Category: Design and Interiors

I do like this Metro coffee table – mid-century design with a modern twist.

The table could be quite useful either as a coffee table or as an occasional table. And there’s that lower shelf, which means even more storage – or somewhere to hide your magazines. It should be hard wearing too, as it’s made from solid yompa wood, which is incredibly hard and able to withstand plenty of knocks.

The only downside is the price – £345 seems a bit steep.

Find out more at the Holding Company website

Bombus specialises in re-designing products using the Victorian decoupage technique with vintage maps, comics and magazines. The items, including chairs and coffee tables, are covered in layers of cuttings and glazed to give a glossy, durable finish.

Whilst the furniture pieces might not fit with the aesthetics of your home, you could buy a smaller example of this technique, such as this A5 lined Notebook. This one has been hand-covered in clippings from 1960’s interior design magazines, but they can be made to your specifications from their stock of old magazines, which includes vintage car & motorcycle magazines.

Buy online for £12.50 or contact Bombus with your commissions via Not on the High Street.

Yet another affordable classic that’s easy to pick up on your local high street – the Henry Massonnet Tam Tam stool.

Designed in 1968, it was a low cost, lightweight stool (or occasional table) that really fitted with the times, rocketing in popularity when an image of Brigitte Bardot sat on one was circulated. And it’s still available today, made in the same factory and using the same mould that was originally used in the stool’s heyday.

And it’s stil low cost. You can pick one of these up from Habitat for £10 – in fact, the store has just added a new range of colours.

Find out more at the Habitat website

Another modern piece that looks like a period furnishing, this time from Tom Dixon (who we have featured before) and his Link Easy Chair.

Looking like some bold example of 60s outdoor furniture, the Link Easy Chair is made of welded steel, with a white powder coated finish and the addition of upholstery either fitted or removable.

Expect to pay from £950, which isn’t cheap, but should give you plenty of use over the years.

Find out more at the Tom Dixon website