Right here at Remodelista we’re totally celebrating the vintage and the secondhand. As we write in our new ebook, Remodelista: The Low-Impression House, “Conserving issues in circulation is probably the most impactful solution to recycle. So earlier than investing in one thing new, browse the huge world of well-made used items.”
Previous issues as vacation presents? Completely. What we’re after are objects that elevate each day life: keepers which are helpful and exquisite, and, we hope, will sometime get handed on to the subsequent technology. Lots of the objects proven listed below are one in every of a sort; in the event that they occur to change into unavailable, be a part of us within the hunt: Etsy, eBay, Craigslist, Purchase Nothing, and the various on-line outlets with classic listings make it straightforward to flea market from residence. Right here’s a sampling of what’s on our personal want lists.
Above: “It’ll by no means occur, however I might love this Midcentury Summary Portray, £800, from House & Discovered,” says our UK contributor Nell. “Inside designer Tamsin Saunders’s store is on-line and appointment-only—it’s above a pub in South West London. She has an unbelievable eye for uncommon, one-off items made by hand.”
Above: Because of her Swedish grandparents, Julie is without end searching down Nordic classics that remind her of childhood holidays. (Two classic Dala horses are at present en path to her sister for Christmas—right here’s hoping Justina isn’t studying this.) For herself, Julie at present has her eye on this blue instance that’s a part of a set of 4 Nineteen Seventies Viborg Dala Horses; $204.88 from Etsy vendor Dala Horse Sweden.
Above: Our resident ironstone collector, Justine, desires an Vintage Platter with Stream Blue Edging; $66 for the smallest by way of Etsy vendor The Jersey Cow. “After admiring these in a store the place they had been fairly costly, I discovered them on Etsy for lots much less,” she says. Search for the examples of Justine’s ironstone in Remodelista: The Low-Impression House.
