Stylish modern-day retro from John Lewis, with its Mira furniture range.
The range is described as 'midcentury Scandi-style furniture', with angled legs, subtle curves and above all, simplicity. All the items in the range are made of lacquered light oak wood, with some pieces coming with white ply covers.
See the site for the full range, which includes a coffee table, lamp table, console table, TV stand and bookcase, to name just some of the items. Prices start at £199 for the lamp table.
Ok, stick with me on this one. The Kaiser idell Table Lamp 6631 is an original Bauhaus design, recently reissued for the modern era and available to you for a hefty £601. if you want a similar look for a fraction of the price, check out the John Lewis Penelope task lamp.
It's new in at John Lewis and is incredibly like the Bauhaus original, perfect for adding some modernist style to your home for very little outlay. Available in cream or white, it has a a metal bowl shade and circular base, joined by a C-shaped stem. Love that vintage-style switch too.
All of that for just £40.
Last year was the 150th anniversary of Sanderson and we featured many of the products produced as part of their celebration, including the range of cushions produced using some of their textile designs. Their range has also expanded beyond this, to include designs based on ephemera in the Sanderson archive, such as this skier cushion.
The cushion is based on an invite to an early Sanderson bash and also features an appealing illustration showing a skier against a wintery background. There's no year given on the invite but it looks like it dates right back to the early days of the company. If you like this, there's also another design based on an Edwardian design for the company.
Made from linen, the cushion costs £35.
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It's 50 years since Breakfast At Tiffany's first hit the big screen, so expect an awful lot of related product this year. Yes, more than usual – and that includes this John Lewis Audrey Hat Shade Table Lamp.
As you might have guessed, this affordable light has a pleated fabric shade, in the shape of a 'Holly Golightly' hat, the character played by Audrey Hepburn. Finishing things off is a chrome stand, combining to produce a modern light with a retro twist.
It's available for just £45. There's also a floor lamp version, which sells for an equally reasonable £90.
We recently showed you the Lucienne Day bed linen for Heal's, now John Lewis is also offering you the opportunity to purchase some of the textile designer's style with this Lucienne Day Panama rug.
Lucienne Day had a long-running relationship with John Lewis as, from 1962 to 1987, she and her husband Robin Day were employed by the store as design consultants on a new house style and interiors for their stores. The rug, exclusive to John Lewis, reflects Day's interest in abstract design and has a strikingly modern look, although perhaps has a much more muted colour scheme than you'd normally associate with her designs.
Each rug is a hand-woven wool and cotton mix and costs £295.
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A midcentury-inspired exclusive on the hugh street, this Ercol for John Lewis Chiltern Dining Furniture.
The designs for both the chairs and the table are based in original 1950s Ercol archive designs, with splayed legs and a white painted finish. The chairs are made of ash, with double 'X' stretchers, splayed legs, and criss-crossed spokes in the back. The table is also made of ash, with a smooth rectangular shape with rounded ends.
The table is £399, while the chairs are £179 each. More images over the page.
