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About Lorenby House

I didn’t set out to create a lifestyle brand.

It started with a bag.

I was juggling motherhood, work, a creative brain that rarely switches off, and the constant pressure to somehow stay organised through all of it. I couldn't find a bag that worked for my actual life, so I did what I’ve always done when something doesn’t quite fit.

I sketched.

That sketch became Totezee, a modular bag designed to carry the slightly ridiculous amount of stuff that comes with everyday life. Lunch, laptop, notebooks, makeup, snacks, receipts and all.

But somewhere along the way, I realised the idea behind it was bigger than a bag.

I've always believed the things we surround ourselves with can be both useful and beautiful, without being complicated or precious. And that sometimes, in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday, we could all use a small reminder of the things that actually matter.

So Lorenby House grew.

Alongside Totezee, I created the Little Reminders Collection, a series of simple illustrations and everyday products built around four ideas I find myself returning to again and again.

Turn Sunward reminds us to look for the light.
Hold Steady reminds us to trust our direction.
Belong celebrates the people and places that feel like home.
True Self is permission to drop the performance and simply be ourselves.

You'll find those reminders on things designed to be part of real life: notebooks to scribble in, totes to fill, cards to send and prints to live on your walls.

Nothing here is about having a perfectly curated life.

Quite the opposite.

Lorenby House is my independent design studio, created for busy homes, cluttered kitchen tables, bags full of everything and people figuring things out as they go.

Useful things. Meaningful reminders.

Designed by me, for real life.

Suzie
Founder & Designer, Lorenby House