here's my finished project with the cute castors! i have wanted an old tea trolley for years. i have bid on them on eBay a few times and missed out.
so when i spied this one in the corner of someone's shed, i asked the price and it came home with me. (at a very good price i might add :)
here's how sad and sorry she was when i bought her home!
she was pretty battered and worn, and you can still see her 'scars' through the paint, but i like it that way.
oh there are the castors again. sigh. love them.
they are so wobbly and rickety, but that makes me love them more.
the timber handle is missing from one end but that doesn't matter.
it all adds to her vintage charm.
i was surprised on Friday afternoon with these beautiful soft pink roses.
don't they look gorgeous in my old jars?
the trolley is going to be used for our little cockatiel's Cherry and Keira.
the base can house their food, toys, etc. all hidden nicely in that rustic basket.
oh there are those 'to die for' rusty old castors again :))
hello rusty lovelies.
yes i know i'm a little loopy when it comes to vintage ;)
i took a couple of pics of my roses early this morning too.
now i just need to learn how to grow my own....
i am listing a few lovely pieces on eBay today.
here's a couple of pretties that are going up for auction.
there are some other pieces that i painted up recently and blogged about that are for sale too.
just click on m eBay button to the right of my page to take you there.
i've had some questions about the paint that i use. i prefer Dulux paints and buy it straight off the shelf. no 'colour' mixed in at all. just white low sheen.
if i don't want a stark white finish, i opt for 'Antique White USA' by Dulux also.
i then seal my pieces with Porter's Sealer which never 'yellows'.
hope that is of some help to the painter's out there!
happy Monday
Kate x
i picked these cushions up this week. i love the natural colour of them both.
happy Monday
and don't forget to enter my giveaway!! just head to the post under this one
welcome to Autumn!
to fit the lounge into the formal dining room, we had to turn the table sideways. surprisingly, it fit and makes the room feel a lot bigger too! i just can't put chairs on the ends of the table.
the cockatiels live just to the left of the bookcases. i'm really enjoying having all these pretties on display, rather than tucked around the corner.
here are 3 of the pieces i purchased last weekend. they are drying off in the sunshine before i attack them with sandpaper and sealer.
while outside painting away, i spotted this stunning butterfly. i ran in and grabbed the camera to try and get a good up close pic. it was a bit difficult to capture it's true colours.
if it had landed here, it would've made a prettier background!
there's still plenty of the day left, so we are off to do coffee and milkshakes.
