Categories / Homeware, Kids

Lilly Wallpaper

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The Lilly Wallpaper by Sandberg is a design that will have equal appeal to children and their design-conscious parents.

The wallpaper features an imaginative landscape of hills, trees and trains in a Scandinavian folk art style, designed by Lotta Kvist. It is available in pink/turquoise, brown/green or green/yellow. Sandberg use old-fashioned processes to make their wallpapers, runing their own wallpaper machines at slower speeds than other wallpaper manufacturers and hand-painting the edges of their wallpaper. The paper costs just under £79 per roll. There is also a fabric in the same pattern available, priced £51.61 per metre.

Order online from the Scandinavian Design Center.

Categories / Homeware

Hepburn Bed by Matthew Hilton

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The Hepburn Bed by Matthew Hilton for De La Espada is a recent design with clear midcentury influences.

The bed is raised by solid wood legs in that splayed style so popular in midcentury design. The bed comes in sizes, English King or Super King, with a choice of either oak or walnut for the legs and a good choice of upholstery fabrics for the headboard. The English King size in Oak costs £2,890 and the Super King size costs £3,126. Add £48 to these prices for the Walnut option.

Order online from Utility Design.

Categories / Homeware

Vintage Earthenware Crockery

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New in at Pedlars is a collection of Vintage Earthenware Crockery, which like many vintage products, has a unique history, making it just that extra bit more special.

This crockery was used on various P&O ships between the 1950 and 1970 before finally ending up on the RMS Windsor Castle. Pieces available to buy include various sized jugs, teapots and sugar bowls. Prices start from £14.40 for the bowl and go up to £39 for the large teapot.

Visit Pedlars to buy and read more about their heritage.

Categories / Books

Shire Publications ‘The 1950s Kitchen’

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Coincidentally just after mentioning the ‘Too Many Gadgets’ tea towel yesterday, I received details of retro-themed publisher Shire's latest publication, ‘The 1950s Kitchen’.

The 1950s was the decade when the kitchen as we now know it came into being, with fitted units and those all important labour-saving appliances. The 64-page book looks at the idea of the kitchen as the heart of the home, as well as chapters on the fitted kitchen, colours and materials, appliances and gadgets and 1950s food.

Buy it directly from Shire, priced £6.99.

Categories / Homeware

‘Too Many Gadgets’ Tea Towel

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The kitsch image of a 1950s housewife has perhaps been overused, but this ‘Too Many Gadgets’ Tea Towel made me smile as we’ve featured several of Talia’s retro kitchen products on this site.

It features an image from Talia’s archive and shows a housewife surrounded by her Talia labour-saving products.

The tea towel costs £10.50 from The Laundry.

Categories / Art and Photography

Vintage ‘Bossy Woman’ Pictures

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Brigitte Herrod has created these limited edition Vintage ‘Bossy Woman’ Pictures exclusively for Rockett St George.

Each box frame consists of a vintage dolls with her hands on her hips and a message. Ready-made messages include Are you listening Frank!, Tea's Ready!, Put the kettle on!, Now wash your hands!, Happy Birthday! or I love you! (the latter two somewhat at odds with her stern expression). You can also opt to have a personalised message instead.

The pictures cost £59 from Rockett St George.