Category: Get a vintage home
Retro coffee tables
Coffee tables – the forgotten furniture of the home interior world, the final resting place of that coffee table book we never bothered to read. For years we’ve rested our feet, spilt our coffee, and dumped colour supplements on our coffee tables without so much as a thought for their appearance. And in fact, with [...]
Postcards from the past: A snapshot of time
Before the instant gratification of Facebook, mobile phones, e-mails and even before most people had a telephone hooked up in their homes there was the postcard. Not just holiday souvenirs, in the first half of the 20th century this classy method of communication was the best way to keep in touch with the day-to-day goings-on [...]
Give your kitchen a Fifties diner twist
The Fifties – the era of drive-in movies, classic American diners and modern living. It was an innovative age whose distinctive interiors style lends itself well to contemporary kitchens. Add a touch of the Fifties American diner and your kitchen will still look modern, but with an individual twist. Nell Darby explores how to give your kitchen a [...]
Give your old vintage shelves a DIY makeover
Browsing junk shops, antiques markets, and car boot sales, you may be forgiven for never giving that tatty trunk or battered old wardrobe a second glance, but perhaps it’s time you looked again. Within those shabby shelves hides a wealth of restoration possibilities too good to pass by. Tara Gardner explains how you can give [...]
Florence & Florence – new online shop for vintage home style
Christine Florence has spent her life expertly re-loving second-hand items – her home is a haven for once abandoned treasures. Her daughter Annie Florence shares her passion but (being slightly impatient) realised she wanted the look for her home, now. So together they set up Florence & Florence, a new online shop for one-of-a-kind vintage [...]
Get a Twenties bathroom and bathe like a flapper
Vintage style isn’t just for your living rooms. Why not revamp your bathroom, flapper style, and create a glamorous haven from the modern world? The art deco style of the Twenties lends itself to modern bathrooms incredibly easily. Art deco and modernism are based on notions of glamour and sophistication, using shiny materials such as mirrors, [...]
