Fiorentini + Baker opens on Westbourne Grove

Celebrities and the fashionable London set will rejoice at the news that a Fiorentini + Baker store opened at the beginning of this month on Westbourne Grove. Based in Bologna and designed by Londoner Deborah Baker, the shoe line uses quality fabrics and is produced in small, family-run factories in Italy.

The new Notting Hill store stocks the latest collection, as well as a selection of accessories, jewellery and vintage clothing from other designers.

Fiorentini + Baker London
302 Westbourne Grove, W11
Tel: 020 7221 5757
Website: http://www.fiorentini-baker.com/

Celebrity property in Notting Hill

Ever wondered quite a swish celebrity pad in Notting Hill looks like? Well, here's your chance. Model Elle Macpherson's house is currently on the market, at an asking price of £7.5 million - got any spare change, dear readers? The poor supermodel has suffered a fate similar to many vendors in the Notting Hill area in recent times, and had to reduce the asking price of the house by a rather hefty £2 million since it was first put on the market last summer.

The luxurious 5,465 square foot (508 square metres) pad, spread over seven floors, has six bedrooms; seven bathrooms; a drawing room and a TV room; a study AND and office (I guess Elle must work extra hard to need both); a dining room AND a dining area (well, one does need lots of space to entertain), and a garden as well as a separate terrace. No evidence of a lift, though: perhaps that's how Elle keeps so trim, running up and down the seven floors in her house.

• Elle Macpherson drops asking price of Notting Hill home by £2m after failing to find a buyer (Daily Mail, 9th June 2009)

Graham and Green Warehouse Sale - 24th & 25th July

Notting Hill favourite Graham and Green - who sell an eclectic mix of furniture and lifestyle products sourced form all over the world - are having a warehouse sale at the end of June.

Be sure to pop along for great bargains on the beautiful items they sell (see below for an example!), with up to 70% off furniture, mirrors, lighting and other accessories.

The sale takes place on 24th & 25th July 2009 at 3-4 Capital Interchange Way, Chiswick, TW8 0EX (map).