A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter

Long time mi here, Brixton mi home. When it come to seat, high-end living room sets mi know what last.

Back then, South London rough, cold, but dat chair feel alive. Nowadays dem want flat-pack quick.

Step in Portobello, sofa carry story deep. Not pretty-pretty, retro style sofa bed but dem real.

When reggae first play in Brixton pub, Furniture was solid, not cheap quick buy. Retro keep history alive.

Mi and brethren Lennox find one old Chesterfield in Dalston, but Everybody sit pon it. Dat sofa still in mi memory.

Furniture change wid di street. Chelsea go fancy, wid deep wingback. Shoreditch wild, wid upcycled seat.

All dem catalogue chair? Mi tell you straight – rubbish. Retro sofa grow wid you.

Truth be told, mi pick funky armchair over soulless sofa.

When you pass market, pick up sofa wid story, and watch it age same way as you.