Category: Design and Interiors

We’ve featured a few things from B&Q of late, but that’d for one simple reason – the store has really gone big on retro this season. And that includes this B&Q Geneva table lamp.

It’s obviously screaming modernism and should be perfect if you’re trying to create a 20s or 30s vibe on your home, The stem and stand are chrome, while the shade is described as ‘chrome glass’, which means a metallic finish to a rippled glass shade.

You can pick it up now, priced at £39.98.

Find out more at the B&Q website

Not (as you might think), a classic piece from the late 50s or early 60s, this is the Audrey String table lamp, available from your local B&Q.

But to the untrained eye, this could easily pass as a typical piece of mid-century design. Those tripod-like legs hold a lamp crafted from mild steel and string, with a contrasting inner and outer colour of light and dark brown. And you can even fit an energy-saving bulb in it.

But best of all, this is B&Q, so it’s cheap – £39.98 to be precise.

Find out more at the B&Q website

A design that’s still catching the eye over 40 years since its launch – the Zanotta Reale dining table.

It was designed by Carlo Mollino back in 1946, an interesting shape and from a distance, not unlike your average DIY workbench. But look closely and you’ll appreciate the attention to detail that’s gone into that wooden frame, far in excess of what’s required to support the bevel-edged 15mm plate glass top.

Take your pick from a number of wood finishes and four sizes, priced at £2,370.

Find out more at the Nest website

We can’t all afford an Eames or Barcelona chair, but the Ikea Stockholm easy chair can offer up classic looks for most budgets.

It’s a 50s-style chair, sturdily supported by solid oak legs, with the moulded polyurethane foam seating offered with a number of (in the main) retro-styled covers, including the two pictured above.

It sells with the cover of your choice for £189. And should you get bored of the one you choose, you can buy a replacement cover for £49.

Find out more at the Ikea website