Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Mini Moderns Festival espresso set

Festivalespresso

We mentioned these were coming, way back here, but now the Mini Moderns new porcelain sets are available to pre-order, including this Festival espresso set

Using the patterns from their popular design inspired by the Festival of Britain, the set contains four mix and match set of espresso cups. The cups feature some of the famous visual elements of the festival such as the Skylon and the Dome of Discovery. A similar set is also available featuring another 50s-inspired design, Whitby. The designs are also available on tea plates and tea sets. 

The espresso set costs £19.95 while individual mugs are available for £7.50 each. 

Order them online now for shipping in the first week of September. 

Categories / Homeware

Portmeirion Dawn Chorus pastry forks

Frks
Domestic Goddess yourself over with these Portmeirion Dawn Chorus pastry forks.

They're not only a perfect excuse to update your cutlery collection but also a pretty blast of colour for your kitchen. These dainty forks are beautifully decorated with a pattern of butterflies and birds and will look very professional when you bring out the slices of cake.

Get your own set of six from John Lewis for £15.50.

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Debenhams Heritage home accessories range

Debenhams heritage
If you like the style of Cath Kidston or Lisa Stickley, your fancy might well also be taken by the Heritage home accessories range, new in at Debenhams.

The range covers everything from mugs and side plates pictured to oven gloves and storage jars. Each item is decorated in the same college style way: pretty florals shown alongside printed bits of paper to give a vintage feel. 

Prices start at £5 for the jars. 

See the range online

Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink

Kitchen illustration postcards by Amy Walters

Amy waters
Kitchens often seems to inspire retro treatment and that's certainly the case with these kitchen illustration postcards by Amy Walters.

The London-based designer has produced a charming design, showing everything from whisks to spatulas. The set includes four different colourways, each with a 50s flavour, that have been printed onto recycled card for sending or saving as you see fit. 

The set of four cards costs $5. 

Buy them from her Etsy store

Categories / Homeware

Red ceramic kitchen clock

Laura ashley clock

This red ceramic kitchen clock is another retro design courtesy of the high street.

With its asymmetric frame, and striking red finish, it's a design that looks towards the 1950s. Couple that with the minimal clock-face markings and it definitely appears as if it was designed quite a few years before 2011. 

A high street price for it too: the clock costs £30.

Buy it from Laura Ashley