We like to cover as many eras as we can and if you fancy bit of 50s nostalgia, how about adding one of these Horizon clocks from Newgate to your wall?
Available in the classic colours of red, cream and black, it has a moulded acrylic case with convex lens and metal hands – and should be perfect for a kitchen diner.
At only £40, good value too.
Find out more on the Newgate clocks website
If you want a fridge magnet that looks almost as edible as a Love Heart sweet, how about these star and heart shaped fridge magnets from Jo Heckett?
They are indeed based on the classic Love Hearts, the heart and star shapes embossed with messages including ‘Sweetheart’, ‘Superstar’, ‘Babe Magnet’ and ‘Party Animal’. They come in the bright and juicy colour range of pastel blue, green, pink and lilac, selling for £8 each.
And if you don’t like any of the standard messages you can even get some bespoke ones created with your loved one’s pet name on it…as long as it’s clean.
Find out more on the Jo Heckett website
Another nostalgia-driven football book? Possibly, but Punk Football by Andrew Vaughan is as much about life and music in the mid-70s as the beautiful game.
Punk Football is Vaughan’s story – an 18-year-old clothes and music-obsessed Wigan Athletic fan 18-year old, mixing his time in the town’s Bier Keller, enjoying the emerging world of punk rock, reggae and girl and at Wigan’s Springfield Park as the team finally made it into the football league.
Featuring contributions from players, punk rockers and supporters, the book describes an altogether different Wigan and indeed Wigan Athletic fro the one today. Published in September, it will retail for £9.99.
Find out more at the Mudhuts Media website
Browsing through Habitat today, we noticed this rather cool vintage Design Magazine canvas art range.
The eye-catching images are taken from covers of Design Magazine in the 1960s – the two featured here are editions from 1967 (left) and 1965 (right). The canvases are sized at 60cm x 80cm and are heady to hang.
You can pick one up for £75.
Find out more at the Habitat website
Washing up is dull, but if you want to brighten it up, and encourage your other half to help you dry why not buy a pair of these Dirty and Dishy tea towels from Cox & Cox?
These tea towels combine retro typographics with the quirky messages of either Dishy or Dirty. Indeed, ‘Dirty’ could be the ideal gift for Christina Aguilera (if you know her), or anyone you know who would like to brighten up their kitchen.
‘Dirty’ comes in pink type and ‘Dishy’ comes in lime green. They cost £12 each and measure up at 74cm x 43cm.
We love Merrow Associates furniture for its great 70s style, and we’ve been lucky to find quite a bit of it. However it can be expensive and it’s not always that easy to find, so if you want to re-create the look on a budget how about checking out the Toledo furniture range at Asda?
The range incorporates dark wood and chrome, giving it that ‘Merrow’ look, but at a fraction of the cost. The range includes the dining table we have featured here, coffee table, side table, entertainment unit, console table, display unit and a rectangular dining table.
With prices starting at only £50 for the side table, going up to £150 for the rectangular dining table it won’t break the bank. Even better – it’s available online for home delivery, so you don’t even have to get out of your chair to order.
