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Trash to Treasure–Art Deco Lamp conversion & Spruce up
Fully restored with a little industrial charm. Lamp height 16″ by width 5″ (40.5cm H x 12.5cmW) Lamp and bulb included in these measurements. This weekend’s project is a small art deco dancing nude...
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First day of the short armoire make-over
We’re taking this project nice and slow doing what we can and doing it properly. First day saw borer treatment and the first pass of sanding complete. My job was to clean and restoring the cast...
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Short Armoire–Complete at long last…
From this….. To This!!!! After a lot of planning and careful thought we ended up with this beauty. A quick recap Hubby and I brought this little vintage NZ Oak armoire from a thrift store for $50. This...
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ART DECO small side board–C.1930’s
Hi Everyone, It’s been ages and for that I apologise. What have I been doing? Well I had a hospital stint and recovery has been BLAH – just sitting around reading books and sleeping mainly. However, I...
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Scarf lady art deco lamp gets an industrial inspired shade.
Remember this little Beauty? Approximately one year ago…… I brought this beautiful art deco scarf lady dancer lamp. I rewired her, gave her a clean and tried in vain to fit a shade……. remember the...
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A drab art deco inspired drawer set – made fab once more.
Another DIY quick fix. My mum kindly got this set of art deco inspired drawers for our nursery THANKS MUM!!! She picked it up second-hand from a fabric store, they had used it for display […]
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How to sustainably keep on trend!
How do I reconcile that (hot new trends) with my ethos of reduce, reuse and recycle? What a great question – Thanks K.L Richardson for asking and here is how I do it. Fake it until you make it Thrift...
View ArticleFirst Chore of 2012 and highlight of 2011
First chore of the year 2012 was to declutter and make some sense of my sewing room….. Mission accomplished. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time and acquired a 5×5 cubby hole...
View ArticleWeekend Thrifty haul, and do-up projects – art deco frenzy
Hi, yesterday I found two bargains I could not pass up. I got the OK from the hubby and snapped up two art deco pieces of furniture that were in need of a little loving. The first piece, brought for...
View ArticleDay One of the Art Deco Twin Armoire refurbish
Big, big busy day……… Here’s how day one went. Step one involved removing the trim and giving in a good sand to remove the age old varnish and staining. I used 80 grit and sanded most of my finger...
View ArticleDAY TWO – ART DECO DRESSER REFURBISH
It’s been a few days and the oil has penetrated a little, the veneer chip is back in place and it’s now time for the cut and polish of the front. This step worked a lot better than I thought it would...
View ArticleART DECO ARMOIRE–Day 2 to Day 5 *COMPLETED*
Hello again, so we have finally finished this project and I hope to fill it with my clothes this afternoon when the final sealer coat is dry. I am so excited!! Here’s what happened over the last few...
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