Wawa

Wawa’s East London showroom, located on Ezra Street just a stone’s throw away from Columbia Road makes a welcome change from identikit Ikea furniture and the sometimes boring simplicity of much modern design.
Selling a variety of furniture, Wawa’s speciality is its selection of contemporary sofas, designed by Richard Ward, a trained sculptor who turned his hand to furniture design almost twenty years ago.
At once thoroughly contemporary and evocative of designs past, Wawa’s sofas come upholstered in a range of acid bright textiles and a plethora of shapes ranging from the classic chaise longue to altogether more modernist styles.
I’ve fallen head-​over-​totally-​out-​of-​my-​price-​range-​heels for a Schiaparelli pink ‘Yasmin Solo’ couch which retails at around £800, and the ‘Soho Solo’ armchair in shocking yellow which comes in at around £600. And they say love is illogical…