Contributor: Helen Parker

Helen Parker

deVOL’s easy, cool and understated style is Helen's inspiration and her original approach to our look is quite unique. Over the last thirteen years that Helen has been with the company it has changed from a small Leicestershire business, to a household name. Helen's passion and desire to create a special look for deVOL has proved to be the making of this company.

Helen is a keen blogger and is always actively ensuring deVOL and its image is kept classic, on trend and eclectic. She loves food, unusual ingredients, exploring markets and local restaurants, spending time gardening and watching world movies, blogging about all of her experiences is a way for Helen to note down and share her thoughts and remember the lovely things about all of the things she loves.

Helen’s hobbies are a kind of extension of her work at deVOL, all of the things Helen loves are a part of her job so it makes blogging about them pretty easy and very fun. Helen has become a voice of knowledge when it comes to interiors and stylish living, she has that knack of knowing what’s cool and knowing just how to put that down into words, making her journal posts super popular with our customers and staff members too.

Read more >

Country Cool

Country Cool

This beautifully light and bright kitchen is the feature of our latest photo shoot. One of the last sunny warm days of the summer…
A Kitchen in Kew

A Kitchen in Kew

  Its been a while since Tim and I went on a photo-shoot, we pack up the van the night before and get off…
pantry in pink

pantry in pink

This Shaker Upright Cupboard looks very at home in the cellar here at Cotes Mill, it looks such an inviting place to sit and…

Summer Garden

Summer Garden

This weekend has been glorious and one of those times when you wake up and feel good about the world . My garden was…
deVOL Vintage

deVOL Vintage

We get so many customers asking us to send them photos of specific vintage pieces from our collection at the Mill. This means we…
a pinboard – very retro!!

a pinboard – very retro!!

Here in the office we have a pinboard, it seems somehow old fashioned in these days of pinterest, but I think its nice to see…

Some new things

Some new things

  Designing and selling kitchens is our passion here at the Mill, but our old and vintage pieces are becoming very popular, so we…
A Classic Prep Table

A Classic Prep Table

I hope you like our huge! new prep table, it is the latest edition to our Classic English Showroom here at Cotes Mill and it…
‘Fashion shoot’ at the Mill

‘Fashion shoot’ at the Mill

Cotes Mill has become the new location for photo shoots, companies and magazines are now contacting us to ask if they can use the Mill as…
View more >