{"id":5380,"date":"2015-10-06T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T10:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2019-08-21T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T19:57:09","slug":"retro-furniture-is-it-vintage-or-should-it-go-in-the-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/retro-furniture-is-it-vintage-or-should-it-go-in-the-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Furniture: Is It Vintage or Should It Go In The Bin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p>\u201cGrandma\u2019s house smells funny\u201d. Do you remember ever thinking that? Have you recently been back to visit and seen the whole place in a different way? Welcome to Retro.<\/p>\n<h2>Retro Vs History<\/h2>\n<p>The whole debate is very subjective. One man\u2019s retro is another man\u2019s ancient history. I have some neighbours whose entire flat is a living museum of Art Deco and I love visiting and being whisked off Tardis style to another time zone. Each time my eye is caught by a new acquisition, be it an egg cup or a silver frame or a dinner set that was picked up for a pittance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale?autocomplete-selection=226&amp;search=Kensington+And+Chelsea+London+Boro%2C+Greater+London&amp;price-min=&amp;price-max=&amp;bedrooms=\">Golborne Road<\/a>. To some the 1930s may seem like ancient history whereas to me, it is much closer and so has a certain comforting familiarity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.antiquefurniture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/45251410951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Until recent times people tended to buy their house furniture and live with it for their entire lives. These days with built in obsolescence being the norm, some new furniture can date easily and then fall apart. The fashion of new and clean has seemingly overtaken the more long lasting fashion of well-made. Both deserve their rightful positions in peoples\u2019 <span class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-lquppu37o8mc0wyes3ui9ii5gf6hcpm2\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate\">homes<\/span>. However I am strongly biased towards the old and the eclectic. I am not saying your whole <span class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-h023u5fx1p7vkndnj9nmakg0853d4hiz\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate\">home<\/span> needs to be kitted out with heavy mahogany or rickety tables. However one masterly carved chair can make a statement and will stand the test of time.<\/p>\n<h2>Recycle<\/h2>\n<p>I feel we should be recycling and appreciating all the older pieces and taking the time to reflect on the work that has gone into their making. Before TV and our tablets kept us busy these <span class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-myihbincrtajv92mxgh1wztl33rymfav\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home\">domestic<\/span> works of art have been crafted by hand. I am an advocate of gifting things forward. If you get tired or bored of an old piece, put it into someone else\u2019s care. This is how antiques and our own personal precious histories are preserved. For me it is a no-brainer. Any furniture of good quality and design should never go in the bin. All it takes is a discerning eye and a sense of taste. It then changes from retro to vintage to timeless.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geffrye-museum.org.uk\/thumbnailgenerator.ashx?id=15651&amp;width=932&amp;height=2000&amp;method=Limit&amp;background=0&amp;corners=0&amp;cornerradius=0&amp;type=Png&amp;quality=80&amp;h=E5DD3649976EF7D8D9349471DE7AD3&amp;units=Pixel\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have time to see how retro and vintage can be funky you could do worse than taking a stroll through the Geffrye Museum in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale?autocomplete-selection=35848&amp;search=Hoxton+Station%2C+Greater+London&amp;price-min=&amp;price-max=&amp;bedrooms=\">Hoxton<\/a>. Set in alms houses it documents the past 400 years of <span class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-lnvu3k588lork641lil5cfnchipyl8o1\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home\">domestic<\/span> style over the years. Each of the period <span class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-tukt7lag8pe83au9ysrbz1y5lcbzpi8y\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room\">rooms<\/span> captures the various decades so perfectly and is a snapshot of a bygone time. Take a close look at the 1950s <span class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-qqwz65wj8s283jn7iatpmyy03du55wtz\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room\">room<\/span> or any of the others and tell me that there is no style. It is beyond style and is almost more modern than some of the pieces being produced today.<\/p>\n<p>Go to an auction and invest in a good solid piece of older furniture; treasure it and enjoy. The longer you have it, the more you will love it. In the bin? I think not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGrandma\u2019s house smells funny\u201d. Do you remember ever thinking that? Have you recently been back to visit and seen the whole place in a different way? Welcome to Retro. Retro Vs History The whole debate is very subjective. 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