Things I like

I’m always on the hunt for more TG Green Spectrum items to add to my collection and a search on Google this lunchtime led to finding this website http://www.theretroline.co.uk and more specifically this page: http://www.theretroline.co.uk/retroline/SPECTRUM.html

SCREAM!! I never knew there were salt and pepper and sugar shakers!! The ‘Leftovers’ pot is a new one for me too… such a shame that they are already sold. I am definitely going to be on a mission to find these now.

There are lots of other beauties on that website too, it’s well worth spending a bit of time looking around / drooling over the bits on there if you like 1960’s / 1970’s pottery and glassware.

Amazing

I have just seen this house on Retro To Go, out of all the amazing houses they put on there it has to be the best one I have seen so far, maybe the best one ever. More pics and floorplan here: http://www.themodernhouse.net/tmh/sales/328/accomodation/0/0/4.

It’s in Chislehurst in Kent, but if it was on the sea front somewhere then it would be perfect. This is one of those please let me win the lottery moments!!

Whenever I am feeling a bit uninspired, I seem to end up on Flickr looking for pics of other peoples vintage pottery collections, vintage kitchen stuff and any kind of exciting 1970’s inspired interiors. It always seems to cheer me up for some reason, I think it’s because it reminds me of the prospect of finding some of these treasures in charity shops, car boots, Ebay etc. Although it does seem that everyone has got wise to the ‘value’ of these items and seem to be sticking ginormous prices on anything interesting I find (apart from The Ark in Albert Road, Southsea).

Yesterday we went to the Chichester car boot and Chris had a ridiculous row with someone on a stall about a vase:
Chris (picking up some reproduction almost-Whitefriars style vase that we’ve already got) – ‘Look at this, do you want another one Sarah’
Bloke on stall – ‘That’s Whitefriars that is, worth a lot of money’
Chris – ‘Well, actually no it’s not, it’s a reproduction… nice vase though’
Bloke on stall – ‘Yes it is’
Chris – ‘No it’s not’
Bloke on stall – ‘Yes it is, it’s Whitefriars, it’s worth a lot of money’
Chris – ‘It’s not Whitefriars, believe me’
… and so on, it probably could have gone on in the same way for 10 minutes. Last year, whatever car boot I went to, if I saw anything vaguely ‘retro’ or the odd Hornsea Bronte patterned item (which is hardly difficult to find), before I’d even touched it the stallholder would be like ‘Yeah that’s Hornsea, from the 70’s, it’s retro, worth a lot of money’ etc – so annoying!

Anyway, these are a few of my favourite mugs / kitchen stuff photo pools, where I can look at things without getting the spiel:

Vintage mugs – http://www.flickr.com/groups/45432195@N00/
Lovers of Carlton Ware – http://www.flickr.com/groups/1184567@N20/
The Vintage Kitchen – http://www.flickr.com/groups/thevintagekitchen/
Staffordshire Retro Mugs – http://www.flickr.com/groups/retromugs/
The people who run Staffordshire Retro Mugs also have this particularly nice website, don’t like the gif-age of the pics but some fab mugs: http://www.topkop.dk/

Just seen this on the excellent Retro To Go blog:

New Commodore 64

It’s the ‘new’ Commodore 64, you can install Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems on it.

http://www.retrotogo.com/2010/03/commodore-64-returns-as-modernday-allinone-pc.html or http://www.commodoreusa.net

I came across this website via the Pepe and Friends blog:

http://nicolegastonguay.com/gallery/album/72157594343700268/.

In a nutshell, it features cute, big eyed, knitted versions of various food items, animals and household things. This one’s my favourite:

Knitted gherkins!

I wish I this was good at knitting, the most I’ve ever been able to do is a rubbish scarf. I think I’ll stick to the sewing. Anyway, the lady responsible for these items of amazingness is called Nicole and she’s a fiber artist and designer who lives in NYC. You can buy the burger and hot dog from her shop, as well as a cheeky spray can and bottle of moonshine.

From http://www.schultzeworks.com/philcopc/