Hollywood Valletta - Oġġetti Sbieħ • Beautiful Objects

29/08/2026

Keith at Captain's Cut and his team have worked hard to build their shop up from scratch. To steal from a small business is awful.

07/08/2026

One of the best things about being a small shop owner in this industry is the sense of community with others.

had become a friend a few years ago when he had reached out about stocking Lazarus Tiles at his Birgu Blue atelier. After hearing about my own project, he’s been a constant source of guidance and support.

We met for coffee this morning and he surprised me with this superb illustration by Nadine Theuma 🎨 - I love it!

Here’s to many more years of friendship and sharing beautiful objects and art with the world.

03/08/2026

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Pagoda pot taking shape ... this will end up on the shelves of the fabulous Hollywood Valletta - Oġġetti Sbieħ • Beautiful Objects in Valletta (it's in the name)... please do give a little love by following their page ♥️

04/07/2026

For those of you who know me or have followed The Lazarus Club over the years, you know I’m a fan of vintage lighting.

There’s something so playful, sometimes impractical, almost alien-like with mid-century lighting that kept evolving through the 70s and 80s until we reached *gulp* minimalism.

I’m particularly fond of those pastel opaline glass shades that remind us of nanna’s house and old-school village bars. Nowadays the shades are often found loose and mis-matched, consigned to the dusty floor of the Birgu flea market.

Until now, that is 💡

After collecting so many (and using what I could in and ), I wanted to create something beautiful and contemporary to bring these glass globes back into our homes.

Cue Clara and Keith from sforma_studio and their ingenuousness with 3D design and printing. Their limestone-inspired lamps are already a hit in the shop, and when I approached them with this idea, they ran with it!

GLOWBI is a collection of 3D printed lamp bases that are created for each and every glass shade that I have sourced for this project. That makes each lamp unique and the number finite.

Only available at Hollywood.

12/06/2026

Thanks God ħi, imnalla jkun għal Matthew Demarco

New maltatype reverse-glass gilded beauts featuring the ultimate Maltese house name and a skull and crossbones detail from one of the tombs at St John’s Co-Cathedral.

09/06/2026

I’m definitely not a planner and I wish I could think as far ahead as the folks at Konfekt Magazine.

Over a year ago I was desperately ticking items off my snag list, aiming for the fourth projected opening date (which I missed), when Lucrezia reached out. Summer 2026 was going to feature Malta and they loved the idea of including Lazarus Tiles. I was flattered, but also, 12 months away?!

When I told her I was also renovating a historic shop in Valletta she loved the idea and pivoted towards covering Hollywood. “Piergiorgio and I will come over and shoot you at the shop.” Great! But also, what shop?! Everything was dust and paint buckets and boxes!

Long story short, I pulled together what stock I had, Lucrezia wrote a beautiful article and Piergiorgio did his magic and made Malta look like perfection.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

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Among Demarco’s recent projects is Hollywood, a new concept store opened in 2025 by his friend and fellow Maltese entrepreneur Thomas Camilleri, who meets Konfekt at his elegant space on Republic Street.

The shop is crowned by a typical Maltese sign with green and silver details in two parts that reads: “Hollywood” and “Oġġetti Sbieħ • Beautiful Objects.” Camilleri commissioned the restoration of the original “Hollywood” sign as a homage to the shop’s former life as a stationery store.

This repurposing spirit can be found in every corner of the shop. Camilleri picked out the pieces for the green-and-white marble floor at a stone landfill, while the worktable, made from his grandparents’ green garden-shed door, fits perfectly on the lower floor. Next to it are restored pieces from Lazarus Tiles, the project that first made Camilleri’s reputation on the island. “I started about 12 years ago, saving tiles often found in old Maltese homes and giving them a new life,” he explains, pointing to the colourful patterns that line the walls.

Camilleri's status as a lover of all things old is what led him to this space, when a friend called him to let him know that it was up for sale.
"I didn't think that I could afford somewhere in the centre of the city but I met with the owner anyway," he says, as we sit down for a lunch of sandwiches. "He really loved my idea and sold it to me for a fraction of the price. I spent four years renovating it with the support of my family and friends, which has been an extremely rewarding experience."

Camilleri hopes that the store will become a platform for Malta's rapidly growing creative landscape, especially smaller brands that don't yet have a physical presence on the island. On his shelves, you can find handmade ceramics from Sue Mifsud and THISS alongside Kane Cali’s pastizzi and silver earrings by Nadège.Renée jewellery, with gold-leaf typography on glass by maltatype and Glass Gilding Studio above colourful chutneys by Filfla Chilli Co.

It's certainly a long way from standard souvenir-shop offerings. For Camilleri, it's a sign that Malta's crafts are finally getting the space that they deserve in the retail scene.

"There's a growing love for the locally made, both from travellers who look for objects with unique stories and from the Maltese, who are becoming more aware of where they come from and want to celebrate it," he says.
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02/06/2026

Today we celebrate the artistic whirlwind that is .warrington 🤍

The second friend to join the team at Hollywood after , I was lucky enough to find her in-between lives and available! I’ve known her since I had hair and hers was a different colour and I still find it funny that after so many years we spent these few months working together in the shop.

You can see the three of us at our Christmas meal and even though we don’t have a photo with our number 4 .martin, I had cast them as husband and wife in a commercial for the airport, so a screengrab of that will have to do.

Always the best dressed and the perfect fit for the store, I’m grateful that we had yet another project to work on together.

Come back quickly! 🌞

31/05/2026

Fresh off the success of her debut children’s book The Garden and I, is back with the second publication in the series: Timothy Shrew and Friends.

Just like its predecessor, it’s a beautiful collaboration between author and illustrator; once again the brilliant .

Published by , both books are available at Hollywood.

29/05/2026

I love these little bud vases that Sue creates. They’re like a little alien race, each with their own unique features 👽🤍