Regular readers will be well aware of our love of retro robots. Lamps, t-shirts, calculators, we love those antique android products and now we’ve found these Square Robot Plates.
Available in four designs, the backdrop to each robot is a different coloured sixties op-art pattern. Plates are sold individually so you can mix and match, choosing from blue, green, yellow or orange.
They cost $6.80 (approximately £3.50) from Sprout Home.
Mills and Boon romances would not be my first choice of reading material but nonetheless I’m rather taken with these Recycled Romance Coasters from Lark.
They depict scenes described as “forbidden love, glamorous liaisons and unfettered longing”, but as they are taken from recycled book covers, no two are the same.
They cost £10 for a set of four and can be bought from the Lark website. They might make a good Valentine’s gift which, now that Christmas is over, isn’t far away.
For your mod-themed home, the perfect accessory – these target coasters in a tin.
Not much else to say really, except that you get four coasters, made of metal with a cork base and sold in a metallic tin,
You can pick them up online, priced at £3.99.
This isn’t a piece of chipped china picked up in a charity shop for a few pence, but another retro design from Ella Doran.
The Vintage Plate Tray is part of a kitsch range that features photographs of old patterned china plates, the kind favoured by aging relatives. The collection also includes coasters and tablemats, but this tray is the probably the best piece. The floral plate design is in the centre of the tray, where in fact you would put your actual plate, which is a rather nice touch.
It costs £15 and can be ordered directly from Ella Doran’s website.
Unchanged for over 50 years, the Tala Dry Cooks Measure is as iconic as things get in the world of baking. There has been no need to change the design as it is pretty good as it is and more importantly, it works on a practical level too.
This easy to use piece of equipment allows you to measure out various dry ingredients to the correct weight without the use of scales, simply by filling to the appropriate level. There are measurements for custard powder, flour, powered milk, icing sugar, ground rice, currants, semolina, raisins, sultanas, tapioca, haricots, lentils, barley, peas, sugar, rice, ground almonds, shredded suet, cornflour, cocoa, desiccated coconut, rolled oats and fresh bread crumbs – covering, I suspect, most of your cooking needs. Measurements are given in ounces and grams, with American and UK equivalents.
And the cost of this chef’s essential? Just £7.50 from the Conran Shop.
Regular readers will know of our love of tea – and right now, we like the idea of making it in one of these extremely cool Tealicious retro-styled mini teapots.
Mini equates to around 5 x 5 inches (not including handle and spout) and 17 ounces. Which is enough to make tea for one (or maybe two if your cups aren’t too big). It has a removable stainless steel lid and an infuser basket for your favourite tea. Pour on hot water, brew and enjoy.
The teapots are dishwasher safe and come in a range of cool colours (including the ones pictured above), all retailing online for £16 – which sounds like Christmas gift territory for the tea lover in your life.
Find out more at the Tealicious website
