ALISTAIR and Deborah Burnside know all about homewares and furniture after 18 years spent working at Habitat and The Conran Shop.
“Even back then we always had a passion for mixing vintage with modern. Or old and new as we called it then,” said Alistair.
Falling in love with industrial furniture before the term was in general usage came after the couple made a working trip to New York and paid a visit to the city’s cool interiors store, ABC Carpet & Home, and its display of vintage steel furniture. They loved the furniture with its stripped-off paint that revealed the patina of the steel underneath.