ella mccabe barton's top 10 SMUG picks

 SMUG's weekend manager, Ella McCabe Barton, is a textile specialist, yoga enthusiast and an all in all good living lady and SMUG team family member. Here she shares her favourite SMUG pieces. Orange & Grey porcelain tea bowl designed by Scholten & Baijings, £45I first fell in love with these Ceramics last year when I saw them at the design museum and was incredibly excited that Lizzie had chosen to stock them at SMUG. Colour and texture is applied so beautifully, with the contrast of matte and glazed porcelain. ISH. Blanket 02 designed by Mae Engelgeer, £315Mae Engelgeer’s work I have admired for a while… I really like how she applies subtle but also quite bold accent colour within the ISH collection. This blanket I love the most because of its handle. The mixture of mohair, merino wool and cotton work so well together, and create a lovely texture and depth to the fabric, that defines the design. Green Moss Candle, £34Even unlit, this candle smells amazing!  It is made from 100% vegetable wax and completely renewable resources…. Even recycled glass containers. It is really great to see more products being made with sustainability at the forefront of designers agendas. Bora Da Square Cushion Willow Reverse, £70Donna Wilson and SCP have collaborated in creating a series of woven textiles that seek the best in British craft. I absolutely love Donna’s contemporary take on traditional welsh tapestry. Navy Agenda, £20Beautifully simple and very practicle.  Being dateless makes it almost like a custom made diary and not a page gets wasted! Abbey Horn Butter Knife, £11I admire the craftsmanship that goes in to the production of Abbeyhorn Products and its all made from sustainable rescources. The natural colour and pattern that occurs is so beautiful. Another Escape Magazine, £8A beautifully curated magazine, that is inspiring in so many ways.  It’s a magazine you can keep going back to. ‘We all get those moments in life when we experience, if only for a second, something that utterly inspires us; we want to be a musician, a dancer, a bee keeper, a circus performer. It may be the overwhelming desire to collect new experiences, travel, or learn a new skill or language. But what if we actually played on these inspirations-turned-aspirations?’ This magazine is full of people doing just this! Grey Illusion Wool Blanket, £47This blanket is my all time favourite, not only does it look great, it is extremely cosy. Chalk Pitcher, £18The canteen collection by jars is all so beautiful and it was hard to choose a favourite piece, but I went with the pitcher…  it doubles up quite nicely as a vase! Esme Winter Frequency Blue wrapping paper, £2.50I’m a big fan of Esme’s work, she has a great eye for pattern and colour and I especially love frequency blue from her latest collection. I’m excited to see her collection of men’s accessories she had created that are coming out later on in the year. Links to products on the SMUG website:1. Tea Bowl, 2. ISH Blanket, 3. Green Moss Candle, 4. Willow Reverse Cushion,5. Agenda Diary, 6. Horn Knife, 7. Another Escape Magazine, 8. Grey Illusion Blanket,9. Chalk Pitcher, 10. Frequency Wrapping Paper.