Skermunkil

Cape Town jeweller Marietjie Beeselaar has opened an online shop for her Skermunkil line, where she is selling these exquisite vintage silver spoons. Each one is hand cut, and is quite unique. They’re intended as pendants, but I could also imagine one hanging as a window decoration. Just beautiful.

However you choose to use your spoon, [...]

Recreate

Loving these witty and mad re-thinks of household objects by Katie Thompson of Recreate. You’ll never look at the contents of your attic in the same way again.

Milk Bottle Lamps

Teacup lamp

Typewriter lamp

I’ve just posted a couple of things from the lighting section, but a visit [...]

Happy Birthday Portmeirion

Anyone with an interest in mid-century ceramics should be familiar with the distinctive style of  vintage Portmeirion ceramics from Stoke-on-Trent in the UK.

Photo from the photostream of A30yoyo

This year, the famous UK pottery is celebrating its 50th birthday, and to mark the occasion, they have released the Portmeirion Originals – a limited edition [...]

The Globe Chair redux

Many South Africans will have fond memories of the Globe Chair, which is a real classic from our shores. These simple solid wooden chairs were manufactured in Durban from the early 1920’s until the 1940’s, and they’ve been a kitchen classic ever since.

Now furniture designer Haldane Martin is revisiting the Globe Chair,  getting it back [...]

Kelekt

The Casamento studio, already well-known for its  handcrafted reinvention of vintage furniture, has taken the next exciting step in its evolution, opening a showroom at the Old Biscuit Mill, called Kelekt. Definitely worth a browse next time you’re visiting Woodstock.

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