New Arrivals

We have lots of great new pieces that have just come into stock and have been updated onto our website. There are lots of pictures to look at as well as a condition report for each piece.

Two of our favourite new finds are these haberdashery cabinets that were removed some years ago from a gentleman's outfitters in Covent Garden in London. They are very nice quality with mahogony fronts, period nickel plated brass fittings, oak drawers dove-tailed front and back that slide out from behind up and over glass doors. Increasingly difficult to find the cabinets are available to purchase individually.



We have also taken delivery recently of a huge haul of salvaged industrial mine lamps. There are several different styles in various sizes and materials. They will be updated online with the quantities available of each model as we go through them. The different materials will provide opportunities for different finishes. Below are some examples from a run very practically sized caged pendant lamps that are aluminium and have been mirror polished to create stunning lamps either individually or in clusters or groups.

Adding to our collection of reclaimed lab stools we have unearthed another interesting variation. These are neat, tidy and authentic with their worn grey powder coated steel tube frames and ply-wood seats not to mention solid with their triangulated frame. We have about 40 or so currently available.

Elle Taiwan

 

We are very pleased to see that readers in Taiwan are being inspired by all things vintage. The Taiwan imprint of Elle magazine has just featured a pair of Rupert Blanchard's British Design Award Winning upcycled cabinets. Both of these cabinets have now been sold into private collections however we have more unique pieces currently available. Click on the pictures below for more details.

New Arrivals

We have new stock arriving all the time at our warehouse. After it has been repaired and restored the pieces enter our current online collection. Some of our latest recent finds have just been posted online. Click on the images for more details...

We have a good run of these galvanised wire baskets each with it's own brass maker's plaque. Handy to have for all sorts of storage - shoes? - or retail display...

Increasingly difficult to find this vintage GEC 2kW studio lamp still comes with its original stand. It has been flawlessly polished and refitted as needed. It is now solid and ready for service. We have rewired it to accept a conventional bayonet bulb at a more acceptable 60/100W. All the internal lamp adjustments are functioning and it has an impressive set of barn doors as well as a fold-out sleeve to insert a coloured gel filter should you wish...

This is we believe a mirrored reflector from a second world war battleship.The centre of the glass is etched with the maker and the date. The optical clarity and depth of field is fantastic - still impressive 75 years later! One of the things we love about this piece is that the captured image changes according to your position in the room. Difficult to photograph but you are very welcome to come and view while the piece is still available for sale at our Spitalfields store. It comes supplied to wall-mount with a set of custom brackets.

What our customers say..

'Chair arrived today, just as you said. It is beautiful. Thank you very much. Look forward to shopping with you again.'

Julie Rennocks from Coalville, Leicestershire bought a Lecture Chair...

...and there are still a few left...

'Just to let you know the desks just arrived. They are just as I expected them to be. My daughter is delighted and has already taken hers to her bedroom. The advice and service provided by yourself and Elemental are first class.'

Jane Thomson from Andover, Hampshire ordered a couple of Folding Desks online. We still have a good quantity of these space-saving foldaway desks available.

'...love your store, check in all the time to see what incredible things Europe has.…your store is a huge inspiration to my wife and I.'

Christos Koulas from Canada founder of Trade Roots. www.trade-roots.ca

Front Cover

The latest edition of 'Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom' Magazine has 3 lamps from our last run of reclaimed black enamel transformer lamps featured both on the front cover and inside the magazine.

A quick flick through the magazine shows how on trend these lamps currently are and how great they can look as a centre piece suspended as feature lights over a kitchen island unit. This kitchen was designed by kitchencoordination.co.uk

Soho House Berlin

Some time ago we were commisioned by Soho House to produce a run of bedside cabinets for the attic rooms for their Berlin Members Club.  

The Club is set in an historic Bauhaus building in the Mitte district of Berlin. The interior designers have done a great job giving the rooms a contemporary feel whilst paying respect to the building's origins. We are very pleased with how well the cabinets fit into their new setting. 

Below a picture as the first batch of cabinets were loaded onto the truck in the yard at our East London workshop. There are more pictures and more information here.

House of Fun

One of our favourite pieces from our current collection of curiosities - making an appearance in a recent photoshoot for 'Kitchens, Bedrooms and Bathrooms' Magazine! - is our folk-art fairground carousel pictured above.