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Jane Barlow, Curator & Treasure Hunter

Read our regular blog, follow our treasure hunting adventures and see what new pieces we have restored or re-purposed. Discover period designers and see how you can develop your own interior style.

Filming and studio hire

Studio Hire

Filming We had our good friends Harper Rose this week filming some of their blogs in our studio, they re-arranged the furniture and used the show room for filming some of their blogs. In the latest one you can spot our excellent mirror that we have just finished, made...

Take a seat… A look at the humble chair

Great Designers

Take a Seat... A look at the humble chair "Take a seat" has long been a colloquial request when inviting a guest to a meeting or social gathering "...the once humble chair has emerged - for the time being, at least - as a thoroughly glamorous object..." George Nelson,...

To restore or not to restore? That is the question…

Refurbished

Restoration or Not? So, you have found a piece of mid-century furniture that you love in a junk shop, but it needs some TLC, what now? When carrying out a restore I always feel it is a valuable practice not to do more than necessary. If you imagine that every layer of...