Set up over 12 years ago in Spitalfields in London's east end, Elemental is the place to go for a splendid array of unusual, sympathetically restored furniture and lighting. The team at Elemental are very good at spotting the unique and the practical - luggage racks salvaged from trains, coat hooks and benches from schools and chunky industrial lighting are typical finds. Prices are available on application ...

Husband and wife design team, John and Linda Meyers took inspiration from the 1970s for their home in Portland, Maine. Their sophisticated mining of the decade for the more stylish and often underated trends is featured here. John Meyers explained 'If everything was 70s it would be overwhelming. It's a more bohemian look - one of our biggest influences is Terence Conran's 1974 classic, The House ...

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