As the home interiors industry booms, Brits turn to crafting to decorate their houses

With home interior design and the popularity of H&M Home, Made.com and IKEA spiking over lockdown – IKEA sales surged over 45% – Brits have been investing more time and energy into decorating their homes to try and spruce up the area they spend the most time.

However, a new trend for hand making our own soft furnishings is emerging. In fact, the UK’s leading online craft supplier, LoveCrafts, experienced a 166% increase in new customers looking for tools and materials to decorate their own homes. As well as this, various ‘craft’ hashtags have started to trend more and more, with the hashtag #crochet accumulating 3.7 billion views on TikTok.

With lockdown inspiring a range of individuality over mass retail, Brits have decided to craft items to make their homes stand out. LoveCrafts – the UK’s leading craft supplier – offers a vast array of tools, how-to’s and patterns to make any idea come to life. Whether it be a crocheted blanket or footstool, quilted throw, or a tapestry pillowcase, LoveCrafts is the one-stop shop for supplies to make anything you can imagine, allowing Brits to have a go at making any item they desire for their homes.

Please find a link to all of LoveCrafts’ homewares patterns here:

https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/c/article/the-new-homewares-you-need-in-2021

https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/l/crochet/crochet-patterns/crochet-patterns-by-recipient/home-crochet-patterns

https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/l/knitting/knitting-patterns/knitting-patterns-by-garment/knitting-patterns-for-home

Merion Willis, Editor and Presenter at LoveCrafts comments:

“It’s been absolutely amazing seeing people choose to create their own homewares rather than buy them from shops. At LoveCrafts, we’re here to help the nation unleash their inner maker, so our tutorials, free patterns, yarns and tools gives Brits the means to get creative when decorating their homes. There’s something so satisfying about crafting our own cushion covers and snuggly blankets. That feeling of pride you get when you make something by hand to furnish your home is something you can’t beat!”