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Entries Tagged as 'vintage'

rescued furniture

October 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Barb from Knack Studios rescues vintage and found furniture. She restores the furniture pieces with paint, paper and fabric, bringing new life into each piece. Above and below some example of pieces that she has ‘rescued’.
Knack Studios is located in Greenville, USA. You can also find their designs on their website and on their [...]

Tags: furniture · inspiration · interiors · vintage

vase collection for sale on ebay

September 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Not so long ago trend watcher Li Edelkoort predicted that people will create their own ‘museum houses’. We will more and more start living among all kind of collections. This way we can show our identity and our uniqueness. Our collections, of for instance vintage glass and ceramics, can make our house and ourselves stand [...]

Tags: home accessories · vintage

ikea catalogue from 1965

September 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The new IKEA catalogue is out! The catalogue is published in 55 different editions, in 27 languages for 35 countries. It has surpassed the Bible as the most published work, estimated 175 million copies (2006) worldwide. The first catalogue was published in 1951. The images above and below images are from the 1965 catalogue. Funny [...]

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vintage chair & table

June 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments

I’m loving the vintage chair in the above. Great styling!
(image from the portfolio of stylist Laura Fulmine)

Tags: furniture · inspiration · interiors · vintage

beautiful vintage ekström chairs

April 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

These gorgeous vintage chairs are available from Furniture Love. The decorative side chairs from Swedish furniture designer Yngve Ekström, have a round backrest and new re-upholstered leather cognac colored seating.

Furniture Love is a Belgian (web)shop of vintage 20th century design. They offer international shipping.

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house with vintage furniture

December 10th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I still haven’t got internet access at home. Hopefully this will be fixed on Friday. This means that I can not upload images for new posts. Luckily I have saved some interior images which I can share with you now.

This beautiful home is heaven for vintage lovers as it is full of vintage furniture and [...]

Tags: inspiration · interiors · vintage

vintage wallpaper

October 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I have earlier posted about vintage wallpaper. You can find these posts here and here. Another great source for vintage wallpaper, if you are living in The Netherlands, is De Bonte Kamer. They also have a great vintage furniture collection.

Tags: vintage · walls

design from brazil at espasso

July 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Every day I receive tons of email from companies, designers and PR firms promoting their products and asking for a mention on the style files. 95% of these emails are about products that have nothing to do with the topics I normally write about. I can not understand that these PR firms think that I [...]

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vintage vases

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I have a thing for vintage vases and I love the ones available at Johnny Tapete. If you don’t know this online store, you must know that they also have a beautiful and extensive vintage wallpaper collection!

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johnny tapete’s vintage wallpaper collection

February 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Perhaps you remember last year’s post about vintage wallpaper? Although it has been a while ago I still get email from readers interested in one of the designs featured in this post. One of the suppliers mentioned is Johnny Tapete. This online shop is located in Germany but they ship world-wide. They have a huge [...]

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