Category: Homeware

The Newgate Postmaster Architectural Wall Clock features photographs of vintage door numbers printed on posterboard squares.

Each number is in a different style which adds character to this timepiece. You then have the option of fixing the posterboard numbers on the wall in whatever way you like, although I would suggest that the tried and tested method of having the 12 at the top and the 6 at the bottom is probably still the best layout.

The clock is available to buy from Beth Stevens priced £45.

Wallpapers inspired by the Fifties, Sixties and art deco style are ten a penny, but I think this is the first I’ve come across inspired by the punk aesthetic. The Trompe L‘Oeil Drape wallpaper has been designed by Vivienne Westwood for Cole & Son.

The wallpaper features her trademark tartan with the trompe ‘oeil effect making it look like folded fabric. It is sold in wide width panels measuring 270cm by 270cm, which isn’t for the faint-hearted.

No prices are given, but you can search for your nearest stockist on the Cole & Son website.

Whilst retro-patterned bed sets aren’t difficult to come by, bed design tends to be a more limited field. However, here is an interesting design, which although new, looks as if it came from a mid-century designer.

The Rocking Bed has been created by a Germany company called Private Cloud. Quite simply it combines the best elements of the rocking chair and the bed, Their website describes the soothing properties of rocking as well as reassurances that the bed can be stablised while you sleep and it can’t be overturned.

I’m sold on the idea, but given it is shape, you would need a large bedroom as well as a similarly large wallet with the Rocking Bed costing between 5400 and 6700 Euros depending on the size. If you have the space and the money, visit the Private Cloud website for more information.