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…
1930s vintage photographs
For the last weeks or so I have been writing the 1920s/30s chapter of my upcoming book: Style your Modern Vintage Home. I have been writing about bedrooms of the time and the rise of photography. Thinking about putting genuine photos…
2012: A vintage year
We have had a great 2012 but due to us honeymooning over Christmas, we are a little late with our blog round up of the year. Thanks for everyone’s support last year, to our customers who have made it our best year yet…
Customer Corner: Clothes Show Live
Time for another Customer Corner: wonderful customers wearing our vintage clothes which they have bought from us here at Your Vintage Life. Last weekend was the Clothes Show Live at Birmingham’s NEC. It was packed full of shopping hungry ladies…
Kitty’s vintage rag doll
I have never been so excited to share one of my childrens Christmas presents on the blog. Today a handmade doll arrived through the post for Kitty and my oh my, it’s beautiful! It is made by a local company…
Retro bar stools
They say that home is where the heart is, so why not fill it with the items that reflect yours? Doing things up in the style of a certain decade can bring such a lot of joy to the process…
Vintage Compacts
Todays guest blog comes from Tilly from Lavender Hill Antiques. She shares with us her love for vintage compacts and shows us some of her favourites. But beware the collectors out there….if you havent fallen in love with these little…
Our vintage girl’s room
A little while ago we blogged about our little girl, Kitty’s bedroom. Filled with vintage toys such as her dolls and Fisher Price wind ups, we had a great response from all of you. Featuring original 1960s wallpaper that was…
Vintage Styling
I think that the vintage look can sometimes be a hard to style and get right. I hear people saying that they find it difficult and don’t want to look old fashioned or like their mum. However, once you get it…
Vintage Auction!
This Saturday at Peacocks, Bedfords auction house is the bi-annual 20th century sale. Packed to the rafters with mid century treasures, this has become a real must do event on the local vintage calendar. It has now been running for…
Happy Vintage Halloween
Happy Halloween my vintage readers! My children are spending the whole day in costumes, their aim is to scare everyone from the postman to the lady in the post office when we post the parcels! I will go off spooking…
