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Olli and Lime Charlie kitchen range

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Olli and lime charlie-napkin

Olli and Lime are best known for their bright, retro-influenced designs for kids, such as the Egg Orange range we featured a little while back. They've also just moved into homewares, with two new kitchen ranges. 

You can pick from the bold colours and patterns of the Charlie or the George design, both of which are also available for the nursery. The image shown is from the Charlie range which includes tea towels, napkins, aprons and table runners, in fact everything you need to match your kitchen to your kid! 

Prices start at £15 for a tea towel. 

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Retro arcade sponge at Urban Outfitters

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Pac-man sponge

Most people will probably be thankful for anything that makes the chore of washing-up more exciting. For those who have moved from gaming into domesticity, this retro arcade sponge from Urban Outfitters might liven up your task a bit. 

The sponge is in the instantly recognisable shape and colour of arcade favourite Pac-Man. As it says on the packaging, use it to munch your way through the dirty dishes. 

If you're feeling creative, you could get cutting at your own sponges and recreate the look. For those who prefer someone else to do the dirty work, it costs £6.

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Lotta Kuhlhorn tea towels at Utility Designs

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Lotta tea towel

We've shown you some of Lotta Kuhlhorn's distinctive homewares before, including her great apple design. It's been a bit tricky in the past to find a UK stockist that carries a wide range of her products but thankfully Utility Designs has stepped into the gap. 

As well as all the apples you could possibly want, there are a few new interesting products for your home, all using her trademark retro patterns. This Agneta Red Berries tea towel, for example, is one of a couple they have in stock and has a bold berry print and is sure to brighten up a kitchen. 

The tea towels cost £11.50.

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Sanderson Dandelion Clocks 1950s-style homeware range

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We have covered the Sanderson Dandelion Clocks range before – as a wallpaper and fabric, as well as the recently-added rug. But now you can eat off it too, courtesy of the Sanderson Dandelion Clocks homeware range.

It's a 1950s design that's proving more than a little popular today, hence the proliferation of items using it. Saying that, we think it works really well for retro-styled cups and saucers, a teapot, sugar bowl and creamer, plus the full dinnerware set if you want the plates and bowls too.

Prices vary, depending on which piece you fancy, but start at around £7. See the Heals site for the full range online.

Find out more at the Heals website

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Liberty of London for Target range now available to pre-order in the UK

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We looked on with a mix of frustration and jealousy when the Liberty of London for Target range was announced for the US market only. Well, it looks like the iconic department store felt our anguish and has swiftly made it available to UK customers too.

In fact, you can get your pre-orders in now. Prices seem as appealing as Target, with drinking glasses at £5, mugs selling for £6, frames at £8, piggy banks at £15 and a teapot for just £25 to name just a few things.

Downside? Well, one or two things seems to be missing, cushions (which you can see above) and quilts for a start, but most annoyingly, that really cool beach cruiser bicycle. Here’s hoping they’re added later or are available instore. Talking of the store, it will have the range for sale from 29th March, presumably these pre-orders will be shipped the same day.

Liberty of London for Target range pre-orders

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Angie Lewin tea towels from St Judes

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Lewin towels

St Jude's produce some lovely fabrics with a great retro look, including the Angie Lewin Hedgerow fabric we featured at the start of the year. If you like the look, you'll be pleased they've started reproducing some of Lewis' original fabric designs as tea towels, an easily affordable way to buy into the look. 

There are three designs in total, stocked at Illustrated Living, including the Clifftop and Clocks designs pictured above. They're typical of her style showing skeletal 50s-style illustrations of plant forms and are screen-printed onto 100% organic cotton. 

Watch this space, as St Jude's are soon to be launching their first range of ceramic mugs. In the meantime, these tea towels cost £9.95 each. 

Buy them from the Illustrated Living website