Glass In Your Home – Pilkington 1950s
A collection of pictures taken from a Pilkington advertising booklet. It’s undated, but from the style of furnishings and fashions I’m guessing early 1950s. The booklet’s all about the many … Continue reading
Energy In The 1920s
In 2015 we are busy worrying about green energy – being eco friendly – trying to save money in the face of soaring energy costs. In the 1920s things were … Continue reading
1962 American Kitchen
This is a British blog about homes here, but these pictures of an American kitchen in the 1960s are too good to ignore! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2963252/Pretty-pink-Inside-immaculate-Chicago-kitchen-frozen-time-abandoned-1962.html
Plastic In The 60s and 70s Home
Have you spotted the clear plastic chair and table in the centre of the above pictures, as well as the plastic inflatables on the right? Plastic wasn’t new in the … Continue reading
Beddybyes
Inspired by the fact I’ve just added a lovely pure wool Witney blanket to my bed for winter cosiness I thought I’d do a bit of investigation into the history … Continue reading
Peerless Kitchens – 1936
A look through a 1936 catalogue issued by Peerless Kitchen Cabinets Ltd of Greenford Middlesex in 1936, “the largest and foremost manufacturers of Built-in Kitchen Furniture. ” Peerless claim they … Continue reading
Conversation Pits and Sunken Baths
As a child in the 70s I knew absolutely that the ultimate in grown-up glamour was the fully carpeted – preferably shag – sunken conversation pit. Failing that anything involving … Continue reading
Coloured Exteriors of the 50s and 60s
If you look around 50s and 60s housing estates, they often have an incoherent and dowdy feel. Much of the joy of housing design of this era lay in the … Continue reading
20th Century Rug Designs
These are primarily designs for small feature rugs for the bedside or in front of the fire. They are mostly rugs to be handmade at home often from a prepacked … Continue reading
Home Rug Making Adverts
1935 advert – found in a copy of Modern Home magazine. Two 1939 Adverts from Ideal Home magazine 1962 adverts from Homemaker magazine
Vintage Rug Patterns
Omar pattern from 1955 Another 1950s patten – usable on a variety of rug shapes
Woven Paper Furniture (1961) – British Pathe
They don’t say this is a Lloyd Loom factory, but I’m certain it is. This is the Lloyd Loom process which is patented – and they did have a factory … Continue reading
20th Century Home 