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Fonteyn Dressing Table from Made

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Made are creating some real design classics which are within the grasp of the ordinary person thanks to their clever pricing. This Fonteyn Dresing Table is their latest piece of covetable furniture.

This sleek but compact dressing table, inspired by a dancer's poise, has some strong retro influences too with it's spiky legs and rounded corners. It's made of matt-finish walnut and contrasting high-gloss red lacquer with a stylish round mirror to top things off. At only 90cms wide it will add some serious design chic to even the smallest of spaces.

The dressing table costs £349 here.

 

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Exchange Storage Bench by Alex Bradley for Heal’s Discovers

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Until I saw this Exchange Storage Bench, I didn’t realise that this is exactly what my home is missing – a stylish place to perch while I make my weekly phone call to my mother.

Designer Alex Bradley has taken his inspiration from the 1950s telephone seat, both in the idea and the form with its midcentury style splayed legs. As well as being a seat and telephone table, it offers an additional piece of storage as the seat lifts up and the side section has a shelf for books or magazines.

It costs £795 from Heal’s.

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Jonathan Adler Brass Muse Bottle Opener

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Mo openerWhat-ho chaps! It may still be 2 months until Movember, but that's no reason not to celebrate the well coiffed facial furniture.

Show your appreciation for the mo' with this frightfully dapper Brass Muse Bottle Opener from Jonathan Adler. As part of a new range of brass acoutrements designed to age gracefully, the bottle opener handle is a hand-cast brass curly moustache that is bound to add a touch of the debonair to your dinner table. There are other moustachioed goodies available on the site to match, including salt & pepper shakers & a vase.

The Brass Muse Bottle Opener is $98 from the Jonathan Adler website.

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Hoo Hoo Owl Clock

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Whilst we can’t claim the Hoo Hoo Owl Clock as a design classic (unlike George Nelson’s Omar Owl clock from his Zootimer range), it still has a certain charm.

It is named after the sound that apparently owls make in Sweden, where the clock is made. It is made from acrylic with a walnut finish so it won’t look out of place amongst your midcentury style furniture.

The clock costs £25 from HunkyDory Home.

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Modern Vintage Style by Emily Chalmers

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Emily Chalmers, owner of East London boutique Caravan, has brought together her love of vintage bits & bobs with her flair for interior design to create Modern Vintage Style, a compendium of pick & mix retro style.

The book is full to bursting with inspiring ideas; mixing flea market finds, traditional crafts, vintage fabrics and other retro goodies with more modern pieces, accomplishing an eclectic, homely look that just works. Perhaps not the best book for vintage purists, but perfect for those who like to mix up their eras & styles.

£11.69 on Amazon. See the website for more details.

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Go Stationery Vintage Jack Writing Set

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Vintage and lovely – the Go Stationery Vintage Jack writing set will enlighten your life.

Writing letters is a sadly outdated fashion and these writing cards are the ideal way to bring it back into our lives. The vintage patterns will brighten up both you day and the lucky person you've chosen to write a note card to. The mixed chic patterns create a vintage 1950s tea party look and if you're really keen on it there's a whole set of matching stationery on offer from John Lewis.

The set is only £6 from John Lewis so you've got no reason not to.