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Stylish, wacky, glamorous, practical or cute …. new additions to our French Market Baskets section.

Can you resist this?

Gorgeous cosy pet pod or cat basket now in stock. Really sturdy grey rattan with a free cushion. Our cat Smidge took a few days to get used to hers but now we can’t get her out!

Ideal for herbs or floral display, indoors or out.

These grey wicker plant pot holders are very chic and are available in 2 sizes.

click here for details

Two new styles of Dog Basket available in a choice of 3 sizes. These baskets are made from strong grey rattan with a dipped front for access and come with a free cushion. Shown here being checked for comfort by Teddy!

Try this for a really unusual gift idea, even a wedding present … fill a basket of your choice with specially chosen picnic plates etc.to create a super personalized Picnic Set.

or                     or

Add contents of your choice:

       and a bottle of bubbly! 

All chosen with that special person in mind!

Gorgeous little rattan box for your precious things.

This lovely box has a lid and a securing peg to keep special things safe and tidy.

Beautifully made in Burma, this looks gorgeous on a dressing table or sideboard.

Time to get started in the garden!

Although it’s rather chilly, it’s a brilliant time to get started in the garden. Before the weeds take over and while new shoots and leaves are that gorgeous shade of fresh green, make sure you are ready for action.
We have wicker hanging baskets which are ideal for spring displays, two sizes of trug for carrying cuttings or seedlings and various plant pot holders for your house plants.

Spring is the time of year for bringing in the new, so check out our latest additions here.

Great storage ideas with square or oblong palm baskets. Bags of room to de-clutter for spring.

Gorgeous tray style baskets for keeping sideboards tidy! Choice of 2 sizes.

And more… see all new stock

We’ve added two new shoppers to our French Market Baskets section

There’s a lined shopping basket with securing strap and toggle, or a round one with unusual plaited handles, both very reasonable at £20 each!
Click on the image of your favourite one to take you straight to more details.

Great feedback last week:
“Just a quick email to say thank you for the fabulous dog bed we received today. The quality is outstanding and we are all very happy with our order.”
Clare from Doncaster (and Holly the dog)

Purchase: Extra Large Classic Dog Basket with fitted Fleece Cushion

We now have a fabulous selection of Storage Chests from Burma. These are made from top quality woven rattan with hinged lids and most have a tray insert for easy storage of smaller items.

There are 2 designed for the end of a bed, one short and one tall, but both would also look great anywhere.

This one is a truly Colonial style chest with raised feet which
allows good air flow underneath. It has a hinged lid.

This Oval Storage Chest is an unusual shape and would make a lovely coffee table too.

We also have a classic Oblong Storage Chest with loads of room and a handy lift-out tray.

Visit our new Trunks and Chests section for more details.

We watched a Panorama programme this week which highlighted the increasing risk of having your personal and bank details stolen online. So we thought we reassure you about the security we have in place for your protection.

As a purely online business your security is very important to us and we would like to assure you that you are safe when shopping with Kosmopolitan.
All transactions are through PayPal which is a highly secure and trusted method of payment. This is what PayPal says:
“PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available). Before you even register or log in to the PayPal site, our server checks that you’re using an approved browser – one that uses SSL 3.0 or higher.
Once your information reaches the PayPal site, it resides on a server that is heavily guarded both physically and electronically. PayPal servers sit behind an electronic firewall and are not directly connected to the Internet, so your private information is available only to authorised computers.”
None of your details whatsoever are stored on our website so there can be no danger of them being stolen from our site when shopping with us.
We have been trading online since April 2011, including through eBay where we have a 100% positive feedback.

Our site is protected by HTTPS which creates a secure channel over an insecure network based on certificate authorities.
Please click on the padlock icon to the left of the web address to see our security certificate via Comodo.

It’s wonderful how versatile baskets are – cats don’t discriminate between basket categories. Smidge knows its much more fun & rewarding for us to stroke the cat than deal with the contents of the in-tray.

Our other cat Ziggy  takes possession of the Classic Rattan Dog Basket. Teddy our Australian Shepherd (Dog)  may be allowed to use it when she’s out or has found an alternative basket.

Monday October 5th finally saw the introduction of the 5p charge for carrier bags in Supermarkets.

Don’t get caught out – why not keep the Supermarket Shopper from Kosmopolitan in the boot of your car so that you need never spend 5p on a plastic carrier again.

It has sturdy leather handles, bags of room and oodles of French style!

A fabulous way to tidy up!
This robust wicker trunk will store toys, blankets, bedding and much more…

Made from first quality Kubu Rattan handwoven in Indonesia with a calico cotton lining.
Keep this in your hall for a bit of extra space for hiding stuff away!
A perfect way to smuggle nuns out of a convent!

Create a stylish dining table with our superb range of Woven Wicker Placemats.

Made in Burma, these table-mats have matching coasters and are perfect for either casual lunches or smarter formal dinners.

Rectangular Place mat Round Table mat Round Coasters in Case

Available in Round, Rectangular, Square or Oval, with matching Round or Square Coasters too.

We have noticed that these are quite difficult to find online, so if you want to be sure of getting them for your next big occasion, they can be found here.

How about this classy umbrella basket to go in your hallway!
It is made from finely woven rattan in Burma and is top quality.
As William Morris said “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”.

This is both!