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Easter

Easter Adventures For The Family | The Basket Company 18/03/2023
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Easter Adventures For The Family

This year’s Easter activities include so much more than Easter egg hunts. Be sure to have the camera at the ready, as we have gathered some of our favourite, unique and exciting Easter adventures that you will love. From unique scavenger hunts to Easter inspired picnics, there’s so much to enjoy, just choose your favourite! Pastel Easter Decor Firstly, decorate your home. This is the perfect opportunity to have a good spring clean and add some subtle but stylish decorations in your home for Easter. Clean the windows and open... Read More

Hot Cross Bun Bread & Butter Pudding Recipe 16/03/2023
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Hot Cross Bun Bread & Butter Pudding

We have a very special Easter treat for you all. This month we bring you a classic English recipe with a delicious Easter twist, a hot cross bun Bread and Butter pudding. This warming dessert recipe serves 4 – 6 people and it is the perfect pudding to compliment your classic English Sunday roast dinner (especially if you add some cream or ice cream to go with it, yum!) Typically, in a regular Bread & Butter pudding you would use “day-old” bread as slightly stale it holds together better however... Read More

Spring For The Home, Life & Mind 14/03/2023
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Spring-Cleaning: For the home, life and mind

There’s nothing better than that long-awaited moment of cracking open the windows for the very first time after a long, dark winter allowing light and fresh air to stream into our homes. Daffodils are slowly starting to make an appearance, our mornings are beginning to get brighter and after longing of scents of freshly cut grass and the distant sound of birdsong, we are finally ready to welcome spring. Not to mention that spring time is a great opportunity to de-clutter menial tasks in our life (and our minds too).... Read More

14/01/2023
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Our Favourite Pancake Toppings

We love pancake day, who doesn’t? The opportunity to sink our teeth into sweet and soft mouth-watering pancakes, smothered in syrup & sugar… yum! When and what is Pancake Day? Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday) is on the 21st February 2023. It is a tradition celebrated before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Amongst the religious communities, Ash Wednesday is the first day of the 6 weeks of penitence before Easter. During these 6 weeks holy prayer and fasting will commence until the Easter celebration begins. Shrove... Read More

When and what is the spring equinox | The Basket Company 14/02/2022
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Spring Equinox: When is it and what is it?

“The Spring Equinox is a moment of balance. Winter and summer bowing to one another on equal terms but it is also a time of great change. The beginning of spring and the joyful business of this season” – As the season turns, Ffern. As we prepare for the excitement of the arrival of spring, signalling warm and bright days to compliment the majestic display of beautiful, wild blooms, we are thinking about how we can adopt our daily routines, our organisational skills and mental clarity. When and what is... Read More

Spring at The Basket Company 16/03/2020
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Spring at The Basket Company

Spring is the perfect time to adopt a positive mindset and so we’d like to share some spring inspiration for the home, life and mind that will keep your home organised, keep you motivated and enhance your mood for the upcoming season. Browse through more sections of our gallery, and adorn different rooms in your home with style and innovative creativity. To view our wide range of timeless rustic wicker storage baskets, click here.

15/09/2019
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Mary Berry’s Lemon Drizzle Cake (With A Twist)

We don’t know about you but every year when the Great British Bake-Off returns, it gets us in the mood for some more English Country Cooking! We just love all the inspiring creations that we see on Bake off and we love trying out lots of different recipes and adding our own twist. Mary Berry’s extraordinary zingy lemon drizzle cake recipe is one of our favourites. It’s the perfect accompaniment with a hot cup of tea or coffee or even as a light dessert to have after a Sunday roast.... Read More

01/04/2015

Spring Fever at The Basket Company

Spring has officially sprung and with Easter just around the corner, what better time to give your home a fresh feel? The Easter bank holiday is the perfect opportunity to transform your home, and with a few sweet treats as an added incentive – it’s easy to get the family involved to! For Spring it’s all about feeling clean, fresh and spacious and our fantastic storage boxes are the ideal choice for organising your home in style. Easy Living What better way to organise your home than with the Water... Read More