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Charity Vintage: Danish Table and Chairs

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Vintage Danish table & chairs for sale on eBay for Charity in aid of St Vincent Support Centre
(ends 4 Jul, 2013 16:52:08 BST)

This is a great mid century modern Danish table and chairs. The set is made of teak and has a lovely rich colour and patina. The extendible table is made by Danasco.

There’s a buy it now price of £495 but they’re open to offers. 1oo% of the sale proceeds goes to St Vincent Support Centre* in Leeds. Once again, we’ve not left you much time to get a bid in – sorry!

*St Vincent’s is part of the international charity, the St Vincent de Paul Society, and exists to promote self-sufficiency by building bridges of support and creating opportunities that enhance the quality of life for those deprived of income, employment, education, social networks and community support. We offer a wide range of services to people who need it most, including free debt advice, counselling, free adult learning and volunteering/training placements for unemployed and adults with special needs.

Gimme Five! Garden chairs

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various colourful garden chairs

We have a few colourful, mismatched 1960/70s folding garden chairs that get a couple of months use each year. One by one their ancient fabric seats are giving way under the weight of our sun-worshipping bodies! The only way they can be repaired is by completely recovering them in new fabric and that’s way beyond my chair recovering skills. I think we’re going to have to invest in some new ones. Here are some bright and, more importantly, rainproof examples.

  1. Le Versha chair: orange, red, plum, turquoise – £168, Anthropologie
  2. Jasmine bistro table & 2 chairs – £279 Marks & Spencer
  3. Parc folding garden chair – £45, Habitat
  4. Acapulco Low armchair – OK Design pour Sentou Edition – £338, Made in Design
  5. House by John Lewis beach chairs , yellow – £10, John Lewis

Take a seat!

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vintage leatherette Art Deco 3-piece suite | H is for Home

We’re super-pleased with this purchase we made on Thursday. We’ve been on the hunt for a club chair for some time…

vintage leatherette Art Deco 3-piece suite

…then, not only did we get a club chair, we got two club chairs… and a matching 2-seater sofa!

It’s an original 1930s Art Deco suite, re-upholstered in the 1960s in a tan leatherette. Fantastic shape, comfortable with lovely stud detailing.

And a little extra… the lady who sold it says it was re-covered in the same leatherette as was used for Concorde. We’re trying to track down some old photos from the plane or Concorde airport lounge interior.

vintage leatherette Art Deco 3-piece suite

Fudge approves – and has made himself very much at home!

vintage leatherette Art Deco 3-piece suite

It’s found a home in our top floor bedroom/lounge. We spent the entire day re-arranging everything to accommodate it.

vintage leatherette Art Deco 3-piece suite

It was worth it though… there’ll be many books read in these chairs… cups of tea / glasses of wine drunk, crackling fires watched. We love it already!