Name: Dog Toy Storage Basket
Brand: The Basket Room

Bring a little Scandi style to the home with this beautiful soft grey and natural colour block basket, hand woven in South Western Kenya. ITALE also would look stunning in a nursery or bedroom, filled with toys or clothes, or homing your favourite succulent or cacti plant as a stylish planter.

These blocked colour baskets are hand made by a small Kenyan weaving cooperative of around forty members and a dye manager dedicated to maintaining colour quality and consistency. Baskets are all made from local sisal grass which is purchased ready-rolled when orders for these baskets come in from The Basket Room. This is then hand-dyed in large vats of boiling water and hung out to dry before a traditional twining method is used to create each basket.

FAIR TRADE & HANDMADE IN KENYA

Camilla and Holly are the impressive co-founders of The Basket Room! Having met studying fashion design at art college, they have come together years later after gaining experience in design, production and retail to found a business with sustainability at its core.

Engaging with all the principles of fair trade, The Basket Room’s partnership with this small weaving cooperative empowers women to support their families with a flexible income in the dry seasons, where subsistence farming often fails to deliver everything the family needs to thrive. Buy one of these woven baskets and you actively support these weavers and their families.