We covered Mibo’s tile tattoos some time back – and if you liked those, I’m guessing you’ll also like Mibo’s retro-styled wallpaper.
All have names that evoke country cottages – but all are actually named after service stations, including the Clacket Lane paper pictured here. A nice mix of brown and red, covered with birds and flowers – a modern take on a 50s-style wallcovering.
A roll is sized at 52cm (width) and 10m (length), priced at £40.
Find out more at the Mibo website
More sportswear from the archives, this time the Nike Vintage Elite trainers.
It’s an authentic and lightweight 1970s shoe – initially introduced for running, but that nylon and suede upper was eventually seen more on the streets than the athletics track.
Plenty of colourways available and as a nice touch, Nike is selling this in an original 70s-style presentation box. A pair will cost you £50.
We love a cup of tea or three during the day, which probably makes us a target market for the Jan Constantine Love tea cosy.
Obviously no use to you unless you have a tea pot. But if you do, you can pick up this rather stylish handmade design right now from the V&A, featuring the pop art-style ‘Love’ motif embroidered in 100 per cent wool.
It’s sized at 26 x 20 inches and retails for £65.
A modern piece, but the Stingray rocking chair, designed by Thomas Pedersen, owes a considerable debt to the classic mid-century designs of Charles & Ray Eames.
No prizes for guessing how it got its name – the curves producing a seat shaped not unlike the fish of the same name. And if the legs look familiar, that’s because they’re not a million miles from the ones on the Eames rocker. Still, it’s a winning combination, picking up the Interior Innovation Award at this year’s Cologne show.
And now you can buy one online. It’s available in oak, walnut and the African wood makassar, priced at £1,760.
Find out more at the FunktionAlley website
Not content with offering heritage paints, Little Greene has now moved onto period wallcoverings with its London Wallpapers range.
There are 47 colourways available over eight designs, each inspired by historical documents in the English Heritage archive and spanning the years between 1760 and 1890. In fact, each design has a provenance tracing it back to the original house in which it was discovered.
The designs have been re-scaled and re-coloured and produced using modern manufacturing methods – some, such as the flock papers, reflect closely the archive document whilst others achieve a more modern look through the use of vivid colours and metallic finishes. The two featured above are the floral Broadwick Street (circa 1775) and Great Ormond Street (circa 1890), a plants and parrots design, discovered in a house opposite the children’s hospital. Prices cary depending on your choice of design, contact Little Greene for further details.
Knitting isn’t just confined to your gran – it’s actually become quite a hip activity amongst people of all ages. And in its wake comes a selection of books helping you along you way, including Retro Knits: Cool Vintage Patterns For Men Women and Children From the 1900s Through The 1970s.
As you may have gathered, this is a collection of 75 knitting patterns through the years, the best and the worst, compiled in chronological order, complete with vintage photographs, pattern book covers, original instructions and updated yarn and needle suggestions if you want to reproduce these vintage items during those long winter evenings.
Available to pre-order now from Amazon, it’s priced at £11.17.
