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Price Points: Corkscrews

Selection of corkscrews | H is for Home

Our corkscrew was misplaced last week – what a disaster! It was only at dinnertime, after all the shops had shut, that our predicament came to light. Our Friday night wine seemed a distant dream! Luckily, Justin has a corkscrew as one of the tools on his keychain Swiss Army knife.

Disaster averted… but have you ever tried opening a bottle of wine with a half inch long corkscrew? If we can’t find it soon, we’ll have to invest in a new one.

Here are three corkscrews which span a huge range in price – which of them would you choose?

  1. Beaumont Waiter’s Friend corkscrew curved: £4.99, Nisbets
  2. Copper corkscrew: £10, Joy
  3. Le Creuset lever model corkscrew LM-150: £79.95, Divertimenti

Forthcoming Attractions: End-January 2016

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Vintage shop items | H is for Home

Here’s a selection of some recent vintage finds for you to peruse at your leisure.

vintage leather luggage items | H is for Home

We’ll start with the vintage leather luggage items. They always prove popular in our antiques centre space and look great arranged in stacks and groupings. The different shapes and colours work really well together.

vintage metal corkscrews and vintage industrial task light

Moving on to a bit of vintage industrial styling. We love these hanging task lights with their cage bulb covers. They look fantastic hanging from the ceiling in a dark corner or above a dining/work table. The addition of a old fashioned filament bulb and flex finishes them off perfectly.

pair of vintage metal corkscrews | H is for Home

These vintage French corkscrews have an industrial feel too with their mechanical concertina-like action. They look good and are useful (very useful) too!

vintage metal exit sign | H is for Home

This next item caught our eye immediately as we really like old letters, signs & stencils. This ‘EXIT’ sign is made from what looks like zinc metal with a painted surface. We like the yellow colour and aged patina.

Red vintage goose neck desk lamp and vintage Fiesta biscuit tin

And a bit of classic vintage-retro now. We always have a good selection of vintage desk lamps available in the antiques centre. Having a choice of colours is ideal, so this lovely bright red example can join their number.

Vintage Fiesta biscuit tin detail

And last but not least, this gorgeous 1950s biscuit tin. It has colourful and playful decoration with a Spanish theme. Perfect for those home-made biscuits or cupcakes. All these recent vintage finds are being listed in our online shop or on eBay this week so get in touch if you see anything you’d like.