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eBay watch: 1950s midcentury Hans Olsen dining table and chairs for Frem Rojle

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When I'm looking for interesting eBay finds, I try and look for items that have low starting prices, but occasionally, quality wins out at a high price. Which brings me to this 1950s midcentury Hans Olsen dining table and chairs for Frem Rojle.

It's timeless. Designed in 1953 (with this one dating from around 1960), this Scandinavian design would fit effortlessly into most modern-day homes. Clever design too, with the chairs integrating perfectly into the the table to save space, while a quick fold turns the table into a six-seater,

Made of Burmese oak and described as being in 'very good original condition', it's up at £895.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Food and Drink, Music

Fresh slice – vinyl themed pizza cutter

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We love a good bit of vinyl, which is handy as shops seem eager to sell us record-related home accessories – the latest being the Fresh slice pizza cutter. Yep, it's a pizza cutter in which the blade is made to resemble a record (thankfully made from stainless steel rather than vinyl) and the plastic handle is made to look like a stylus arm. 

File it next to the vinyl chopping board and the clock as a kitsch bit of kitchen fun. 

The cutter costs £15. 

Buy it from Urban Outfitters

Categories / Women's Fashion

Peter Pan dress by New Look

218370932Liven up your wardrobe and your life with this brightly coloured Peter Pan dress by New Look.

It's a great statement dress for the new season and a much-needed splash of colour after the drearyness of the past six months. The 1960s-style Peter Pan style is flattering and there is a zip fasten at the back with small button keyhole sleeves. The fabric is floaty and breeezy – ideal for a hot summer day.

If turquoise isn't your choice there are a range of other colours available, each has a black tie bow. Get yours from New Look online for £26.99.

Categories / Homeware

Blue and white plant pot

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Put your green fingers to the test with this aged ceramic blue and white plant pot.

Its aged appearance will add a vintage look to your garden or patio and it gives you a chance to get outside and start growing your own plants. Be it herbs, vegetables or your favourite brightly coloured flowers. If you're not green fingered then this plant pot is a great storage space to keep pens and other bits and bobs.

Finished with glazed stoneware, with a weathered blue and white classical design, it measures 12.5cm x 15.5cm. Get yours online at Not on the high street for only £4.95. at this price you could buy a set. 

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: Six-bedroom 1930s art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester

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If this six-bedroom art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester was a football match, it would be a game of two halves. Why? Read on.

It's all about the photos offered with the listing. Details are scarce on its history, the agent simply describing it as 'one of the most individual, presage, detached properties in the Prestwich area'. But a glance at it should be enough to tell you it's an art deco property very likely to have been built in the 1930s, with some very cool original details.

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Categories / Homeware

Marimekko Iltavilli Cow Tray

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Following the People Will Always Need Plates Electric Avenue Tray mentioned earlier this week, here is another pop-art style tray, this time by Marimekko.

The Iltavilli Cow Tray is decorated with line drawings of cow set against a brightly coloured background. The design has been created by Miina Äkkijyrkkä, a Helsinki-based artist who is well-know for her cow drawings.

The tray costs £40 from Illustrated Living.