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Vintage Headphone Christmas stockings

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My Imaginary Boyfriend has some interesting twists on Christmas favourites, including these Vintage Headphone Christmas stockings.

They’re crafted Christmas stockings, fully lined with hand-embroidered decorative work. Except, unlike traditional stockings, these bypass the reindeers and Santas, going instead for a pair of vintage headphones – with a bit of holly sneaking in there, courtesy of of the headphone cable.

Each is 13.5 inches long and 10.5 inches wide and available in brown and pink. They retail for $60 (around £33) and ship worldwide.

Find out more from the Etsy website

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50s-style Domestic Diva mug

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As regular readers are aware, we love a large cup of tea, so we’re always pleased to see more retro-styled ways to drink it – like this Domestic Diva mug.

Made of porcelain, they’re dishwasher and microwave safe and feature a design right out of a 50s domestic handbook, with the slogan: "A well dusted home is the sign of a wasted life."

Available now from Catching Fireflies, you can pick one up for $7.50 (which is around £4).

Find out more at the Catching Fireflies website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Travel

Orla Kiely retro luggage range

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We’ve featured Orla Kiely on numerous occasions,  but with one eye on a weekend break in the New Year, we’re very taken by the Orla Kiely retro luggage.

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You’ll certainly see this coming on the airport carousel. Available in a selection of colours (all in the vinyl car print), there are several items in the range. These include the shoulder bag and travel case (both pictured), along with a travel handbag and washbag. All items also have a cotton car print lining.

The suitcase retails for £200, the shoulder bag is £140, the travel handbag is £120 and the washbag is £45.

For full details of all the items and to view the full range of colours, check out the Orla Kiely website.

Categories / Design and Interiors, Gadgets and Tech

Vintage telephones in pastel shades

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We’ve got a vintage telephone, they look great, are easy to pick up cheaply, but can be a complete pain when you get through to a call centre with an automated menu. Still, the positives outweigh the negatives.

If we’ve sold you on the idea and you want something a bit brighter than the standard beige, green or red, check out these vintage telephones in pastel shades from Pedlars.

They’re full refurbished phones, compatible with BT phonelines, so just plug it in and you’re away. And if you’re with NTL and Telewest, they can send you an adapted version for those networks too. But best of all, they’re bold and bright, available in a choice of pink, lime or orange.

If either of those fit in with your current colour scheme, you can pick one up for £64.95.

Find out more from the Pedlars website

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Pro-Ject Xperience Comfort – wood-effect turntable

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Project Yes, we’ve found more wood-based technology, this time from specialist turntable-maker Pro-Ject, which as introduced the perfect record deck to match up with your vintage sideboard – the Pro-Ject Xperience Comfort.

It’s not actually wood, it’s wood-effect, available in a variety of finishes, including this olivewood. Either way, you’ll fool anyone unless they get really up close. The deck itself is pretty much state-of-the-art. It’s a manual turntable with carbon-fibre toneram, electronic speed change, end of record switch-off, gold-plated phono sockets and an endless number of adjustments to reduce noise and boost your music.

Supplied with Ortofon 510 Mk II, Sumiko Blue Point No. 2 or Ortofon Rondo Red cartridge and dust cover, you can pick one up for £950.

Get the full details at the Pro-Ject website