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.

x

The box room transformation.....

On a recent visit home, my ma asked me to sort out the box room, it has been my brother's room, then my room, spare room and the junk room.

We were thinking, the box room mainly is use for the grand kids, and when the big kids come back to the nest, so, it needs to be fun for the little ones and big ones too!

We started to look out for inspiration...

Mood board of things we like.

 

 

 

Floor plan.

 

 

 

After a bit of shopping, a big trip to Ikea and a weekend of DIY, the box room is transformed.

Wallpaper Cole and Son . Picture's by 1973  Japanese paper balloon from Petra Boase.

Bed Ikea. Light shade Ikea. Bedding Home sence.

Little library, Ribba picture ledge Ikea.

Bunting Hema. Art and picture rail, Ikea. Picture clips Ikea.

Shelves Ikea.


Have a great week!

x

Renovation rocks, the fire place.....

After 2 long years our flat which double's up as the tfpbc towers is finally completed! I can't pretend it has been easy, and believe me, I wouldn't do it again in a hurry!

We changed pretty much everything.

I was sorting through some old pictures and came across pictures of before......

Before: Cream painted marble fire place, random plug sockets, wall lights.

During: Stripping the marble painted fire place with nitromors, hurts like hell if you get it in your eye!

 

 

 

During: Fire place refurbished and the first lot of wallpaper from Brewers and sons.

After.

Plug sockets removed, fire place stripped and restored to its forma glory, a new wallpaper 'Cow Parsley' by Cole and Son Large mirror and chandelier from Portobello market. Owl vase from Graham and Green. Scented candal from Marks and Spencer.

Have a great week!

x