Vital signs

'Vital signs' blog post banner

collection of industrial vintage signs

We bought a box of dusty old vintage factory signs at auction recently. They look great now we’ve hung them in our antiques centre space – and have subsequently been promoted to favourite buy of the week!

We love the mix of colours, the various fonts, shapes, sizes, materials, wear & patina… the social history too. They make an eye-catching display. They’re the  sort of thing that you can have fun hunting for at markets, picking up one by one… or in bulk maybe – we think H is for Home have a few! 🙂

Etsy List: Love Letters

"Etsy List" blog post banner

'Love Letters' Etsy List by H is for HomeWe’ve collected and sold a few sets of vintage metal letters and a wonderful brass stencil set on eBay this year. Architectural salvage signs rescued from shop fronts and factories are really popular and collectable. They can act as real decorative art & design historical records – curly-whirly 60s fonts, brightly coloured 70s plastic & neon signs, refined Art Deco letters in silver and brass coloured metals.

We love the shape of ampersands, question and exclamation marks. Use vintage letters as paperweights or book ends to pep up a desk or shelf, spell out your initials, a special word or phrase, display a giant letter on the floor like a work of art.

Love Letters
Curated by H is for Home