Looking for something a little quirky for your coffee fix? Check out these London Underground espresso cup sets.
Three sets are available, featuring sections of Harry Beck’s iconic map from the East, West and Central areas on both the cup and the saucer – or you can buy a set of six for a cheaper price.
All are made from porcelain, are dishwasher safe and are priced from £19.95 per set.
Remember the Mid Century Chairs tea towel? Well Grace & Co do a similar thing for the living room – the Grace & Co Mid Century Chairs cushion covers.
Again, it features a range of classic and iconic chair designs, this time in a choice of natural or black and silver colour schemes, both measuring 45cm sq, in heavy duty cotton and machine washable.
No price available as yet for these – contact Grace & Co for pricing and local stockists.
Once very common round the junk shops, but less so now, is the classic G-Plan coffee table with the intertwining wooden legs. But you can pick up that mid-century-style design new – with this InModern Rekindle coffee table.
There are two big differences – this one doesn’t have a glass top like the G-Plan table, but as a positive, it comes flat-packed, separating for easy storage when you no longer need it too.
Made from renewable wood, this is available in both a natural or steel-coloured finish, both retailing for $200 (around £100). If that sounds a bit rich, keep checking those house clearance places for vintage, which should be half the price.
BHS once again comes up trumps with something with period style, but without the large price tag – the BHS Oval ‘O’ lamp.
It’s all about the base – that wooden ‘oval’ design screams the 1960s and should sit will on your vintage sideboard. There’s also a rather neutral shade and metal pole, with the whole thing standing at around 32cm.
And yes, that price – just £25.
Find out more at he BHS website
Another updated classic for you, this time the Ernest Race’s Race Rocking Chair from 1948 which has been reissued as a limited edition.
The original, made of steel rods with hardwood arm rests, was a high point of British design in the 1950s – and even now, it still shouts the era. This new version is a made to order piece, upholstered with Clarissa Hulse hand-printed silk for a modern twist.
You can pick one up from September, priced at £695.
Find out more at the Clarissa Hulse website
Another classic chair from French designer Pierre Paulin, who designed the famous Ribbon Chair we featured earlier in the week. The Mushroom Chair was Paulin’s first design using the new construction technique of a metal frame covered with foam, which was revolutionary back in the sixties.
The great designer himself said "A chair should be more than simply functional. It should be friendly, fun and colourful." And the Mushroom is certainly that.
This chair is on show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but a reproduction is available from BlueSunTree for £450. If it is good enough for MoMa, it is good enough for your lounge!
