Upcycling

Upcycling

Where possible we like to keep antique

 and vintage pieces as near original as we can.

Sometimes though.....

Well....you get the point

So..... then we like to give things a helping hand.

We paint and decorate with decoupage, using 19th-century images.

Here's what we did with those vintage enamel buckets and tubs.

before

after

before

after

 

I bought this vintage French table/magazine rack from one of our French friends

had fun doing it up...it's not all hard work

inspection from quality control

sometimes we gild and then decoupage

we start with this

and wind up with this

lots of work yes...but satisfying

and sometimes I get help.....

and sometimes I don't.

We do the same work on bamboo

 I've been working on English Victorian
bamboo for over 20 years.
I still love it

and chests of drawers

that start out like this

and end up like this

they've also been on the 4th floor of Liberty London

and in magazines

sometimes a magazine asks us to do something very different for a shoot

always happy to oblige

Recently
I went to

Arun Business of the Year Awards.

We WON!
Best small business of 1-5 employees

exciting hey?