I like retro additions to the kitchen – and these Headlight Scales are something a little different from other scales on the market.
They’re so called because they have been likened to the headlights of a 1950s car, making them ideal for anyone who wants to create a 50s diner look in their kitchen.
Available in a range of colours, they’re also reasonably priced at only £29.
Find out more at Store – A Place for Everything.co.uk.
At first glance, this rug might look like a stylish piece of 60s-style pop art for your floor, but look again and you’ll realise this is a London Underground rug.
Yes, on a white background are lines in pink, orange, black and red, along with a station interchange in black.
A really stylish item for your floor and certain to stimulate a bit of conversation too. It’s available for around £750.
There’s no doubt about Motown’s standing as one of the great record labels, but according to esteemed music writer Jon Savage, the label had a golden period that covered 20 singles and lasted from 1966-68 – and he’s compiled them on Shadows Of Love – Intense Tamla 1966-68.
Savage saw 1966 as the point where the Motown formula was set in stone and the acts on top of their game – making the timing perfect for the label to produce their finest sounds and their most emotive (or intense) output. After ’68, politics, the arrival of funk and internal feuds took Motown in a very different direction.
Is this really the peak of Motown? Check out the full review on our sister site, Modculture. And if you agree, you can pick up the compilation for around £6. And let’s be honest, everyone should have at least one Motown compilation in their collection.
We’re all for recycling – especially when the end-result is something as smart-looking as these recycled car plate journals.
The plates are actually taken from old Australian vehicles, with the closing tab made from recycled truck tyre inner tubes, the paper is recycled and the bookmark is made from beer packaging – so that’s about as eco-friendly as you can get!
Available in a choice of Australian state (and also available as photo albums), you can pick one up for £24.95.
Find out more at the Green Apple website
I love Fuzzy-Felt, as I remember one birthday getting about three sets of it from various friends. It was great fun moving the cut out animals and characters on the boards, and now it is back with Fuzzy-Felt cards.
Fuzzy-Felt was apparently first developed during World War II, when a group of homeworkers used to give the felt off-cuts from material being used to line gas masks to their children to keep them entertained. The best selling toy was originally launched way back in 1950, but I remember it as a 70s child. The cards produced by the Monster Factory have all the fun of the original sets, as you can re-arrange the pictures on the front to create a personalised look. The Christmas cards feature nativity, snowmen, presents and angels – and if you get bored on Christmas day you can amuse yourself by playing with them.
They cost £2.99 per card and are available at Paperchase, John Lewis and Selfridges.
Find out more on the Monster Factory site.
If you crave a bit of Art Deco glamour in your life, you couldn’t go too far wrong with this shopping bag from Hot and Flashy – ideal for carrying all your shopping purchases at this time of the year.
In hot pink, it combines Art Deco elegance with sturdy vinyl to make it practical and good looking. If only we could all be as elegant as the woman pictured getting out of her streamlined car.
The bag is 15.75" x 15.35" x 5.9" and is an absolute bargain at £7.95, so an ideal gift for the woman who likes to shop with style, it’s a whole lot more glamourous than carrying a supermarket shopping bag.
You can order one online from the Pulp Shop.
