Our unique wedding list...

We are getting married on 4th April 2009 and we are really looking forward to seeing you on the day.

We would love to finish our house and add a few special touches. As you may know we love art deco and "previously loved" things with character and charm. We often buy from ebay, auctions, charity shops,unusual websites and flea markets.

We have therefore given you a few ideas of things we would be really grateful to receive. Some items are readily available, whilst some may require a little more searching!

1. Browse the site and find something you/ we fancy!
2. Please reply to the item if you would like to "source" it for us, so other guests are aware. Some items are "multiple"...but obviously you don't have to get the total number (1 picture frame rather than 20!)
3. Click on the heading and then the comment box will appear underneath the item.
4. Please leave us a message, either with your name (click "name/URL" on the drop down menu) or anonymously (click "anonymously").
5. When something has "gone", i will make the post red - for future easy browsing!

For an example, of this working smoothly please see the post called "Testing, Testing....1,2,3"

Thank you...

Friday, 26 December 2008

Oliver Hemming Nio Milk Jug - £29.00

The milk jug from the Oliver Hemming Nio set...for a dash of milk in our cup of tea.....

It can be found on www.oliverhemming.com or www.1770.co.uk

Oliver Hemming Nio Sugar Bowl - £25.00

This sugar bowl looks a bit like a pac man...and is from the Nio range by Oliver Hemming.

www.oliverhemming.com or www.1770.co.uk

Oliver Hemming Nio Coffee Pot - £59.00

This is a very smart, stainless steel, filter coffee pot and will keep our coffee much warmer than our old cafetier....

It is Oliver Hemming Nio and is on his website at
www.oliverhemming.com or www.1770.co.uk

Oliver Hemming Nio Tea Pot - £59.00

green... earl grey .....white.... peppermint...... builders.... chai roo bush...

we always drink lots of tea ! 

this tea pot is the larger one (1.5 litres) and is stainless steel.

it is by Oliver Hemming in his Nio range and can be found at:
www.oliverhemming.com or www.grahamandgreen.co.uk or www.1770.co.uk

Pink Glass Door Handle for Sophie's Room - £17.13

We would like a pink sparkly door handle to make Sophie's room groovy and match her cupboard handles.

This can be found in Graham and Green or www.grahamandgreen.co.uk...... 

Dozen "Silver"Napkin Rings - £5 - £20 each

We like all these different styles of napkin rings....and would like 12 different ones.

These are all currently on ebay and vary in price from about £5 to £20 each..... the unusual and art deco style silver ones are our favourites and we don't mind if they have other peoples initials on them...all the more character! 

Dozen large white linen napkins - £3.90 each - £46.80

For special occasions these will be gorgeous.... We have used Mums for Christmas dinner and the table looked amazing.

These are large (45cm x 45cm) and are called a Hotel napkins from John Lewis...

Beer and Wine Fridge - £96.00

This is a Lec DF50GC fridge - but more importantly it is no bigger than 50 cm in each direction!

We will put this at the top of the house so we can be lazy and don't have to walk down the stairs to refill our glasses with cold white wine on a hot sunny day... heaven...!

this is on the john lewis website but any little silver glass fronted fridge will be perfect...

Wednesday, 24 December 2008

Glass Vase - £35.00

A gorgeous hand blown glass vase......this is an LSA Orietta and we would prefer the 35cm tall one (largest)

I have seen them in Heals and John Lewis and they are online also.

Sophie and I sometimes get flowers from Stoods on a Friday evening from the flower stall opposite his office and we always struggle to find a tall enough vase... this will be perfect.

Thursday, 18 December 2008

Deco Desk Chair - £95

This is a 1930's theatre seat which will be fabulous with our desk.

it can be found on www.metroretro.co.uk - along with lots of other gorgeous things!

Thursday, 4 December 2008

Hard Drive Camcorder - approx.£300.00

you've been framed, here we come....!

A digital hard drive camcorder with a spare / extra battery.

This is a Sony - with a digital touch screen and is quite light.


Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Cookery Book Stand - £29.95

This traditional Cast Iron Cookery Book stand by Chez Victor can be found in traditional cook shops and also on the internet. (www.alacook.co.uk)

Stoods has requested it in black with chrome trim.

The house rule disallowing using the laptop as a cookery book, still applies! 

Wooden Bath Rack - £36.00

Perfect for balancing a cup of tea and a book on.......

This is made from recycled floorboards and can be found on www.baileyshomeandgarden.com  (a heavenly website)

Sunday, 30 November 2008

Stock Pot/Huge Saucepan - Tefal Jamie Oliver Hard Anodised Stewpot & Lid, 24cm - £74.00

Stoods loves making stocks and boiling bones for hours!

We have borrowed this pan from GP for mass producing sweet onion chutney and stock making is at full speed ( i hope there is room in our freezer !) We like the glass lid.

This is a Tefal saucepan, endorsed by Jamie O - called a "Hard Anodised Stewpot and Lid, 24 cm" and can be found in John Lewis.


Saturday, 29 November 2008

Pitcher/ jug - £72.00


Water..... milk........Pimms.....bunch of flowers..?

This is a beautiful ceramic jug with a pewter handle.

It is on www.whippetgrey.co.uk

Place Names - Zinc Leaf Labels - £36.00

Who's sitting where?...

We would like these zinc leaf labels, to use as place settings by writing names on them in chalk...... They will hang on the back of our chairs.

They are on one of my fav. websites www.whippetgrey.co.uk and come in packs of 6. Please can we have 2 packs (£18.00 each)

Slate Cheese Board and chalk- £29.50


This is a "medium" sized slate cheese board - but a large one would be better! It will be great laden with cheese with the varieties written in chalk.

This is on the Paxton and Whitfield website (www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk) but i have seen a couple of others on the internet...

Cheese Plates (8) - £85 for 6 or £15 each

We adore cheese..... 

Stoods would prefer welsh rarebit instead of pudding and cheese is my "dessert island" food..

There are 6 of these lovely  Richard Bramble plates in the set - but we would like 8 - so please choose which to "double up" on.

Richard has a stall in Borough Market, SE1 or  at www.richardbramble.co.uk. They are also available on the Paxton and Whitfield website (www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk) and maybe in the shop on Jermyn Street  - but i haven't checked!

Le Creuset Shallow Casserole Dish (30cm) -£100.00

Perfect for Stood's risotto...

We do not mind whether it is in granite or teal as both will look lovely.

Le Cruset is often good value for money on Amazon - but can also be found in department stores and kitchen shops.

Saturday, 15 November 2008

Clothes Airer - £47.99


Dull alert !

This is the rolls royce of clothes airers and will replace the very small, broken one we have which needs to be "specially balanced" to make it stand up (and may have been "procured" from 133a Stephendale Road!)

This can be found in Lakeland shops or www.lakeland.co.uk

Frames....Frames.... Frames....


Please help us perk up our uninspiring corridor into the kitchen.

We would like lots (20-30) frames of different shapes and sizes(for photos from 6x4 up to 10x8), in either black, silver/chrome, gold, bronze, or mother of pearl.

We will then have to try and choose which photos to put up!
obviously someone doesn't have to buy all the frames... many people can buy one frame!

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

2 tickets to The Mousetrap - £ ?


The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie is the longest running play in the West End (over 50 years) but we haven't seen it! 

We would like 2 tickets, for any week night ...this will be an amazing date night!)

I often buy tickets on www.discounttheatre.com 

Saturday, 1 November 2008

Newgate Wall Clock - £85.00


We think this clock will look fab as it is quite big and very shiny - but can't decide whether to put it in the kitchen or living room, at the moment.

It is called the Newgate Quad Clock in stainless steel and is the larger size (40cm x 40cm x 9cm) and can be found on...

www.thenewgatestore.com and John Lewis.

Bread Maker - £99.95


Mum has one of these and it is her most used gadget, ever!

We agreed that when she stopped using it, it would come to Fulham for a 6 month holiday and then she could have it back....this is looking totally unlikely !!

This is a Panasonic SD255 Bread maker and is sold in John Lewis and probably other large department stores.

Saturday, 25 October 2008

1930's Typewriter - £?

Apparently everyone sneaks something onto the wedding list, not wanted by the other person - this is my item (Heather speaking!) 

We have a lovely desk which we bought at auction and a typewriter from the 1930's would look great on it. 

This is my second time of trying to "acquire" one. The first time was in the summer when staying with U. Brian. We found an amazing emporium in a shed near a bridge in North Devon, full of fab things including a typewriter, like this. Stoods vetoed the purchase on the grounds of weight, dust collecting and room in car. Later in the week, when I had persuaded Stoods to return - we couldn't find it ... or so he told me! 

Art Deco Flame Outside Light - £?


At least 2-3 times a week I drive past the Famous 3 Kings pub, on the A4 in Kensington, for work. (edited to read "used to"!) It has about 10 brilliant flame lights, which look amazing, all the way around it. You can just about see them in the photo.

I just adore them and would love just one outside our front door. (A double one would be fine too)

I have no idea where to start looking, as those I have found are either just shades or for indoor use.  There must be one with our name on it somewhere....oh, and no pinching them from the pub !

Bedside Lights - £50 to £100 each


We have some beautiful bedside tables and would love a bedside light each to go on top - so we can read in bed! 

This is our very own "mood board" of lights we like - these are all on ebay at the moment and there is generally a good selection - so happy bidding ! The lights definitely do not have to be a pair - we think it would be nicer if they were different.  


Friday, 24 October 2008

Teasmade - £??

This is just gorgeous.... well we think so! It will look great in our bedroom.

I would love to find one that works, so we can sit in bed like an old married couple and have a cup of tea!

I think this will be an ebay search.... Goblin was one of the major manufacturers. I would love it to work, not be likely to electrocute us and not have any visible damage, especially to the china pot.

Olive Tree - £?


I would love an Olive Tree in a pretty pot for the roof terrace.  

This will however be our first olive tree so please can we also have some care instructions/booklet.

I would like one about the size of a standard lamp - too large and it will not pass the "weight on roof terrace" test and we won't be able to carry it up the stairs. 

Cookery Book Gridlock Solution- £15.50


We love cookery books - and the little shelf we have in the kitchen is very full!

This "hidden" book shelf will look great with all my Jamie O books stacked neatly together and The Silver Spoon and Larousse will no longer be in danger of falling!

This is on www.umbra.com and we need the large one please...

Thursday, 23 October 2008

Elderly Deckchair with new covers- £ ??


 An unloved, elderly deckchair can have a gentle retirement on our terrace! 

The picture is a fabulous Edwardian one with new coverings from www.deckchairstripes.com.

If you find a frame in a corner of a shed, we would love to recover it and give it a home. Pls do choose the material for us.

New "seats" for our old double deckchair - £25.50


I have fond memories of sitting on our rather, mouldy deckchair with Tara drinking champagne and chatting about Stoods, the afternoon he proposed - whilst he skipped off sailing for 3 days!

The years in the garage have not been kind and we would like 2 new seats. (They are slung separately)

www.deckchairstripes.com is a really jolly website. 

We like the fabric called "surfing" and will require 2 x 1.5 m lengths in the narrow (45cm) fabric. I have an upholstery staple gun - to attach them.



Double Deckchair- £99.99


We would love another double deckchair for the roof terrace - but I think finding another "vintage" one will be tough.

I have found this one on www.blueworldgardener.co.uk  - shame its not stripey !

It is called the wide boy !

Double Rainbow Hammock -£45.00


Lazy days...

This hammock is from Hen and Hammock (www.henandhammock.co.uk)

We will get some really big, sturdy, eye bolts so we can put it between the two walls on the roof terrace.

KitchenAid Mixer in Cream -£349

We have borrowed one of these at the moment - (thanks Andrew) - to assist with Wedding Cake mixing to stop our arms falling off.

Andrew wants to make his own cakes so we would like one in cream to match the blender Stoods has already.

They are available in big department stores, kitchen shops and online.

Wednesday, 22 October 2008

Art Deco Chrome Lemon Squeeze - £ ?

This will be a challenge ... I have been looking high and low for about 18 months with no success !

An art deco, chrome, lemon squeeze which will fit in the top of our drinks cabinet. The diameter is about 10 cm.

It would have been a single piece (rather than two, as in the picture) 


Cake Stand / Plate (Emma Bridgewater) £49.95

Cake.....mmmm!

This is a lovely shaped cake stand by Emma Bridgwater. We do like the dots but do feel free to go for another pattern if you prefer.

Banana and chocolate loaf cake for everyone!

Le Creuset Frying Pan 26cm - approx.£60

Yummm....sausages ! 

A Le Creuset frying pan - either in charcoal or almond or teal, you decide (we think either would look lovely in our green-ish kitchen)

Le Creuset is sometimes really good value on amazon.co.uk but is also sold in cook shops and well known department stores.


Cupboard Knobs 8 x £2.95


We would love 8 of the rose pink door knobs. They will go on the cupboard doors in Sophie's room and give a gorgeous sparkle. 

They can be found in Graham and Green
(www.grahamandgreen.co.uk) and come in two sizes. We would like the small ones which are £2.95 each.