I have always loved mosaic and thought I would give it a go myself. I got this old tray and I envisaged how beautiful it could look with a little ‘lift’. I decided attempting mosaic diy tray and this is what I came up with. I painted it in Annie Sloan’s old ochre and waxed,… Read More
Hi everyone.. as mentioned before I have decided to move to my new permanent place here. You will see the website is looking slightly different, more mature perhaps. I decided to go with this beautiful theme, which I hope you will love as much as I do! I hope you enjoy the new look and… Read More
Hi everyone, I am joining “The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest” in July with my piece I called Bright and Beautiful! This month’s theme is “Come On, Let Your Colors Burst!” This month the contest is hosted by Stacy from Anastacia Vintage and Lynn from Fern Avenue. Not only you get to showcase your piece, and get opportunity to be… Read More
There are so many headboards available you will be spoilt for choice. At the moment we are saving for a house, so I didn’t really want to splash out on something that we will most likely change once we move out. So I decided to upcycle an old headboard I came across a few months ago.
Hi everyone, I am so excited to tell you that I am taking part in a fantastic competition this month called “The Fab Flippin’ Furniture Contest” organised by a group of wonderful bloggers and this month hosted by Charlotte at Ciburbanity and Carrie from Thirty Eighth Street. Not only you get to showcase your piece, your transformation and get opportunity… Read More
My mother-in-law asked me a while ago to paint a set of four chairs for her, we went and bought a matching set of four chairs for £4! Yes, £4!!! They were old and a little damaged (or so I thought..) but as you may know, I like a bit of a challenge, so was… Read More
One of my favourite things to do is to paint an old piece of furniture and completely transform it. There is something so satisfying about rescuing a piece of furniture one may consider to be junk..
I found this little conservatory seat at the local amenity site. It wasn’t amazing but I could see the potential and thought it work brilliantly as a footstool for my newly reupholstered chair.
I really wanted to do some reupholstering for a while now so I was so excited when I got this old chair that was shouting out for a makeover. I was quite nervous as I wasn’t really sure how to do it properly but I was ready for the challenge.. Little did I know that… Read More
This is one of my absolute favourite projects I have done so far.. Not only because it turned out great (if I say so myself), but because I made it for a close friend of mine and her special little girl. I was looking for a rocking chair for ages but couldn’t find one as I… Read More
