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4 January 2011
A case of cabinets at World of Interiors…
February's World of Interiors has an interesting article about storage which includes (bottom right) a rustic French pine farmhouse cabinet from LASSCO, If these appeal you may also like a glazed cabinet made from reclaimed hardwood from Bahia, N.E. Brazil, follow the link below to see it: /?id=58&pdf_uid=10867 Photography by Bill Batten.
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4 January 2011
Happy New Year
LASSCO wishes all customers, past, present and future a Happy and Prosperous 2011.
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9 December 2010
Late night opening at Brunswick House
We will be open for all your last minute Christmas shopping needs on Thursday 9th and Thursday 16th December until 9pm. Come along and join us for a glass of bubbly and a mince pie!
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6 December 2010
Turner Prize After Party and Speccie Scoff Recommends
Busy week at Brunswick House! The Spectator scoffed delightedly whilst Susan Philipsz danced from dusk to dawn. Did Turner turn in his grave as his Prize Winner celebrated at her Brunswick Bash? Susan Philipsz wrote about her amazing week in The Sunday Times.."After the award my gallery organised a party in an antiques salvage warehouse...
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26 November 2010
“Parquet has staying Power” says today’s Times
Kasia Maciejowska in The Times today finds that parquet floors are "firmly back in fashion" … "gold or brown parquet is highly desirable if it is reclaimed and resplendent with the patina of use and history". She comments that LASSCO's recent clearances in the V&A and the Home Office "must have felt the fall of...
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18 November 2010
LASSCO pays homage to Peter Blake
Peter Blake has been hard at work of recent it seems. His latest show 'Homage 10 x 5 Blake's Artists' at the Waddington Galleries pays respect to ten artists he particularly admires. The series of five in homage to Mark Dion we were pleased to notice contain several of our enamelled copper letters /app/product-detail/keyword/enamelled%20copper%20letters/report/lassco_product_list_view/uid/13041/?viewType=list . Whether...
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16 November 2010
‘Reclaimed’ By David Taborn at LASSCO Brunswick House
2nd December – 21st December 2010 'Burnt Ground' 48" x 48" mixed media LASSCO launches its first exhibition at Brunswick House. David Taborn is showing over thirty 3-dimensional wall-pieces and watercolours which will look very much at home among the company's stock of architectural salvage, ornament and curiosities. 'Confucius' 34" x 34"mixed...
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9 November 2010
LASSCO as Movie Location
The London International Film School is on location shooting scenes at the Three Pigeons today for a film in production with the working title of 'Spaces'. Filming in front of the 'Door Store'. The short film is due for release early next year. The crew have been filming in the studio until now and after today have one more day on...
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5 November 2010
National Antiques Week
This runs from 15 – 21st November. If you follow the link below you will find more details of the offers available. http://www.bbchomesandantiques.com/feature/20-cent-over-100-antiques-dealers Both LASSCO shops are participating in this. So, take advantage of the promotion and you could save, for example, over a thousand pounds on this impressive timber clock tower, in the Arts & Crafts...
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30 October 2010
Free Lunch (is there such a thing?)
Those in Oxfordshire may have spotted our latest adverts popping up in The Oxford Times and even, roadside as you head London-bound on the A40 away from Oxford. If you suggest a punchy strap-line to go in the white circle as the campaign continues, and we use it, we'll buy you Sunday lunch for two...
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30 October 2010
The Guardian recommends LASSCO Iroko worktops
As recommended by Jo Kornstein in The Guardian last week: " … "we tried to make [the kitchen] cosier by adding lots of wood – it's warm and inviting". Racing Green factory lights, …. reclaimed laboratory worktops (try lassco.co.uk) and utilitarian, metro-style white tiles."" You choose how far to go …. belt-sanded and Danish oiled...