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• eBay watch: 1950s midcentury Hans Olsen dining table and chairs for Frem Rojle
• Fresh slice - vinyl themed pizza cutter
• Peter Pan dress by New Look
• Guerlain's 1930s-style Rouge Automatique lipstick
• Blue and white plant pot
• For sale: Six-bedroom 1930s art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester
• Adidas Kopenhagen trainers reissued as a limited edition Size? exclusive
• An-Tea Establishment Afternoon Tea, Met Bar, London
• Marimekko Iltavilli Cow Tray

eBay watch: 1950s midcentury Hans Olsen dining table and chairs for Frem Rojle Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:45 AM PDT When I'm looking for interesting eBay finds, I try and look for items that have low starting prices, but occasionally, quality wins out at a high price. Which brings me to this 1950s midcentury Hans Olsen dining table and chairs for Frem Rojle. It's timeless. Designed in 1953 (with this one dating from around 1960), this Scandinavian design would fit effortlessly into most modern-day homes. Clever design too, with the chairs integrating perfectly into the the table to save space, while a quick fold turns the table into a six-seater, Made of Burmese oak and described as being in 'very good original condition', it's up at £895. Find out more at the eBay website

Fresh slice - vinyl themed pizza cutter Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:41 AM PDT We love a good bit of vinyl, which is handy as shops seem eager to sell us record-related home accessories - the latest being the Fresh slice pizza cutter. Yep, it's a pizza cutter in which the blade is made to resemble a record (thankfully made from stainless steel rather than vinyl) and the plastic handle is made to look like a stylus arm.  File it next to the vinyl chopping board and the clock as a kitsch bit of kitchen fun.  The cutter costs £15.  Buy it from Urban Outfitters

Peter Pan dress by New Look Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT Liven up your wardrobe and your life with this brightly coloured Peter Pan dress by New Look. It's a great statement dress for the new season and a much-needed splash of colour after the drearyness of the past six months. The 1960s-style Peter Pan style is flattering and there is a zip fasten at the back with small button keyhole sleeves. The fabric is floaty and breeezy - ideal for a hot summer day. If turquoise isn't your choice there are a range of other colours available, each has a black tie bow. Get yours from New Look online for £26.99.

Guerlain's 1930s-style Rouge Automatique lipstick Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:25 AM PDT Art Deco style looks as glamorous now as it must have done eighty plus years ago. So it's hardly surprising that Guerlain have gone back to that period as inspiration for its new Rouge Automatique lipstick. The sleek gold case of the lipstick is based upon a 1936 model found in the Guerlain archive. Rather than the usual twist-up lippies, this one has an old-fashioned slide mechanism. The vintage style packaging is combined with modern cosmetic technology and the lipstick promises to be both hydrating and long-lasting. It's available in 25 different shades that are bound to look great upon your Deco-style dressing table.  The lipsticks cost £24.50 and is available exclusively at Selfridges.  Buy them online

Blue and white plant pot Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:18 AM PDT Put your green fingers to the test with this aged ceramic blue and white plant pot. Its aged appearance will add a vintage look to your garden or patio and it gives you a chance to get outside and start growing your own plants. Be it herbs, vegetables or your favourite brightly coloured flowers. If you're not green fingered then this plant pot is a great storage space to keep pens and other bits and bobs. Finished with glazed stoneware, with a weathered blue and white classical design, it measures 12.5cm x 15.5cm. Get yours online at Not on the high street for only £4.95. at this price you could buy a set.

For sale: Six-bedroom 1930s art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:56 AM PDT If this six-bedroom art deco house in Prestwich, near Manchester was a football match, it would be a game of two halves. Why? Read on. It's all about the photos offered with the listing. Details are scarce on its history, the agent simply describing it as 'one of the most individual, presage, detached properties in the Prestwich area'. But a glance at it should be enough to tell you it's an art deco property very likely to have been built in the 1930s, with some very cool original details. Those include some huge wooden arched doors inside, some of which seem to be slide doors. There's also a superb railing on the staircase, a nice lighting effect in the living room and what looks like some original stained glass windows. On the flipside is a bar (presumably recent) and a number of rooms that look like they've been stripped of all period features and made into fairly bland spaces that could be from any modern-day home. Shame about most of the windows too. Part of me wonders if it's had an extension - you'll probably need to ask that. Saying that, it shouldn't be hard to put some of the 'period' back in if you want it and there's lots of space - six bedrooms, two reception rooms, a second dining room, TV room, sitting room, bar/games room, large hall, kitchen/diner, detached double garage and plenty of grounds surrounding. Price is 'on application', so unlikely to be cheap. To find out for sure, give the agent a call. Find out more at the Rightmove website

Adidas Kopenhagen trainers reissued as a limited edition Size? exclusive Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:37 AM PDT The City Series reissue program has a new addition - the Adidas Kopenhagen, which is a limited edition Size? exclusive. The colourway is described as sunshine and black, with the black used for the detail, laces and the textured tongue, this simile shoe finished off with a suede tow, a rugged sole and the 'Kopenhagen' just above those stripes. This is a limited edition and is going to be in short. We've been told that there's enough stock to service all the Size? stores, with the rest of the the limited run (we would guess 500, but not sure) selling online. Both online and inshore sales start tomorrow, 15th April 2011. The price is £64.99. See another 'in the flesh' image over the page. Find out more at the Size? website Via His Knibs

An-Tea Establishment Afternoon Tea, Met Bar, London Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:45 AM PDT   As punks "celebrated" the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, it seemed inevitable that someone would add a punk twist to the upcoming Royal Wedding. It is in this spirit that London cocktail bar, The Met Bar, is hosting An-Tea Establishment Afternoon Tea. This special tea will be available between 22 April and 8 May to coincide with the nuptials and will offer a menu including cucumber sandwiches, cupcakes and punk-inspired cocktails. The tea costs £27 + service charge per person, which isn't cheap, but royal weddings don't come around that often and if you want to avoid it, you may as well do it in style. Visit The Met Bar website for booking details.

Marimekko Iltavilli Cow Tray Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:15 AM PDT   Following the People Will Always Need Plates Electric Avenue Tray mentioned earlier this week, here is another pop-art style tray, this time by Marimekko. The Iltavilli Cow Tray is decorated with line drawings of cow set against a brightly coloured background. The design has been created by Miina Äkkijyrkkä, a Helsinki-based artist who is well-know for her cow drawings. The tray costs £40 from Illustrated Living.

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