Thrift Chic!

June 23, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments

It does not need to be said that over the last six months to a year our purse strings have got gradually tighter as warnings of falling house prices, redundancies and hard to attain credit surround us. This has touched every part of our lives from the supermarket to utility bills to holidays to savings. [...]

Tagged: accessories, antiques, DIY, money saving, recycling, retro, second hand, thrift stores, vintage

Objects of Desire

November 25, 2008 by james.brennan · View Comments

During the 1950’s, enterprising furniture companies began to forge productive and long lasting partnerships with the leading designers of the day. In the USA one company stood out above all others: Herman Miller. Their relationship with Charles and Ray Eames –two of the greatest designers in American history- would lead to the creation and production [...]

Tagged: antiques, eames furniture, Fabric, retro

Style with a Story

November 24, 2008 by james.brennan · View Comments

Those aspire-to-homes we are bombarded with images of on T.V. and in magazines are really beautiful things to look at. Filled with all the latest styles, furniture gadgets and wall coverings they really are beautiful…to look at. However! Looking at and living in are two very different things. A room lacking in history and character [...]

Tagged: antiques, furniture, minimal, period style, retro