Grind coffee - the vintage way

West Egg is an online boutique store which specialises in sourcing and restoring antique and vintage furniture and decorative home accessories.

They sell this fantastic 1950s Vintage French Coffee Grinder for £40. Made by AS it has a pale beech wooden box and is finished with a tomato red metal lid.

This would make a fantastic decorative item with the added advantage that it also works!

Vintage lantern

Go Antique is an Aladdin’s Cave of antique products and is well worth a browse.

This vintage copper ships lantern is one of the items they’ve currently got in stock and would look lovely polished up and displayed by a fireside. Dating from the mid twentieth century, the lantern is made from brass and copper.

The lantern comes with a working burner and costs £220.

Create a table centrepiece

Nordic House promises to give the shopper a taste of Scandinavia.

These gorgeous long stainless steel trays are nickel plated with a lovely hammered finish. Small candles and tealights fit perfectly on them and they would be a lovely centrepiece for a dining table.

The trays come in two sizes – small and large – with the large one costing £38 and the small one £28.50.

We’re celebrating our love of a good old British cup of tea with a look at some of the best teapots on the market!

Whether you’re after a practical and stylish teapot, or a decorative, unusual or somewhat whacky design, we’ve got them covered.

Is your favourite amongst these, or have you found a brilliant or novelty teapot elsewhere? Let us know in the comments below!

1. Shen glass teapot

The Canton Tea Company sells this Shen glass teapot for £15. Made from resilient, high grade borosilicate glass, it allows you to see the unfurling leaves and watch the tea brewing.

Only big enough for one large cup of tea or several smaller ones, it comes with a built-in glass strainer at the base of the spout which holds back the leaves. Also available are the matching glass tea cups and saucers as well as mugs, and a glass jug.

2. Telephone box tea pot for one

Fancy that of London sells a selection of British souvenirs and some quirky teapots for the patriotic amongst us.

We love this telephone teapot for one which comes sitting on a ceramic cup. It’s likely to be quite the talking point when you bring this out for your guest. The teapot and cup costs £20.86.

3. Aga teapot

The Teapottery markets itself as the home of eccentric teapots and they do have some mad designs, not all of which would whet your appetite for a cup of tea.

This Aga teapot does have a fitting design. Even if you’re not sitting in your kitchen beside the stove you can do the next best thing. The teapot costs £45.50.

4. Cupcake teapot

Debenhams have brought out this cupcake teapot as part of their cupcake range.

As well as storage jars and sugar bowls, the teapot is made in the shape of a cupcake, and is designed in a way that makes it easy to use, rather than being large and clumsy. It sells for £20.

5. Fruity green teapot

This fruity green teapot from Reckless Designs was inspired by the designer’s time in the Indian sub continent, and in particular the Baga beach in Goa.

The colours in this teapot mirror the reds, greens, and oranges seen in the sunset. The result is a colourful teapot of medium size, holding four cups and costing £30.

6. Bone china teapot

Bone China Teapots sell high quality china teapots for the times when you want to bring out a traditional tea set.

This Royal Albert 1940 English Chintz tea set costs £130 and is decorated with a rich tapestry of roses, forget-me-nots and violets, set on a white background with gold trim edgings and a gold handle and foot.

7. Wedgwood Anthemion blue teapot

There is something  trancelike about the pattern on this Wedgwood Anthemion Blue Teapot.

Inspired by iconic neoclassical elements such as the colonnade, laurel, Greek anthemion and classical figures, the Wedgwood Anthemion Blue Collection is made from fine bone china. The teapot is hand decorated in a rich cobalt colour with a gold trim, handle and spout and costs £575.

8. Bodum Assam tea press

Tesco are selling this Bodum Assam tea press for £20. The Assam tea press is a round teapot made out of tough, heat resistant glass which helps to keep the heat in, also allowing you to check the level of tea in the pot.

It works by the Bodum tea press strainer pressing down onto the tealeaves to squeeze out the flavour. The tea press can hold one litre of water and is dishwasher safe.

9. Chocolate teapot

If anything is going to get guests talking it will be this novelty chocolate teapot, making a mockery out of the phrase “a chocolate teapot”.

A collective item from Devon Company Out of the Blue, admittedly this teapot is as likely to be kept on display as used for tea. It costs £69.99.

10. Traditional Japanese teapot

The Camphor Tree sells this teapot which is certainly very different from most. While we may appreciate the beauty of traditional bone china teapots this cast iron teapot goes back to an even more distant era.

The teapots are handmade in Japan by family firm Iwachu, and are enamelled inside and can be used as a teapot or as a kettle by placing it directly on to the stove. The teapot comes boxed with a stainless steel filter. The teapot costs £46.99.

By Jackie Cosh

Limited edition candlesticks

Only 300 of these lovely Gia design candlestick holders have been made – 150 of the small and 150 of the large – and they’re part of the Botanical collection at Lombok.

Their natural finish adds to the rustic look, and they will fit in with any colour scheme.

The large candle holder is £30 and the small candlestick costs £22. Get yours now from Lombok.

Label your cables

The number of electrical goods we own has increased over the last 20 years and when you have a computer and printer with all the wires and plugs, it can be a bit frustrating.

This is obviously what Mocha must have thought when they started selling these cable labels.

Named the Mark Brothers, you mark the label on each cable accordingly ensuring that you never accidentally unplug the printer midway through a print. Each pack of five costs £7.50 – a great idea at a great price!

Birds in Paradise duvet set

This PiP Studio ‘Birds in Paradise’ double duvet set from The Orchard has summer written all over it.

On one side the pattern consists of dark pink flowers on a white background, on the other are smaller pink flowers on a blue background.

Made of 100% cotton with 200 thread count, the double duvet and matching pillowcases costs £120.

Floral food cover

It’s coming up to that time of year when we have more salads and barbecues, when we have left overs from buffets, and when wasps and bees become a nuisance.

This floral food cover from Laura Ashley is a much better alternative to cling film for keeping food covered, whether in your kitchen or when eating outside.

It is made from protective mesh and decorated with embroidered flowers. At the moment the price is down from £15 to £9.45 – definitely a practical and useful bargain!

Serve cheese on the world

This stunning cheeseboard mondial from Jasmine Way is made from Resopl and melamine lamination and was designed by Stephanie Keppler and Ingo Fremer at Remember.

Thirty centimetres in diameter, it is also available in a funky passion flower design but we prefer this world map design. The cheeseboard costs £28.

Tea storage box

This vintage chic tea box from Rustic Angels  is an excellent choice for the tea drinker who doesn’t just stick to the traditional English Breakfast tea.

This gorgeous tea box has nine compartments to store different flavours of tea and the glass lid makes it easy for guests to make a choice. The design is such that if you prefer to have your tea on the worktop close at hand the box would look good on display.

It’s also a great idea for a gift – each compartment holds 10 to 15 tea bags and you could fill it with a lovely selection of tea bags for your gift recipient to enjoy.

Rustic Angels sells the box for £19.95.