One Of Our Favourite Sites...

Although we deal with furnishings for your home, we love the Great Outdoors and all that comes with getting back to nature. Which is why we love Best Made.

Their simple to navigate site gives you a no-nonsense taste of the wilderness - with fantastic items to buy that you really would need to get you through a rugged terrain but with an emphasis on these 'tools of the trade' being extremely well designed to be the 'best made'.

As Founder Peter Buchanan-Smith puts it "It all started because I couldn’t find a well made axe in my local hardware store. I just couldn’t bare to resign myself to yet another hollow transaction, I couldn’t walk out the door with such a mediocre tool in hand. So I drew inspiration from my love for the axe - the tool I brandished on my family’s cattle farm and in the wilds of Northern Canada as a boy."


They do a lot more than make good axes though, as a search of their site will show you. They also have a really interesting 'Projects'/Blog section which guides you to a more natural, everyday lifestyle - amongst other things.

Best Made...you best go check them out!

NEW GALLERY SHOW FOR VALENTINE'S

Dodo Vintage is very pleased to announce our forthcoming show with the fantastic artwork of Sylvie Howitt.

Launched on February 3rd, "Map of the Heart" will showcase Sylvie's intricate and beautiful papercutting techniques in the surroundings of Dodo Vintage - enabling you to see just how well her wonderful work would compliment your home.

There will be a definite love theme to the evening as it will come in time for Valentine's Day - and what better gift than one of Sylvie's pieces for that special someone in your life?  The artwork is already full of passion, just read what Sylvie has to say about how much love goes into her work...

With Love
Dodo Vintage Gallery

Wood, Water and Energy...a simple recipe that for thousands of years has given inspiration and life to artists and writers work around the world... Paper!

I love paper, all kinds of paper! especially paper from a different era with its unique texture, colour and smell.

With a chance discovery of a collection of vintage maps in a dusty attic, my imagination was fired by a mixture of works from Victorian woodcuts to Hans Christian Andersen and my current favourite artist Rob Ryan.

Papercutting as an art form has existed for thousands of years, during which people have been cutting paper, transforming it into art as unique and diverse as their culture, from simple folk art, to elaborate mathematical masterpieces.

For me, the use of recycled vintage materials seemed the perfect way to express a simple story of hope and love, with a material from a golden age of adventure, romance and hope.  

I hand cut paper from my own freehand drawings.  I love the physical process of cutting into paper with a sharp blade, sometimes scissors, releasing that one off image and design as a result.  

There is something very appealing about the immediacy of this medium and the challenge of keeping the entire delicate image intact within the frame of the paper without the whole piece falling apart.  

I love the symmetry of the designs and the way it tells a story. You will find that my designs vary from the contemporary to the traditional folky look depending on my mood and inspiration.  

The paper I use has its own story, sometimes adding meaning to my paper cut and therefore bringing life into it.  

Whether it is the colours, the musical notes, the maps or the place names, I hope there can be something to trigger a connection, joy, memories ...

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New Website...

For those of you who may not be local or not considering a trip to the seaside, you will soon be able to peruse at your virtual leisure on our upcoming website!

Launching within the next two weeks dodovintage.co.uk will have pictures of all our current stock and will be updated regularly with new stock so you can go shopping for your home in the comfort of your, well, home. That way you can stare at that empty space in your front room and look online at what can fill it - then purchase away!

This Weeks New Arrivals...

We've pretty much got a revolving door of stock at Dodo. Thanks to everyone's impeccable taste, the stock we get in does not hang around for long - leaving us with space to get loads more lovely items into the shop!

Here are this weeks new arrivals....

Two fantastic tables - very different in style but both sure to be admired during a dinner party

An Italian armchair that is as comfortable as it is good looking

Wonderful Victorian 'Wingbacked' chair

A really fun school desk to do your homework on - or eat your jam roly-poly with lashings of custard at!

A lovely little birdcage (Vanessa Paradis on a swing not included)

Any enquiries please feel free to call us or pop down to the shop.

Reflection Eternal...

Have you got a bare wall in your home that needs something on it? Not sure what to put there? How about a lovely mirror from our wonderful selection that we have for sale!

Spanning many eras, our mirrors - both big and small - have been lovingly sourced and in some cases restored ready to find a place in your home.

We do have a Health and Safety duty to warn you - if you break them, you'll get 7 years bad luck and if look in them too long, the devil will appear on your shoulder!

Dodo Papa

Terrific Barba Papa lamp, on sale now at Dodo Vintage

Contact us for details

A Small Selection...

As you may know, we have an eclectic mixture of stock at Dodo, it would take ages to try and describe what we have, so we'll let the pictures do the talking...

As always, contact us if you have any queries about, or would like to purchase, any of the items shown.

New Gallery Show To Be Announced...

There will be some exciting news about our next gallery exhibition within the week. Keep checking for the latest news and launch date but for the meantime, here's a little peek at who will be showing...

This little light of mine...

Setting the mood in your home can encompass many elements...and lighting is one of the main tools to use. We have a vast array of lights and lamps in all shapes, sizes and age. They are being refurbished as we speak and will be ready and waiting for you to flick the switch. As always, pop in to the store or ring for any enquiries.

Hooked on you...

We're always sourcing new items and lovingly renovating furniture here at Dodo and what home doesn't need hooks? These came in on Friday and have flown out! Keep checking here for new items and join our Facebook group and tell all your friends! 

All you need is....

With Christmas all done with for another year and January a bit sparse with the old celebratory days, what have we got to look forward to? Well, Valentine's Day of course and what better way to say it with something other than flowers than our collection of letters? It doesn't have to stop there though, as we have loads of different alphabets and we're always sourcing new letters in all sizes which make great presents for your loved ones on any occasion.