Spring has Sprung
Please forgive me for the delay since my last blog post, I am not sure where the time goes, but I have recently found myself thinking ‘ooh, I must blog about that’ too many times, so it’s time for a... Continue reading →
Annie Sloan
Inspiration for the Weekend: Summer’s Here!
I have been a little it quiet on my blog this week, mostly because I’m surrounded by pieces of furniture that are crying out to be painted! I’m trying to get through them all, but I spend a lot of... Continue reading →
Inspiration for the Weekend: Pots of Fun
Good morning everyone – it’s nearly the weekend! Here in England it is looking like it will be nice and sunny – how lovely. My blog tells me that I’ve had quite a few visits from Canadian friends... Continue reading →
Découpage: A Step by Step Guide
I have finally completed the second of this nest of tables using découpage. Those of you who remember my first blog post might remember that I had a set of two pine tables, one of which I painted and stencilled... Continue reading →
Inspiration for the Weekend: 9th May
I really enjoyed doing my last Inspiration for the Weekend post, so I’ve decided to make it a regular feature on my little blog. It’s so inspiring to see other people’s creative upcycling projects and to look at the many fabulous effects... Continue reading →
Busy Busy
This week has been a busy one for me in my day job. I’ve been working in my job at a university for nine months now, so this week I had my third review which I happily passed – so I... Continue reading →
Painting Outdoors
The weather has been so lovely here in the North West over the past few weeks, so I decided to use this time to do a spot of painting outdoors. I had two projects to be done: A garden table... Continue reading →
Inspiration for the Weekend
As I’m sure lots of bloggers do, I spend quite a lot of time looking at different types of social media: Pinterest and Instagram snaps, twitter, Facebook and other blogs. It’s a brilliant way of finding out what upcycling projects... Continue reading →
Chest of Drawers and a Workshop
This week has been such a busy one, the time has flown by in a whirl of painting, waxing, meeting up with my friends for cakes and wine, oh and going to work! On Wednesday I went to a fabulous... Continue reading →
Chair Makeover
This week, mum and I have been busy transforming a wooden chair from plain to snazzy! Here is the before: After a couple of coats of Antoinette, we decided that the plain pink was just a bit too matt over... Continue reading →