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An Independent Zebra

A gift, homeware and furniture shop on Raeburn Place in Stockbridge, set up by makers in 2016, selling the work of small independent makers from across the UK.

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Welcome

On Raeburn Place, the shop runs back from the street under a skylight, every wall and shelf crowded with colour.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

Greeting cards fill the racks by the door, and a gallery wall of framed prints climbs above them, pastel views of Edinburgh among floral illustrations and portraits. One wall is papered in lobsters, another in zebra stripes, behind shelves of mugs, candles, stationery and printed tea towels. Patterned cushions are stacked high, one of them a Highland cow; a floral armchair and a red velvet sofa sit among the displays, beside a red cabinet, pegboards of jewellery and an exposed brick wall. Nearly everything is the work of small independent designers and makers.

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Prints and cards, jewellery, homeware from lampshades to oven gloves, and one-off pieces of furniture, by makers from across the UK.

Where
88-92 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge.

Opening hours

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Monday
10am–5.30pm
Tuesday
10am–5.30pm
Wednesday
10am–5.30pm
Thursday
10am–5.30pm
Friday
10am–5.30pm
Saturday
10am–5.30pm
Sunday
11am–5pm

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Printed cushions and tea towels fill a gift shop's shelves beneath framed vase illustrations.
Did you know

A three-month pop-up.

It began as a pop-up shop for three months in the summer of 2016, just across the road from where it stands now.

Pegboard displays and patterned cushions fill a shop beside an exposed brick wall.
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By makers, for makers.

The shop was started by makers to sell the work of other makers.

A gift shop interior with shelving units of cards, cushions and ornaments lines both walls beneath a skylight, framed prints hanging above a display table.
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Made round the corner.

Some of its designers live within walking distance of the shop.

A wall of framed prints, greeting cards and jewellery surrounds a patterned armchair and a red cabinet holding a yellow enamel kettle in a gift shop.
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A Living Wage shop.

It is an accredited Living Wage employer.

A gift shop shelf of mugs, candles and stationery stands against lobster-print wallpaper, patterned cushions and cards displayed above and around it, a floral armchair to one side.
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Just a Card.

It is a proud supporter of two campaigns for independent shops, Campaign Shop Independent and Just a Card.

A floral armchair and red sofa sit among a gift shop's crowded shelves of cards and prints.
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Where it is

On Raeburn Place, the high street of Stockbridge.

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