elk home and Jo and Dan Spencer

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					Elk Home was opened in May 2006 by Jo and Dan Spencer and has become something of a local landmark in the village of Grasmere Together, they have combined their skills and passion for modern design to create a very unique business in the Lake District National Park Their aim is to continue to source and supply high quality furniture and design-led accessories that combine, beauty, function and good value

'Elk Home is certainly a breath of fresh air. Grasmere is one of the most beautiful villages in the Lake District...it is unexpected to find such a shrine to modern living in one of its traditional stone and flint Lakeland buildings' Country Homes and Interiors, March 2007

'Elk Home is a treasure trove of modern Scandi and British design.....you're bound to find something cool and contemporary to brighten up your home. Proof indeed that there is more to the Lake District than great views and Kendal Mint Cake' Livingetc, February 2007

'Elk Home store are creating a stir in Grasmere. Locals and tourists have really taken to the shop which prides itself on bringing new, beautiful and unusual home products to the pretty Lake District village' Pure Interiors, December 2006

Best Newcomer - Elk Home - 'Contemporary design store, Elk Home, opened just six months ago, but the shop has already proved a hit with design lovers' Concept for Living, November 2006

'Just three months ago, Jo and Dan Spencer left London and headed for the peace and quiet of Grasmere in the Lake District. The store they opened there, though, has proved such a hit that the couple have hardly had time to enjoy their new surroundings...the locals have embraced it wholeheartedly...' Telegraph Magazine, September 2006

'Holiday souvenirs from the Lake District don't normally include Verner Panton chairs and Scandinavian ceramics, but that's set to change thanks to new contemporary design store Elk Home in Grasmere' Elle Decoration, August 2006