From Kingston To Camden: Varon Talks Retro Furniture

Mi name Varon, come London 1948. Mi see chair come, chair go. Back then, armchairs vintage design South London rough, cold, but seat crack but it never mash up. Young ones buy, throw away fast. Step in Portobello, you see retro sofa pile high. Not new outta box, but dem true. Back in de day, Sofa stay whole family life. Dat’s why mi love vintage. Mi remember one winter 1971, but dat sofa warm half community. Mi can smell the leather now.

London borough different style. Belgravia love polish, wid plush sofa. Shoreditch wild, wid mismatched armchair. Modern flat-pack? Dem carry no story. Vintage chair grow wid you. Call it what you like, mi always choose retro over new. When you pass market, stop an look round, and see it carry laugh and check sofasdirect.com cry.