Vintage industrial isn’t just for minimalist loft spaces. Whilst it looks great in that environment, it combines very well with country furniture & mid century modern design too – so it can find a perfect home in all types of room.
Lots of painted aluminium, wheels or castors on coffee tables and floor-standing shelving. Re-purposed metal office filing cabinets, old school desks, chairs and lockers. Wire mesh pigeon holes, shop signs & letters, train station clocks, metal lamps & shades, fans, antique wooden crates & boxes – along with smaller accessories such as vintage staplers, tape measures, pencil sharpeners and the like.
Whilst nice pieces don’t grow on trees, they do pop up in all kinds of places. Outdoor markets & fairs are good hunting grounds. Ditto architectural salvage yards. Antique centres often have a specialised dealer and auction houses sometimes get given the task of clearing shops, factories or offices. We once bought over twenty anglepoise lamps in one lot at auction!!
This mood board gives a flavour of industrial vintage. Quite a few of the pieces are ours, so they’ll either be in our web shop or antiques centre pitch. The other stockists are also listed below.
- Czech industrial pendant lamp – £123, interioraddict
- Vintage industrial steel shoe trolley rack – £395, Mustard Vintage on eBay
- Red Star Baler twine – H is for Home
- Stacking desktop filing drawers – H is for Home
- Locker room shelf – £59.95, Nkuku
- Adjustable machinist’s/potter’s stool – H is for Home
- Wooden tool tray – H is for Home
- Cotton bobbins – H is for Home