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There’s something for every taste from modern to vintage and, even if a complete makeover is beyond your budget, it’s perfectly possible to echo styles in key, affordable pieces or accessories with impact.

There’s something for every taste from modern to vintage and, even if a complete makeover is beyond your budget, it’s perfectly possible to echo styles in key, affordable pieces or accessories with impact. “Blame it on TV’s Mad Men, but our appetite for all things Fifties and Sixties is insatiable,” says Isobel McKenzie-Price, editorial director of Ideal Home magazine.

An eclectic country style, celebrating the beauty of one-off treasures, rustic wood and natural materials will also continue to charm, she predicts, while glamour, sparkle and shine is guaranteed to star in fashionable homes next year.

An eclectic country style, celebrating the beauty of one-off treasures, rustic wood and natural materials will also continue to charm, she predicts, while glamour, sparkle and shine is guaranteed to star in fashionable homes next year. “I think all these styles have real staying power - not just for the season but right through 2012,” she predicts.

Big Property Guide: Interiors – warm colours to banish chills - Liverpool Echo

There’s something for every taste from modern to vintage and, even if a complete makeover is beyond your budget, it’s perfectly possible to echo styles in key, affordable pieces or accessories with impact.

There’s something for every taste from modern to vintage and, even if a complete makeover is beyond your budget, it’s perfectly possible to echo styles in key, affordable pieces or accessories with impact. “Blame it on TV’s Mad Men, but our appetite for all things Fifties and Sixties is insatiable,” says Isobel McKenzie-Price, editorial director of Ideal Home magazine.

An eclectic country style, celebrating the beauty of one-off treasures, rustic wood and natural materials will also continue to charm, she predicts, while glamour, sparkle and shine is guaranteed to star in fashionable homes next year.

An eclectic country style, celebrating the beauty of one-off treasures, rustic wood and natural materials will also continue to charm, she predicts, while glamour, sparkle and shine is guaranteed to star in fashionable homes next year. “I think all these styles have real staying power – not just for the season but right through 2012,” she predicts.

New look for a new season - expressandstar.com

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After the usual summer slowdown, the antiques trade is gearing up for a crammed autumn calendar. There's the Winter Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia and Antiques for Everyone at the NEC. And Judith Miller's chunky bi-annual Antiques Handbook and Price Guide has hit the bookshops. Whether your taste is the cool midcentury look or classic country-house style, whether you're seeking an investment piece or setting up home on a shoestring, there's something for everyone.

The lean, low lines of mid-20th-century furniture, especially timber sideboards, dining tables and sofas from the Fifties, lend themselves to contemporary open-plan living. Gareth Williams, modern design specialist at Bonhams auctioneers, says bidders are presently vying for early production furnishings by celebrated Scandinavian designers. "They're iconic pieces, instantly recognisable, because many are still in production. They appeal to both collectors and private buyers who want to furnish a home," he says.

In the forthcoming sale (October 19, Modern Design, www.bonhams.com ), a black leather sofa by Finn Juhl for Niels Vodder designed in 1945 is estimated at £6,000-£8,000. For fans of spectacular midcentury Scandi lighting, there's a PH 3/3 pendant lamp by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, designed in 1926-7 and made in 1928, expected to fetch £1,500-£2,000.

Antiques: From mid-mod to country house - Telegraph.co.uk

The sale offers free delivery before Christmas, which means an early bargain hunt for furniture that can be at customers' doors before the season ends. From fashion to furniture, including sofas and chairs and the assortment of accessories in between, many choice items have been significantly reduced by up to 50%.

The sale extends from fashion items into selected home and furniture ranges. In the sale customers can find pieces from the Garratt furniture range, which offer cabinets, coffee tables and bookcases, all made from solid birch and oak. The Rosalind collection too, which offers ornately-styled elegant bedroom furniture has up to 50% discount.

Laura Ashley sofas are made to order, so customers can pick and choose from over 100 of Laura Ashley's distinctive fabrics, and have their sofa delivered within a 10 week period. The online purchase takes customers through a step-by-step, made to order upholstery section.

The sale arrives at an opportune time for those looking for key seasonal items in home decor, particularly for those who favoured summer and autumn specific prints. The sale continues until October.

Christmas Comes Early with Laura Ashley's Mid-Season Sale - MarketWatch (press release)

More than 15 protesters stood outside the Golleher Alumni House Thursday night chanting “No sex trafficking” in light of a speaker who was invited by two Cal State Fullerton alumni chapters.

CSUF’s College of Communications Alumni Chapter and the Hispanic/Latino Alumni Chapter hosted the OC-NYC Alumni Event at the Golleher Alumni House to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, featuring Tony Ortega, editor in chief of Village Voice , a weekly newspaper based in New York.

Ortega was welcomed to CSUF from both alumni chapters and alumni guests not affiliated with the chapters; however, he was not welcome by protest organizer Phil Cenedella, activists from various anti-human trafficking organizations and students from Chapman University and CSUF.

The protesters say Ortega is affiliated with BackPage.com , which they say is being used for human trafficking, prostitution and child prostitution. BackPage.com is a free classified advertisement website owned by Village Voice Media , which also owns Village Voice and other media publications. BackPage ads can also be found on the front page of VillageVoice.com.

Village Voice editor speaks at CSUF, students protest - The Daily Titan