This vintage French inspired wall art is based around a sweet and simple idea. It uses old French dictionary pages as a back-ground for illustrations based around simple words. The image above shows 'hello', while the other images use the concepts of 'love', 'play' and 'raindrops'. Raindrops also features a charming illustration of a rain cloud.
Each image comes ready-framed in waste off-cuts and costs £19.95.
Buy them from Lily and Lime
It's go some time to go yet, but for us, this Philips stereo 22AF 200 portable record player is the bargain of the moment on eBay.
A 1970s design, but quite a sophisticated one, this mains-powered player packs away into a small carry case, looking pretty cool like that too. But open it up and you can remove the sides, which double up as two speakers, offering that stereo sound on the go. There's even dual volume controls, one for each speaker.
Sold in that orange colourway, it's currently up for just £1 (plus some postage from Germany). Yes, an absolute steal. Check out the record player opened up over the page or check out full details at the eBay site.
Another company highlighting their heritage: in 2010 Portmeirion celebrates 50 years. They've been looking through their archives and produced a collection inspired by Susan Williams-Ellis' archive designs. This coffee pot is based on a similarly shaped pot they found that was covered in William-Ellis' hand-drawings. These drawings were the basis of the Magic Garden design, which began to be manufactured in 1970. The design looks as current now as it must have done back then.
While mugs with this design are readily available, this coffee pot is limited to an edition of 500. Each pot costs £65.
Buy it from the Beth Stevens website
There have been a few products around that have utilised old-fashioned school blackboards, but this item just uses the chalk.
The Chalk Chess Set comprises of regulation size chess pieces, but made from white and black chalk. The set does not include a board, because you can draw up your own on any suitable surface using the chalk pieces.
The set costs £12 from Colloco.
If you liked the dining table with high backed chairs set we featured recently from Dwell, but you don’t have the space for a dining set, then the shop also has this Oval Coffee Table with Stools set that follows a similar idea.
The table is made from walnut veneer and flanked by curved stools covered with cream faux linen. The set provides a great extra seating solution without taking up much space, and of course, that walnut finish gives it a retro look.
The set costs £399 and can be bought online from Dwell.
Something to appeal to the kid on all of us – the Lego-style Cubo photo frame.
That should actually be frames, as you get three in the set, all plastic, all different colours and all able to stick together, just like your old Lego bricks.
Pick them up online, priced at £10.
