Tuesday, 11 October 2011

I Couldn't Leave It Alone....

....my wardrobe that is!! In my last post I showed you my newly painted wardrobe and lots of you said I should leave it just painted (I wasn't feeling it) but my friend L gave me a bit of Cath Kidston Rose Sprig wallpaper (which is just want I fancied for it) so I had to fiddle some more:




I'm much happier with it now, it just needs a pair of pink crystal knobs and it'll be perfect!!
I also took the paint to the cupboards in my sewing room:


Complete with Thomas and carriages - we recently sold the boys Brio but as we had two sets of trains I had to keep one for old times sake....


This was really orange pine (but only cost a fiver so was a bargain) and I've given it a coat of Annie Sloan (what else?!!) in Duck Egg and waxed it - no distressing this time as I want it to look clean and simple. I also painted the other cupboard, but that's not waxed yet so will show you another day.

While I was in the sewing room with the camera I took a pic to show you how we upcycled one of the boys DVD rack thingies that was no longer needed after the Big Sort Out:


There it is above my "inspiration board"....

I took the shelves out of it, gave it a coat of paint and then Mr G turned it on it's side and screwed it to the wall to make a fab cubby/shelf affair.

Another thing I have been working on is the skirts for my vintage dressing table (again) - I've never shown it to you as I wasn't happy with the fabric so hopefully when it is done this time (2nd lot of upholstery/3rd lot of fabric!!) I can do a Ta Dah!!

Anyway, not much else to report so will love you and leave you - don't forget to enter my giveaway, it's drawn on Friday....

hugs,

S x







13 comments:

  1. Great Wardrobe and cabinet....wow you are a busy bee! xxxxxx

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  2. glad that you listened to your instinct & followed the way to make your own wardrobe perfect for you!
    http://honeybeelane.blogspot.com/

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  3. Not much else to report? Slacker! You've not done, made, painted, revamped your home or anything for months!!;oD

    Any chance you could pop over here and tackle a few bits on my to do list?

    Thanks for the earlier (((HUG)))

    xxx

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  4. Whatever you do always looks nice. xxx

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  5. I am exhausted just reading this. Fabulous!

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  6. The wardrobe looks pretty! I like the duck egg blue. I just have Old White and Paris grey.

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  7. I think your wardrobe looks pretty! I like the duck egg blue. I am your newest follower. Hope you can visit me sometime:)

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  8. You inspired me Sarah, I went for it, and I've created a blog - only one post so far and I really need to know how to make it look nice - but step 1 is now complete ... your wardrobe looks fab xx See you tomorrow, Claire xx

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  9. Sarah, you've done it again. I thought the wardrobe looked fabulous before and it looks even more fabulous with the CK embellishment. Oh yes, crystal knobs will go perfectly.

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  10. I think the added wallpaper is really sweet. Looks great!
    Came by from Shades of Amber;)

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  11. You're an inspiration Sarah, love the wardrobe, I'm off to paint something! Lesley x

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  12. I love the wardrobe doors - and the repurposing of the dvd rack is an awesome idea!

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  13. love what you have done with the furniture
    xx fee

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