Tag: 70s

home: favourite thing [ HK Living ceramics ]

home: favourite thing [ HK Living ceramics ]

All the gorgeous colour, tones and texture, the range of HK Living ceramics available at Cissywears is beautiful.

Creating the perfect colour palette to introduce to your kitchen, with their cup range – in varying sizes and styles.

Prices from £14

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home: featured [ Urban Outfitters ]

home: featured [ urban outfitters ]

As usual we could head to Urban Outfitters and happily kit out our entire interiors with their mix of boho, traveller and vintage style pieces of homeware and furniture. They are so good and textiles and soft furnishings, and their furniture collection is unique and full of investment pieces.

This new Ria range is 70s inspired, on trend and in our current material of the moment – rattan.

Currently available on pre order.

Prices from £89 for a stool; and the range includes a bed and chest of drawers.

home: favourite thing [ Urban Outfitters ]

home: favourite thing [ Urban Outfitters ]

We have just fallen in love with the new Ria range of rattan furniture at urbanoutfitters.com. This 70s boho vibe is sticking around for 2019 and this range is a gorgeous example of the style.

Choose from a side table, bed, chest of drawers, bookshelf and stool, all with detailed woven structure and rounded edges. These amazing pieces are available for pre-order now.

Bed – £849

Bookshelf – £329

Chest of drawers – £899

Side table – £149

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home: trend [ 70s ]

home: trend [ 70s ]

There was some incredible design and style to come out of the seventies – it wasn’t all bad bell bottoms and glitter, but the design mentality of the midcentury continued, evolved and produced slick but funky interior design, luxury and a lot about comfort and relaxing – think low level seating, sumptuous throws, endless cushions, fabric on walls, even padded walls… dinner partying in the home and cocktail evenings or ‘soirées’ were becoming all the rage so creating the right home environment was key.

Fast forward to present day and a lot across the current high street has taken inspiration from the styles, patterns, furniture silhouettes and luxurious feel.

The colour palette to stick to should include neutral creams and beiges with rust, red, mustard and green tones. For a modern approach keep things quite minimal with not overlaying too many strong patterns as they would have done in the 70s.

Hunt on eBay, in markets and at car boots for pottery, ceramics and homewares of the era to bring in the right details but also high street favourites Habitat and Dunelm have some great modern equivalents.

Picture guide

Top row :

‘Biba’ Cushion £28 House Of Fraser / Rug from £44.99 Very / H K Living Bowls £31.13 Trouva

Middle row :

Leaf Dish £16 Dunelm / Cushion £20 Urban Outfitters / ‘Flynn’ Sofa £2300 Habitat

Bottom row :

Vase £17.50 (sale) Habitat / Chair £229 CultFurniture / Curtain £103.50 Maison Du Monde

home: found this [ Anna Hayman ]

home: found this [ Anna Hayman ]

Print designer Anna Hayman creates beautiful 60s & 70s patterns through turning original linocuts into wallpapers, fabric and art prints. These gorgeous patterns are particularly stunning on her range of lamp shades.

Anna has now collaborated with illustrator Beth Faser to create these A3 character piece aet prints. There are four designs in the collection and we love them.
‘I wanted to create some fashion style illustrations incorporating my patterns and when I was introduced to Beth, I knew she was the perfect partner for the project with her bold and louche style. She cleverly mixes ink painting with paper collage to create these languid characters, I think the style combines with my prints really well, and I love the feel of these super laid back girls’ 

Lamp shades [ from £295 ] and prints [ £35 ] available at rockettstgeorge.co.uk

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home: found this [ Soho Ceramics ]

home: found this [ Soho Ceramics ]

We love a new season with lots of new arrivals hitting the stores. A favourite of ours spotted this week is from Rockett St George. Their Soho Ceramics range of vases and planters is the perfect addition to any home. The 70’s colours will bring warmth to a room and the paint dipped finish creates texture and pattern. A quirky addition is that all the ceramics are named after streets in Soho, London.

Clockwise from top left:

Frith vase [ £35 ], Archer vase [ £32 ], Wardour hanging planter [ £39 ], Lexington vase [ £32 ], Argyll tripod planter [ £29 ], Romilly vase [ £52 ]

Available online and at their new concession in Harvey Nichols, London [ full post coming soon ]

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home: trend [ modern vintage ]

home: trend [ modern vintage ]

This Autumn see the revival of a trend which never really goes away in many homes. Modern vintage does what it says, combining old styles and past trends with modern interpretations. Vintage styles have always inspired us in the present, whether it’s mid-century furniture, 70’s glam, or 80’s modernism you can take elements and work with them in any room.

There are no rules to creating this trend, infact it’s entirely up to you what feel you would like to bring. Although when introducing vintage pieces into a room make sure you you don’t over clutter or over exhaust the look. Mix different items from different decades to create an eclectic look, but try and bring it all together with a base colour [white is always a good place to start ].

Let the furniture and soft furnishings bring the colour

The rich 70’s tones of orange, moss green, burgandy, and teal will be perfect for this time of year. Darker woods like walnut and mango will ground the room and give it more interest. Once you have some key pieces of furniture, or a statement light then start bringing in some modern touches with pattern and print on soft furnishings and art work.

Bring a retro feel with brick wallpaper

If you are looking to make a statement why not go retro with a brick effect wallpaper. Popularity has grown massively for wall or garden effect wallpapers and some are even textured to give a more realistic appearance. And don’t worry, you are not trying to kid anybody, they just look great and create a fab backdrop to a room. Check out Dunelm, Henderson Interiors and I Love Wallpaper

Although having original pieces from decades past is ideal [ sometimes it can be time consuming hunting them out and finding the right thing ], there is some great reproduction furniture available online now. Check out rockettstgeorge.co.uk, roseandgrey.co.uk and grahamandgreen.co.uk

Guide:

1.Bedside table – rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £165 ]

2. Robin Day chair – johnlewis.com [ £233.75 ]

3. Ceiling light – habitat.co.uk [ £28 ]

4. Telephone – bloomsburystore.com [ £34.95 ]

5. Nest of tables – roseandgrey.co.uk [ £325 ]

6. Storage unit – made.com [ £199 ]

home: trend [ 70s print ] 

home: trend [ 70s print ] 

With a little reinterpretation of the strength of wildness of the 1970s this trend is a contemporary take on the clashing patterns, natural textiles, pattern mixing of the original look. 

Bring together the organic feel of natural homewares including wicker, macrame, wood, jute and brick with the richness of burnt oranges, purples and brown. Use fabrics like velvets in sofas, weaves for walk hangings, hides and fluffy afghans in rugs and cushions and mix with earthy tones and metallics in the lighting, ceramics and sculptures. 

It’s with the wall and floor covering that this trend really gains strength. Introduce wood panelling effect walls, real exposed stone walls, textured giant wall hangings of rich colour themes and the key to this trend – lots of indoor planting. Use great house plants with super architectural leaves and layer up with small hanging plants in plant hangers and also wooden and woven planters. 

1. Trend inspiration from we-are-scout.com / everything 1970s 

2. ‘Richie’ sofa in plum £499 / Made.com 

3. Koldby hide £180 / IKEA 

4. Palm wallpaper £25.33 / Betapet 

5. Faux fur chair £89.99 / Maison Du Monde 

6. Rainbow throw £64 / Zazzle 

7. ‘Miranda’ chandelier £99 / Made.com 

8. Acacia bowl £9.95 / Muji 

9. Zebrawood wallpaper £80 / John Lewis 

home: trends [ louche seventies ] 

home: trends [ louche seventies ] 

The louche 1970s trend pushs the boundaries of taste, with style and design ideas that are lavish, ostentatious and brave. 

The hedonistic vibe oozes from the styling choices including crushed velvet, gold, rich colour tones and bold patterns. 

It is over the top and glamorous. Metals and glass are favoured for furniture with velvets, silks and heavy weight tapestry in upholstery. Be generous with accessories, multiple vases, candle sticks, cushions, throws and show-piece lighting to make a statement.

1 Muuto Connect Sofa £2790.00

2 Michagan Swivel Armchair £379.99 

3 Colour palette 

4 Silver Leaf Vases £29.95 

5 Atoma Side Table £74.00

6 Ruskin Peacock Cushion £37.50

7 Smoke Nadine Cluster Light £195.00