For those of you who follow our blog regularly, you will know that I collect Norwegian cookware. CathrineHolm is my favourite but we also have a lot of vintage Le Creuset too. The fact that they both produce pans in…
Do you Remember Fish n Chips snacks? I remember swimming at the weekend and afterwards eating them in the cafe alongside a Wham bar! Look at the packaging: like old newspaper! Remember the fishy salty taste? Ah we love the…
Last Saturday, the MK Handmade & Vintage Fair was held at the shopping centre. We historically have traded there, but this time we went to review it for our sister site: Vintage Bedford and MK. The stalls were lovely with some…
When people speak of vintage, they are often referring to the period around the 1940s and 1950s, but it seems there really is no limit to what ‘old’ items can be used to decorate the home and still be classed…
For anyone that didn’t catch Orla Kiely’s Autumn/Winter show at London Fashion Week – you missed a treat! Instead of the usual runway she set up a vintage 1960s office, with rows of ladies sitting at desks typing away. They…
“There is a time of year in New York when, even before the first leaf falls, you can feel the seasons click. The air is crisp, the summer is gone. And for the first night in a long time, you…
Do you remember these retro birthday badges in the 1970s? We got one every year. I found this one yesterday at the MK handmade & Vintage fair and it really took me back to my childhood! Who else can remember…
Yet another full week here at YVL HQ: and the sun has returned which makes it harder to want to go out and work..especially when the later flowering clematis are this stunning! On the blog front we featured Justin…
Justin and Adelle from the online retailer H is for Home have a beautiful home. Styled with an eclectic mix of retro with antiques and collectables, it has been featured in many magazines. It also appears throughout the 60s/70s chapter…
The ceramic range called Gaytime by Lord Nelson sums up the retro, psychedelic vibe of the 1960s. Bright orange and purple birds and flowers on cream ceramic simply jump out at you and make you smile. Interestingly the bright patterns are…
1. First things first, its time to get up! An alarm clock is a necessity and this vintage 70’s one from Etsy is fabulous – simple and bold at the same time. 2. A vintage lunchbox is always a fun…
Boy has this week been a busy one! Yes, I know I say this most weeks but I can genuinely say I am shattered after last week! Last Friday we set up Twinwood festival and then rushed back to celebrate a…
Everyone knows that British cuisine has improved with every passing decade, but there is no harm in looking back and throwing a party that emulates the perfect manners and elegance of a bygone age; especially when that age is the…
We have been featured in our local Sunday paper! The Beds on Sunday have featured the book with a great headline! Here’s the article: Singer Paloma has Faith in writer’s vintage guide Singer Paloma Faith has endorsed a new book…
BBC2’s The Great British Bake Off started its 4th series last week and the nation is once again gripped by baking fever. Now I am not a domestic goddess at all but I do love a home-made cake and I also…
As I’ve mentioned in a few of my blogs now, I’ve recently moved to a new house. It is a large late 70’s/early 80’s house that needs a bit of work doing to it and has some retro vintage (and some…
I am writing this before we go off to trade at the annual Twinwood Festival, here in Bedfordshire. We started to set up yesterday: I use the royal “we” as really Mr YVL went to put the marquee up and all the…
