Posts Tagged ‘teak’
Friday, November 11th, 2011


Here’s a quick peek at a few of our recent purchases.
We’ll start with fabrics – a lovely pair of heavy curtains with a striped pattern in blues, greens & turquoise – perfect for keeping out those coming winter draughts. There are more shades of gorgeous green and a groovy pattern in the duvet cover.

The pottery kitchen storage jars are from the Kleen Kitchen Ware range produced by Sadler – a classic 1950s look.
The pedestal alarm clock is by Rhythm – its orange hour markers are a nice detail.

These stacking stools are perfect for a camper van or small kitchen – they’re stamped to the base ‘Chair Centre January 1972′.

This lovely Scandinavian mid century modern teak pestle & mortar is by Karl Holmberg.

The camera bag has all kinds of pockets and compartments and was manufactured by Hinomoto.

And last, but not least – the nest of tables that all the items are sitting on. They’re a wonderful shape and were manufactured by G-Plan.
Tags: 1970s, Chair Centre, g plan, Hinomoto, Karl Holmberg, Kleen Kitchen Ware, Rhythm clock, Sadler, Scandinavian, teak, vintage
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010


On the same day we bought our vintage Anglepoise lamp, we bought this fabulous 1960s radiogram.

We’d actually been on the look out for an amplifier to go with a record deck we had – but suddenly, as bidding was about to stop at £30, we couldn’t resist this beauty!

It’s a Garrard Dynatron – radio, record player and speakers – housed in a teak cabinet.

Not only does will it provide music in lounge – we think it’s a great looking piece of furniture. Streamlined & good proportions, it fits the space exactly – the teak is a lovely warm colour too.

Justin was very impressed with this particular feature… the slow, soft-close lid – no danger of records jumping.

And most importantly – it sounds good too!
Tags: Dynatron, Garrard, radio, radiogram, record player, speakers, teak
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Monday, November 1st, 2010


Check out this classic teak table with its splayed legs and artist’s palette shaped top.

We bought it at auction this week but didn’t actually see it in the flesh until we picked it up. We weren’t disappointed though as the condition was very good and the grain of the wood is lovely.

Such a classic 1950s look and a really useful little side table for the lounge – great for our photo shoots & staging too!
This would normally leave us with the conundrum – sell or keep?…

…but we had no such problem this time as the auction price was for a pair!
Tags: 1950s, 50s, artist palette, atomic, auction, Homemaker, palette, Ridgeway, Ridgeway Pottery, Stitchcraft, Stitchcraft magazine, table, tables, teak
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Tags: "A Younger Ltd", carver, chair, diy, Moselle, project, reupholstry, teak, vintage
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Tags: "Miroslav Sasek", 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Acapulco, Alice and Martin Provensen, animals, Aries, Beefeater, birds, biscuit tin, Dean Mitchell, elephant, Emile Probst, fabric, Folk Tales of the World, glass, Hornsea Pottery, illustration, John Clappison, kangaroo, Kenneth Townsend, Life of St Martin, lion, Losmonosov, mouse, owl, Peaceable Kingdom, penguins, Sasek, Scandinavian, Shaker Abecedarius, Staffordshire Pottery, teak, This is Edinburgh, This is London, tiger, Villeroy and Boch, Walasse Ting, Washington Pottery, zoo
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