Another great reissue from Almedahls, this time the 1950s Belle Amie fabric – a 1950s design by Marianne Westman.
If the floral, white and blue pattern reminds you of something, it could be Westman's own Mon Amie tableware design designed at around the same period (and which we featured last year when they introduced it onto some new designs). A classic and pretty pattern, it's bound to add some Scandinavian style to your home.
The fabric costs £19.95 a metre.
Buy it from Hus and Hem
Universally acclaimed interior designer Abigail Ahern has added these über-kitsch Poodle Lamps to her kookie repertoire.
Standing at just under half a meter, this trés chic pair of pooches are perhaps not for the faint-hearted but would look picture-perfect in a quirky retro pad. The likes of Lucille Ball would no doubt be very envious. Available in black or pinky-taupe.
£195 from MyDeco. See the website for more details.
You may remember last summer we featured the Liberty collaboration with Parisian concept store Merci, which included a rather fancy Liberty print mini suitcase that got our tongues lolling. The good news is this pretty little case is now back on sale in Liberty in the UK, and just in time for the summer holidays.
The super-chic vintage style mini suitcase is covered in Liberty’s floral meadow print with silver-toned accents and wooden side panels. The perfect size to stuff with a few tea dresses for a summer weekend getaway.
The floral meadow print mini suitcase is £60 from Liberty’s website.
A very stylish piece on eBay, this 1950s midcentury-style split level coffee table.
A lovely, midcentury-style design, it has those angled legs, two levels and a lovely grain on the wood, judging by those pictures. The second level is apparently more of a matt finish, not that the image shows it that well.
Condition is described as 'excellent', a couple of superficial scratches on the top latter and some on feet, but nothing seemingly to worry about. £9 is the current bid price.
Find out more at the eBay website
It's always great to find some interesting 1960s architecture. But it's even better when the interior of the house is largely unchanged from that decade too. That's what you get with this Derek Stanley Bottomley-designed modernist house in Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire.
The northern architect designed this five-bedroomed house for his own occupation, with the house still owned by the family now. It's also packed with all his period design tricks too, some incredibly reminiscent of the era. The agent says it needs 'some refurbishment and modernisation'. We're not so sure. We like it just the way it is.
Get into the picnic mood with these folk polka napkins.
They're the perfect addition to a summer picnic, even if the weather isn't so hot, and sit perfectly well with a cucumber sandwich or ten. The duck egg blue design goes well with almost anything and the simple 1950s-style design could bring out the housewife in anyone.
For a pack of 20 it's £2 online from John Lewis.
