What a pleasure it is to be featuring the work of one of the very greatest and most influential British interior designers of the last fifty years. Sir Terence Conran ( yes, of Habitat, Storehouse,Conran Foundation,which manages the Design Museum, and so much more) has for half a century held sway in the design world. Now, he has a range of furniture and accessories, produced exclusively for Marks and Spencer, and what is more for a short period you can enjoy a 20% discount quoting  the code given in the illustration above when you order.

To celebrate the new Conran for M&S collection, as well as the Sir Terence Conran exhibition at the Design Museum, M&S is delighted to be able to give away four extremely limited edition chairs from the range – all upholstered in exclusive fabrics that aren’t available anywhere else! So to bag one of these beautiful chairs by 5th March, you need to see now the further details given here at the Marks and Spencer website and act.

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If you have been following our recent posts you will detect the theme building going on in lime greens,lemongrass, and cool greys.Today, to add to the mix, we have a sideboard in a geometric pattern which smacks of a mid-century look and appeal. The designs are by  current exciting designer, artist and maker of fine furniture, Burgundy Applegate, and are beautifully presented by Heals ,a very long established retailer of the best of contemporary styles of furniture, who actively encourages up-coming talented designers by promoting and selling their work in the Heal’s Discovers series.

The sideboard is part of a set called the Geometry collection of fine furniture by Burgundy Applegate and you can see more here >>

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Inspired by designs from the 1930s, come two superb pieces of furniture, brought to market by Heal’s. The first is the Waldorf sofa – the Designer Guild Ombrione Lime - this is an amazingly shaped piece requiring the very best of the upholsterer’s skill set.

Just look at those curves! This  truly sits well for us as a beautiful sofa with accent on retro.

And,second, if this luxurious style is to your liking, you may wish the consider the Waldorf chair – Designer Guild Ombrione in Lemongrass. They look good as a pair, or singly.

Take a peek here, and see more at the heal’s website here for loud echos of the stylish and sophisticated 1930s.

Made in the UK

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What a fabulous year this could turn out to be! First-up is part of the new collection of great products from Heal’s,all with an accent on retro. To read further you can view here many products in a living space setting, the better to see how they might work in your home, or yo can click on the banner above for the heal’s page on its website. Happy hunting! I shall be featuring several of these products in a series of posts over the next few days. See you there, I hope.

Heal’s have come up with this lemon and lime as key colours combo in a room design. It is  bold and zesty and designed to re-invigorate your home. There are cool greys in there as well, complementing the brightness and freshness of the key colours.Do have a look. You’ll like it. Experience the new Season at Heal’s for marvellous ideas in interior design with a twist of retro.

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How about this marvellous niche website where you can browse over a  collection of wonderful and well built reproduction sofas, chairs, and footstools.

Featured above is the classic style sofa finely reproduced in the 1930s Art Deco range at Retro Sofas. Proud and loud it shrieks quality,and of a time when the Gaumont Theatres were in their pomp. Rich in vibrant red stitched Italian leather, and contrasting colour piping, gives this “Jean Renoir” sofa a very polished finish to an elegant and bold design. This is a luxury piece of furniture from a range with the accent on retro, with comfort in mind. Available in 2 and 3 seater versions you can bag this style, and at a discounted price – sale extended only until tomorrow.

When you visit Retro Sofas, I’ll wager that you will not resist looking at the armchair also in the range.

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Eames Style High Back Soft Pad Office Chair

Yesterday, we featured the Charles Eames style office chair with a mesh low back. The husband and wife Eames team designed a number of chairs for the office. One of a range of designs known today as the ‘soft pad’ chair. Today, we feature the luxurious High Back Soft Pad Office Chair in White Leather.

This reproduction has all the benefits of its other family members. Same elegant aluminium structure and easy manoeuvrability, with side arms.

• Tilting mechanism with adjustable tension
• Adjustable seat height
• Full grain Italian White leather
• High back for full support
• 360 degree swivel

This is another 20-th century ‘modernist’ piece that will find its place in both a retro styled office or lounge, or a more modern interior. Picture this: a complement to a round glass table perhaps, in company maybe with a couple of the Eames style low back mesh chairs. You can read further here…

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Charles (and Ray ) Eames were prolific 20th-century American furniture designers with many  enduring credits to their names. Their style designs have been reproduced by many furniture manufacturers. The appeal of these wonderful designs has not wavered over the decades,and looks like it never will. An excellent example of a chair inspired by the Eames’ ‘fairy dust’ is the Low Back Mesh Office chair featured here.

In the sixties, many offices were graced with the elegance of the Eames style, and so it is today with accent on retro blending well with modern interiors. Good quality is affordable. Aluminium five star legs, on casters for ease of manoeuvrability ,support an adjustable/tilt seat. To read more …

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Now, we have posted this designer’s work before,in the shape of the classic Barcelona Chair. Mies Van der Rohe designed other iconic pieces of furniture in collaboration with German designer,Lilly Reich. In 1929-30, they came up with the Brno Chair named after the place it was destined for, in what is now the Czech Republic. Clean,clear lines make this an elegant modernist cantilever chair originally for the bedroom, with comfort designed in. More about the Van der Rohe Brno Chair here – the example  here is a classic-reproduction and has a seat in black leather.

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This table has a clear sculptural look, which is a fitting impression as it is made in the style of a design by the renowned American/Japanese sculptor, Isamu Noguchi. He had developed his own particular style of sculpture in the 1920s. In the 1930s, he drew acclaim  for several important public-works sculptures produced for the Associated Press building in New York. By this time he had also turned his skills to designing ceramics,lighting ,and furniture,and in 1947, Noguchi’s IN-50 glass table was first manufactured.

The table illustrated above reproduces the style of the Noguchi IN-50. As a lifestyle choice, the combination of good quality and design does not have to be overly expensive. To see more you can continue to read at the website of Vita-interiors.com

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At almost half-price today in the House of Fraser Winter Sale, this Linea Harry 2 seater sofa in aubergine coloured Vence fabric is elegant sleek in a 1950s modernist style.This occasional sofa will bring colour, glamour and sophistication to any living space

The hard wearing cover, dark black stained conical legs with a wood subtract frame and traditional webbed seat platform  go to add softness and seating comfort .To read more >>House of Fraser

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