Today I am able to share a few tips, having recently given an old wardrobe a new look. It was a few weeks ago when I bought it; I think it was the scroll detail at the top, the curved sides and the dinky little key in the lock that got me! With some paint to lighten it up, I knew it could ...
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Wooden blanket box / toy chest – no more orange pine!
In the last makeover post (transforming a vintage chest of drawers rescued from a skip), I mentioned that I had also acquired a dated pine chest and drawer unit which had been used for toy storage: Any storage is useful in my book, but I knew it would certainly benefit from a little bit of ...
Vintage dresser update – the big reveal!
Finally today I can say, 'Ta-dah!' and reveal how a beat-up old chest of drawers that was rescued from a skip can be given a new lease of life with some chalk paint, wax and a couple of new knobs. This was it before, looking sad and unloved ... ...and here it is now, in all its new ...
One person’s junk furniture is another’s treasure…
I recently rescued this vintage chest of drawers; a neighbour who was moving out had thrown it in a rubbish skip on her drive. It caught my eye when I walked past, and again later. I know it looks sad and unloved here, but I could see potential in it to be quite pretty and useful once ...