Vintage Home on Vacation!

We are currently enjoying a summer holiday but it's business as usual at the Vintage Home website. There will be a slightly longer delivery time for orders but we have sweetened this with a little holiday surprise - see the website for details! Our prize draw is still running too - see the post below for how to enter.


We'll be back soon to top up the shop with a fresh supply of beautiful vintage treasures for you all - and hopefully a suntan for us! See you soon! Clare & Mike

Gorgeous New Vintage Treasures and A Fabulous Floral Giveaway!

We have been super-busy here at Vintage Home and have found some truly scrumptious vintage treasures for the latest update to the website - plus, due to the success of our last prize draw, we thought it was high time we held another! If you would like to win a beautiful, bountiful bouquet of Summer flowers, delivered straight to your door, then visit HERE to find out how to enter. The draw is open to everyone, wherever you are in the world!

Here are some of the latest goodies to grace the shop...

This is a real find - a 1940s bread bin in unused condition.

We love the old Barbola mirrors and plaques, this selection can be found in the Floribunda and Homewares sections of the shop.

A wall hanging mirror...

...with beautiful decoration...

...a table top mirror...

...a wonderful wall plaque.

This lovely old Lloyd Loom storage basket is a pretty cricket pavilion green with an old eiderdown fabric on the lid.

This magnificently pretty table is perfect for serving afternoon tea in the garden - just look at those beautiful roses!

A cheerful spotty churn.

We hope you all enjoy your visit - see you soon!

Flowers Everywhere!

The beauty of an English garden is everywhere - on china, textiles, in paintings and packaging! We have filled our cottage garden with many varieties of pretty flowers and shrubs, and that love of flowers is also reflected in our home and on our website. Here is a small selection of our favourite collections and floral scenes which abound in both cottage and garden!

Vintage toiletries in a plethora of floral fragrances and designs...

A rampant and aromatic rambler of a rose!


The dainty blooms of aquilegia...

...the sunny yellow of the pansy...

...and the soft faded purple of the geranium...


...are echoed in this beautiful old oil painting of pansies.

The vibrant pink of sweet williams provides bold and lasting colour throughout the season.

A mix of magnificent, floral vintage fabrics provides inspiration in a rainbow of cheerful colours and patterns.

A pretty floral glass mirror amidst the vintage toiletries.

Thank you for visiting - we hope you have an enjoyable weekend!

Home is...

...all in the detail.

A hotch-potch coffee pot and a beautiful old painting of geraniums in terracotta pots; where art imitates life - and life imitates art!

The vibrant, golden yellow of the freesia echoed in painted walls, a vintage curtain...

...and a pretty glass.

Keeping everything to hand.

Aged paintwork on an old wooden airer is softened by pretty vintage fabrics.

Relaxing in vintage style.

An eclectic mix of much-loved bits and pieces.

Finding the comfiest spot.

A place for dreams.

Floral splendour in the garden.

I hope you all enjoy these snapshots from our very own Vintage Home!

Union Jack Cushions and More!

We have enjoyed making an individual range of Union Jack cushions over the past year - the one above was one of my favourites! Recently, we were commissioned to make several extra-large Union Jack cushions and whilst the sewing machine was up and running and our vast stash of vintage fabrics was strewn across the studio, we took the opportunity to make a few extra for the website. Each of the following three cushions are very different in style...

We though we would mix things up a bit with this one! It has been nicknamed 'The Italian Job' and is made from vintage French fabrics!

This pretty pastel cushion has some lovely old Sanderson fabrics in it.

This is a beautiful mix of warm tones and again includes an old Sanderson fabric and a rich floral patterned red linen.

We hope to make a few more special items from our vintage fabrics over the coming months, although we are currently pretty busy with the day-to-day running of the website. Our buying trips are such fun and we have enjoyed great success in finding some exceptional vintage treasures just lately. We have recently featured in several magazines and the Daily Mail, and I understand we are currently in Berkshire Life magazine but I haven't seen a copy yet! The response and interest has been tremendous and fuels our enthusiasm to bring you even more beautiful and interesting vintage goodies! Thank you to everyone who has recently purchased from Vintage Home or left a comment here on our blog - I will be back soon with more news and photos! Enjoy your weekend! Clare

Happy Easter!

I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Easter - have fun wherever you are and whatever you are doing!

Spring is Sprung!

Thank you for your wonderful comments and emails regarding our feature in the magazine. It has been such an amazing month and so many lovely things have been happening. Also, for the most part, the weather has been glorious (let's not count this week!) and I thought I would share these beautiful images with you.
A host of golden daffodils...



...and blossom in the lane.

We also had a winner of our prize draw,


such a lovely lady who I know will enjoy sharing the hamper with her family.

Thank you to everyone who has waited patiently for their mugs and mouse mats - you'll be pleased to hear that stocks of these have now been fully replenished! Due to our recent, successful buying trips we have masses of gorgeous vintage stock which we are adding to the website as fast as we can! In particular, we have a huge amount of exceptional textiles which I must admit I will find it difficult to part with!

This bedspread is a riot of fifties florals and one of my favourites - oh those gorgeous roses, poppies and peonies!

Hope you all enjoy the photos - back soon...