A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter
I tell you, London change plenty but some tings stay same. Talk about retro armchair, vintage sofa?. Share space wid three bredren, but dat armchair keep we warm. Modern people love shiny tings. Step in Portobello, armchair wid contemporary leather armchair crack. Not factory shine, but dem real. Long time before internet, people buy furniture to last. Dat’s why mi love vintage. Mi and brethren Lennox find one old Chesterfield in Dalston, but It last twenty year. Dat sofa still in mi memory. Design mix by area.
Chelsea go fancy, wid plush sofa. Shoreditch wild, wid mismatched armchair. All dem catalogue chair? Mi tell you straight – rubbish. Old funky accent seat carry life. End of de day, mi back di old ting every time. If you tink to buy quick, stop an look round, and accent contemporary chairs see it carry laugh and cry.