Interview: Miranda Grubb & Martin Graham of Lizard Orchid

Lizard Orchid is an interior brand offering an exclusive range of luxury bedding, inspiring home accessories & hand crafted gifts, with an impressive team of interior experts whose collective experience spans OKA to Selfridges, Ralph Lauren Home to Fortnum & Mason.

Lizard Orchid searches the globe for exquisite objects designed for modern life of the finest craftsmanship and collaborate with suppliers to bring these special interior elements into our very own homes or  gifts for friends and family.

I recently had the chance to put some questions to Miranda and Martin about this elegant interior brand and here is what they had to say for themselves:

  • What inspired you to first start Lizard Orchid?

We wanted to make an offer of quality product given our knowledge of manufacturing from so many years of sourcing across the globe, curating and putting together collections that reflected quality and a skillset and craftsmanship of the people who made it.

  • What did you go with ‘Lizard Orchid’ as the name of your brand?

This name leapt out at us from a pool of others because of it being along the lines of East meets West, it sounds unusual and we like the juxtaposition of textures that the name conjures up.

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  • What makes Lizard Orchid special? 

Our style comes from combining natural products and using craftsmanship from different regions of the world – Italy for our wovens, India for hand embroidery, Portugal for its stoneware – we go the best places in the world for product which comes from our global sourcing knowledge

  • Who are your interior design idols/ inspiration

I think I would have to put Ralph Lauren in there somewhere

  • Do you have a personal favourite from the Lizard Orchid products?

A lot of the bed linen has this beautiful, enduring quality – it is made to last a generation

  • How do you go about choosing a new range?

We look at style forecasts and trend analysis but we have our in-house designers who have considerable experience in this area and put together seasonal collections and we regularly drop in other product, often monthly

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  • What is your favourite room in your home and why?

The bedroom for having somewhere to retreat to and rest surrounded by beautiful quality is important

  • What are your top picks from the Lizard Orchid Christmas range?

Our hand-decorated baubles stand out as being very special decorations, our silver and gold crackers contain gifts for all the family and our new scented candles that have just arrived – they currently fill my house with heavenly Frankincense.

 

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