We have covered Dodo Designs previously – and although this No Singing, No Dancing, No Swearing chalkboard isn’t the work of that particular company, it is very much in its style.

Yes, we’re talking mock Victoriana with a modern twist, this time a sign for the room of your choice, featuring the text ‘Please, no singing, no dancing, no swearing, this is a respectable house’. And with a chalkboard underneath for you to add new rules, new abuse or just a few reminders of things you need to pick up.

Available online, you can pick it up for £6.95.

Find out more at the Lavenue website

Looking like a cross between the Ikea Fado light and the Flying Saucer light fitting we featured some time back is this Retro Glass Pendant fitting.

We’re talking serious 1970s here, not least with the shade of brown used in the glass. Aside from that, this has a fitting almost identical to the Fado in chrome and those distinctive clear circles that are sure to create a strange light effect in your living room.

Available online, this can be yours for £32.40.

Find out more at the Direct Light website

Ideal for an office – especially one that uses a lot of pencils – is this Pencil Bench from Boex.

It’s a bench that was created as an experiment, to see if it was possible to turn an everyday office object into a piece of furniture. And it was – although it took 1600 pencils, each individually sprung for your seating comfort. And if you’re short of a pencil, it’s not a problem, as each can be removed and used. Oh yes – and it has a smart dark wood frame too.

The Pencil Bench has won various design awards over the last year, but hasn’t yet gone into commercial production. Although I’m sure they will make you one if you ask nicely.

Find out more at the Boex website