Happy New Year one and all! I hope everyone had a good Christmas, enjoying a bit of down time with friends and family, fattening food and a few mulled wines - I know I did! You may have noticed that I also managed to organise a little blog makeover with a new design which I hope you like. The ...
tidy away today
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 ...