It goes without saying that most of us love to fill our homes with 'nice things'. We spend a great deal of time searching for furniture, fixtures, and fittings that will enhance our beloved dwelling places, to create a relaxing, comfortable space that reflects us, our personalities, our quirkiness, and our characters. And if there are two themes that recur time and again in the world of fashion and interior design, they are a desire for items that display features and designs from a bygone era, as well as miniature versions of familiar, everyday fixtures. Nostalgia is a strange thing, often invoking feelings of times that we may not have actually experienced ourselves, without any of the negative associations or attachments. Likewise, …
