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How to Tell a Decorative Mask From a Ceremonial One
How to Tell a Decorative Mask From a Ceremonial One
A genuine buying skill, and an ethical one. What to look at and what to ask before you spend. Read more...
How to Spot a Machine Carved Statue Sold as Hand Carved
How to Spot a Machine Carved Statue Sold as Hand Carved
Hand carved is a claim anyone can make in a listing. Here is how to check it, in a shop or from a photograph. Read more...
Dream Catchers, the Complete UK Buying Guide
Dream Catchers, the Complete UK Buying Guide
Everything worth knowing before you buy, including the part most shops leave out about where these objects come from. Read more...
Gong Bowls, and Where a Gong Ends and a Bowl Begins
Gong Bowls, and Where a Gong Ends and a Bowl Begins
Four names, two instruments, and a great deal of confusion. Here is what each one actually is. Read more...
Laughing Buddha Statues, the Complete Buying Guide
Laughing Buddha Statues, the Complete Buying Guide
What to buy, what to pay, and where to put it. Written for someone choosing their first one. Read more...
Backflow Incense Burners, How They Work and Whether You Need One
Backflow Incense Burners, How They Work and Whether You Need One
The falling smoke effect explained properly, including the drawbacks nobody mentions and what we would buy instead. Read more...
Buddha Head Statues, the Complete Buying Guide
Buddha Head Statues, the Complete Buying Guide
What to buy and where to put it, including the objection that most sellers avoid. Read more...
What to Buy Together for a Meditation Corner
What to Buy Together for a Meditation Corner
Four things, in the order they matter. Most people buy them in the wrong order and end up replacing two. Read more...
Do You Need a Cushion for a Singing Bowl
Do You Need a Cushion for a Singing Bowl
Yes, and the reason is physics rather than presentation. Here is what actually happens without one. Read more...
Meditation Bowls, the Vocabulary Nobody Explains
Meditation Bowls, the Vocabulary Nobody Explains
Six names, one object. Which term to search for, and what the differences actually are. Read more...
A Calm Corner for £100
A Calm Corner for £100
Three complete arrangements at £100, costed to the penny, with what each piece is actually doing. Read more...
What Size Reclining Buddha Actually Fits a Shelf
What Size Reclining Buddha Actually Fits a Shelf
Horizontal objects are bought by length, and most listings lead with height. Read more...
Balinese Parasols UK, the Complete Buying Guide
Balinese Parasols UK, the Complete Buying Guide
Two ranges that look similar and are built for completely different jobs. Which one you need. Read more...
A Calm Corner for £250
A Calm Corner for £250
At this budget you can buy one genuinely good thing and finish around it. Here is how. Read more...
Horse Ornaments UK, a Buying Guide
Horse Ornaments UK, a Buying Guide
Four pieces, two sizes, two finishes, and one styling problem you need to know about before you buy. Read more...
A Calm Corner for £50
A Calm Corner for £50
£50 is enough if you spend it on one thing plus scent. Three lists, costed to the penny. Read more...
What to Buy With an Oil Burner So It Actually Gets Used
What to Buy With an Oil Burner So It Actually Gets Used
The four things that turn a £6.99 burner into something you use weekly. Read more...
Yoga Statues and Figurines UK, a Buying Guide
Yoga Statues and Figurines UK, a Buying Guide
Two ranges, ten pieces, and a note on what these objects actually do in a practice space. Read more...
What Size Outdoor Parasol for a British Garden
What Size Outdoor Parasol for a British Garden
Sizing a parasol to a table is geometry, and most people get it wrong by about half a metre. Read more...
Tribal Masks UK, a Complete Buying Guide
Tribal Masks UK, a Complete Buying Guide
How to judge a carved tribal mask before you buy, what separates hand work from machine work, and an honest account of where ours come from. Read more...
A Garden Corner for Under £300
A Garden Corner for Under £300
What to buy, what to prepare, and why the statue should not take the whole budget. Read more...
Angel Figurines UK, Sizes and Finishes Compared
Angel Figurines UK, Sizes and Finishes Compared
Eleven pieces from £4.99 to £28.99, compared properly, including the part about memorial gifting. Read more...
Scented Pillar Candles UK, a Buying Guide
Scented Pillar Candles UK, a Buying Guide
Pillars and jars burn differently, and one of them is considerably more forgiving. Here is which. Read more...
Scent, Sound and Light, a Room That Works on Three Senses
Scent, Sound and Light, a Room That Works on Three Senses
Most rooms are designed for one sense. Adding two more is cheaper and more effective than redecorating. Read more...
Cotton Bedspreads and Throws, a Complete Guide
Cotton Bedspreads and Throws, a Complete Guide
A throw changes a bedroom for less than new bedding costs, and it works over what you already own. Read more...
What to Buy First, Second and Third
What to Buy First, Second and Third
Order matters more than budget. Most people buy stage three first and then have to start again. Read more...
Are Bali Parasols Worth It, Honestly
Are Bali Parasols Worth It, Honestly
They cost several times a supermarket parasol and they are not better at everything. Here is the honest comparison. Read more...
A Feng Shui Set or a Single Object, Which to Buy
A Feng Shui Set or a Single Object, Which to Buy
A set and a single statue solve different problems, and the surface usually decides which you need. Read more...
What a Bali Magic Box Actually Is
What a Bali Magic Box Actually Is
The most distinctive piece in the box collection and the one people ask about most. Read more...
Wall Mounted Elephant Heads, a Buying Guide
Wall Mounted Elephant Heads, a Buying Guide
Three finishes, and a wall object that behaves quite differently from anything standing on a surface. Read more...
Sand Finish Wall Art, and Why Not to Frame It
Sand Finish Wall Art, and Why Not to Frame It
A finish where the texture is the point, and framing it removes the reason to own it. Read more...
Antique Style Figurines That Also Do a Job
Antique Style Figurines That Also Do a Job
Eight small pieces, most of which have a function, which is unusual in this category. Read more...
How to Judge a Canvas Print Before You Buy It
How to Judge a Canvas Print Before You Buy It
Canvas prints vary enormously and the differences barely show in a photograph. Here is what to look for and what to check when it arrives. Read more...
What to Look For in a Carved Wooden Elephant
What to Look For in a Carved Wooden Elephant
Carved elephants vary enormously in quality and most of the difference is in three places. Here is where to look. Read more...
Where to Buy Buddha Statues in the UK, Honestly Compared
Where to Buy Buddha Statues in the UK, Honestly Compared
Every route to buying a Buddha statue in Britain compared honestly, including where we are the wrong choice. Read more...
Tibetan Singing Bowls, the Complete UK Buying Guide
Tibetan Singing Bowls, the Complete UK Buying Guide
Everything worth knowing before buying a singing bowl. Size, weight, how it was made, what comes with it, and the claims to ignore. Read more...
Why Hand Carved Costs More Than the Cheap Version
Why Hand Carved Costs More Than the Cheap Version
The arithmetic behind the price difference, and an honest account of when the cheaper option is the right one. Read more...
Why Nepali and Indian Singing Bowls Are Not the Same
Why Nepali and Indian Singing Bowls Are Not the Same
Origin claims in this market are loose to the point of meaningless. Here is how to read a listing honestly. Read more...
What Separates a Cheap Singing Bowl From an Expensive One
What Separates a Cheap Singing Bowl From an Expensive One
A real buying question with a real answer, and you can hear the difference once someone tells you what to listen for. Read more...
How Crystal and Metal Singing Bowls Actually Differ
How Crystal and Metal Singing Bowls Actually Differ
We sell metal, so here is an honest account of where quartz genuinely wins and where it does not. Read more...
What a Singing Bowl Costs to Make, and Why Prices Vary So Wildly
What a Singing Bowl Costs to Make, and Why Prices Vary So Wildly
Supply chain transparency, because the price range in this category is genuinely confusing from the outside. Read more...
Why Resin Statues Cost So Little, and When That Is Fine
Why Resin Statues Cost So Little, and When That Is Fine
We sell both carved wood and resin, so here is an honest account of what resin is and where it genuinely wins. Read more...
What the Small Antique Buddha Figurines Are Actually For
What the Small Antique Buddha Figurines Are Actually For
Half of these little figures are functional objects and most buyers never realise it. Read more...
What People Actually Keep in Carved Wooden Boxes
What People Actually Keep in Carved Wooden Boxes
A small collection with more uses than people expect. What actually fits, and how to keep the lids working. Read more...
How to Choose a Buddha Oil Burner That Does Not Scorch
How to Choose a Buddha Oil Burner That Does Not Scorch
The commonest complaint about oil burners has one cause, and it is decided before you buy. Read more...
What an Incense Ash Catcher Actually Needs to Do
What an Incense Ash Catcher Actually Needs to Do
A small object with a specific job, and most of the ones sold do it badly. Read more...
Garden Buddha Statues, a Complete UK Buying Guide
Garden Buddha Statues, a Complete UK Buying Guide
Everything worth knowing before buying a garden Buddha in Britain. Size, material, siting, weather and what each price band actually buys. Read more...
Large Buddha Statues, What Each Size Actually Looks Like
Large Buddha Statues, What Each Size Actually Looks Like
Nobody can judge a 1.5m statue from a photograph. Here is what each size looks like against things you already know the size of. Read more...
Extra Large and Giant Buddha Statues for a Garden
Extra Large and Giant Buddha Statues for a Garden
Above a metre and a half, a statue becomes a groundworks project. Here is what that actually involves. Read more...
Outdoor Buddha Statues, What Survives a British Winter
Outdoor Buddha Statues, What Survives a British Winter
British winters are mild, wet and endlessly freezing and thawing, which is harder on garden ornaments than a properly cold climate. Read more...