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Elle designer soft garden poppy dinner plate

August 17, 2012 By Jackie Cosh Leave a Comment

House of Fraser sell these delightful poppy dinner plates designed by Elle. The plates are made of  bone china dinnerware so are dishwasher safe, but not microwave safe. The pattern is a simple design of a soft garden poppy motif and has a Charles Rennie Mackintosh feel about it. Each poppy plate costs £10, with…

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Filed Under: Dining room Tagged With: china plate, designer plates, dinner plate, Elle, House of Fraser, poppy plates

Large vintage style globe from Rockett St George

August 15, 2012 By Jackie Cosh Leave a Comment

There is something very appealing about globes – of every size and shape. As well as making us think of far flung countries, some of which we have visited, some of which we have not, they have a trance like appeal. There are some great globes on the market, of various sizes and prices. We…

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Filed Under: Study Tagged With: black globe, decorative globe, globe, map of the world, Rockett St George, Vintage, vintage style globe

Essential kitchen accessories: Tala 1960 Cook’s dry measure

August 13, 2012 By Jackie Cosh 1 Comment

Fifty years ago most kitchens had an accessory like this Tala 1960 Cook’s dry measure. But then in their perceived wisdom they were replaced by modern gadgets which have never been quite as good. Thankfully, the good old accessories have come back into fashion, and you can now get your hands on a Tala measuring cup…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Tagged With: baking accessories, dry measure, John Lewis, measuring cup, Tala, Tala 1960 Cook's dry measure, Tala kitchen accessories

Joseph Joseph hands on salad bowl and servers

August 11, 2012 By Jackie Cosh Leave a Comment

Isn’t this a great idea? This is one set of kitchen accessories that won’t get lost in your kitchen drawers. The contemporary style white Joseph Joseph hands on salad bowl is cleverly designed so the hand shaped salad servers attach to the bowl. Habitat sells this Joseph Joseph hands on salad bowl and servers for…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Tagged With: barbecue accessories, contemporary kitchen accessories, Habitat, Hands on salad bowl, Joseph Joseph, kitchen accessories, outdoor eating, salad bowl, salad servers, summer salad

Essential kitchen accessories: Magnetic rubber fridge clock

August 5, 2012 By Jackie Cosh Leave a Comment

If you ever find yourself complaining about the lack of wall space in your kitchen take a look at this rubber fridge clock. Made by Mode design it is designed to be mounted on the fridge. Magnets inside it enable it to be mounted on any metallic surface and the flexible soft rubber means that…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Tagged With: fridge clock, Gifts with style, Home Gems, kitchen acccessories, kitchen clock, magnetic, magnetic clock, rubber fridge clock, wall clock

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