The unexpectedly high-end homewares you can find on the high street
Zara Home x Collagerie
The debut collaboration between the British shopping platform Collagerie and the Spanish fashion brand Zara was a sell-out success last summer; and the second collaboration, which has just launched, looks to be just as covetable. Designed by Collagerie's chief creative officer (and former British Vogue fashion director) Lucinda Chambers, the collection demonstrates her flair for combining bold colours in a way that looks effortlessly chic, never garish, and her knack for pinpointing the details that give a piece a high-end, handmade look.
'To push the boundaries both in terms of colour juxtapositions and materials and design is very important for Zara Home and Collagerie,' says Chambers, who describes the process of working on the collection as 'joyous'. 'To make things that resonate, excite and stand out as beautiful standalone pieces as well as the collection as a whole is key.'
The pieces include furniture, textiles, ceramics and wall art, in earthy tones and tactile textures, with prices starting from £7.99. We predict the blankets, the stripey woven chair and matching footstool, and the chunky ceramic serving dishes that could have come from a market in Deia, will be this year's runaway hits.
John Lewis
Pieces from John Lewis's autumn-winter 2025 collection are already starting to drop, and its Modern Luxe range is one to look out for. Sofas and armchairs with chocolate-brown velvet upholstery and sleek chrome frames have a loungy, 1970s vibe, and the wooden furniture pieces have a particularly upscale look. Burl wood – which has a distinctive, knotty grain and a glossy lacquered finish – is set to be a key element of the coming collection, and pieces such as the burl walnut coffee (£399) and bedside table (£349) look far more expensive than they are. A little table lamp with a marble base called Porcini isn't exactly cheap at £200, but would potentially cost three times that price elsewhere.
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H&M Home
Shop wisely at H&M and you can find accessories that will elevate a room, yet cost just a few pounds. Clever collaborations with high-end partners – most recently, a summery collection with the Caribbean hotel Palm Heights – help to lend the brand a more luxurious look, but its own-design pieces also include plenty of gems. Right now, there are some chic pieces in materials such as marble, velvet and corduroy, including a marble side table and floor lamp, both £99.99, and trays, kitchenware and candlesticks from £6.99. Look out for table linens too – an embroidered tablecloth is a steal at £39.99.
Next Home
Next hasn't always been known for a luxe style, but it has recently been quietly upping the ante with its N Premium range. The neutral palette of the furniture and textiles help to give a more expensive look: standout current pieces include an oak and marble side table for £399, a curved oak-veneer bedside table for £475, and a brass ceiling light for £150 that could pass for a far pricier designer version. Next's collaboration with the interior decorator Nina Campbell has produced a collection with a designer edge, but in an entirely different style, with colour, pattern and decorative detail: the lighting and storage pieces are especially good.
M&S
If you associate M&S homewares with a slightly fusty look, you might be surprised to see some of its more recent accessories. As with its fashion collections, the company is clearly targeting a younger, trend-conscious shopper, and producing its own versions of certain zeitgeisty pieces that have been all over Instagram – chequerboard and stripe motifs on textiles and ceramics, and table lamps with scalloped shades, for instance. Its ongoing collaboration with Kelly Hoppen has also produced some designer ceramics and hotel-inspired bedding and throws.
Anthropologie
American brand Anthropologie can be relied upon as a source for limited-edition pieces that you won't spot in everyone else's house. Its Hale furniture collection, with tables and storage pieces covered in a leafy botanical print, is a case in point – although with a starting price of £898 for a chest of drawers, it's at the upper end of the high street price range. The tableware comes at more of a pick-me-up price: the current Benedita collection of hand-painted stoneware with a pretty bow motif starts from a more accessible £12.
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