Sunday, 11 October 2015

Breathing new life.....

How lovely is this? 

I always get excited when other people show me their projects and this is so special. 

My friend Max has done an amazing job of up-cycling these pieces and I wanted to share them. She originally bought the desk from The British Heart Foundation who, along with their charity shops, have a range of furniture shops that hold some amazing pieces just waiting for a touch of love and imagination. This particular writing desk was £20 reduced from £50. 




So this is what you can do with a touch of black project paint, some custom made blue colouring, and a little bit of time. That said, it apparently took around 3 hours to sand down and 3 coats of paint. But by contrast, the handles took 10 minutes to paint but 2 days to dry!!

Totally worth it though, it's gorgeous.

The blue inside is such a lovely touch and even the lampshade was once red! 



Matching up-cycled letter rack....


And to finish off, even a custom-made pen pot from an old Yankee Candle jar. 


I am very jealous. Well done Max! 

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