Pretty fabulous candelabra
Candelabras do not have to be stern pieces of table decor, highly polished and dragged out but once a year.
No, they should be delicate, slightly vintagey, strewn with flowers and perched on a dainty base.
It’s a reasonable £39 and we don’t see why it shouldn’t be out on the table all year round.
Find it at Bombay Duck.
If you love all things Vintage, old style bottles and fancy labels, then you’ll love these decorative French bottles and jars from Cologne and Cotton.
All the bottles and jars are sold empty, so you can add your own contents or simply use them for decorative purposes. The labels are reproduced from traditional French 19th century designs, similar to those found on old perfume bottles.
The vintage bottles are available in two sizes, 500ml (£25) and 1 litre (£30), with three designs to choose from, and the storage jars with lids are £25, with two designs on offer.
We were reading the Patchwork Harmony blog earlier on and noticed that Caroline had written about uploading some new items to the vintage section of her shop. Having a distinct soft spot for vintage items, we couldn’t help but rush off to have a look!
Patchwork Harmony have some lovely ‘one of a kind’ vintage finds and we couldn’t help but be seduced by the look of some of the china. Like this set of four china plates, with dainty purple and white flowers, for example. The plates have lovely gold rims and would be perfect for afternoon tea parties. There’s only one set of four available and they’re priced at £7.95.
If you’d like something to treat yourself with, then you could buy this china cup, saucer and plate set. Made by Royal Osborne, the trio set features pale blue and white flowers, with a subtle hint of pink. Again, only set is available, for £8.95.
If I hadn’t just purchased an entire vintage tea set, I could have been sorely tempted. There’s lots more besides china, like this floral patterned glass jug, enamel tea pot and these fab vintage plaster tins, so go and have a look!
Floral heart hooks
One of the latest lovely shops we’ve discovered is Capture the Castle, based in Rochester, Kent (their name can’t help but remind me of the book I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith).
Vintage geranium seed tin
This vintage galvanised seed tin is decorated with a geranium design and is useful for storing seeds in. The box measures 8cm by 10cm (would this fit a standard sized packet of seeds, we wonder?) and is £3.50.
Black metal wall treeThis lovely tree is made out of black metal and is designed to be hung from your wall. It looks great as it is, but its branches can hold pictures or postcards.
We think it would provide a great way of creating a visual family tree on your wall, linking pictures of your relatives together.
The black metal tree decoration is 22″ by 26″ and costs £39.99.
There’s of course lots more lovely products for sale on the Capture the Castle website, so go take a look!
Pretty fragranced candlesOnline boutique, Patchwork Harmony, is bursting with lovely home accessories and, this week, you could save money on all orders.
Over on Fresh Design Blog, they’ve negotiated a special discount offer for all products purchased at Patchwork Harmony from now until Monday 31st August 2009. To get 10% off your order, all you have to do is enter the code, “FRESH” at the checkout.
They come with a pretty doily on the top and a jam recipe – so when you’ve finished the candle, you can reuse the ceramic jar for jam. The fragranced candles are £15 each.
There are lots more highly tempting home accessories for sale on the Patchwork Harmony website, including this vintage-style soap tin with a rose scented soap (£7.50), unusual stacking egg cups (£7.25), a vintage style white wooden letter rack (£14.25) and useful fabric doorstops in a variety of fabrics (£5.25 each).
Rich Bouquets cake stand (£70)
At Cosy Home Blog, we’re big fans of vintage china and are rather partial to cake stands too. So it was rather exciting to come across a new venture which not only combines vintage china and cake stands, but also creates bespoke pieces too.
Let Them Eat Cake sells one-off vintage cake stands of all shapes and sizes. All the stands are unique, as they design and make the stands themselves (what a fun job!), from lovely mismatched pieces of vintage china.
Some of them are made up of plates, as you’d expected from tiered cake stands, whilst others have a cup added to the third tier, for that extra quirky look.
Regency Tea three tier cake stand
The Regency Tea three tier cake stand has a base plate measuring 230mm, with a distinctive pink design and a middle floral plate with a navy ribbon edge. It’s topped off with a vintage floral cup and saucer and costs £65.
They’re not all tiered cake stands though, there are some really nice pedestal stands too, such as this 1920s ‘Woodland Walk’ stand (£35), which has a nice green glass base.
Green pedestal cake standBut if you’ve browsed the options on offer and nothing quite takes your fancy, or if you’ve got your own collection of favourite pieces of china that you’d like recycled, then Let Them Eat Cake can create your own very special bespoke cake stand.
This is a great idea, and one of best vintage china recycling initiatives we’ve come across recently. It’s especially good if you’d like something special to match your exsiting china, or to give as a gift. Find out more about their bespoke cake stand designing service here.
* Update: Check out Let Them Eat Cake’s store on Bouf for my inspirational cake stand ideas.
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Vintage china teacup candle
At Cosy Home Blog, we love old vintage china teacups and, in addition to drinking tea from them, one of the popular ways you can bring them into your home is in the form of a candle.
These teacup candles are all one-off vintage pieces, so each cup is unique, and the cup is filled with a delicately scented candle.
If you love the look of vintage china, and also appreciate candles, then this is a great way of combining the two. It would also make a lovely gift.
Kirstie Allsopp famously featured vintage china teacup candles in her popular Channel 4 TV series, Kirstie’s Homemade Home.
The vintage teacup candles are available to purchase from Lavender Room for £22.00 each.
Vintage wine label placemats and coasters
If you’re a fan of vintage wine, 0r simply like the vintage look, then these evocative vintage placemats and coasters may well appeal.
The mats feature a range of popular vintage wine and champagne labels which look suitably old and worn.
They’re available in various sets, including two large serving mats for £39.80, four placemats for £42.50 and four coasters for £22.50. All sets can be purchased from Scarlet Willow.
French bateau copper bath
This is one utterly stunning bath!
Dating from the late 19th century, this double ended French Bateau bath is made from copper and would add a bit of glitz and glam to any vintage themed bathroom.
The outside is highly polished and the inside is lined with tin. As you’d expect from a vintage piece of furniture, it does have slight denting from years of wear and tear, but it’s not major and helps add to its authenticity.
For such a unique piece, it does come with a bit of a hefty price tag (£2950), but it’s not the kind of bath you’ll easily find anywhere else and worth it if it’s the special find you’ve been looking for.
If you’re interested in finding out more, it’s available from Burgundy Brocante.
Ornate magnetic memo board
Magnetic memo boards are a great alternative to noticeboards and drawing pins and are all the rage at the moment.
We love this rather unusual shaped magnetic memo board from the Catkin Collection, which looks really ornate vintage in style.
Its unusual shape really makes it stand out from some of the other memo boards on the market, giving it the added advantage of being decorative too. It’s made from white metal and comes with six gorgeous mock crystal magnets, that really help glam it up.
The memo board costs £44.50 from Catkin Collection and comes complete with the fixings you’ll need to put it up on the wall.
