Buy what you love! Love what you buy! 

We only buy what "we" love, buying with our hearts. If it makes you smile............

Who and what are Larkin's all about?

With a passion and appreciation for beauty, design and craftsmanship and we strive to find new homes for our lovely pre loved items in the knowledge they will give pleasure and be appreciated by their new owners for generations to come. Acting as temporary custodians for these beautiful things, knowing that their design, stylish and timeless elegance can be incorporated in almost any design schemes , we get great pleasure in being part of their journey; having had the chance to own these beautiful items for short time at least.

Beauty

Design

Craftsmanship

Style

We buy with our hearts; beautiful things that "we" love!

We buy and sell beautiful things that we love, from the 18th to the 21st century.  With our passion and enthusiasm for beauty, design  and craftsmanship we are constantly searching for that next special item,  (head gets a say, heart gets the final say).
 Often a somewhat eclectic mix, but always with a theme for timeless style and elegance.
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John Larkin antiques
John Larkin
I opened my first antiques shop back in the early 1980's  in Bradford. Having grown up in an "antiques family"  becoming a "3rd generation" antique dealer seemed like the natural thing to do.
After a while I decided it was time to move on, and enjoyed a successful career in sales until deciding to retire  from the "rat race."  Coming full circle, I have  found myself 40 years later returning to something I've always loved!
My instinctive approach to buying often results in an eclectic and ever changing mix of desirable  and aesthetically pleasing lovely items.
Although constantly evolving now  I only buy what "I" love, therefore a recognisable piece of me should be in everything we sell.
My advise to anyone would be:
"Buy what you love, love what you buy!"
 

If it makes you smile; buy it or marry it!

Buying should be fun, if it makes you smile and brings you pleasure; buy it, or marry it! 
Things should be a pleasure to have around, a talking point and extension of your personality, telling the story of who you are.
Trust your own taste, nothing you really like is ever out of style.

Your personality

Our home interiors are important, important because they influence how we feel, how we act and how we live, often without realising it! Unapologetically buy the things you love, if it makes you smile and you want to keep touching; it's meant for you! All of our beautiful items have their own life story, if you find it maybe it found you?
Home is a place where you should feel warm and cozy, have things around you that are special and have meaning, a collection of what you love.  Try to make your living space a place where time is always well spent.