Recline in sofa and chair units from this range of racy retro furniture. Quality and affordability combine to produce style to complement and grace most living areas. Built to a high standard and produced in Italian leather, there is an excellent if specialised range to suit your taste. At Retro Sofas, they do what they [...]
Did you know that the board game Monopoly was developed by an unemployed heating engineer called Charles Darrow and patented by him in 1935? Darrow’s first version of the game was rejected by a toy manufacturer to whom he tried to sell it. That company rejected the game [...]
You may have missed the earlier chair for sale. I have found another that may appeal to you,and it may be more fitting for your pocket. These circa 1975 beautiful and functional items do come around ,and you have to weigh in the balance price and condition for your ideal buy. If you are interested [...]
Of the many Eames’s fine chair designs, this is possibly one of the most recognisable. Not because it was, or indeed is cheap to buy;it is not. Charles Eames was an American architect,who with his wife Ray were responsible for many famous stylish and comfortable mid-century modern chair designs. Imagine after a hard days work [...]
Mies van der Rohe,Charles and Ray Eames,Eero Saarinen,Harry Bertoia…and more. Do watch this space.
Today Volkswagen goes retro as part of its brand new offering of branded merchandise through a new website launched today(see below). There is a wide variety of items to satisfy all Volkswagen enthusiasts.Goods are available on online for delivery to your door. Evoking days of the sixties, when in your camper you could travel with [...]
Fully internally refurbished clunky telephones from the 1970s are now available. Robust and colourful (you can have bright red, for instance), they complement any room style,and unlike the cordless phone of today, they are difficult to lose. And if, by chance ,you have forgotten where it is installed you will experience instant recall when it [...]
Now this is a must-have for those of you like me who have a stash of vinyl records and/or audio cassettes in the attic or under the stairs. Columbia,Parlophone,Decca,Philips,RCA,great records labels all. How would you like to relive the sounds they can make. If in your dusty and redundant pile you also [...]
No, I am not referring to essential equipment for a golf classic in Dubai. These beauties are pure retro footwear ,and when you get used to them (not new,that is, they do grow on you with age) you become very attached.They become part of the family.Much beloved in the 1980s by rock stars, including apparently [...]