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Pretty City red telephone box doorstop

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It’s fairly easy to find a nice fabric doorstop – we’ve featured more than a few on this site. The idea is given a fun twist with this doorstop by Pretty City which comes in the iconic shape of a red telephone box. 

Though instantly recognisable as a phone box, it’s been given something of a make-over. The 10cm high doorstop is covered in appliqued and embroidered flowers and scrolls as well as the words ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ sewn onto either side of the doorstop. The stuffing also makes it a touch more wonky than your average phone box too, that’s unless vandals have been at it again of course. 

A fun purchase, this doorstop costs £16.99.

Buy it from Dollydagger

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Petal Coffee Table from Made

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The Petal Coffee Table has a distinctive retro design, with a table top made up of nine curved squares, but what is perhaps more unusual about the product is the way that it is being sold.

It is available to buy through the website Made who specialise in offering cheaper versions of designs available elsewhere. They aim “revolutionise the furniture retail market” and describe themselves as “idealists” and “children of the revolution”, which made me smile (and left me with the T-Rex song in my head for the rest of the day). They are able to do this by producing the items in batches, so you only have a limited period to buy each one. The deadline for orders for the square Petal Coffee Table is just four days away, so you’ll need to move quickly to benefit from the reduction in cost from £389 to £149.

Made also its visitors to decide which designs will go into production in the future by voting from a selection on its website, so even if you don’t want to buy the Petal Table, it might be worth seeing if they have anything you would like to see made real.

Place your order for the Petal Table at Made before time runs out.

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Giant Lego Storage

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We have previously featured Lego-like boxes, but these Giant Lego Storage Boxes are produced under license from the toy company itself and sold exclusively by Store.

Like the regular Lego bricks, these can be clicked together to make something bigger. The bricks are available in large (with eight knobbly bits) and medium (with four knobbly bits) and in choice of six colours. As well as two sizes of bricks, the range also include a Giant Lego Man Storage Head, which you can see lurking at the back of pictured here. Whilst I love the boxes, I’m not altogether convinced by the head, finding it rather disturbing, but I can see that it might appeal to some people.

The boxes cost £26 for the large and £17 for the medium, And if it is to your taste, the storage head costs £20. Pre-order them online from Store now for delivery in mid-August.

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Beach Hut Mugs

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Beach Huts have become a symbol of the quintessential British holiday, but images of them can either take on a melancholic air of a seaside town in decline or a cheerful reminder of happy summer holidays. Firmly in the latter jolly category are these Beach Hut Mugs.

The fine bone china mug is decorated with a row of three stripey huts, in a choice of dark blue, pink, red or pale blue. The mugs are sold individually so you can mix n match or co-ordinate as you like.

They cost £9.25 from Florestine, a website that specialises in seaside-inspired designs.

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Vintage Camera Drawings Tote and Cushions

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Christine Berrie is a freelance illustrator based in Glasgow whose work has appeared in various publications. Now some of her designs, including the Vintage Camera Drawings, have been recreated on tote bags and cushions.

The design features a selection of her vintage camera drawings, taken from her piece 28 Camera Drawings, which was selected for inclusion in the very first Creative Review Illustration Annual. For vintage camera enthusiasts, you can spend some time naming the cameras and wondering jealously if the artist actually owns all of these herself.

The tote bag costs just over 19 Euros, whilst square cushion covers are available in three sizes (40cm, 50cm or 60cm) priced between 20 and 25 Euros.  The Vintage Camera products are available to buy from Envelop.

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New Three Sheets 2 the Wind mid-century style fabric designs

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We're never short of retro-inspired cushions to feature on this site and here's some more to throw onto that overcrowded sofa with some new designs from Three Sheets 2 the Wind. 

If that name sounds familiar, it's because we've previously featured some of their naturally inspired wall art. These new fabric designs are along the same line. Clearly influenced by some of the skeletal plant forms that appeared in 50s fabric designs, choose from the Fugi design or Windflower and Prairie Grass which are both pictured above. Each pattern is printed onto Irish linen in subtle colour combinations in keeping with the mid-century look. 

You can buy the designs as a 18 x 18 inch piece of wall art for $80, or as a cushion of the same size for $90. 

See the range online