These Rustic Wooden Storage Boxes are a great way to collect together your clutter.
They are made from what looks like French vintage boxes, but have the added feature of wheels, so you can move your stuff around easily. The wheels are in a suitably retro shade of orange. Measuring 23cm high by 32cm wide by 45cm deep, the boxes are suitable for storing books, albums and toys.
The storage boxes cost £55 each from the Rose and Grey website.
We've featured the work of Alan Fletcher previously, and for those of you who don't know he is one of the most influential figures in British graphic design, so much so that he had a retrospective at the Design Museum in 2006/7. This art work Maze is a chance for you to own what could be a unique piece.
This rare piece features a large maze design printed on 1mm alumnium sheet with fine metallic lines creating the maze pattern, and mirrored black background. It says on the piece that it was designed by Alan Fletcher of Fletcher/Forbes/Crosby (which later became Pentagram).
The work is on eBay and is a sized at 51 x 51cm and is good condition and is available for a buy it now price of £350, although it is also possible to make an offer so you never know you might get it a bit cheaper.
See more details at the eBay website
Via Switched On Art
We've featured Michelle Mason's flower coasters previously as a way of introducing some flower power into your home, now a very similar idea from Germany's dekoop design group. Less obviously floral than Mason's designs, the stylised retro shapes combined with the bright colours of red, purple, green, orange, yellow or white will add some pop pizazz onto the dining table.
Made from 100% wool felt, they are sold individually for £7.25 each but would probably look best with lots of them strewn across a surface, as shown in the image above.
If you like vintage looking fabrics but would like a change from all the Cath Kidston florals that are around at the moment, you may be interested in the nautical designs produced by Runaway Coast, which include this Ahoy! fabric. Designer Ali Kerr draws inspiration from the Suffolk coast to produce her collection which also includes wallpaper and home accessories.
This fabric is 100% cotton and costs £34 per metre. The design is also available as a duvet cover, as an oilcloth or as wallpaper.
The Flow Collection has been around since 2006, but we have only just encountered the Kay + Stemmer Flow office desk, which is available exclusively from Heals.
It's a desk with a look that's very much rooted in the mid-century era, even if the actual design is modern, offering those mid-century style curves, a handcrafted walnut finish, along with a hide-lined drawer with partitions.
It's the kind of desk you always promised yourself – and you get it from Heals for £1,795.
Bus Blinds are pretty popular as retro decoration and Pedlars has just acquired a large batch of Vintage Bus Blinds with English place names.
There is a quite a wide range of towns to choose from, with the West Midlands area being particularly well-represented with Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dorridge, Bromsgrove, Stourbridge and several Birmingham stations currently available. They cost £215 each.
Visit the Pedlars website to see if your hometown is available.
