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Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

1970s-style wall murals by Bobbi Beck

1970s-style wall murals by Bobbi Beck

Lego goes pop art with Robert Indiana’s Love

Lego goes pop art with Robert Indiana’s Love

Categories / Design and Interiors

Ikea Jakob space age dining chairs

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As regular readers know, Ikea has been producing the budget Tulip-style table called Doksta for some time now. But it hasn’t been selling any chairs that sit well with it. Until now that is – with the Jakob dining chairs.

The Jakob certainly isn’t a Tulip-style chair, but it is in keeping with the table, with its slightly space age look in white and chrome legs. it also has a removable pad for comfort and a swivel if you get bored at the table.

You can pick one up for £85.

Find out more at the Ikea website

Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

Notebooks recycled from vintage Ladybird books

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We have featured Ladybird books in the past – great examples of vintage design that you will regularly find in old bookshops. And if you like them, but don’t really need an old school reference book cluttering up the house, how about these notebooks recycled from vintage Ladybird books?

They’re available now from Etsy, each featuring a cover from an original Ladybird book, as well as some of the super-cool illustrations from the original book too. The books have been re-bound with double-o metal ring and now feature over 100 sides of white-lined notebook paper for your notes and jotting.

Not bad value either at $17.50, which is around £9.

Find out more at the Stupid Gorgeous Etsy site

Categories / Design and Interiors

Littlewoods 70s-style Angel leisure chair

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Littlewoods isn’t the first place you would look for retro design, but the high street retailer is currently stocking a great example – this 70s-style Angel leisure chair.

This soft leather chair borrows a little from the Ligne Roset Togo seating (and not for the first time on the high street), but adds a chrome swivel base and a good choice of colour. Note that the back of the seat is faux leather, with the rest being real leather.

Which has probably helped to keep the cost down a little – it retails for £269.

Find out more at the Littlewoods website

Categories / Homeware

Habitat’s Lab candelabra

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Candelabras might conjure up visions of gothic mansions or Liberace, but they can also be pretty cool things to have in the home – especially if they look like the Lab candelabra from Habitat.

Miles away from the gothic, this four-slot candelabra looks like a quirky piece of 1960s design, but is actually a modern creation by The Swedes for Habitat, available in a choice of colours (although only this fennel green seems to be available online).

Yours for £16.

Find out more at the Habitat website

Categories / Women's Fashion

Moncler 70s-style short winter jacket

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Guaranteed to turn heads in a very retro way is this eye-catching Moncler 70s-style short jacket.

Aimed very much at the winter reveller, the short jacket is a very bright orange with contrasting black ‘popper’ fasteners, zip front, high neck and a hemline that’s designed to sit on your hips. And on a practical note, there’s enough padding to keep you warm when the temperatures drop (or if you happen to spending time in a ski resort).

The only downside is the price – it retails for £415.

Find out more at the Browns website

Categories / Homeware

Recycled Newspaper Magazine Rack

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41hrvu6epl__sx280_sh35_sx280_sh35_2A storage rack made from the very things it stores? That is idea behind this Recycled Newspaper Magazine Rack from none other than Marks and Spencer.

Part of their growing Greener Living range, the magazine rack has been fashioned from recycled newspapers. It is predominantly black and white, but with the occasional hint of colour. It costs £19.50 and is part of a collection of storage items that includes boxes and a waste paper bin that has similarly been made from waste papers!

View the whole range online at the Marks and Spencer website.