Grundy bin

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vintage aluminium Grundy bin lid | H is for Home

We were tired of a huge bag of dog food balancing on our washing machine and were just about to buy one of the dog food bins that we featured in a recent ‘Gimme Five’ post

vintage aluminium Grundy bin

…then one of our fellow dealers brought this vintage aluminium Grundy bin into the antiques centre.

vintage aluminium Grundy bin containing a large bag of dog food

It’s absolutely perfect!! It fits the largest sacks of food, it’s secure & sturdy – and even has wheels to allow easy movement for cleaning etc.

bottom of a vintage aluminium Grundy bin showing its castors

Up-cycling at its best – we couldn’t have designed anything better.

Fudge sitting next to the vintage aluminium Grundy bin containing his dog food

Fudge approves!

Industrial Vintage

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selection of industrial vintage home, office & factory items including filing cabinets, lamps and radios

Justin had his “industrial vintage” head on at this week’s auction; picking up a selection of drawers, radios & lamps. They looked good grouped together even as they were being unloaded from the car, so we took a quick snap.

vintage industrial red desk lamp

The shorter set of drawers is wooden, the taller ones steel. They’re both painted that classic green and are perfect for office, crafting, tools or potting shed. The radios were produced by Hacker & Roberts respectively. Both companies hold the Royal Warrant, so build quality & sound are excellent. We love the lamps – the cream one is a classic 1960s Anglepoise and has our favourite shape of shade. The red one is a gorgeous little number – very sturdily built and multi-positional. A great industrial look and original red paint too! It was produced by Metek and these lamps are quite hard to come across, so probably the star of today’s show.