Customer Feedback!

Lovely customer Nils bought this beautiful trunk from us, for his girlfriend’s birthday. Not only was she thrilled, but Monty has taken a liking to it, too!

Spanner Smut

Yes, yes, yes. We know it's childish but c'mon… who can resist a king dick spanner?! Only available in large....ooh matron.

WINDOW DISPLAYS

Our shop window is definitely the best sales area we have. But we are continually surprised about how well it works. Following the industrial heart display, we stuck a couple of tub chairs in - sold straight away. We then thought…OK…need something that might stay there a little longer. How about five volumes of a mid-Georgian history of England? Yes…these books were so large and heavy they would have to be delivered by our van. Not so, thanks to an impulsive book restorer, his wife and two donkeys (I mean grown up daughters). A heavy concrete cat also left the window very quickly, followed by a couple of vintage teddies (not literally). So, anyway, this is all quite frustrating when you're trying to do a blog about what’s in the window...so this is what’s in the window now! It may not be for much longer!

SHOPPING WITH PETS!

Matt was in the shop and, during a very busy hour, a lady walked into the shop and asked if she could leave her shopping trolley near the counter. No problem.

She then asks if it’s OK to look round with her pet. Matt looks up, notices a lead and assumes it’s a dog. No problem.

‘Tis only as said customer starts to go up the stairs and rises above the crowd that Matt notices that on the end of the lead is…a raccoon!

Matt thinks that perhaps given some of the taxidermy upstairs (pine martin, fox etc.) this may not be a good idea.

Very quickly the customer comes back down stairs clutching racoon to breast.

Racoon looks 'agitated'

"Oh dear" says woman "I think he didn't like the stuffed things"

She gathers shopping trolley and exits, briefly freaking out a customer who turned to enter the shop at the exact same time the racoon exited.

Ho hum..another day in homestuffwithhistory.

Matt attempted to take a picture but sadly only managed to get the raccoon’s rear end (and tail). Unfortunately this looked like Davy Crockets hat and was not convincing! So here’s a pic of an angry stoat, instead!

PROPER VINTAGE LAMPS!

Look at our lovely vintage lamps, in the shop now! They’ve had a complete rewire and gentle resto and they're good to go. These are converted heat lamps - coming soon we’ve got American chicken feeder lamps and classic theatre lamps.

NEARLY READY FOR CHRISTMAS!

2 arguments, 3 broken baubles, 4 coffees, 6 bars of chocolate and the Christmas displays are nearly ready for tonight!  https://www.facebook.com/events/700156770119448/ 

CHRISTMAS PREVIEW EVENING!

Almost here...Wednesday 11th November, 6-8pm.
Be the first to get your mittens on our vintage Christmas goodies…not to mention our quirky, unusual and, frankly, gorgeous gifts! 
Whilst you’re shopping, you can also enjoy complimentary mulled wine and mince pies. So, see you then!