Category: Design and Interiors

For the people in your life you really like, skip the high street card sellers and send them one of these Alexander Girard greetings cards. If they love classic design, they'll certainly appreciate it.

This pack of printed Alexander Girard Cards feature six of his most iconic designs – the ones pictured above in fact, complete with envelopes of course, but without any message, making them ideal for almost any occasion.

Available online, the cards sell for £11.95.

Find out more at the Utility Design website

We've said a few times of late that John Lewis has some nice retro and classic items in its furniture range this year, including the Rondo armchair and snuggler.

It's a modern design, but with a retro twist, we're thinking late 50s, early 60s with those curces and high arms. In terms of specifics, the frame is a mix of hardwood, softwood and manmade boards with upholstery in the slate colour pictured above and feet in a light-coloured wood.

£399 is the price of the armchair or if love is in the air, there's also a snuggler version for squeezing two people in. That's pictured over the page and sells for £499.

Find out more at the John Lewis website

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If you want to give your room an instant 70s twist, you need to invest in this rather stylish Retro 7 chromed pendant light from Heals.

A fitting that wouldn't have looked out of place in the hippest homes of 40 years past, it looks just as cool today, with seven balls of mirrored glass for the shades, each holding its own bulb and topped off with that chrome detailing.

Cluster together and it's certain to be a talking point for your home. Check it out online at Heals, price is £350.

Find out more at the Heals website