home: found this [ lounge chair ]

Continuing our love of all things midcentury, we found this incredible retro style lounge chair from Rose & Grey.

With its gorgeous retro silhouette, wooden frame and ribbed black leather seat, this chair ticks all boxes in style and comfort.

Splash out on this chair and know you’ve invested in a quality piece of furniture.

£915

home: nice price [ floor lamp ]

With copper still a big trend for this season we continue to hunt for affordable ways to bring into the home.

The Range is a treasure trove of affordable pieces and their copper retro floor lamp is a perfect statement piece to bring copper into a lounge or bedroom.

This tall, copper angle poise-style lamp is just £74.99.

home: featured [ Marks & Spencer ]

Head to the highstreet for Marks and Spencer‘s new-in pieces. Choose from Scandi, industrial and midcentury style pieces at great prices.

They cover so many trends plus you can rely on the quality and customer services.

Seek out their great lighting, clocks and bedding.

home: event [ antiques + vintage fair ]

To bring interest and a bit of a unique edge to your interiors, it’s great to browse antique fairs and vintage markets for furniture, ceramics, lighting and accessories.

With over 300 stalls under one roof the Alexandra Palace Antiques and Vintage fair attracts people from across London and the surrounding area because of its wealth of choice and quality in shopping.

With Pop Up Vintage Fairs also now being a part of the event there’s even more stall holders offering midcentury, retro and vintage goods – so on-trend and what’s better than modern copies – the originals!

The next event is Sunday February 12th and then three more times spread across the year. Parking is free and entry is £6 but there’s often ways to get 2-for-1 entry, especially if you follow Pop Up Vintage Fairs on Facebook.

home: trend [ retro lighting ]

A clear fact is we all need lighting in our homes, and with so much choice sometimes we can all do with a bit of inspiration. When you consider all the options; floor lamp, table lamp, desk lamp, ceiling light or wall light and then whether you prefer a pendant style, chandelier, lamps with a shade, exposed bulbs, multiple bulbs etc, it’s a continuous dilema.

This year it’s the focus is on retro lighting, so if nothing else consider a throwback to previous decades when making your choice.

Brass and copper feature heavily in current lighting options combined with enamel of the 50s, ornate glass of the 70s and art deco designs of the 20s.

If you do fancy going retro then you need to make a statement with a unique design. Try a multi arm ceiling light [ pic 5 ] giving flexibility to lighting a room or how about a classic Poul Henningsen tiered pendant light [ pic 2 ]. A design that still looks as good today as it did 80 years ago.

For a great choice of retro inspired lights and reproductions of classics head to rockettstgeorge.co.uk and cultfurniture.com. For some original vintage lighting try littleparisstore.com.

Whatever you choose make sure you take considered time on getting the right light for you. We are spoilt for choice right now, for varying budgets so there is the perfect light out there for you.

Guide:

1. Art Nouveau lamp from littleparis.com [ £205 ]

2. PH pendant light from skandium.com [ £531.25 ]

3. Ribbed glass light from cultfurniture.com [ £59 ]

4. Brass pendant light from rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £378 ]

5. Copper pendant light from johnlewis.com [ £120 ]

6. White glass pendant light from made.com [ £49 ]

7. Art deco lamp from rockettstgeorge.co.uk [ £87 ]

home: favourite thing [ sofa ]

With the trends of deep dark colours and retro modern shaping being popular this DFS Richie sofa ticks many boxes – most of all it’s amazing price! This gorgeous 100% leather sofa is only £399 in their sale.

So update the lounge with this stylish, cool, designer looking sofa at a low, low price.

Style with dark walls, and use creams, jewel tones and metallics in the homeware details and soft furnishings.

home: favourite thing [ clock ]

With midcentury designs in furniture and Danish style being so popular currently we love this perfect modern reproduction of a Sputnik clock from high street favourite Marks & Spencer.

‘With polished teak spokes and a spun aluminium dial, this clock gives a nod to Seventies design for retro statement style.’

Across the high street midcentury pieces are being produced and the styles from the era are influencing a lot of homewares and furniture. The great colours, fabric choices, wood tones and structures are desirable and homeware stores have got some great pieces.

Head to Marks and Spencer, Habitat, Heals, IKEA and Cult Furniture for easy midcentury-style finds but also look to search eBay for originals, reproductions and pieces that can be given a modern edge.

home: found this [ chair ]

Historically, and in present day, Danish design is at the forefront in aesthetics, materials and style.

We love how designs from the last century are as popular now as ever; and reproductions, official copies, modernised versions and inevitably scandalous rip-offs are everywhere, offering a range of prices to the consumer who loves a particular style.

Firm favourite Cult Furniture have a virtual and actual store bursting at the seams with modern models of incredible furniture from the last century.

Our favourite find is the Hans J Wegner CH25 chair, with its curves and contours, it’s a beautiful edition to an interior.

”Danish design is undoubtedly timeless and adds a touch of sophistication and charm to any space. The Hans J Wegner CH25 chair is no exception!

Designed in 1950 by ‘the king of chairs’ Hans Wegner, reproduced by Cult Furniture for modern homes today. The CH25 chair is crafted from high-quality materials and will look great in any space. Think of a laid-back lounge, living room or timeless hotel.

The Hans J Wegner CH25 chair features a curved wooden frame available in a variety of colours. The woven seat is available in natural or black cord.”
£349

home: made [ plate wall ]

Think outside the box when it comes to wanting art or pictures on your walls. The design and imagery that are on plates are often works of art and hanging them can create a modern, unique decorative display on a wall.

Plate displays, instead of traditional picture hanging, can give many different looks and follow different trends.

Using floral or vintage style plates can give a country chic look, homely and colourful, with mixing up colours and patterns to look eclectic and retro.

For minimal and monochrome trends try typography based designs or geometric patterned plates.

Or when an interior is all about a specific colour then it’s all about matching that colour; and different patterns, designs and illustrations can look great if they are all in the same colour or a spectrum of shades of the same colour.

Anthropologie is a great place to head for incredible designs of plates and our favourite for a minimal monochrome look we love the Arne Jacobsen Design Letters range of plates that are available across the highstreet and internet including Selfridges and Amara

1 Design Letters Plate from £20

2 Set of Wedgewood Plates £75

3 Illustrative plates from Anthropologie

4 Go vintage with Ridgeway Homemaker (search EBay, Etsy + ChinaSearch )

And for a discreet, secure way to hang your plate art use the handy invisible wall hangers available in many shops including hobby craft.

home: nice price [ drinking glasses ]

Update your dining with a retro influence, with these super low priced glasses from IKEA. Each season IKEA seems to bring out a new design in the bargain range and this season’s POPPIG ones don’t fail to disappoint! Grab them quick before they sold out. We all remember how hard it used to be to get hold of the flamingo glasses when they first launched a few years ago (now a familiar favourite kept in stock!)

Only 75p each

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