10.6.12

urbanara giveaway - NOW CLOSED


Have you had a good week? I do hope so. We Half Term-ed down in Dorset, which was wonderfully relaxing, as ever. My only gripe is we spent too long watching the rain pouring down the window frame (thankfully the right side of it) and wondering whether the Great British Summer has been and gone already. Even now that we're back, I must confess that the heating has come back on again. As per usual, not too many photos were taken but I may sift a couple out and post them later in the week.

I realise it's not so very long since I last had a giveaway but I recently received an email from a lovely lady at Urbanara asking me if I would care to check out their site. I think this is a fantastic shop and I thought perhaps you may think so too. If you've not heard of them before, prepare to be impressed as Urbanara offers high quality homewares at affordable prices. Their products are seriously lovely and most definitely worth a look. Linens and accessories for every room in the house, as well as the garden and the beach and you can read all about them here.




One of my favourite things is their Hammam towel. But to call it a towel is a bit of an understatement. Made of Turkish cotton and looking like something fresh from an upmarket bazaar in Istanbul, you could use this in a multitude of ways - wrap it round as a scarf or across your shoulders as a shawl, lay it along the foot of your bed, throw it over a comfy chair, fashion it as a sarong or cover the sand at the beach. And yes, ok, you could use it as a towel.

Urbanara have very kindly offered a giveaway prize of not one, but two fabulous Alanya Hammam towels and they are currently waiting, all ready to be sent to anywhere in the world that they may be needed. And for those of you who don't win one of these beauties, fear not because if you spend £50 or more, as a reader of this blog you qualify for a £15 discount. Just quote QWERT135 at their checkout.

There is no catch, everyone is welcome and all you need do is leave a comment on this post. Perhaps you could let me know what you think of the Urbanara site for example, or how you would use the Hammam towel. If you put the button (here, or on my side bar) onto your blog, or mention it on facebook/twitter etc, I will enter you as many times as you promote this giveaway. Don't forget to comment for each of these things you do, in case I do the random generator thingy.

Giveaway remains open until midnight GMT on Saturday 23rd June and two winners will be announced on the Monday. What a gift to receive just in time for the holidays.

Good luck everyone.

44 comments:

  1. Hi Kate,
    Glad you braved the great british weather and took time to chill...
    Just gonna pop over to the Urbanana web site and take a look!
    We have a bathroom make over (well over due)... been in our home all of 16 years, starting very soon,so will take a look to inspire me!
    Please add me also, if you may...
    Thank you as always for your popping in on me visits, as they are of the kindest ones....
    Love Mariax

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  2. ooh how pretty, that site has some Lovely things! in the weather we're having right now I can't imagine using it on the beach sadly, unless it was as a blanket to keep warm. brrrrrr. x

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  3. I haven't heard of Urbanana before so thank you for the recommendation!
    As I'm off on my holiday (UK) the day before this wonderful giveaway closes I won't be able to take my towel on holiday but it would be perfect if the sun ever returns!!

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  4. What a lovely site, so many pretty things!!!
    The towel is lovely and it does make a gorgeous scarf. :)
    We have sunshine this morning and yesterday too although they say rain is on it's way this afternoon, I have everything crossed that they're wrong!
    Happy new week Kate,
    Vivienne x

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  5. I think it makes a gorgeous scarf or would look lovely on a vintage towel rail.
    Victoria xx

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  6. That's the most gorgeous towel. I think I would be very mean and keep it all to myself for the rare days when I get to luxuriate in the bath. Then I could pretend I was actually in Morocco or somewhere equally delicious instead of in a very wet UK!

    PS I am hugely coveting the bed on the beach. Wouldn't that make a statement on holiday in Devon?!

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  7. My sister has one of those towels and loves it. Lovely shop - the picnic blankets are so nice too.

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  8. looks like they have a lot of nice things. i love great towels :)

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  9. Ooh, lovely!!! I'll have to check out more of their site.

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  10. Fantastic giveaway Kate! I would definitely wear this as a scarf, but I would also be tempted to use it as a tablecloth. I really like Urbanara's Mission and Values statement. It looks like they have some wonderful products!

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  11. Oh wow, thanks for setting this up. It looks way too cool to be a towel. I guess it could be used as is (as a scarf) but it might be cooler to cut it up and sew it into something awesome like a little top or a summer skirt XD Right, that's decided then, that's what I'll do if I win it.

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  12. Turkish cotton. I can bet my life that Turkish cotton comes from heaven. I have retailer from whom I buy all the Turkish cotton I desire (whether it's undershirts or other undergrament, tees or towels. I am absolutely, undeniably in love with that cotton. So I know that the Hammam towel would be gorgeous to win! I hope...
    Thanks for the giveaway. Their site certainly reflects your style or vice versa :)

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  13. I would use it as a throw to sit on in my lovely sunny garden

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  14. Do you know I've never heard of either - I live such a sheltered life, but I do love the images so I'm off to take a peek - yes please.

    Nina xxx

    ps. still raining here - tut, tut!

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  15. I'm big into scarves so I'd love to win this. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  16. Ooh, just had a look and their stuff is lovely! Thank you for the chance to win. Love that Turkish cotton, amazing stuff!
    xo

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  17. What a lovely site - full of tempting nice things... I love scarves/ towels/ throws and would probably use the towel in all of those ways.

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  18. urbanara looks like the place i'd go to shop for my dream home, everything's gorgeous!

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  19. Please, count me in :o) I`d love to win this amazing prize.
    Love
    Natasha

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  20. OH wow everything looks great!
    Thanks for being my newest follower!

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  21. Have you seen the robe that matches this towel? It's really beautiful. Their entire site is very inspirational. So important to have a little bit of luxury.

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  22. I discovered the Urbanara site recently and agree - they have some really lovely stuff. I'd already picked out Hammam towels as my favourites so I would LOVE to win one.

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  23. What a divine looking "towel", although I think I'd use it for something more glamorous if I was to win it!

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  24. I think I would be tucking this in my beach bag as a cover up for sunburnt bits. You are right that the site is lovely. The cashmere blankets look dreamy and just what is needed here! T x

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  25. Lovely giveaway - how great would that look in my camper van? I had a look at the website and am very taken with the blankets - just the thing for this chilly, wet summer.

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  26. Thank you so for introducing the Urbanara site... and a lovely giveaway! I am so hoping for a sunny summer for a camping trip to Dorset. This towel would be an oh so stylish addition to the camping kit...

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  27. What a lovely giveaway! Just the thing for me to look trendy while walking my dogs when I get to the beach on holiday. :)

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  28. Absolutely beautiful, I can think of so many uses for this!

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  29. Oh goodness, yes please! I'm off to make offerings to the Gods of the Giveaway ... pick me, pick me, pick me ;D

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  30. I've added a link to my sidebar :D

    If those Giveaway Gods listen I think I'd wear mine, or maybe use it in the red and white spare bedroom that doubles as my study.

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  31. It is very easy for me to find something to yearn for on Urbanara, just lovely restrained desirable stuff that will fit right into my design ethic with no probs. When I saw this great towel and compared it to the stuff I have already. . . it was no contest. Bring on the towel revolution.

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  32. Beautiful! It looks lovely as a scarf! Please put my name in the hat too.
    Helen x

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  33. gorgeous! suddenly wish I could win the lottery to buy everything on this site! I'd be almost tempted to use the scarf as a picnic rug as well (hoping that the weather improves)

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  34. have tweeted - @maxineflossy - thank you for the giveaway!

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  35. So many beautiful things to lust after at Urbanara AND without the sky high price tag too (as they claim in their blurb)
    That bright orange alpaca hot water bottle is calling my name - I live in the Southern Hemisphere and it's pretty cold here at the mo.

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  36. Oh goodness. HOw very exciting and how wonderful to have a chance to win such a beautiful towel! Thankyou so much for the introduction (and for the chance to be in the hat).

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  37. Oooh thanks for popping over to mine just now, so glad you did as I have now found your blog! Please add me to the hat, what a gorgeous towel/scarf! I must admit I've never actually heard of Urbanara, but will definitely go check out their website. Jenny x

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  38. Hello Kate,
    I would love to be included in your lovely Giveaway....I think the towel looks wonderful as a scarf or I can see it in my garden on a sunny day (well, fingers crossed we may see the sun again at some point soon!)
    I will add you to my sidebar after my visit and then I'm off to visit Urbanara!
    Susan x

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  39. What a lovely giveaway, this would NOT be used as towel except in emergencies. It would have to be used as scarf, it's too lovely not to.

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  40. wow, what a lovely site. Love the stripy bedlinen and I agree that the 'towel' would be a great looking scarf.

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  41. Thanks to Annie at knitsofacto, I found your giveaway today! I'd use my towel as a shawl in my freezing cold office. I can't wait to start following your blog! - Mary

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  42. Gorgeous! So pleased to have met you, and found your blog. Jemima x

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  43. Gorgeous! So pleased to have met you, and found your blog. Jemima x

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  44. Just spotted your giveaway on Knitsofacto's side bar.

    The towel looks gorgeous, I would love to be in with a chance to win it thank you, I think it would be lovely over the end of m bed as you suggest. Maybe now I coul claim that as I have. Turkish towel, I deserve to be taken to Turkey to use it....d'you think he'd buy it? ;-)

    Thank you!

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