Retro style

60s fitted kitchens

Retro style is the style of the 50s, 60s or 70s. Retro style and retro furniture are currently undergoing a revival with many new products coming out with a retro look. This section is about the look of peoples' homes in the 50s, 60s and 70s. We look at G Plan furniture, Wimpey houses, 60s fitted kitchens, Melamine tableware, Metamec clocks and even retro gardens.



Retro furniture

The G Plan label

The "Retro" look is based on furniture from the 50s and 60s. This section looks at the development of G Plan and other manufactures in the 60s.


Lava Lamp, Astro Mini, 1960s

Retro lighting

Electric light was part of ordinary life in the sixties. Lighting joined the hippy movement with the Crestworth Lava Lamp first introduced in 1963. See:

60s Retro lighting

Modern retro style

Get the retro look with modern products see:

Modern Retro Style

Melaware cups, 1950s

Plastic tableware from the 50s and 60s

In the 50s and 60s traditional ceramics were on the way out and the future was plastic - Melamine to be precise.

Read more: 50s and 60s Melamine tableware

60s houses

Wimpey house 1960s

The ultimate retro statement must surely be a house from the 60s! Modern style prevailed in this era, as in other buildings of the time.

60s houses
Superstar, popular rose from the 60s

Retro gardening

Take the retro look into the garden. Have a look at what people were growing in the 50s and 60s!

Retro gardening