or two in the next couple of years, as well as expanding their product range to include
“I truly see things in there that I haven’t seen anywhere else, that’s quite something in this day and age”
linens, ceramics and glassware. “I think our papers and fabrics will lead the way in terms of print and we hope to expand into all international markets as we go forward”
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she says, concluding “exciting times and all
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to play for”.
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We agree Lisa!
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