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• Parisian Abstract Print Throw from Couverture
• eBay watch: 1970 Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Van
• For sale: 1960s Meadow Rise house in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• Suena Mexican Rocking Chair
• Retro Bow Ties from Forage
• Crown Vintage Paints
• Polaroid Best Under The Sun archive sunglasses collection
• Tattly: retro-inspired temporary tattoos
• Newgate Marvel architectural clock

Parisian Abstract Print Throw from Couverture Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:28 AM PDT If you dream of living in an artist's garret in Montmartre but your reality is a one bedroom flat in Peckham, this fifties inspired Parisian Abstract Print Throw from Couverture can help create the desired ambiance. Drawing on the abstract-expressionist style for inspiration, this grey, yellow and purple throw would make a stylish cover for any bohemian bed or sofa. The throw has a double thickness cotton front but if you fancy a change you could always display the reverse, which is washed cotton velvet  with a hand-executed running stitch detail. It measures 230x260cm and costs £299 from Couverture here.

eBay watch: 1970 Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Van Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:35 AM PDT We see a lot of VW vans on eBay, but often, they are either ridiculously expensive or not in particularly good condition. This 1970 Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Van is on the right side of both of those concerns. It's had 'extensive restoration, pretty much everything from the exterior to the doors and wheels through to a refresh of the original Devon interior. Read the description for all the detail - it's certainly wide ranging. There's even a few modern essentials squeezed in too - like a CD player with new in-door speakers and a 15-inch pull-down Freeview TV. 'Looks and drives superb' claims the seller. If you want it in your life, the bidding right now is at £2,000. Lots more images on the listing too. Find out more at the eBay website

For sale: 1960s Meadow Rise house in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands Posted: 13 Jul 2011 06:16 AM PDT It's always good to see an interesting 1960s-designed house, but it's even better when the interior is still instant - as is the case with the Meadow Rise house in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Lots of period features to admire, including exposed brickwork, wood panels and ceilings, stone fireplaces, floor to ceiling windows, period radiators, period lighting and built-in furniture. Be a crying shame if that was ripped out by the next buyer. Few details of the house's heritage available, but plenty on what you get for your money. A plot of 0.84 acres for a start, with accommodation including a reception hall, a concealed cloakroom, a drawing room,  a solid retractable screen that leads to a study and a dining room (which can be screened off from the drawing room), a kitchen, a side hallway with WC, laundry and informal sitting room, four bedrooms (the master bedroom with en suite bathroom and dressing room) plus an integral garaging, carport, storage rooms and extensive gardens. You'll need £1,100,000 to buy it, but if you do have a windfall, this could be our dream retro home. Find out more at the Rightmove website Via WowHaus

Suena Mexican Rocking Chair Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:31 AM PDT   Recently added to Graham and Green's stock is the Suena Mexican Rocking Chair. It is a similar 1950s style chair to the Acapulco Chair by Oficina Kreativa, but on beautifully curved rockers instead of standard chair legs. It is made from steel so is suitable for use indoors or out. A stylish additoin to any porch! It costs £425 from Graham and Green.

Retro Bow Ties from Forage Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:51 AM PDT If dapper dandy is your summer style of choice then look no further than one of these candy-coloured Bow Ties from Forage. The ties are handcrafted in Philadelphia from vintage remnants and deadstock hunted out (hence the name Forage) by stitchers Shauna and Stephen. They come in an array of delightful colours and patterns that will add a stylish edge to summer suits. The bow ties need to be hand-tied, but that's an invaluable skill that no self-respecting dandy should be without. The ties cost from $68 each and will be shipped to you in a hand-printed, vintage-style box packed with shredded paper. Find out more online.

Crown Vintage Paints Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:42 AM PDT   With so many great wallpapers available, it would be tempting to paper every wall in the house, but to make it a bit easier on the eye, you may want to paint a few, which is where Crown's new range Crown Vintage comes in. Created in association with Wayne and Geraldine Hemingway, whose love of all things vintage is no secret, the range consists of 30 flat matt emulsions. The colours are inspired by music, fashion, film, art and design from the 1940s up to the 1980s, and have names such as Make Do and Mend, Mop Top Mania, Beat Generation Blue and Free Love. You can read more about the range on the Crown Paints Blog or buy them exclusively at Homebase, priced £22.50 for a 2.5L tin.

Polaroid Best Under The Sun archive sunglasses collection Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:41 AM PDT Perhaps now known more for its cameras, Polaroid was once a prime mover in the sunglasses market, producing some iconic styles from the '60s onwards. Some of those are celebrated and reissued in the Polaroid Best Under The Sun archive collection, now available via the Design Museum. Four styles are on offer, Memphis, Donna, Image (designed by Kenneth Grange) and Rebel. Memphis is the one above, worn by musicians and hipsters in the 1960s, reproduced in premium nickel silver and state of the art TR90 for the modern market. They retail for £69. Also, check out over the page for the other styles, all taken from the 1970s and 1980s and priced between £69 and £85. Find out more at the Design Museum Shop website

Tattly: retro-inspired temporary tattoos Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:18 AM PDT Tattly is a new venture launched by the blogger Swissmiss offering temporary tattoos for design-minded kids and the young at heart. The range includes plenty of retro subject matter for offer - though not the traditional hearts or roses you might expect.  She's worked with various different illustrators to produce the tattoos. Julia Rothman has supplied the digital watch design pictured, as well as a robot and a polaroid camera. Other designs include retro computer graphics and an old-fashioned microphone.  $5 buys you a set of two of any design or you can buy all 15 designs for $35. Buy them online

Newgate Marvel architectural clock Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:18 AM PDT This Marvel architectural clock is another retro design courtesy of Newgate. It combines some of the design elements of a couple of other of their clocks that we've featured before. They've used those Peter Blake-esque numbers in their Carnaby wall clock previously, while those cut-out numbers - which you are able to place where you'd like, are similar to the idea in their postmaster architectural clock. Whatever the influences, combining the two produces an eye-catching piece of the time.  The clock is currently reduced in the sale to £38.25. Buy it from Barker and Stonehouse

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