Furniture has been my bread and butter since the fifties. Amongst the squares and crescents, buying is about more than comfort. I’ve seen families walk in, and they all ask for quality. A velvet seat with history, delivers precisely what they’re after. I sent a set of accent chairs to a Grosvenor Square apartment, and the sofa aged but never gave way. That’s the point with retro. They flick through glossy catalogues, but they find themselves in Mayfair again.
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I grew up amongst furniture, and I’ve never left it. Here in Mayfair, folk are not merely choosing somewhere to park themselves. Designers with clients in tow, chair retro and they all want a piece that speaks. A funky accent chair, never fails to speak up. I sent a set of accent chairs to a Grosvenor Square apartment, and ebillingsite.billing-easy.net he told me years later it was still going strong. That’s what vintage means. They flick through glossy catalogues, but they always come back. F...
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I tell you, London change plenty but some tings stay same. Furniture? Chairs, sofa, dem tings?. We only could afford old sofa, but dat chair feel alive. But mi tell you, retro piece worth more than gold. Wander Spitalfields, vintage wingback smell of years. Not factory shine, but dem true. When Notting Hill riot cool down, Sofa stay whole family life. Retro keep history alive. Man look pon we like crazy, but Everybody sit pon it.
Mi can see di patch mi stitch wid mi own hand. Postcode tell st...
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