You can rely on Graham and Green to provide a touch of glamour to your home and this Art Deco side table from their Spring range is no exception.
The table is as alluring as you'd expect from the name, with a circular top and base, joined by tulip-shaped stems. In tribute to the Deco style, the stems are mirrored. The only question is whether the rest of your lounge is sophisticated enough to go with it…
It costs £235 from their website
Above image courtesy of Lee Garland
One day, you'll tell your grandchildren about the large concrete buildings of the 1960s, how they once dominated their landscape before the local authorities knocked them all down. Including Preston bus station.
Preston bus station was built in the late 60s, a huge structure with room for 80 double decker buses, 1,100 cars and subway access from the city via three routes. It's not exactly looking its best right now, but if you're ever in the area, you really should check it out – before it goes, which is likely to be in 2011.
Suits have unfortunately received a bad reputation for many of us, being more of a workwear requirement than a fashionable wardrobe choice. Thanks to retro styling, though, there are plenty of suit options for men and women with all the chic they once had.
This Jet Setter Suit by Mode Merr is an irresistable option for fifties and sixties fashion lovers, treading the line between sex appeal and sharp professionality well. The dress is made from stretch cotton lycra, with the skirt section made from a light grey mini plaid. A matching cropped jacket with grossgrain tie neck is cute and covers up just enough.
Get this online from Mode Merr for $136 for the whole outfit.
If you can get to Wembley this Saturday (6th February 2010), you might want to do just that – for the Angels Retro Sale.
A massive 25,000 items will be cleared out, with that stock dating from the 1950s to the 1990s, along with uniform items in a separate room at knockdown prices. Clothing in the sale will be in sections grouped by type and gender, none of it priced. Instead, you buy a £20 bag or a super-sized £50 bag and fill it. There's also a £5 door charge to get you in.
Everything in the sale is 'good quality' and much of it has featured in screen or stage productions over the past 50 years. Doors open at 8.30am and the address is 7 Courtenay Road, Wembley, United Kingdom, HA9 7ND. For an idea of what to expect, check out the video below.
We've featured many Tetris-inspired products before, from chocolates to tiles. Here's another way the game can creep off the Game Boy and into your home: the Tetris Mirror.
Designed by Sonar Ozenc, it's made from laser-cut acrylic and comes in thirteen panels, using the shapes so familiar from the game. It's then up to you whether you display them as one rectangle or break it down into the different parts. The temptation would be to keep re-arranging them for optimum (theoretical) points!
The mirror is available in silver or gold and costs £39.85.
Buy it from The Hidden Art Shop
From the De La Warr Pavilion to the Post Office Tower, Obiko's range of greeting cards includes many of the British buildings that regularly feature in various forms on this site.
Obiko are a Hastings based company and their seaside location clearly has a strong influence on their designs. The buildings shown are actually part of a series called 'seagull sites'. Happily, they're favourites with us, as well as the gulls, and also show Battersea Power Station and Brighton's Palace Pier, amongst others.
Each card is executed in the same delicate style and costs £2.90.
Buy them online
