A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter

Long time mi here, Brixton mi home. When it come to seat, mi know what last. We only could afford old sofa, but dat chair feel alive. Young ones buy, throw away fast. Any London market you choose, you see retro sofa pile high. Not factory shine, but dem live long. When London swing 1960s, people buy furniture to last. Every spring hold laugh and funky arm chair cry. Cold, snow pon street, but It last twenty year. Mi can hear di spring creak when man drop heavy.

custom furniture designs change wid di street. Kensington love velvet, wid deep wingback. Camden clash colour, wid mismatched armchair. All dem catalogue chair? Dem break quick. Vintage chair hold family together. End of de day, mi take scarred sofa over glossy fake. If you tink to buy quick, pick up sofa wid story, and see it carry laugh and cry.