If you enjoy tea and cake and wishing you were born in another era, these colourful, quaint Dollydagger teatime placemats belong to you.
Choose from pink, black, yellow, red or green and start inviting your friends round for tea as these placemats are longing to adorn your table.
Buy your own from Dollydagger for £15, and if you really love them, you can get matching coasters for £4.50.
The “Why Go Home So Soon?” Collection is another range developed from the artwork in the London Transport Museum Poster Collection.
The items available are the usual sort of thing that the London Transport Museum sells – mugs, travelcard holders, coasters and placemats – but the designs are really rather lovely. They date back to 1938 from a series of posters encouraging commuters to dine out, under the slogan “Why Go Home So Soon?” Marc Fernand Severin did the original illustrations, which are in a typical 1930s style.
A set of four coasters costs £12.99. Visit the London Transport Museum website to see the full collection.
Vintage typewriters are having something of a style moment. I've lost track of the amount of objects they've cropped up on recently, from brooches and earrings to cushions and bags. The latest to use their good looks is this Typewriter ceramic vase by House Doctor DK.
The vase is made from white ceramic and is decorated with a simple black motif of a typewriter, and a string of type coming out of the machine. Like this? There's also a vase available featuring another fashionable motif of the moment – the bicycle.
The vase costs £22.50.
Pre-order it from Bodie and Fou
The London Underground map is an accepted design classic in its own right, but its reinterpretation for the London Underground Film Map Collection, gives it a different spin.
Here the station names have been replaced mainly with the names of films which have been filmed near that station in the past 70 years. Other stations have been renamed with actors, directors or television shows with local connections. The design is available on various products including mugs, t-shirts and placemats.
Prices range from £4.95 for a travelcard wallet up to £24.95 for a set of placemats. See the whole collection online at the London Transport Museum shop.
A contemporary chair that's available on the high street but this Amelia Chair from Next definitely looks to the past for its influence.
The curvy back of the chair, padded seat and gently splayed feet give this chair something of a feminine 1950s look. You can choose between dark or light wood for its feet and from a wide range of upholstery fabric. Select the zebra print for a bold statement, or go with some of the more delicate patterns for a prettier feel.
Prices range from £225 to £275, depending on your choice of finishes.
See it online
Proper butter on a toasted crumpet is one of life's great treats and what better way to ensure your butter is kept at it's very freshest than in this moulded glass dish?
Based on an orginal American design sourced from a flea-market, this is a classic bit of retro-style for your kitchen.
The dish measures 7cm x 17cm and holds half a pound of butter.
It costs £13.50 from Garden Trading.
