Competition: Win a chair from Galapagos worth £625!

Finding the perfect furniture for your home is a challenge - one that Galapagos loves!  Inspired by Midcentury design, Galapagos takes vintage furniture that has stood the test of time, and turns each piece into beautiful, colourful, functional furniture for the modern home. 

Using amazing fabrics from innovative new British designers like Korla, Claire Gauddion & Parris Wakefield, each chair or sofa we make is carefully stripped, and remade with environmentally sound internal materials which will stand the test of time and degrade naturally at the end of their life. 

Every chair we make is a little piece of history, adding a story to your home, and can be made to order in hundreds of bespoke colourways and fabrics.  And, you’re safe in the knowledge that buying from Galapagos, you’re buying an original Midcentury piece that can become your very own future heirloom. 

Competition

We are giving away one bespoke Galapagos Bartholomew Cocktail chair worth £625.00, in Bhutan Lattice fabric in either Black (pictured), Navy, or Eau de Nil.

Your chair will be made to order in our Surrey workshops, and delivered to you within 3 weeks.

The winner will be selected at random from all completed entries. This competition ends 3rd June 2016. 

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Terms & conditions

By entering this contest, you are consenting to the Simple Things & its partner Galapagos Designs Ltd contacting you with news & special offers in the future. 

Your cocktail chair will be made to order depending on your fabric choice. The chair you receive will be an original 1950s German cocktail chair, re-upholstered in your choice of fabric. As all our furniture is vintage, it may vary slightly to the model shown in the photograph. The prize may not be replaced by a cash prize, and cannot be returned.

Nest: Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire of Mini Moderns

Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire of Mini Moderns let The Simple Things in for a look around their stylish railway carriage holiday home.

On the Dungeness headland in Kent, this Victorian guard's carriage was nothing special when the clever couple got their hands on it. Now a comfortable holiday home with two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bathroom squeezed within a small footprint, the carriage is decorated with a predominantly white scheme, but with Keith and Mark's colourful, midcentury style.

Want to get the look? Our top six picks will add instant, elegant style to your home.

Clockwise from top left:

1. A Mini Moderns Pavilion cushion features throughout the couple's holiday home. Pavilion cushion, £35

2. Scour Etsy for classic Bakelite kitchenalia, like this sleepy Bournvita mug. Planet Utopia, £24

3. Industrial lighting is a good option when space is tight; hang this braided cord lamp from a hook or wall. Baileys, £38

4. In classic 'Whitby' design, this tea towel is archetypal Mini Moderns. Whitby tea towel, £8

5. Design classics such as this Eames chair look right at home in all sorts of settings. DSR Side Chair, £223

6. The only piece of technology in Keith and Mark's living room is a portable record player. Crosley turntable, £160

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