Styling Tip: 1930s crochet
I cannot stop buying vintage linen. I have bags and bags of it, from large embroidered tablecloths to small doily like tray covers. We do not use them in our home (which is a 1960s affair) and to be honest, we…
A Sunday Retrospective
Just a short look back today as it is so sunny outside! Wow, the sun has arrived (finally!) This advert is from 1968 for Spode china. “We women like china absolutely white……” “White as Spode, I said. (Spode make the whitest…
Our Vintage Life
It has been another busy week in the YVL house, filled with children’s activities (it is the holidays after all) First up was Herbie’s girlfriend’s party. Yes, my 5 year old has a girlfriend! They have been together for about…
Link Love
It has been a great week online, with some great inspirational pictures and blog posts out there. Share the Love with us, click away and let us know what floats your boat this week! We love it when our kids…
Vintage by the seaside
Last year we sold some mid-century furniture to a couple who were renovating a hotel down in St Ives. They wanted the furniture to be of this vintage era…which sounded like a fantastic project. They talked of making sink units…
10 of the Best: Vintage Wallpaper
After yesterday’s blog featuring our wallpaper styling tip as well as TK Maxx’s fab new campaign, it made sense for this week’s “10 of the Best” to feature vintage and retro wallpaper. There is a lot out there, many to…
Styling Tip: Vintage Wallpaper
A while back we wrote about the fabulous FiFi wallpaper which we chose for a feature wall in our bedroom. It is a reproduction of a 1950s design by Sanderson. The story goes that someone found it in a loft…
A Sunday Retrospective
Every Sunday we like to lie on the sofa, and catch up with reading magazines and blogs. We love vintage home magazines here at Your Vintage Life and none come better than wedding magazines. Not only are they filled with…
Our Vintage Life
We have had a lovely week, what with easter, chocolate, school holidays…… We had lots of family around all weekend and the kids enjoyed not one, not two, but three easter egg hunts. To be honest, it got a bit…
Link Love
There have been so many great things online this week: mainly Easter related! Wanting to avoid talk of chicks and bunnies: here is some of what’s been catching our eye this week. Fancy a secret party? In a tipi? er…….of…
Plus Size Vintage
Here at Your Vintage Life we love vintage dresses. In fact my personal collection is a little out of control…..much to My YVL’s despair. I used to buy 1960s shift dresses in the late 1980s and customise them, teaming them…
10 of the Best: Spring Vintage
Well I don’t know about you but I am not exactly feeling spring like. It has been so cold that even the daffodils are not in bloom here. So to brighten my day (and hopefully yours) today’s 10 of the…
Mid-Century Modern
Last week a great new book dropped through the letterbox courtesy of Octopus Books. Judith Miller, the well respected antique and collectible expert has written another great book called “Mid-Century Modern: Living with mid-century modern design”. Well we love to review…
10 of the best: vintage enamelware
I haven’t been blogging much recently as most of my time has been taken up on photo shoots for the book. We are shooting real people’s homes that have embraced certain eras and have been styled well. Friday we visited…
10 of the best: 1960s stainless steel
Yesterday we blogged about our new set of Robert Welch cutlery. Based on the 1960s Alveston design, he has re-designed the range for John Lewis. You can read it here. Todays 10 of the best therefore features great Robert Welch…
Robert Welch Cutlery
For my 40th birthday last year I asked for cutlery: not the most glamorous of presents but I was fed up of mis-matched knives and forks. I had fallen in love with the 1960’s Alveston range made by Old Hall and…
Vintage style bedrooms
Tips for decorating your bedroom in a vintage style Decorating a bedroom in a vintage style doesn’t have to be expensive. A typical vintage look can easily be created with light and soft colours, intricate patterns and textured fabric and distressed…
