Space age Fillsta Lamp from Ikea
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I've had my eye on this lamp for a few months. Designed by Gunner Jensen for Ikea, it's the sort of thing you'd have seen in 'The Home of the Future' in a 1960's exhibition.
Vintage Ladybird Book Bunting
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About 2 years ago in our old house, I printed out and framed half a dozen images from the old Peter & Jane Ladybird learn to read books. Since that time Ladybird have released a selection of aprons & cake tins with their iconic illustrations, which can't fail to warm even the most cynical heart with their hefty dose of nostalgia. Currently on eBay, this inventive seller has used an actual original Ladybird book to make a string of indoor bunting. I bid up to £14 before I gave up, and the auction is still going, so she is onto a money spinner there. I've decided instead to make my own; time to eBay for some old Ladybird books.
Sherbet Lemon Colour Vase from Ikea
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Super duper new glass vases in Ikea this autumn. I chose the tall version in yellow, it also comes in a shorter, wider vase in Kelly green. Prices £4.99 - £5.99
Telephone Savings Box
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Often bought as a souvenir of a glamorous holiday location, in this case Wales... the otherwise mundane change box to save for the telephone bill.
Ooh what a lovely spread!
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1970's cook book photography. Long before the 'food porn' of modern celebrity chef tomes, there were St.Michael books filled with glossy photos of whole fish on brown plates, prawn cocktails & unappetising flans in orange bake wear. I honestly don't know if at the time, these images constituted what was considered aspirational cooking, but they've always turned my stomach. Saying that, I've bought this tray with a lovely example of this photography for my own home.
Brash Bouquet, Globe lamp
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Horrible, and therefore I bought it.
Dried Seahorse Ship's Wheel Lamp
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Dried out (taxidermy seems too grand a word for these shrivelled sea dwellers) stuffed in a Ship's wheel, turned into a lamp. It's what Nemo would've wanted.
Sputnik Planter
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Original,modernist plant pot. I love this little eBay buy. Of course it was found during my ongoing quest for a retro plant stand. I'm going to grow plants suitable for tortoise grub in it.
