Our Vintage Furniture Project With Amazon!

Our current project is working with Amazon, to supply vintage furniture for their their new corporate office, opening in Shoreditch in East London, this month.

How excited are we?!

We have been working closely with an interior design studio, who “lead in the strategy and design of built environments, transforming organization culture and enhancing people’s lives”.

Vintage Matters were given the brief to source industrial and Mid Century furniture, including tables, chairs, sofas and lounge seating for their large reception area.

Vintage Industrial Stacking School Chairs

Our popular vintage stacking school chairs, made of plywood and tubular metal frames, were ideal seating for a very large industrial table, adding charm and colour to the reception area.

Vintage Industrial High Table

We spent a lot of time out in the markets and found this old industrial table base, made of cast iron, that was once used in a Belgian brewery to hold beer barrels. Now with a reclaimed timber top, it is perfect as a work station, with some high stools.

Vintage Mid Century Lounge Chairs

We had a lot of fun sourcing some cool and unusual Mid Century pieces, like these lounge chairs above and below.

Vintage Mid Century Lounge Chairs

All the lounge chairs and sofas have needed re-upholstering, to comply with fire regs for a commercial space, so were focussing mainly on finding great looking profiles of the various pieces, to help create an eclectic mix.

Vintage Mid Century Sofa

We can’t wait to show you the pieces in situ, which is happening very soon!

If you have an upcoming project for a commercial space that requires vintage furniture and accessories, where we can help add personality and character to a space, then please email [email protected]

Thank you!

Vintage Matters Commercial Furniture Project London

OUR LATEST COMMERCIAL PROJECT

We hope you are having a good Summer!

Over the past few months, we have been busy working with a London based furniture consultancy, who provide innovative solutions to offices, universities, restaurants and private residences.

Their client, Havas – an award-winning, global advertising and PR company, were moving to a new HQ, called HKX (Havas Kings Cross) and Vintage Matters were given the brief to supply vintage furniture for their new cafe, restaurant and reception area.

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We worked closely with the design team, getting a good understanding of their needs and requirements for the various pieces of furniture, as well as timing and budget and then 3 weeks later presented our ideas on what was available out in the vintage markets.

We proposed visuals showing various styles of tables and chairs for the cafe and restaurant, along with guideline pricing and finally agreed on the overall look and aesthetic, the various spaces should have.

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Off we went into the markets, sourcing vintage oak and mahogany tripod tables and bentwood cafe chairs. Good, well constructed chairs like these are hard to find these days, as they are in high demand for their vintage look and durability, especially the classic bentwood chairs, designed by Thonet.

Thonet was the pioneer of  having light, strong wood bent into curved, graceful shapes, by forming the wood in hot steam.  He produced his “Nr1” chair in 1850 and a year later won a bronze medal at the Great Exhibition in London!

We eventually sourced 58 vintage cafe chairs.

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An important piece of furniture we had to source, was a very large statement table for the Havas reception area and we found this amazing 3.5 metre limed oak table.

Circa 1880, this table was originally used in the kitchen of a stately home in Bedfordshire and now takes pride of place in the new Havas reception at HKX!

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If you have an upcoming project for a commercial space that requires vintage furniture and accessories, where we can help add personality and charm, then please email [email protected]

We are currently working on a very exciting commercial project for a large online retailer  😉

….watch this space!

Thank you.

Vintage Furniture London Online

VINTAGE FURNITURE

When we are out in the markets, we are always on the hunt for unusual, beautiful and most importantly, useful pieces of vintage furniture to bring an environment to life for our customers.

We source for retailers, offices, hotels, restaurants and cafes as well as individuals and find that more and more people are looking for that “special piece” of furniture, to add personality to a space.

Vintage Black Painted Chest of Drawers

Vintage Black Chest of Drawer

Recently we sold this amazing vintage school shoe rack (below) to a hotel in Germany. They told us they had been trying to source something like this for months for their lobby and this was just perfect.

vintage wooden shoe storage rack,

It’s so satisfying sourcing and supplying for companies and people when you can find them that perfect piece. It is often really difficult for people to know exactly what they want until they see it, and that’s how Vintage Matters can help. We are regularly sent photographs of spaces or rooms and asked to find furniture or props to work in the space.

Our vintage leather club armchairs that we source from France are hugely popular, as they add such character to a space and are amazingly comfortable. We supply   Le Labo Fragrances with these chairs, for their retail stores in the UK and Europe.

Vintage Moustache Leather Club Armchair

 

We are always on the lookout for those special pieces for our retail customers too, like this old vintage wooden workbench below, which is an ideal piece for displaying product on.

Researching the provenance of a vintage piece is always fun and interesting. We found that this workbench was used by a company called Frederick Pollard, who were established in 1911 in Leicester and were the makers of high speed drills.

Vintage Wooden Workbench

Old bakers racks, factory shoe racks or fruit drying racks, like the one below, are really versatile pieces of furniture and can be used in so many rooms within a house. They provide a great deal of storage space and are also ideal in a retail environment providing a great display piece for visual merchandising. We think they look pretty cool too!

Vintage Fruit Drying Rack

We are excited to be working on a large commercial project, sourcing numerous pieces of industrial and mid century furniture pieces for a huge reception space, opening this Summer in Shoreditch, London. We can’t say who it is right now, but we think you will know them!

We have found some pretty cool pieces, which we are being reupholstered, so they comply with all UK fire regulations.

Mid Century Danish Sofa

Our vintage beer table and bench sets are now back in stock! These are authentic pieces, originally used at various beer festivals in Germany and are perfect for al fresco dining or outdoor entertaining, this Summer.

The orange painted pine table is heavy duty and sturdy, with two wooden benches with folding green steel legs. It has a very simple but effective design, that has stood the test of time, that makes each piece quickly and easily fold flat for storage.

Vintage Beer Table & Bench Set

We have to mention our vintage school chairs on this blog, as people really connect with them, reminding them of old school days! These authentic chairs were hugely popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s, not only in schools, but in hospitals, community centres and church halls, as they took up much less space when stacked.

These vintage stacking school chairs are ideal for the home, a cafe or restaurant, or office, wanting a vintage look and with lots of different styles and coloured frames to choose from.

Vintage Stacking School Chair

So, if you are looking for a special, unique piece of vintage furniture for your home or business, please email [email protected] with a description, approximate dimensions and your budget and we will happily source for you and send you photos when we are out in the markets.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Versatile Storage

A Versatile Storage Solution!

Hello and a warm welcome to the new people who have recently joined our mailing list over the holidays.

Thank you to everyone who visited our pop up event back at West Elm in December – it is always good to meet new people and see our regular customers again.

It’s that time of year when we think about decluttering and organising our homes, so we thought we would share with you, our versatile, vintage wooden bakers rack, which can be used in practically any room in the house!

Cost: £280 including free delivery within the UK mainland

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-pine-bakers-rack/

 

Vintage Wooden Bakers Rack Versatile Storage Solution Bathroom

We have shown it here as a practical storage solution for the bathroom, as it has six shelves, so is ideal for holding a number of towels and toiletries, along with a few decorative pieces.

Vintage Wooden Bakers Rack Versatile Storage Solution Kitchen

This characterful bakers rack would also look at home in either a contemporary or traditional kitchen, for the storage of crockery, glassware and kitchen towels, or even vegetables.

Vintage Wooden Bakers Rack Versatile Storage Solution Bedroom

Here we show the rack used in a bedroom, showing the versatility of the piece, with lots of room for the storage of t-shirts, jeans and trousers, sweaters and space underneath for shoes.

It would work well for a lady too, for storing clothes, belts and bags – or use it just for the huge number of shoes you own!

The rack would also make an interesting display piece in a retail store, or in a cafe or restaurant for storage.

You really do not see many of these out in the markets and good, authentic ones like this are unfortunately getting harder to find.

So good luck, if you are decluttering in January!

www.vintagematters.co.uk

Christmas Shopping at Vintage Matters

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT VINTAGE MATTERS

December 1st has now passed, so it is officially time to start your Christmas shopping!

We would like to share with you our latest unique, one-off vintage pieces that we have found at the various antique markets, along with some new homeware, which would make ideal Christmas gifts.

Here is a view of part of our new homepage, featuring a wide selection of our vintage gifts, to whet your appetite…

Vintage Matters New Home Page Gifts

We recently changed the layout of our website, making it easier to browse and shop.

All our latest finds are now featured on our homepage, or you can view through four categories:

Homeware

Vintage Matters Homeware Page
Vintage Matters Furniture Page
Vintage Matters Accessories Page Gifts
Vintage Matters Reclaimed Letters Page

We have hundreds of gift ideas online and hope that you can find that unique, personal gift for your family and friends.

For those of you who may be in London later in December, we will be back at West Elm on Tottenham Court Road for another pop up event, from Friday 16th through Sunday 18th.

Happy Christmas shopping!

www.vintagematters.co.uk

Vintage Matters – One Year On!

VINTAGE MATTERS – ONE YEAR ON!

Here we are – October 2016 – one year on from our online launch and first pop up at West Elm, London!

What an amazing year it has been and we thought we would share some of the many highlights.

We have travelled far and wide searching for unique pieces to bring to your home or workplace and met many amazing people along the way, who are all as passionate about vintage, as we are.

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West Elm have kindly hosted 5 pop up events for us, which have been extremely successful, giving us great brand exposure on Tottenham Court Road in London and we now have customers returning to see what new finds we have.

Among the many pieces we have sold there, one was a scientific instrument that a gentleman bought to train his performing fleas on…

And just last week, someone bought a lovely cast iron window mirror for the garden, solely for the use by William – the pet peacock!

We are back at West Elm for a Christmas pop up event, 16th -18th December.

West Elm Pop Up

Our vintage letters and letter lights continue to be hugely popular, as people really connect with them. We have over 100 letters in stock and more on the way.

If you are after a specific letter, drop us an email at [email protected] and we can send images, costs and dimensions of those that are currently being reconditioned, that are not yet online.

www.vintagematters/co.uk/letters

Reclaimed Vintage Letters

Vintage Matters has been featured in The MetroWarehouse HomeReclaim Magazine and in various blogs.

In April 2016, we were delighted to have our home featured in “25 Beautiful Homes”, which has become an ever evolving showcase of product for Vintage Matters.

You can read the article via the following link: www.vintagematters.co.uk/blog

25 Beautiful Homes

We have been active in the commercial sector too, including a brief to supply vintage pieces of furniture and accessories to a new office in Old Street, London, which resulted in a great feature in INEX Magazine.

Vintage Matters Ciommercial

Furniture and accessories have been supplied to prestigious brands like Le Labo Fragrances , Shinola through Michael Veal Design and Hawksmoor Restaurant, as well as a number of props for the current TV show,”Taskmaster“.

Le Labo Fragrances

We have been busy posting and tweeting on various social media channels and now have over 700 followers on Instagram and over 500 on Twitter, along with a growing presence on Facebook, Pinterest and G+

Follow us on any of the above channels, to see what new stock we have coming in and where we are on our travels.

Our mailing list is growing rapidly too and you can sign up quickly and easily on our home page.

Currently, we are searching for a retail space in South East London, to open our first store which we are very excited about and we are out in the markets sourcing some special pieces for Christmas.

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our customers and followers for your support and we look forward to an exciting year ahead!

[email protected]

www.vintagematters.co.uk

Vintage Furniture Finds

VINTAGE FURNITURE FINDS

Here are our latest vintage furniture finds, sourced from the UK, France, Holland and the Ukraine, which are now available online!

We think these are pretty special, unique pieces that would work equally well at home or in the work place.

Here are 3 vintage club leather armchairs from France. Full of character, these would work well in either a contemporary or traditional setting at home or in an office environment.

Vintage Moustache Leather Club Armchair
Vintage Leather Club Armchair Moustache
Vintage French Leather Club Armchair

Below is a really unique piece! Once used by the Ukranian Army, this industrial rack, is a great looking storage solution for hats and luggage on the top; for hanging coats and jackets and then a lower rack for shoes and bags.

This versatile piece could be used in a restaurant, bar or cafe, or in a retail store to merchandise fashion. It would work equally well in a large hallway.

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-industrial-metal-coat-rack/

Vintage Industrial Metal Coat Rack

Our vintage gym stool, originally used as a climbing or vaulting frame, is sure to bring back old school day memories – good or bad!

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-gymnasium-stool/

Vintage Gymnasium Stool Bench

These vintage stacking chairs were once used by community centres, hospitals and schools for their space saving versatility and ease of stacking.

These chairs were sourced from a Dutch school and feature a grey metal frame, with plywood seats and backs.

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-stacking-dutch-school-chairs-3/

Vintage stacking school chairs plywood
Vintage Stacking School Chairs Plywood

The above vintage stacking chairs were salvaged from a school in England and feature a brown tubular metal frame and plywood seats and backs.

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-stacking-school-chairs/

This solid oak writing desk is from the 1930’s and is in great condition for its age. Well constructed with dovetail joints, it has a large writing surface, a centre drawer and two pedestals, each with 2 drawers and a pull out work surface.

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-oak-office-desk/

Vintage Oak Office Desk

Finally, is this stunning vintage drawing table, in great condition, made by Unic Studio in Paris in the 1940’s.

It has a simple counterweight mechanism, that allows the table to move quickly and smoothly, from a  flat surface, to a working drawing table.

www.vintagematters.co.uk/product/vintage-adjustable-drawing-table/

Vintage adjustable drawing table French
Vintage adjustable drawing table French

We hope you like our latest vintage furniture pieces and would love to hear your feedback and comments. Please let us know which is your favourite piece!

We are always out in the markets, looking for special and unusual pieces, so if you are looking for something particular, please send an email and we will be  happy to help source.

Thank you!

[email protected]

www.vintagematters.co.uk