My sister Lucy has a great sense of style, plus an absolute love of car boot sales and hunting for vintage gear, she's also the brains behind BlinkLondon, a pretty darned fantastic fashion consultancy and reporting service in the UK. Oh, and she scored an amazing lamp a while back (which I've been not so secretly coveting) which is the latest entrant in my new occasional series - that one great thing.
Lucy Williams: I spotted this lamp when I popped into a dusty antique store in Maidenhead to enquire about an Ercol rocker that they had in the window. I didn't actually need a new lamp but I couldn't resist, - the black cat is just so poised and elegant. It could be either 30's or maybe even 70's, and I like that it's so sexy and chic, yet minimal enough to sit back with the rest of my pretty eclectic style. I found a great gold lined, black linen shade for it - after canvassing both my brother and my talented friend Paul for their thoughts on shade shapes and styles - and now it sits proudly on my telephone table in the living room casting a lovely mellow glow over my phone calls. I did buy the Ercol rocker too, but that has since been moved on (it didn't quite make the cut when I brought it home). The lamp, however, will be here for the duration I think.
