If you’ve got the outdoor space, it’s always worth doing your bit for the birds – and you can do it in a quirky fashion with this vintage caravan birdhouse.
It’s made of wood with a sheet metal roof and a retro look that birds surely can’t ignore. And if they take to it, you’ll have the added benefit of feeling good about yourself and your contribution to nature, as well as having the coolest birdhouse on the street.
Available from Firebox, you can pick one up for £19.95.
Not a retro room, but a retro home – in fact, not even retro – this is a stylish 60s home almost unchanged from the day it was built – and you could be the next owner.
The house in Edgefields Lane, Stockton Brook in Stafffordshire is on the market for a whopping £525,000. For your money, you get an architect-designed home from 1960 that was raved about at the time by Ideal Home magazine. And all those original features are still there – including the original kitchen, bathroom and decor. There’s also underfloor heating, glass walls and "outdoor rooms" – and all it’s all set in two acres of land.
See over the turn for a picture of the kitchen or check the estate agent’s website for even more images.
We were told some time back about the officially-sanctioned reissue of Pan Am flights bags, but the website for the bags still isn’t live. But we have found the bags for sale on one retail website – including this Pan Am Secret Agent bag.
I presume the name is because there’s so many pockets for your little gadgets in this large travel bag. In white with blue logo and piping, there’s also some nice detail if you look close – including Pan Am logo zip tags – the kind of detail you’re unlikely to find in the sweat shop copies.
This and some of the other bags are available from eModa, with prices starting at $65, with the Secret Agent bag selling for $89 (around £45). It’s a US site, but they do ship worldwide.
We’ve covered an endless number of Lego-related products in the past – and we’re not stopping now, especially as we have just discovered the Lego lunch box.
Available in a choice of colours from pink to black, there’s ample room for a sandwich and a drink in a box sized at 12.5cm x 12.5cm x 7.5cm. But note, the Lego hamburger is sadly not included.
It retails for £4.99.
The Gama-Go website is always worth a look for t-shirts and the odd bit of interesting design – and right now, we very much like this Gama-Go Squiddles Band t-shirt.
The design obviously takes inspiration from animation of the 60s and is printed into a 100 per cent cotton t-shirt in a choice of vanilla or olive.
Not a bad price either – $28, which is around £15.
Find out more at the Gama-Go website
Looking for a wall clock that wouldn’t look out of place on a 1930s train station? You need the Marks & Spencer Waterloo wall clock.
Like train clocks, this is a clear, no-nonsense clock with a sweeping second hand, all packed into a nickel-finish clock.
You can buy one instore or online – either way, it retails for £49.50.
