Timeout says:  After wowing Cornwall with her retro furnishings, this former St Martins student (who loves reupholstering old '60s pieces) opened a swinging boutique full of pod chairs, phones lamps and original cinema posters. 106 Stoke Newington Church Street N16 0LA, 79230391 | www.nanadobbie.com

Alys just finished a restoration job for a VERY important client which involved repairing and reglazing a very rare fibreglass sofa. We would have loved to have sold it for the client but unfortunately he wasn't willing to part with it...as a similar one sold in Christies Auction House in Paris for 199,000 Euro!

A nice little piccie of our glasswares at the top too...

Living Etc says: Mid Century modern specialist Nanadobbie sells striking Skandi ceramics and glassware.

A nice compliment from a local writer about our specialism in glass and ceramics...

THERE is a nostalgia for the past in the current economic climate – perhaps one of the many consequences of recession – that is increasingly drawing nest-building shoppers away from high-street stores to little out-of-the way shops stuffed with eclectic jumbles of ageing leather chairs, carved wooden chests, railway carriage seats, and antique signage.

It is perhaps not fashion alone that accounts for the popularity of such goods; anything that has been around for thirty or forty years and is still in good nick will likely last for a fair few years yet.

Not surprisingly, purveyors of vintage furniture have sprouted up in abundance in Hackney over the past few years, with concentrations in Finsbury Park, Stoke Newington Church Street and London Fields. Prices here are far more reasonable than you will find in most of London’s more central antique centres, and proximity to your home can be a distinct advantage when it comes to bulky purchases.

To finish off decorating your home, you may want to have a look in the pair of smaller vintage shops on Church Street itself – Nanadobbie and Pictures & Light – both of which feature items from the 1950s, 1960 and 1970s. Nanadobbie is a great place to look for glass and ceramics.