• Upcycling

    Hand Painted in Ayrshire

    Sometimes you just have to push the boat out (pardon the pun) and paint with your heart.  This set of drawers has been as much fun as it is huge!  It’s really liberating to just let the paint flow where it wants to go and I’d not done much blending before, this was the largest blank canvas I had. I moved to the seaside 6 years ago, to Ayr on Scotland’s west coast. I’m new here, I still feel like I’m on holiday and I feel so lucky, it inspires me every day with its ever changing scenery. The weather may not be the best but the views are stunning,…

  • Upcycling

    Life Saver

    If ever there was a case for painting, this was it ! This beautiful table had long since past it’s best, but it had good bones. It’s structure was sound, it had legs in the style of Duncan Phyfe and had beautiful lyre sides. These tables don’t come up for grabs every day. All of it’s top leatherette surface had gone and it had a missing handle from the rear faux drawer but I loved it and wanted to save its life. After cleaning and sanding I painted it in a charcoal grey, I bought new pale grey leatherette and sourced a matching old handle. I then Stencilled a silver…