We love upcycling!.......... an old ercol coffee table.

For those of you that follow us, you will know that we love all things up cycled! and if its not up cycling old fabric to create our personalised fabric party bags its furniture!

We recently found an old Ercol coffee table, worn and tired with coffee cup stains. A beautiful design, however it needed a little t.l.c.

So we decided to do this......

Ta dah! what do you think? We chose a Habitat paint in kingfisher which is suitable for walls, metal and wood, and a dulux primer.

We now have the "itch", chairs next we think!!!

Have a fab week.

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How to make your own upcycled heart christmas decorations....

Sorry we missed you last Monday, Christmas eve was quite a hectic affair!

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas.


Now, before Christmas we promised to show you how to make your own heart upcycled decorations.


They don't have to be for Christmas, you can use any material, ribbon and buttons and make them however big or small you want!

OK so here we go!.........



Firstly draw on a sheet of paper a heart shape and cut out two. Pin them onto your fabric.....

Cut around your paper pattern hearts until you have two fabric hearts.....

Place the hearts with the right sides together and sew either by hand or on the machine. Leaving the hole at the top about 2cm wide......

Trim the excess around the stitching......

Turn your heart inside out......

Stuff your heart with old cushion filler or toy filler, which you can get from any good haberdashery store...

Hand stitch the opening of your heart .......

Pin some ribbon in a loop shape to the centre of the heart......

Hand sew a button in the centre of your heart......

Ta dah! up cycled decorations! For any occasions not just for Christmas!

Simple and striking Art for the walls......

We recently did some DIY in our office, the freshly painted Farrow & Ball walls, albeit a gorgeous colour, were looking a bit bare, and with not a big stash of petty cash, we created this impressive Pantone picture for less then £50!

Here's how you can create one for yourself!

Firstly grab yourself a Pantone Postcard Book Amazon seam to be the cheapest.

Then, pic out your favorite colours, laying them in rows of odd numbers, as odd numbers tend to look better, e.g 3x3 or 5x5.

Once you have decided your layout take a quick pic so you don't forget (top tip!)

Now, I love a bargain who doesn't! I have scoured the internet and I believe that I have found the best and cheapest picture framing place in the UK! Picture Frames Expres.

Measure the postcards, pick which frame you like, the colour of the mount etc etc and away you go!  The first time I did this I completely messed it up and got myself confused, being slightly blonde, if you like I are a complete techno phoebe, then don't worry, give them a call, they are very helpful.

Ta dah! Out new Pantone Pic.

Why not give it a bash!

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