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Vintage Lifestyle

From vintage fairs, flea markets and antique hunts to interior design, crafting, hairstyling and visits to historic houses, it’s all part of the vintage lifestyle!

Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair, Bath

31/05/2014Cate 6 Comments
Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair

My plans got cancelled yesterday, basically because we were being complete wusses and didn’t want to be outside all day in the mid-teens weather. As a result I was then able to go to Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair at The… Continue Reading →

Lingerie & Hosiery, Vintage Fashion, Vintage Lifestyle 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Vintage fair, Vintage fashion, Vintage lingerie

Mid-Century Modern – Wednesday Wish List #4

14/05/2014Cate 1 Comment
Living for Young Homemakers magazine

It’s been a tough week at Vintage Gal towers, having now sold my house and having to pack everything up, and I still haven’t found anywhere to move to! However, I am getting rather excited about starting over with a… Continue Reading →

Art & Design, Vintage Lifestyle 1950s, 1960s, Ercol, G-Plan, Mad Men, Mid-Century Modern, Vintage furniture, Wednesday Wish List

May Day at Philipps House & Dinton Park

12/05/2014Cate
Philipps House, Dinton Park

I had absolutely nothing to do on Bank Holiday Monday, so my mum and I ended up jumping in my Mini and headed down to Philipps House, just outside Salisbury, Wiltshire in a village called Dinton. Philipps House sits on… Continue Reading →

Vintage Lifestyle Historic House, National Trust, Vintage Places To Visit

Shepton Mallet Flea Market Bargains – Part 2

21/04/2014Cate
Shepton Mallet Flea Market inside

In recent years it has become a traditional that on Easter Sunday I head down to the Shepton Mallet Flea Market at The Royal Bath & West Showground with my Mum and Dad. This year was no different, although we… Continue Reading →

Books & Magazines, TV & Movies, Vintage Lifestyle 1920s, 1930s, Molly Ringwald, Royal Bath & West Showground, Secondhand Books, Shepton Mallet Flea Market, Somerset, Vintage Accessories, Vintage fair

The Big Spring Clean

05/04/2014Cate
Spring clean clear out

My Spring fever seems to be continuing and today was the big Spring clean. My aim this year is to sell my house and move closer to work, so the first thing I needed to do was make the house… Continue Reading →

Vintage Lifestyle Charity Shops

Feeding My Obsession – Secondhand Book Shopping

22/03/2014Cate 1 Comment
Books from Bookbarn

I have a rather unnatural obsession with secondhand books and my house is filled with them. The historian in me loves the idea that someone has read and probably enjoyed a book before me. I always wonder how they perceive… Continue Reading →

Books & Magazines, Vintage Lifestyle Bristol, Secondhand Books

Shepton Mallet Flea Market Bargains – Part 1

09/10/2011Cate

Every couple of months there is an amazing flea market at the Shepton Mallet show ground. It is so vast and has such an amazing variety of goods to pick up and haggle over. I have in the past bought… Continue Reading →

Books & Magazines, Music, Vintage Fashion, Vintage Lifestyle 1980s, Music, Royal Bath & West Showground, Secondhand Books, Shepton Mallet Flea Market, Somerset, Vintage Accessories, Vintage fair

Impromptu National Gallery Visit

28/01/2010Cate 1 Comment
Susannah in her Bath

I had a rare day out of the office today with my boss. It was, in fact, rather pointless and involved a trip up to London for a meeting that could have been done over the phone. But, as the… Continue Reading →

Art & Design, Vintage Lifestyle Art, National Gallery

Going Back to College

14/01/2010Cate 3 Comments
Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer

Those who know me well seemed a little bemused as to why I decided to go to evening college and study A-Level Art History. But what they fail to realise is that studying Art at school and then Fashion Design… Continue Reading →

Art & Design, Vintage Lifestyle Art

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