I spy with my fresh eye

A wealth of delightful, some might say, beautiful objects never cease to be found in local ‘op’ shops. 
From teacups to furniture it only takes a fresh eye to discover that special ‘piece’ for your home or work space.

Take for example the 1950s & 60s cocktail and entertaining glassware which was regularly pushed to the back of the cupboard or 
palmed off to the ‘kids’ when they moved out of the family home (finally). 
These wonderful glasses often find themselves lingering on ‘op’ shops sleeves or at local fetes and markets hoping to find a new home. 
They cost so little but are so delightful.

The 1950s furniture, that now fills the corners of ‘op’ shops, spoke of the space age and brave new world materials like heavy duty vinyl, formica and 
plastic surfaces constantly delighted its then end users. (Easy to clean. Saves you time.) 

These fine, sleek mid century designs filled young families’ newly built bungalows in new built suburbs. 
But the furniture lost its shine and was eventually pushed out to local ‘op’ shops. 
Its only crime was it was old fashioned.

My friend Harold David has an eye that spies all of these objects’ original reasons for being and happily invites them to join him in his home.  
The images on these pages were taken in rooms that Harry built out of ‘op’ shop finds.