Kitchen Inspiration
Dot-To-Dot
We've spotted a cute new trend in the latest home collections: the latest retro interiors now come with cheeky polka dots!
This Forties-style detail is gracing everything from furniture to fabrics and they're just the job for adding a touch of cutesy cheek to any interior.
More suited to vintage-style room schemes, this pre-war pattern is synonymous with nostalgic home-maker, chocolate-box charm. Use them in the kitchen with retro enamelware, painted wooden furniture, Cornishware-style stripes, linoleum in muted pastels and cafe curtains. Add a touch of fun to an all-white bathroom by mixing plain dye towels with polka dot ceramics. Or give your living room a good old fashioned makeover by combining ditsy Rose print fabrics with polka dots in baby blue, powder pink or custard yellow. Got it yet?
This feature was published in October 2006.
More suited to vintage-style room schemes, this pre-war pattern is synonymous with nostalgic home-maker, chocolate-box charm. Use them in the kitchen with retro enamelware, painted wooden furniture, Cornishware-style stripes, linoleum in muted pastels and cafe curtains. Add a touch of fun to an all-white bathroom by mixing plain dye towels with polka dot ceramics. Or give your living room a good old fashioned makeover by combining ditsy Rose print fabrics with polka dots in baby blue, powder pink or custard yellow. Got it yet?
This feature was published in October 2006.
Housewife's Choice
Go all-out on the authentic 40's look kitchen by mixing pastel polka dots with ditsy retro florals. Fabrics in Polka Dot and Clarissa. PVC coated cotton used as tablecloth, £13 per metre, teatowel, £5, peg bag, £3, set of two placemats, £8, set of four napkins, £10, oven glove, £10, apron, £12, seat pad, £12, side plate, £6, jug, £13, tumbler, £4, all from Laura Ashley (08701 230 2301).
Armchair Art
At just £99, you'll go dotty for this matching seat and footstool, from a limited range at Matalan (0845 330 3330).
Full Tilt
Serve up some good old-fashioned lemonade in this spotty jug, £4.99, Sainsburys (0800 636 262).
Graphic Design
This funky monochrome mug comes over all fab 60's when combined with co-ordinating Mary Quant-style florals, £3.97 for four, Tesco (0800 505 555)In UKTV Homes
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