Hello!
Thank you for visiting. We are Caroline & Suzie, long-term friends from the south coast of Hampshire, and the team behind Linen & Thyme!
Both attending art college after school, Caroline then gained inspiration through travel whilst Suzie built a career in the hospitality industry. We both felt a strong pull back to our creative roots: Caroline drew on her experiences to enhance her knowledge of textiles, whilst Suzie re-established her passion for art & design. As we raised our families over long beach walks, hot coffees (and perhaps a glass or two of wine!), we dreamed of one day combining our skills and creating a business which reflected our joint love of art and design, natural fabrics and finishes and comfortable, welcoming homes.......finally in 2016, in a moment of bravery (or madness!) Linen & Thyme was formed
Our inspiration came from our joint love of the texture, look and feel of natural linen. The business began small, designing and hand making our own range of homewares; tea towels, table runners and bread bags, Japanese aprons, duck-down filled luxury cushions and boho slouch bags.
In 2016 we opened our etsy shop and began to sell our items online and shortly after, we began to take our linen products to local craft markets and events.
With the dream of one day opening our own shop, we were thrilled when we were given the opportunity to take on a small space under the eaves in the Chesapeake Mill in Wickham. Nine years on, we have now extended our offerings to fill our own large room and we have a successful etsy shop selling throughout the UK, Europe and the US. We have even sent peg bags to Australia and aprons to Hawaii !
