We are delighted to introduce our first guest blogger in The Longest Stay blogging corner: Elias from Social Nesting. Elias describes Social Nesting as a place for his "personal creative journeys, noteworthy things and the original stuff that others are doing" that turn his head. Are you currently mourning summer? We are too, find out why Elias is incandescent with the joys of longer nights, staying indoors and basking in the soft illumination of candlelight…

The creative minds behind the fashion catwalks, interior exhibitions and interior showrooms are engaging with each other to change the way that we decorate - to bring us creative, lavish and sometimes extraordinary statement pieces. Sherry (our founder) says, “your home is an extension of who you are, your personal style unwittingly seeps into your interior décor.”                                   

With that in mind we’ve chosen products from our curated collection to share with you some fashionable furniture ideas...

We close our ‘September Design Diaries’ series with a round up of the top 11 products, places, people and brands we discovered at this year’s London Design Festival 2013. We visited the shows from east to west – Tent & Super Brands, Design Junction, 100% Design, Top Drawer, Decorex, Forum and another gold nugget in between – hands down, London is truly the design capital of the world!