Very palette-table!

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vintage 1950s palette topped teak table with splayed legs with Ridgeway Homemaker tea cup & saucer and two vintage 1950s Stitchcraft magazines

Check out this classic teak table with its splayed legs and artist’s palette shaped top.

vintage 1950s palette topped teak table with splayed legs

We bought it at auction this week, but didn’t actually see it in the flesh until we picked it up. We weren’t disappointed, though, as the condition was very good and the grain of the wood is lovely.

detail of vintage 1950s palette topped teak table with splayed legs with Ridgeway Homemaker tea cup & saucer

Such a classic 1950s look and a really useful little side table for the lounge – great for our photo shoots & staging too!

This would normally leave us with the conundrum – sell or keep?…

pair of vintage 1950s palette topped teak tables with splayed legs

…but we had no such problem this time, as the auction price was for a pair!

Before & After

We recently picked up some lovely vintage teak dining chairs from a local auction. They’re from the Moselle range produced by A. Younger Ltd in the 1950s. The seat covers were looking very tired, generally letting the chairs down. We’ve set about re-covering them. We bought the fabric a few years ago and have been waiting for just the right project to use it on. Here are the early reupholstery results.

They’ll soon make a wonderful set. They come with a matching extendable dining table.

Z is for… Zoo

Vintage comic illustration of a zoo keeper and animals | H is for Home

We’ve reached the end of the alphabet… and ‘Z’ is for zoo. Our virtual zoo is full of animals beautifully interpreted in pottery, glass, textiles, book illustrations and more. All our animals are well looked after… and there’s no entrance fee!!

1960s lion tile designed by Kenneth Townsend | H is for Home
1960s lion tile designed by Kenneth Townsend
Detail from a vintage fabric peg bag | H is for Home
Detail from a vintage fabric peg bag
Vintage glass ram designed by Pavel Pánek for Rudolfova Hut Glass, part of the SKLO UNION Group of Czechoslovakia | H is for Home
Vintage glass ram designed by Pavel Pánek for Rudolfova Hut Glass, part of the SKLO UNION Group of Czechoslovakia
Vintage childrens book cover: 'A Peaceable Kingdom, the Shaker Abecedarius' illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen | H is for Home
Vintage children’s book cover
Vintage childrens book cover: 'A Peaceable Kingdom, the Shaker Abecedarius' illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen | H is for Home
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
Vintage childrens book cover: 'A Peaceable Kingdom, the Shaker Abecedarius' illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen | H is for Home
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
Vintage childrens book cover: 'A Peaceable Kingdom, the Shaker Abecedarius' illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen | H is for Home
List of animals in the Shaker Abecedarius
Vintage Beefeater steak plates by Washington Pottery | H is for Home
Vintage 1960s ‘Beefeater’ steak plates by Washington Pottery
Vintage Staffordshire pottery mug with orange cat illustration | H is for Home
Vintage 1970s Staffordshire pottery mug
Vintage Hornsea 'Aries' mug designed by John Clappison | H is for Home
Vintage 1960s/70s Hornsea pottery mug
Life of St Martin: 'St Martin with dogs' illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966 | H is for Home
‘Life of St Martin’ illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966
Vintage Acupulco chopping board by Villeroy & Boch | H is for Home
Vintage 1960s ‘Acapulco’ chopping board by Villeroy & Boch
Detail from a vintage Acupulco chopping board by Villeroy & Boch | H is for Home
‘Acapulco’ chopping board detail
Vintage 1970s Danish pottery plaque of a snail designed by Ib Antoni for Bing and Grøndahl | H is for Home
Vintage 1970s Danish pottery plaque of a snail designed by Ib Antoni for Bing and Grøndahl
Illustration of an elephant carrying children from 'This is Edinburgh' by Miroslav Sasek, 1961 | H is for Home
Illustration from ‘This is London’ by Miroslav Sasek, 1959
Illustration of penguins from 'This is Edinburgh' by Miroslav Sasek, 1961 | H is for Home
Illustration from ‘This is Edinburgh’ by Miroslav Sasek, 1961
Vintage Cadburys biscuit tin with colourful illustration of birds | H is for Home
Detail from a vintage 1950s Cadbury biscuit tin
Vintage 1950s pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR | H is for Home
Vintage 1950s pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR
Illustration by Dean Mitchell from 'Folk Tales of the World, Australia', 1965 | H is for Home
Illustration by Dean Mitchell from ‘Folk Tales of the World, Australia’, 1965
Little orange felt elephant made in Nepal | H is for Home
Little felt elephant made in Nepal
Vintage pottery owl plaque | H is for Home
Vintage 1960s/70s pottery owl plaque
Vintage Scandinavian teak mouse | H is for Home
Vintage 1960s Danish teak mouse
Tiger print by Wallase Ting | H is for Home
Tiger print by Walasse Ting

L is for… Lundtofte

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Vintage stainless steel Lundtofte coffee set | H is for Home

We picked up this fabulous vintage stainless steel coffee set last weekend.

vintage stainless steel Lundtofte coffee pot | H is for Home vintage stainless steel Lundtofte coffee set | H is for Home

That made our minds up about what the letter ‘L’ should be for!

vintage stainless steel Lundofte ice bucket | H is for Home vintage stainless steel ice bucket | H is for Home

Danish company Lundtofte produced high quality, stainless steel pieces – predominantly kitchen & dining wares, but also some decorative household objects.

close up of manufacturer's label | H is for Home

They used top quality materials and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques – stainless steel often combined with teak or rosewood handles and finials.

vintage stainless steel sauce boat | H is for Home

There are some fantastic mid century modern designs to be found by designers such as Tias Eckhoff, Eric Herlow and Lone Sachs.

vintage Lundtofte 'Opus' cutlery set | H is for Home vintage Lundtofte 'Opus' cutlery set | H is for Home

vintage Lundtofte chaffing dish | H is for Home

vintage boxed salt & pepper set | H is for Home vintage salt & pepper pots | H is for Home

We have a few examples of vintage Lundtofte for sale at the moment in the H is for Home web shop – have a look!

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