Forthcoming Attractions: Spring 2023

It’s been a long, long time since we shared any fresh, vintage stock that’s heading to our webshop and our eBay listings page.

We’d say that today’s offerings fall into two general vintage camps; mid century modern and antique rustic.

The midcentury stock includes kitchenalia items and kids’ stuff…

…and art glass including a number of attractive paperweights.

Glass also features in our rustic antique grouping – in the form of a collection of apothecary or chemist bottles.

Also in this set is a dozen antique wooden bobbins – great for displaying and storing ribbon, wool or rope.

If you’re interested in anything, or if your on the lookout for anything in particular and would like us to keep an eye out on your behalf – get in touch with us.

Get their look: French Country rustic interior

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Sometimes it’s quite easy to do one of our Get their look features. Often the furniture and accessories in our highlighted homes are brand new and available from the likes of IKEA, Dunelm and John Lewis. With this stunning French country rustic interior, everything is vintage, antique or one-of-a-kind.

There are a range of natural materials in evidence; bamboo chairs, linen curtains, raffia lampshades and terracotta tiles. I particularly love the collection of rattan mirrors, helping to bounce even more light around the dual-aspect sitting room.

The colour scheme that owner, Nathalie Rives has chosen for her country home in Centre is neutral and calm and the furniture is placed in such a way as to (rightly) make the open fire the focal point of the room.

Get their look

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Reclaimed French terracotta floor tiles

Woven storage basket

Low stool with woven seat

Vintage cane chair

Raffia lampshade

Linen curtain

Reclaimed French terracotta floor tiles

Woven storage basket

Low stool with woven seat

Vintage cane chair

Raffia lampshade

Linen curtain

Reclaimed French terracotta floor tiles

Woven storage basket

Low stool with woven seat

Vintage cane chair

Raffia lampshade

Linen curtain

Get their look: Rustic boot room

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A space where you can peel off wet clothes & outdoor footwear and towel down a muddy dog before you enter the house properly is a really useful area. This rustic boot room is more than up to that job!

The walls and splash-back are painted in an easy-to-clean brilliant white eggshell. The sink is an up-cycled farm animal drinking trough; and is the perfect size for home-owner, Emma to give her border terrier, Sadie a quick bath. The sink stand and counter top are also made from re-purposed materials – old scaffolding boards.

Nosy chicken is optional!

Get their look

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Woven shopper with leather outer pocket

Rush basket
£20.00

Galvanised steel hook rail
£22.00

Enamel soap dish

Galvanised water trough

Brooklyn wire cage pendant

Woven shopper with leather outer pocket

Rush basket
£20.00

Galvanised steel hook rail
£22.00

Enamel soap dish

Galvanised water trough

Brooklyn wire cage pendant

Woven shopper with leather outer pocket

Rush basket
£20.00

Galvanised steel hook rail
£22.00

Enamel soap dish

Galvanised water trough

Brooklyn wire cage pendant

Price Points: Rustic artworks

I’m on the look out for something very, very particular to hang on a wall in our dining room – rustic artworks. It’s probably the most niche thing I’ve ever featured here on our blog.

We have lots of paintings, prints and other wall hangings that we brought with us from our old house. Unfortunately, very few of them suit the décor of this cottage. They’re either too modern, too colourful or the subject matter doesn’t sit well in this setting.

I want one or more rustic home fare, still life artworks. To explain, the subject matter needs to be rustic food in the home; either eating it, preparing & cooking it or simply just set out as a vignette. It can’t show a lavish spread or feast, that would be out of keeping with our humble cottage.

Secondly, I’d like the scene to appear as though it could be located in rural Wales (I told you it was niche!). It can’t look like it’s in the Mediterranean with olives and vine tomatoes or somewhere even more tropical with a bowl of mangoes, bananas and pineapples in a fruit bowl. Similarly, something obviously in a town or city wouldn’t look right.

Thirdly, I want it to appear as though it’s set in the early 19^th century or earlier. No electric lights, kitchen appliances or other modern trappings.

One of the three (I’m sure you can work out which it is) on my shortlist ticks every one of my boxes. But I think it would look really twee and obvious – what do you think?

La Soupière Blanche (The White Soup Tureen) by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818): £5.95 – £62.95, PosterLounge
The original oil painting is held in a private collection in Paris.
Market Day in Old Wales by Sydney Curnow Vosper (1866-1942): £10 – £90
The original watercolour is in the permanent collection of National Museum Wales
Two Peasants Feasting by Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685): $219 – $1,797.00
The original oil painting is in the permanent collection of Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

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