HENDZEL + HUNT DO INDIA

March 30th, 2012 | Categories: Blog, Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

Hendzel + Hunt, a creative bespoke furniture duo, were recently invited to take part in the UnBox festival in New Delhi, India. The UnBox festival aims to “enable a collective creative expression of India’s most innovative leaders of development, music, performing arts, and design.” They do this through a series of workshops and speakers over the course of the four day festival. The challenge for Hendzel + Hunt? Making furniture (duh) from found and locally sourced materials. The results? A 12 person table and 12 “crazy stools”.

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Take a look at this wonderful short little film about their experience:

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So how can you get a piece of Hendzel + Hunt? Luckily we carry these fine pieces in store, introducing the “Kirkwood Chair“.

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Fornasetti Furniture

September 14th, 2011 | Categories: Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

We’ve long been fans of The Fornasetti Atelier in Milan – an outpost of careful and accomplished craft production. Their line of fantastic plates, wall hangings and ceramics are already in store.

The majority of the furniture and objects produced in the Atelier are true re-editions of the original designs created by Piero Fornasetti. Objects referred to as ‘Re-inventions’, are designs created by Barnaba Fornasetti using the decorative elements and imagery found in the immense Fornasetti archive and are evolutions of the exclusive production of his father. And as Autumn rolls on we’ll be getting some unique furniture pieces, from side tables to umbrella stands…the wit and classic design stays true.

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From Top: Scaletta Staircase screen £7000, Bocca lip stool £800, Lux Gstaad Chair £3500, The Complete Universe £335

Edit of Australia

September 14th, 2011 | Categories: Interiors, New to the Shop, Vintage | No Comments »

There is nothing like EDIT, an interiors collection that is as beautiful as it is unique…and now we’re inviting EDIT’s signature style of witty, playful reimagining of vintage objects and fabrics into The Shop at Bluebird.

The Sydney homeware store has long had a reputation for its an original mix of chic and whimsy, sophistication and fun. This autumn we’ll be bringing that to the UK in the form of fabrics, beautifully upholstered furniture and mannequins.

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Vintage Furniture

April 13th, 2011 | Categories: Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

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We’ve just received some lovely pieces of vintage furniture which I’m sure many people would be very excited about.  See the photos above to have a quick look at the individual pieces, or come by and visit our Carven Pop-up space where they are currently being displayed!  The most exciting item is probably the wood and sliding glass cabinet (centre) by designer Neil Morris.  Morris comes from a family of furniture-makers who have been in the business for 3 generations and was responsible for designing the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh!

Reworked Classic

December 3rd, 2010 | Categories: Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

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Reworked 1890’s deep button French armchair with Ikat fabric, £2500

Our store is all about inspiring our customers with our very eclectic mix of styles and era’s and the Home Gift and Interiors areas are no exception.

This season we have introduced a line called Reworked Classic. These are beautiful pieces of furniture and home accessories that are born out of carefully sourced second hand and antique items, which have then had a very modern reworking of their original finishing’s!!

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Pair of 1890’s Bergere French armchairs. Citron Ikat print fabric, £2300 each.

This could be a reupholstered French Sofa in an amazing new fabric to a 50 year old Eastern European Ceremonial blanket used to cover a Gallic armchair.

We will be introducing further items as the festive season progresses and have now launched a bespoke sourcing and new upholstery service for those of you who love our style interpretations but are short on time to do the same thing yourselves.

3 seaster chrarteuse romoThree seater Chateuse sofa. ‘Roma’ fabric circa 1920’s £3000

vintage french sceenFrench Vintage 4 panel screen. ‘Roma’ fabric £2300

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Reworked 1900’s French 2 seater sofa. Afghanistan ceremonial fabric £2800

To book an appointment with our home styling team please call the store on +44(0)207 351 3873

DL & Co

June 7th, 2010 | Categories: Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

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DL & Co. was founded by Douglas Little with the sole purpose of bringing a more vibrant way of living into this world. His inspiration? Victorian surrealism, obscure botanica and ancient charm. Although certainly splendid, the pieces manage to remain subtle and beautifully crafted down to the last detail.

In the creation of his perfumes and candles, Douglas uses only rare and natural essential oils. Combined with a patented blend of soy, maple, and palm waxes, DL & Co. candles are formulated to burn evenly in order to maximise the dispersal of their perfume.

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The Shop at Bluebird has chosen key items from the collections of unusual and highly coveted candles and perfumes; a selection of which are in-store now.

The Signature Collection: rare botanic specimens are the source of inspiration for this beautiful collection. The candles are then hand wrapped in pleated tissue and packaged in DL & Co.’s signature black silk hat box with satin ribbon.

Art Nouveau Collection: influenced by the English illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, this collection uses exquisite perfumes inspired by Aubrey’s imaginative, sensitive and hedonistic work during the French Art Nouveau movement.

Memento Mori Collection: a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember that you are mortal,’ widely synonymous with the term ‘carpe diem’ or ‘seize the day’. These icons are visual reminders that life on earth is fleeting and one should live every day to its fullest potential.

Absolute Collection: these candles are poured into an etched scallop vessel and nestled in a pressed paper box with a pearl finish and cream silk ribbon.

For more information about the collections, please call the store on 020 7351 3873

Covelli and Tennant

December 16th, 2009 | Categories: Christmas Picks, Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

Covelli and Tennant is one of those brands that make you smile and makes you feel nostalgic and all warm inside. With their signature British icon style they have become a firm favourite at The S.A.B.

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Sara Covelli and Janie Tennant between them have worked for some of the top names in antiques and interiors including Sotheby’s, Bonhams, L’Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, Andrew Martin and Charles Edwards.

The pair founded the brand in 2005 and specializing in antique and vintage textiles, bespoke upholstery and chic mid century design.

“Great emphasis is placed on quality as well as on design” says Janie “Our aim is to create pieces that are true ‘one offs’ and we are constantly looking for rare furniture shapes as well as for design classics, be they a 19th century chesterfield sofa, a shell shaped boudoir chair from the 1930s or a Murano glass cocktail cabinet from 1940s Italy” adds Sara.

This month we lead with the image of one of their fantastic cushions for the website after being inspired by the retro Christmas vibe.

Their items take pride of place with the Christmas visuals throughout the store and are being snapped as you read. We asked the girls what they are up to this festive season…

1. What is the thing you love most about Christmas
J. I love spending Christmas with my family in Yorkshire, eating and drinking too much and bracing walks in the dales with our dog Zippi – the perfect antidote to city living
S. I love spending time with family in Suffolk or Italy.

2. What are you hoping will be in your stocking this year?
J. Murano Glassware, a Smythson Diary and Cashmere Socks a Micheline Arcier gift box and any shoes with ‘Rupert’ in their name!
S. A 1930’s Art Deco cocktail shaker shaped like a penguin… perfect for Christmas drinks.

3.  Favourite Christmas food treat
J. Christmas Dinner leftovers on Boxing Day with Cold Bread Sauce and Pickled Walnuts…..also my mother’s home made Christmas Pudding with a glass of Muscat Dessert Wine
S. ‘Baccala Mantecato’(salt cod) on Christmas Eve with a glass of Prosecco and Panettone for breakfast on Christmas morning

4. If you weren’t at home for Christmas where would you be?
J. Skiing in the Alps
S. In Italy with my family

5. What is your best Christmas memory?
J. My husband proposed at Christmas six years ago
S. Sara’s twins, Oscar and Rose were born at Christmas time seven years ago.

RETROUVIUS at The Shop at Bluebird

October 20th, 2009 | Categories: Interiors, Vintage | No Comments »

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SAB have long been fans of Adam and Maria at Retrouvius Reclamation and design, their design work is becoming legendary and Adam have the most enviable eye for the unique coveted and down right bizarre. So we were ecstatic when they agreed to join the new roster of homewear brands coming into the Shop at Bluebird for AW09.

Since placing the Victorian iron worked console tables in store our women’s shoe sales have reached new heights  and their Central line Table has taken centre stage in our entry zone visual display, along with tables and chairs demanded by some of our key brands to be used to display their products.

To see more of the range available all of which is for sale to take away today call or visit the store, 0207 351 3873.

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NEXT MONTH we feature an up close with the duo behind RETROUVIUS