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Categories / eBay watch

eBay watch: 1950s midcentury-style mini sideboard

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It could probably be described in various ways, but we're naming it as a mini sideboard, which is up for auction now and still at a modest price.

A 1950s design with a midcentury look, this sideboard or cabinet open to offer up two shelves for storage within, those doors finished off with those contrasting period handles. Also worth noting are those angled legs and overhanging sides, with the veneer said to be 'birch or pear' (no, we don't get the latter either).

According to the seller, the sideboard is in 'very good original condition', with some scratches on the 'top plate' and 'small veneer damage' on top edge of one door (which isn't visible when the door is shut). Price is reasonable right now though, standing at £12.50.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Cars and Bikes, eBay watch

eBay watch: 1950s British Standard Motor Company Standard Eight car

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A long title, but it does tell you what is up for auction right now, this Standard Eight car, which was built back in 1954 by the British Standard Motor Company and is still going strong today.

In fact, if you want a 1950s runaround to match your '50s looks, it could be ideal. The car was built in various shapes 1938 and 1959, this obviously being a later example. it was eventually replaced by the Triumph Herald, another gem that we've featured on various occasions.

Anyway, this car has an 803cc engine and has been used by the current owner for his/her daily commute on a daily basis. Coupled with its 12-month MOT, it's certainly a runner. Condition looks good too, judging by the photos. But best of, the price is in the right place too – £1,600 right now. Lots more shots of the car on the listing.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Homeware

Twinkle Clock by Decoylab

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SunburstWe have featured clocks from Decoylab before but we just had to share this one with you.

Unlike the previous Decoylab clocks we've featured, the Twinkle Clock is a bit more grown up. Clearly inspired by the ubiquitous mid-century sunburst clock, the two-layered 'bursts' are made of bamboo, giving it a distinctive stripe pattern and a real vintage feel. A sustainable and stylish addition to any retro room.

The Twinkle Clock is $68 from the Decoylab Etsy store.

Categories / Retro Women's Fashion

Polka Dot Jacket from Warehouse

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With fashion's eternal love of recycling ideas and adding new twists, it should be no surprise that retrospective design is no new thing. The 1980s had a particular fondness for fifties styles, reinterpreting pieces with a unique eighties slant.

This Polka Dot Jacket from Warehouse is really reminiscent of an eighties reimagining of fifties style elements. The 50s polka dot print is used in a simple but structured blazer, with the rolled 3/4 sleeves and hip pockets helping to create that relaxed androgyny of eighties mainstream fashion.

It's available from Warehouse now for £65.

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Categories / Food and Drink

Laura Ashley Elite Picnic Hamper

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If you're planning to dine al fresco you really will have everything you could possibly need in this very chic Elite Picnic Hamper from Laura Ashley.

The Keynes Burgundy pattern and muted green colour create that fifties flavour and in keeping with the original hampers of the period, everything you could possibly need for a picnic is fitted ingeniously within. In addition to plates, wineglasses, napkins and cutlery for four, the hamper has an integrated cool box, bread knife, bottle opener, salt and pepper and chopping board. It also comes with a thermos flask and cups and best of all, a shot flask in case the evening cools and you need a nip of something warming.

The hamper costs £149.99 – find out more here.

Categories / Food and Drink, Kids

Decade Sweet Boxes at A Quarter Of

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Fancy a pile of sweets themed to a particular era? That's what you get with these Decade Sweet Boxes at A Quarter Of.

The idea is simple, get a wooden box, stuff it with all the sweets from back in that particular day, stick on a label based around that decade and fire it off to your favoured sweet lover. Or eat them all yourself, you've paid after all.

Pictured above is the 1980s box, which includes the likes of Anglo Bubbly Bubble Gum, Cherry Lips, Fizzers, Fizzy Cherry Cola Bottles, Kola Kubes, Pear Drops, Rhubarb and Custard, Strawberry Foam Mushrooms, White Mice, the Cadburys Wispa, Candy Sticks, Caramac, Drumsticks, Love Hearts, Sherbet Fountains, Space Dust and Wham Bars in varying quantities. £37.76 is the price of it all.

Find out more at the A Quarter Of website