Dream tureen
The soup tureen isnt seen much anymore! We rarely sit at a table to eat, let alone serve dinner up in the best china. In years gone by, families would come together every Sunday, Easter and Christmas Day and enjoy…
You’re beautiful my deer
Yesterday I received a present after a day at Peterborough Antiques Fair. I closed my eyes and was told the gift was very delicate…slowly and carefully, I opened a Babycham bambi deer. She is lovely and in perfect condition. This is rare…
Cape Fear??
This season’s biggest trend is the cape. Alluding back to the 1960s mod look, the cape is this winters coat. Whether it is a short faux fur cape, a tweed hip length cape or an elegant maxi cape this is…
Vintage Mania!
Homes and Antiques magazine has mentioned Your Vintage Life on the news pages in the October issue! We are so grateful for the endorsement and are really pleased to see our beautiful stock shown.
Shaken not stirred
We were given a great pair of vintage champagne glasses recently to celebrate the birth of our second child. Kitty Jen was born in July and the champagne definately flowed. They are really unusual and I havent seen any glasses like…
My birthday bag
It was my birthday last week and I received the loveliest handbag! It is a wicker box bag by a company called Midas of Miami. They made fabulous bags which epitomise the 1950s style with gorgeous adornments. This one has…
Simply Medicinal
We have a great selection of retro glass medicine bottles for sale. They look great in a cluster of different colours, in front of a window with the light shining through making their colours vibrant and bright. The first one…
Hanging on the telephone
I love my vintage telephones so much, I thought I would share some with you. My number one love is for the Ericofon or the Cobra phone. This was designed in the late 1940s in Sweden by Gosta Thames, Ralph Lysell…
Bag Lady
Today in the post i received a lovely original Caro Nan handbag and thought i would share it with you. These handpainted wooden bags were made in the South of America in the 1960s and were a must have bag at the time.…
