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There's a montage sequence in the movie Wall Street where Charlie Sheen decorates his flash new Manhattan condo. It basically involves a carpenter who looks like he plays keyboards in Duran Duran, a gaggle of bohemian types creating a huge neo-classical mural, and quite a bit of Talking Heads music. |
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Until very recently I thought this was how all properties were decorated. I was wrong. It turns out that decorating can be as soul-destroying, wallet-emptying and time-consuming as buying the actual house. And that's before you even step foot in Ikea. However, in my quest to replicate that effortless, brat pack interior-décor nirvana I have discovered Retrouvius and somehow that has made everything a little bit better. Despite being almost unpronounceable, Retrouvius (motto: "bridging
the gap between destruction and construction") is a godsend for
anyone who wants to add a bit of salvage yard chic to their home but
doesn't necessarily have Charlie Sheen's ill-gotten, insider trading
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Huge, solid oak desks for under two hundred quid, tables made out of Tube signs, and some Eames aluminium chairs that we would happily kill for, the place is a goldmine. But, be warned, just having a quick browse on the website might mean you end up in Kensal Green this weekend with a slight dent in your overdraft. Now where did I put that Talking Heads cassette? |
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