The Durham Rose Blog
Ideas, advice & inspiration to help design your custom ring
Why Diamonds are Synonymous with Romance
When you think of an engagement, you think of a ring. When you think of an engagement ring, you think of diamonds. They are beautiful, romantic, eternal. Just like your love, diamonds are forever. It must be true – Shirley Bassey said so. But did you know that the...
Are Birthstones Suitable for Engagement Rings?
There are all sorts of ways to make an engagement ring something really special. You might repurpose a family heirloom. You might trawl antique shops for a vintage wonder. Or you might look into birthstones – after all, how better to celebrate a life than to show that...
Festive Engagement: How to Plan the Perfect Christmas Proposal
While every engagement has the potential to be wondrous, there’s something special about popping the question at Christmas. The problem is, that brings a lotttt of pressure. Because, although really, the only things that matter are that you’re both in love – with each...
Unusual Engagement Rings to Delight and Inspire
Finding the perfect engagement ring that reflects your partner's unique style and represents everything that is special about your relationship can seem a daunting task. At Durham Rose, we hand craft one of a kind, bespoke engagement rings in every shape, size and...
London Ring Makers
Although our name might suggest we're situated in the North East, Durham Rose are actually London-based. Ever since our appearance on Dragon's Den, we've maintained a presence in the capital. A lot has happened since then, including our re-brand from Hot Pink to...
Floral engagement rings
It's not difficult to understand why so many people take inspiration from the delicate and beautiful features of a flower when choosing their engagement ring. This distinctive style has been around longer than many people think. In fact, floral engagement rings have...
Durham Rose Have a New Home
After many happy years at Angel Islington, we’ve decided to move our London studio to Plexal, located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. With a growing team and an ever increasing requirement to welcome more people into our design studio, now felt like the...
Spring Wedding Inspiration
Tamryn Lawrence Spring traditionally heralds the start of ‘wedding season’ and it’s easy to see why. Longer days, warmer temperatures and the prospect of being able to get outside among the blossom and newly opened flowers are always a tempting prospect for brides and...
An Easter Engagement Party
Tamryn Lawrence Ahh, the long Easter weekend. Hopefully you’ll be enjoying some time away from work and kicking back for some downtime with your friends and family. If you’re recently engaged then this is a great time to celebrate and, with all the seasonal...
Diamond Encrusted Trilogy Engagement Ring – Portfolio
This dramatic, bold piece was chosen as our ‘Ring of the Week’ this week. This custom made yellow gold engagement ring features a brilliant round cut diamond centre stone with complimentary adjacent pear cut diamonds. The three stone ring showcases additional...
15 Ideas For Your ‘Something Blue’
Tamryn Lawrence ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’. So goes the rhyme for bridal luck and happiness and as many brides as ever are making sure that they’ve got their ‘something blue’ with them on the big day. As we love this tradition...
It’s A Leap Year Ladies, It’s Time To Propose!
Unless you’re studiously avoiding looking at your diary, you’ll know that 2016 is a leap year. The 29th of February is traditionally the day that ladies are ‘allowed’ to propose to their boyfriends so we couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a little look at this...
Winter Wedding Inspiration
Tamryn Lawrence Well hello and welcome to a wedding inspiration feature that’s absolutely full of festive beauty. Winter is a wonderful time for a wedding and where once Christmas nuptials meant an almost obligatory red and gold theme, we can now enjoy elegant colour...
Weddings Trends For 2016
Tamryn Lawrence As we speed towards the end of the year, it seems only right that we pause for a moment to contemplate 2016. If you’re planning a wedding next year then this is a feature that you won’t want to miss because we’re rounding up some of the best wedding...
How To Define Your Bridal Style
Hello again and, if you’ve recently joined us after a festive proposal or if you’re hoping that someone’s going to pop the question soon, welcome! Today’s feature is all about how to define your wedding style and I can promise you that getting this nailed as soon as...
Ten Brilliant Valentine’s Day Proposal Ideas
So we all know that Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular times of year to propose and with Hot Pink by your side, you know that your intended is going to be head over heels with their beautiful new engagement ring. But, the entire proposal is need some thought...
Star Bakers! Wedding Cakes You’ll Love
As The Great British Bake-Off gets serious, we’re probably all spending far more time than usual contemplating cakes, bakes and sweet treats. Happily, if you’re planning your wedding, you’ve got a legitimate excuse to swoon over gorgeous confections as choosing the...
Ten Wedding DIYs To Try
It seems that absolutely everyone is trying a bit of wedding DIY right now. There’s a lot to be said for crafting the details that you’re going to use yourself and those handmade, heartfelt touches really mean a lot. Whatever style of wedding you’re planning, there...
Gothic Engagement Rings – Design Tips for Edgy, Gothic Style Rings
In this post, we will be looking at tailoring a custom engagement ring to give it either a very Gothic design or a hint of 'edginess'. If you'd prefer to just view lots of examples of the style and start designing your own, view our Gothic rings gallery here. There...
Love Rocks: Gemstone Engagement Party
Let’s be honest, we don’t really need an excuse for a party with our friends and family but should you need a reason to get everyone together then surely your engagement is it? It’s the start of a new chapter, it’s a super special moment and it deserves to be...
