All the Mid-Century Modern Homewares We’ve Bought For Our New House

My first interiors post: I’ve been promising this since we first put our house on the market, so here’s a gentle introduction to my style!

Not that it was ever intentional, but as the years have gone by I’ve come to realise that my favoured interiors style is undoubtedly mid-century modern. As much as I like minimalism, glam boho chic and many other styles, I’m just drawn to anything 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. A mish-mash of all three, and very much reflective of my preferred colours [to wear] of oranges, yellows and pinks.

We moved into our new house – a new build – in July, and although we’re still trying to decide where things go upstairs, we’re mostly sorted downstairs. We were surprised at just how much work a new build can be: you don’t have things like loft boarding for storage, a shed, shelves, curtain poles, toilet fixtures (cabinets, toilet roll holders, etc.) or coat racks, so all those things have to be shopped for and put up. Often when you move into a new house you use fixtures that are there until you replace them – but new builds have none of that, and it’s A LOT of work to get them all up!

So what we’re now waiting on is a shed, which is about to be delivered and erected – though as I write it should have been put up yesterday (I’m scheduling this in advance as I’m away on my detox break this week). That means we can get all the gym equipment, tools, garden equipment, paint and all that other “shed stuff” out of the main living room and into proper storage. The loft is now boarded so once I’m back from my week away that too can be filled (TIDILY of course, and with no useless clutter this time…)

Then that means the smallest bedroom (AKA our dressing room) will be empty for us to put up wardrobes once we’ve bought them. (Which means MORE Ikea shopping of course, which I love luckily!) Everything has such a knock-on effect – it all has to be done in order which at times can be rather frustrating. But we’re getting there.

So while I’m still trying to empty the house of boxes and garden tools, I thought I’d show you all the things we have bought for our new house. Admittedly some of the things were bought last year, but they’re still pretty new and were bought when we were considering just new decor and furniture rather than a whole move.

Nearly everything I’ve listed is the same as what we actually bought. We have a fair few vintage pieces so I’ve linked to items on eBay here and there, or one of two pieces have sold out so I’ve linked to something almost the same. The great thing about homewares is that they don’t sell out in the same way clothes do: I bought quite a few of these bits long before we moved, and they’re still current and available online – which is good news for you if you like them!

I’ve split them all up by room to make more sense of what’s here. The next time you’ll see these items they should be in-situ in an actual post about how I’ve styled them all. And finally: don’t forget to check out everyone’s links below for the #SaturdayShareLinkUp! Enjoy 😀

ARE YOU A FAN OF MID-CENTURY MODERN? IF NOT WHAT STYLE DO YOU LEAN TOWARDS? DO SHARE IN THE COMMENTS!

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Mid-century modern living room homewares

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Mid-century modern kitchen/dining room homewares

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1. Kitchen Utensils Storage Pot | BESTÅ Storage With Doors | Large Handled Orange Vase
2. Vintage Midwinter Nature Study Dinner Service | Bonsai Potted Plant With Pot | Vintage G Plan Teak Sideboard (exact one)
3. White Ceramic & Copper Wall Plant Pots pk2 | White Pineapple Storage Jar | Vintage Wooden Giraffe

Mid-century modern home office homewares

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Mid-century modern master bedroom homewares

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Mid-century modern hallway, bathroom, garden homewares

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