This is a list of Blog posts on Collectika. Here we discuss anything and everything of interest about retro furniture and lighting.
Anyone interested in 1950s, 1960s and other mid century furniture and fittings will find these discussions informative and interesting. We welcome interaction and would like to have your comments.
Furniture – Gold Coast, Australia Collectika recently moved furniture store from Sydney to the Gold Coast. We offer a unique selection of designer furniture to Brisbane, Gold Coast, and all
Long lived Vintage Furniture is near you If you live anywhere in Australia you have a large selection of vintage, retro, mid-century furniture to buy online. Browse Collectika site for
Vintage Retro Furniture comes to Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Gold Coast Collectika has moved its main store room from Sydney to Burleigh heads. This makes us one of the very
The popularity of retro furniture continues to increase. Shops in vintage and retro furniture are starting up and growing worldwide and Australia is one of the leaders in this trend with some of the best retro furniture shops around. Our local offers are boosted by many of the famous Australian designers of the retro era that saw the opportunity to build uniquely designed, high-quality products in the … Read the rest
‘Retro’, ‘Vintage’, ‘Mid Century’ and ‘Mid Century Modern’ are terms being used by Retro and Vintage Furniture Stores everywhere. Further, qualifiers such as ‘style’ or ‘design’ are often thrown in either to honestly define a piece or to disguise its lack of authenticity. Examples are: ‘Vintage Style’, ‘Retro Style’, ‘Danish Style’, ‘Danish Design’.
To complete the list of casually interchanged phrases we should add ‘Antique’ and ‘Art Deco’.
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We are very pleased with the feature on Collectika in Habitus Magazine this month. Habitus is a prestigious magazine with regular articles on design, architecture and interior decoration.
Their team of “Design Hunters” focus on finding the leaders in design locally and globally.
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“Habitus 20 finds inspiring people from all walks of life… from rugs, to heating and coffee machines, we find that the
We regularly refresh our stock of mid-century modern furniture items. The following are mid-century modern furniture items that came into our store recently.
This fine example of of mid century modern furniture features solid wood vintage dining tables is in excellent condition.
We have several sets of vintage dining chairs of equal quality. Many will match this exquisite table to complete a one of a kind dining room arrangement. Of … Read the rest
There are no hard and fast rules for decorating with vintage furniture or retro furniture. You can choose to strictly represent a specific vintage look or even a regional style like German of the Scandinavian retro era. Vintage furniture or collectables mix equally well with modern furniture, adding interest and contrast. This article focuses more on choosing quality pieces.
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When Jack Parker started making kitchen furniture in 1935, could he have foreseen that his company will become one of Australia’s greatest industrial success stories?
Over the first few years of its existence, the Parker furniture company established such a countrywide reputation for quality and innovation that from the 1950’s through the 1980’s it seemed that everybody wanted to own a piece of … Read the rest