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Vintage-style hot water bottle covers at Caravan

Hot water bottle cover
Don't think we don't aim to bring you a little spot of retro for every part of your lives – and to prove our point take a look at these vintage-style hot water bottle covers available from Caravan.

In fact they also include a hot water bottle, but we're all about the cover which is a vintage looking floral design. It's printed on 100% cotton with a cotton velvet back and fits perfectly into the shabby-chic look associated with the Caravan shop. As the finishing touch to the design, the cover is tied with a pretty ribbon. There's also a second floral design available, this time in a turquoise colour scheme.  

The hot water bottle costs £35. 

Order it online

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Lemonade Bottle Top Clock

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Coming soon to Graham and Green is this Lemonade Bottle Top Clock.

Yes, it is a clock designed to look like a vintage bottle top with scalloped edges, but I think it just about stays the right side of novelty. The clock face is green and has a worn appearance that adds to the shabby chic look.

It costs £25 and can be pre-ordered now, for delivery in late December, probably too late for it to be a Christmas gift. Order it online from Graham and Green.

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Vintage Reclaimed Blackboards

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Although based in Northumberland, the aesthetic behind most of Ghost Furniture’s products is decidedly French.

One of their product ranges consists of Vintage Reclaimed Blackboards, which are created using frames and blackboards found in flea markets and shops in or around Paris. The frames are painted with a matt paint mixed especially for Ghost Furniture in France. The blackboard pictured here also includes a piece of vintage lace and a vintage tin suitable for storing the Vintage French Dressmakers Chalk, which is supplied with each blackboard. This particular example is priced £65, but others in the range cost up to £125.

Buy the vintage blackboards online from Ghost Furniture’s store at Not on the High Street.

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Birdhouse Wallpaper

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The Birdhouse Wallpaper is exactly that – wallpaper decorated with a repeating pattern of vintage style birdhouses.

Each birdhouse has been created with vintage fabrics, newspaper clippings and other shabby chic prints. The pastel shades and the cute little birds make this wallpaper especially suitable for use in a nursery. The wallpaper costs £120 for a roll measuring 6 metres long by45cm wide.

Buy it online from Catkin Collection.

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Vintage styled kitchenwares at H&M online

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Bargain hunters rejoice. H&M is now selling online and they're also doing homewares. Worth a look for cheap, unusual basics, you may like to check out their vintage-styled range.

Much in the style of products made by companies like Random Retail among many others, the range uses old-fashioned typography printed onto washed and faded linen to give them a vintage look. The H&M range includes an apron, tea towel, napkins and cushion covers, as well as the table runner pictured which looks like it has been made from an old seed sack. 

The table runner costs £12.99 while prices start at £2.99 for the tea towel and napkins. 

See the range online

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Charleston mirror set from Next

Charleston mirror

Handy for those who want to replicate a 'shabby chic' look without trawling the junk shops, Next have produced this Charleston mirror set.

Each set includes three differently sized and shaped mirrors. Each mirror has been given an ornate edge to give it an antique look. Then it's just up to you to artfully arrange them…

A set of the mirrors costs £65.

Buy the set online