Categories / Design and Interiors, Travel

Exmouth cushion from Habitat

Exmouth cushion

If you're looking forward to summer and an escape to the seaside, you'll probably appreciate the Exmouth cushion from Habitat.

The coastal scene is illustrated in vivid colours and a style that's reminiscent of the classic 1930s railway posters that encouraged you to go and 'See Britain by Train'. It's ideal for inspiring a spot of holiday daydreaming. 

The cushion costs just £10. 

Buy it online

Categories / Travel

Me Old China London bunting

London bunting

We've featured some great examples of unusual bunting on this site before. To add to this and very much chiming with current trends is this London bunting made by Me Old China.

The bunting is made from re-purposed souvenir tea towels featuring traditional tourist views of London. Made from 100% cotton, in their new format they capture a nostalgic view of the city perfectly. 

The set pictured gives you 4 metres worth of double sided bunting for $50. 

Buy it from her Etsy shop

Categories / Homeware, Travel

London postcard cushion from Jigsaw

Postcard cushions
There's a nostalgic feel running through Jigsaw's Spring homeware range, as typified by this London postcard cushion.

Looking like it's been inspired by a vintage souvenir scarf, it's decorated with black and white vignettes of some of London's most famous buildings, such as Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace. 

Made from cotton, it costs £35.

Buy it online

Categories / Art and Photography, Travel

Where The Sidewalk Ends: How to find old New York vintage-style map by Herb Lester Associates

Newyork

Remember this really cool London Print by Jim Datz at Pedlars? Well, the same artist is behind the latest Herb Lester Associates vintage-style map, going by the name of Where The Sidewalk Ends: How to find old New York.

Yes, following on from the likes of the 1960s London, You Are Here and May We Help You? maps, this is the firsr trip outside the Uk, with Datz providing the vintage-style imagery for what's described as 'a guide to the New York you’ve always wanted to see but feared might have disappeared for good'.

Expect Edward Hopper diners and down-at-heel dive bars, overstocked grocery stores and mountainous pastrami sandwiches. From Patsy’s Pizzeria in Harlem, to the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown, taking in along the way Katz's, the '21' Club and McSorley's Old Ale House to name just a few places. It is A3 (297x420mm) folded to A6 (105x148mm), and litho printed on recycled paper. Price? Just £3.

Find out more at the Herb Lester website

Categories / Travel

Vintage ticket travel card wallet

Travel card wallet

This vintage ticket travel card wallet is an easy way to inject a little bit of retro style into your everyday routine.

As the name suggests, the wallet is based on an old ticket, when the fare to ride London's buses, trains and trams was just a penny. The route depicted takes in several well known destinations, such as Saville Row and Big Ben, as well as some less famous South London sites such as Denmark Hill and Tooting Reformatory. It's got vintage looks but contemporary practicality – the wallet is made from plastic. 

It costs just £1.00 

Buy it from the Dotcomgiftshop

Categories / Homeware, Travel

Conran Shop Marilyn Trunk

 

Conran-Trunk
Truly the stuff of fantasy, the Conran Shop's Marilyn Trunk is the perfect piece of luggage for travelling by ocean liner from London to New York. Crafted from walnut wood and veneers in a 1920's style, the trunk is inspired by the golden age of transatlantic travel.

Realistically most of us are not really in need of such a fantastic piece of luggage but it does make a stylish and relatively compact dressing table measuring W55 x D63 x H113 cms. It has plenty of storage for make-up, toiletries and accessories and best of all,  a secret drawer to keep your jewellery in.

Living the Gatsby life doesn't come cheap – the trunk costs £2,395 and you can find it here.