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Eight of the Best Vintage Shops

14th February 2018

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If you are a regular reader, or even dip in occasionally come to that, you will know that one of my mantras - I don't want to call it a rule but it's the closest I get to insisting - is that every room should have Something New, Something Old, Something Black and Something Gold.

Eight Of The Best Vintage Shops

7th June 2012

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As recyling and being eco-aware become ever more fashionable, it has become quite the thing to furnish our houses with what used, rather sniffily, to be called "second-hand furniture". These days, it's positively bragging to admit that you found that shabby-chic chair languishing in a neighbour's skip, or that your wobbly stool used to belong

The Shops are Open

16th June 2020

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cushions by bespoke binny

And lo the lockdown did end and the so-called non-essential shops did start to open their doors once more. And the Chancellor said it was our civic duty to spend our money and one in five people responded by saying they would never go into a clothes store again. And some of the shops were

How to Mix Vintage and Contemporary

10th August 2016

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This was one of the most popular posts so far this year, so for anyone that missed it, have a catch up. I can also tell you that, since I first wrote this, Rose and Grey have opened a real life showroom. And we should probably applaud them for doing it outside London. It's in

How to Mix Vintage and Contemporary

31st March 2016

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I'm excited to bring you this post today which I have put together with a little help from Rose and Grey, one of my favourite sites. I wanted to ask their advice on mixing old with new as I know it's something that many of you have asked about and rather than just reading my

Monroe Avenue: Vintage furniture

27th January 2016

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Now I don't usually post about sales as they come and go and these posts remain FOR EVER, which is quite a weird thought but still, I thought I would make an exception today as I have been meaning to mention this company to you for a while and it turns out they have a

Objects of Design #361: Design Vintage New Collection

25th February 2014

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weekday blackboard in seven sections

vintage industrial style from designvintage.co.uk Design Vintage sells a wonderful mix of vintage, retro and industrial pieces and when owner Lisa Brass emailed me the other day to show me pieces from the new collection, I thought they would be perfect for the blog. wall organiser with nine storage compartments for £88 As a trained

Objects of Design #256: For The Love of Vintage

12th November 2013

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framed large musical disc from eversoflo.com

framed large musical disc from eversoflo.com Another new discovery for you today. This is the online boutique Ever So Flo set up earlier this year by Ruth Yardy (mother of Flo) who offers a mix of vintage or hand-made. framed butterfly Papilio Deiphobus £75 This is the perfect time of year to think about the

Objects Of Design #362: Vintage City Prints

25th February 2013

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vintage London print I have always loved monochrome with a single splash of colour and when I saw these prints I was immediately won over. They are made by PRRINT! a Spanish company that gives new life to antique encylopedias and maps by turning them into unique prints. Vintage Rome Based in the Balearic Islands off

Eight More Shops You Should Know About

16th October 2012

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Continuing the occasional series of Good Shops You Need to Know About, is a round-up of eight of my latest discoveries. Rather than add them one at a time to the relevant directories: Vintage , Contemporary, Boutique and Salvage. I have decided to present them here in one post. This means there is a little bit of everything.

Eight Of The Best Contemporary Shops Part I

20th June 2012

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Continuing the occasional mini-series on Good Shops That You Need To Know About, this week, Mad About The House turns its attention to the contemporary store. Obviously, this is just a taster rather than claiming to be an exhaustive list. But if retro and vintage isn't your bag or you like to mix the two

All The Shops And Sites You Need To Know

17th February 2012

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zoffany persian tulip wallpaper via madaboutthehouse.com

As a frequent contributor to The Independent's regular 50 Best features, I have been researching and discovering new places to shop for over ten years now. This directory aims to provide you with details of the ones that I think are the best. It will start off alphabetically because that is the easiest way to compile

Five Finds: Etsy

21st February 2013

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This five finds is some gorgeous pieces I have discovered on Etsy. If it's not one of your regular place then perhaps it should be. There's masses on there and you have the satisfaction of knowing you have bought something made with love from a small manufacturer rather than something mass-produced in a factory. There

Meet The Designers: Joseph Joseph

20th September 2012

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Antony and Richard Joseph Twin brothers Antony and Richard Joseph launched Joseph Joseph in 2002 selling innovative and stylish kitchenware. Their clever folding Chop2Pot board and Nest, a set of stacking bowls including a colander, sieve and juicer, take everyday objects and somehow make them better in ways that you wouldn't have thought necessary

Eight Of The Best Salvage and Reclamation Yards

18th May 2012

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retrouvious one of the top salvage and reclamation yards in the UK

Back in the days when recycling was a dirty word, a few enterprising families started gathering other people’s building scraps and selling them on to like-minded individuals. These days it’s called architectural salvage and everyone’s at it. There's even an annual salvage fair at Knebworth and if you want to find truly original items for

Five Beautiful Rooms

11th September 2023

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Back into familar routines at last and it's our regular post of beautiful rooms to get the week off to a good start. I'm assuming by now the kids are back at school - as far as possible (don't mention the concrete). The 20yo has finally found a student flat and is off at the

New Collections and Trends from Paris Deco Off 2023

23rd January 2023

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Something a little different for you this Monday as I have just returned from a two day trip to Paris for Deco Off. This is the time of year when the fabric houses show off their new collections, alongside the furniture trade fair, Maison et Objet, which runs at the same time outside the City.

The Future of the Sustainable Home and Office

12th January 2022

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cork stools by oyoy via amara

I know that many (most?) of you are interested in sustainability and trying to live in a more eco-friendly way so today I thought I would share this report on the future of the sustainable home and office which has been put together by Springwise and Aritco (a London-based global innovation intelligence platform for positive

New Season New Collections

3rd November 2021

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oak bedside table from zara

I feel like it's been a while since we had a look around at what's new in store and, since it's a new season and a new month and we didn't do an interiors round up at the end of the month, I thought we'd have a wander round the shops today. So grab a

My Interior Design News

27th October 2021

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casa roca in palma mallorca

Usually I use the last Wednesday of the month to tell you about interior design news belonging to other people. This month I'm going to show you two projects that I'm working on. As you know I’m mostly a writer rather than a doer and, aside from the odd interior design consultation, I have mostly