Tag: retro

home: favourite thing [ swivel chair ] 

home: favourite thing [ swivel chair ] 

Update a lounge, study or any room in need of a stylish lounge chair with the Hemming Swivel Armchair from West Elm. It covers the cleanness of the minimal trend, has a great geometric diamond pattern fabric covering and it’s form is a nod towards vintage Danish midcentury chic. It is superb design, stream lined, with high back, low seat and winged arms. 

Sit it in a monochrome interior perfectly or make a colour block statement using it against a back drop of a bright wall colour or pop a bright cushion on it, toreally stand  out! 

£699.00 

home: recommends [ A Room In My House ] 

home: recommends [ A Room In My House ] 

With a great combination of vintage, hand made and in house designed products, A Room In My House is a great store for gifts, homeware and prints. 

The brand has both an lovely online independent shop as well as a well-curated store on the popular marketplace, Etsy. 

The brand divides their ranges between the two selling areas with the vintage homeware being in the Etsy store together with handmade products and prints; and then solely their in-house designed goods, in their own webshop. 

Their vintage collection, on Etsy, includes glassware and ceramics from the 1950s-1970s and this is complimented by gorgeous handmade cushions in either vintage fabrics or crochet. 

Explore the main store for both photographic and typography inspired prints by the duo who run the brand, as well as stationery and cards. There’s even extra goodies including paperback letter racks – clever holders for photos, cards or letters made by hand from books, which make great gifts. 

Follow the brand on social media for news of new products and where to shop with them in person as well as news of extra products to buy that aren’t always available online. 

http://www.instagram.com/aroominmyhouse 

Twitter : @aroominmyhouse 

https://m.facebook.com/A-Room-in-my-House-Ltd-138562196193009/ 
[ A Room In My House is one of the brands in our first birthday giveaway on Instagram / see earlier post or Instagram for full details on how to enter ] 

home: featured [ West Elm ]

There’s so much to love and admire about West Elm. They are a brand, with a conscience, focused on honesty and sustainability. Both on in the virtual and physical stores there is a wealth of incredible design, styling and interiors inspiration and guidance. West Elm can make a home – a real home; a blended, co-ordinated but eclectic, homely but chic, environment. 

Their huge array of homewares and furniture is spot on both in design, quality and although high end of the price scale – it’s worth it. Plus, when there’s a sale, which currently there is (with up to 60% off) it’s a good time to invest in a few updates for your home or even a whole overhaul of a room. 

The style is midcentury modern, mixed with bohemian and a little industrial. They create ‘looks’ that can be strong trends or ideas that can bring a subtle new trend into a home. 

We found our top favourite pieces in the sale (see picture) but explore the sale yourself for great discounts in every department. 

home: found this [ light ] 

home: found this [ light ] 

Bring midcentury style into your home with this perfect repro of a 50s-60s style light fitting from IKEA. 

The GARDSKAR light shade is a great copy of the amazing design of the last century. It’s a great combination of red and white glass, and it gives a great diffused light that evenly spreads around a room. 

£59 IKEA 

home: favourite thing [ chair ] 

home: favourite thing [ chair ] 

Shhhh, don’t tell everyone but we found these gorgeous retro style chairs that are very similar to the fabulous Mexican Acapulco chair but a fraction of the price. 

Available at a few high street stores including Homebase, these Charles Bentley retro lounge chairs are only £59.99. 

Currently available at Homebase in pink or aqua but also can be found in black and white at other stores including BuyDirect4U and Amazon. 

home: featured [ cult furniture ] 

home: featured [ cult furniture ]

When you are picking those design classics for your home, wanting a certain look and style, and especially if you have a small budget, Cult Furniture is a must visit store. Either online or at their south London store there is a veritable feast of design classics. Choose from styles inspired by Eames, Tolix, George Nelson, Hans J Wegner and other midcentury modern designs and the range includes chairs, tables, desks, lighting and other home accessories. 

The prices are incomparable for the quality and choice and when furniture goes into the same department it’s even better. 

In 2015 they also have now their own designed pieces under the label Cult Living and this offers more affordable super design for the home.

”You know how it goes, you see beautiful designer chairs, designs you really appreciate and would love to have in your home, but the prices are just way too high!

Cult Furniture started in 2010 for this very reason, to make designer furniture affordable and accessible to everyone. Keeping the quality of the original design but cutting the price by dealing direct with factories and avoiding the middle man.”

http://www.cultfurniture.com

811-813 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 3JH.

Open: Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm and Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

home: featured [ Hurn+Hurn ] 

home: featured [ Hurn and Hurn ]

With their moto ‘discover the unusual’ Hurn & Hurn are a great online homeware and design online store featuring not only leading brands but also smaller brands and new designers. 

There is a large range of products to choose from, including some great pieces in the sale. There is lighting, homeware including kitchenware, ceramics and glassware, gifts and accessories. 

Brands include LSA, Magpie, Orla Kiely, Pols Potten and Wild & Wolf. 

Their sale section is a must for top brands at great prices and it’s definitely a perfect place for on-trend wedding gifts that will always be well received. 

There’s an abundance for monochrome fans but our favourite is the matt black pineapple! 

for monochrome fans – the black pineapple

 

home: event [ vintage furniture flea ]

home: event [ vintage furniture flea ]

Look out this Summer for some great vintage and mid century markets, and after last week’s we have found another.

This times it’s Judy’s Vintage Fair and runs all over the UK arriving in London once a month.

‘Founded in 2010 from a gap in the market and some serious love for old-world furnishings, Judy’s founded ‘The Vintage Furniture Flea’ in our London residency, Bethnal Green. Covering furniture and homewares, textiles and electricals, the event was to be a mid-century celebration, a showcase of decoration from the fifties and beyond, all bound by affordability.’

If your looking for something kitsch and collectable then don’t miss out.

‘With traders coming from all over the UK, expect to see the eclectic:chairs, tables and more by giants like Ercol and G-Plan, barware and kitchenalia, textiles and fabrics, sewing machines, cameras, record players and radios, cocktail glasses and figurines, posters and magazines, lampshades, mirrors and more – from toys to telephones, ceramics to lighting, no box is left unticked!’

12th June 2016 [ 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ]

Territorial Army Centre
73 Kings Avenue
Clapham
SW4 8DX

home: event [ midcentury fair ] 

home: event [ midcentury fair ] 

Midcentury fans will have these events as a must-go on their calendars.

Midcentury Modern know how to put on an event, collating the best of midcentury traders under one roof a few times a year. Attracting both dealers and enthusiasts kitting out their homes or work places, there is an plethora of furniture and homewares to browse and shop. The standard, quality and price range is great. 

The next pop up event is at The Kia Oval Cricket Ground SE11 on Sunday 15th May (full details below) 

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