2112 August

Edinburgh Mela

Another Mela Local Hero is Bra Bohag. Brilliant secondhand furniture shop with a really gorgeous selection of midcentury pieces and art. The place to go if you want your flat to be a little more Don Draper!

2012 June

This little shop is like a geode. The inside is where the treasure is.  Not that it’s un-attractive on the outside – it simple white façade heralds a modest freshness to that part of Easter Road – but the changing exhibits on the inside demonstrate the real commitment to ‘good things’.

Jim possesses a keen eye for design and finding unique pieces. Luice is a gifted artist and regularly arranges the furniture displays in the window and showroom. They’re both extremely knowledge-able about mid-century artifacts and together they combine to make BB emphatically the place in Edinburgh for this range of furniture.

On the back of this, over the last 18 months our apartment has been almost exclusively furnished with rare and beautiful wares from BB.   To name a few – 4 Hans Wenger dining chairs matched with an extending Danish dining table, 2 Robin Day chairs, an original Bra Bohag sideboard, a unique classic re-upholstered Danish day-bed and an exquisite 50’s cadenza designed for Heals.

On opening the showroom door the sniff of polish and the sparkle of rich timber patinas on the furniture is a welcome stimulant.  In this time of economic reduction and constraint it’s a clear signal as to what BB stands for: a core belief in quality mid-century furniture at very reasonable prices.  I hope BB will be there for a long time and continue to fructify its ambitious name . . .

David Sutherland