Category: Design and Interiors

Finding a unique card for your loved one on Valentine’s Day is never an easy job – but it could made easier with a trip to Bonhams on February 12th.

The auction house has 34 Victorian Valentine’s cards up for auction on that day, all original and carefully decorated with lace, paper, fabric flowers and leaves. They’re also very collectible too – and should grow in value as the years progress.

Estimates vary between £80-150. Which is slightly more than a box of Milk Tray and one of Hallmark’s finest.

Find out more at the Bonhams website

A high-end cushion with a very familiar look – the Klippan Blom.

The design is obviously inspired by the Mary Quant ‘Daisy’, available in a variety of colourways including the green and cerise featured here. In addition, there’s a full feather core, with the outside a felted merino wool.

Sized at 46 x 46cm and as you’d expect, not cheap – they retail at £50 each.

Find out more at the Rume website

High-end wallpaper retailer Cole & Son has launched the Vintage Glamour Collection, re-creating 16 authentic designs from  the 1920s to the 1950s, the kind of thing once found in mid 20th century ocean cruise liners, hedonistic hotels and haute couture.

HIghlights include Carlyle (an Art Deco design that simulates an embossed leather book binding), Belgravia (coiled ribbon design on a leather grain background), Crocodile (a 1930s Cole original of simulated ‘buffed crocodile skin’), Fairmount (50s archive design reviving an 18th century look), Chevron (Art Deco chevrons), Dolly (3D-style fan design from the 50s), Palm Court (1920s archive design featuring olive leaves and stylised flowers) and Molino (Art Deco half circles).

Expect them being available to order in the coming weeks, prices to be confirmed.

Find out more at the Cole & Son website

A great design and great upholstery on this Conran Matador chair.

It’s a classic wingback chair – a simplified take on the gentlemen’s club chairs, ideal for relaxing in and having a nap. And if the design isn’t enough, check out that cloth – there isn’t enough detail about it on the site, but it screams mid-century Scandinavian.

Available now, you can order the chair from £795. The stool is extra, priced from £285.

Find out more at the Red Door Sofa website