Discovering Hidden Treasurez !

Not too sure where to start this week as I have been so busy :0) The weather has been lovely this weekend too so I was even able to do some of my work outside in the garden.

I sold the white coffee table, and the farmhouse chair this week, and I am very pleased with the price I got for them. I also went to pick up the beautiful dressing from the Hidden Treasurez warehouse in Sandbach, Cheshire

Inside one of the warehouses

It was the first time I had been and it was brilliant! I had a good look round and spotted a couple of things I was interested in. I ended up buying a nice little side table for £10, which I painted today in Annie Sloan Paris Grey. I do like it in black, but the lighter colours seem to sell better.

Paint still wet

Also this nice heavy pine farmhouse style chair for £5. I have no bother selling these and Richard said he always has loads of odd single chairs I can have cheap :0) so I know where to go if I run out of things to paint !

I can't wait to get started on the dressing table, and after much deliberation I have decided to paint it in the whitest white that Annie Sloan do "PURE". If I had a bigger house I would keep this one for myself. Just a reminder of how pretty it is -

I love the round mirror, you don't see many like this!

I finished off the duck egg blue chest of drawers yesterday and have it listed on ebay now. The handles turned out really nice as you can see from the pics.

before

after

painted handle sanded back

  I found a lovely wooden dressing table mirror in the shed that I had bought last year and forgotten about. I thought it might look nice in my guest room on the new chest of drawers so I painted it in Old White to match.

Can't make up my mind on this, I think it's better than the big gold ornate mirror I had hanging on the wall, but I found another mirror in the shed that is a bit smaller so it may look better. I will paint it next weekend and see how it looks :0)

one of next weekend's projects

It was a great day for car booting today and there were more cars than usual and it was very busy to walk round. I didn't think I was going to get anything, then at the last minute I spotted this gorgeous mirror, and I knew the guy who was selling it (a regular there) and he let me have it for £4!! I am just going to flip this one as it is so nice, so it's already listed for sale on ebay.

I also came across a seller with a box full of old photo frames he was selling for 10p each! How could I resist such a bargain. I bought a few, and have already given them 2 coats of Old White. I will distress then next weekend and pop some interesting pics in to sell on ebay

I will show you these next weekend when they are finished off. Not bad for 10p each !!

And as if I have not been busy enough this week I also popped down to Meir Park to pick up this pretty little child's chair that I won for 99p in an ebay auction. You've gotta love a bargain!!

Hope you have a good week, and please feel free to comment. I know that my blog is viewed in Alaska, France, US, Ukraine, Canada, Russia and the UK, and it would be lovely to hear what you think. Also if you have any questions I will do my best to answer.
Thank You!!

Super Duper Weekend!!

After a slow start to the year I stepped up a gear this weekend and got loads done, so a nice newsy blog this week with lots of pics :0)
By the end of this week I had sold everything I had listed on eBay so my aim this weekend was to get some more items finished and listed for sale. I started off by waxing the oval coffee table, really pleased with how it turned out.

Then I finished off the two picture frames, and found some unusual cat pictures to put in them to attract some attention to my listings.

The little shelf unit turned out nice too, painted in Old White, distressed then waxed.

Last week I showed you a white chest of drawers I bought on eBay to refurbish. It was finally delivered on Thursday, but the condition was not as described so I contacted the seller and he gave me a £5 refund. I didn't get that sorted out till last night so only started work on it today. I will show you pics of this one at different stages, then do a before and after next week.

It is a good tip to always turn pieces of furniture upside down to start painting them. That way you don't miss any odd nooks and crannies ;0). I decided to leave the handles on the drawers and paint over them. I did this once before with a sideboard I painted and I liked how they looked after the paint was sanded back to show the metal shining through.

Drawer handle

Painting drawers

First Coat on Drawers

What a difference with a coat of Duck Egg Blue! I think this one is going to look brill when it's finished!
I manage to get another "gross" pine chair transformed too. Decided to try out one of the new Annie Sloan colours I bought recently - French Linen. Nice colour, but it does darken quite a bit when you wax it as you can see in this pic.

Happy with the finished chair, and decided to distress this one quite heavily. I wanted it to look like it had been well used in a farmhouse kitchen :0) Works well!

I saw this beautiful vintage dressing table listed on ebay yesterday. Turned out that I knew the seller, as he had bought a few pieces of furniture from me last year to sell in his shop. I messaged him and got the price down from £60 to £45 and I will go and pick it up and have a look round his shop next Saturday. he might have some odd chairs I can buy cheap.

I would love to keep this one for myself, but sadly it does not have enough drawers to hold all my stuff :0(  One of the handles is broken, but I have some really nice ones I bought ages ago that will be perfect!

These might be nice painted over and then sanded back. They have a nice "Arts & Crafts" look to them. I bought quite a few of them and used them for a chest of drawers a couple of years ago.

Won this chair today on ebay for 99p!! Can never understand why people are willing to sell things so cheap!  It is a child's dining chair and it has already been painted in cream. I might change the colour and add a touch of stencilling. Might even hang onto it for a while for my friend's little girl to use when they come to us for dinner :0)

Do you remember this nice dressing table mirror I finished recently?

Well, I had a bit of a disaster with it this week. A lady bought it on ebay, and to make it easier for her to pick up, I took it into work with me. I went into my bag to show it to one of my friend's at work and got the shock of my life! There was a crack around 8" long right across the front of the mirror! It must have got damaged in the car. I called the lady and told her what had happened, but she decided she still wanted it, so I ended up knocking a fiver off for her. She said she knew someone who could replace the glass for her....phew!!

Well I think I have remember to tell you about all the projects this week, and I hope I have an even more productive week this week to report !

Just before I go I thought you might like to see what my husband bought yesterday in town. I usually have all white bedding on our bed, but we couldn't believe that they actually had this bedding set for sale  in "double" size !! Can't get my own way ALL the time !

Have a "SUPER" week !!!!

Spring is on the way!

Had a busy week at work but a special surprise bouquet of flowers delivered on Thursday to work from my wonderful husband. Had a lovely evening too watching a romantic movie with a chinese takeaway - the perfect Valentine's Day. Thank You Russie!

Well I as going to start work this weekend on the white chest of drawers I bought last weekend, but it has not been delivered yet, and after being charged £15 delivery! I hope I will have it before next weekend, but I really should stop buying things that are not local, as I can pick up most of the local items in Russell's Jeep :0)

Finished painting up a couple of photo frames today, and I will find some nice pics to put in them and list them on ebay soon

Close up of distressing

 

 

I finished off painting the oval shaped coffee table. Once the paint has completely dried I will distress and wax. I have painted in Annie Sloan Old White, and I will use Annie Sloan clear wax to seal it. I love the shape of the legs on this one. I also think it would look nice with some freehand painting. I would love to take a class on this.

2nd coat of paint on

I was having a look at the stuff I still have in the shed awaiting transformation, and I came across a pretty little shelf unit I bought at a car boot sale last Summer. I gave it a coat of Old White this afternoon, and I will have a think about how I am going to finish it off. It might look nice with some stencilling?

My next project is another chunky pine chair. I bought a couple of these and recently painted one in Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue. It sold almost immediately after listing on ebay so it's good to know the single chairs sell, and they are good projects to try new colours out on.

Before

 

After -  in Duck Egg Blue

Went up to IKEA yesterday. Hadn't been up since well before Christmas, but didn't buy much. Russell bought some new shelving units for his den, and he has been busy today building them. I only bought some napkins and light bulbs, oh and I did get 2 lovely picture frames to show off the prints I got reduced to 50p a pair the last time I was there. I love the retro colours and they will match my bedroom perfectly.

It has been a gorgeous sunny weekend, wont be long till Spring is here and we can look forward to longer days with extra hours to paint furniture!

Hope you have a great week!

Short and Sweet

Sorry I have not had time to get any furniture painted this weekend.
Yesterday, I went to Crewe to get my hair cut, and we met up with our friends and went for a coffee and a look round the shops. Helped my friend choose new glasses, some stylish new vintage style glasses and then ended up having Chinese take away for dinner at their house.

Today I had to spend quite a lot of my time working on a form I have to complete for my "one to one" meeting with the new bosses at work. I can't remember if I mentioned in a previous blog that Rethink were unsuccessful in the tender to run our IAPT service and we are being taken over by NHS Combined Health. The new service spec has less posts available than the staff we have so everyone is a bit worried just now. My meeting is on Friday, but I wanted to use today to make sure my form is filled in with as much information as possible. I will finish it off through the week. Hope it helps my chances that my husband, Russell teaches at Keele Medical School !!

Booked a weekend away in July to Cardiff. Got a bargain on a Travelodge for £21, and planning to take Russell to The Doctor Who Experience. I think my biggest challenge will be getting him to leave! He says it takes over 3 hours to go round it! Hope I have some time left to hit the shops!!

 
I did win an auction on ebay today for a nice chest of drawers that needs some TLC. My friend Helen at work had asked me to look out for one for her so I am hoping this one is suitable. Paid £20 for it, but they charged me £15 to deliver.

Sorry it's short and sweet this week. I promise to have more shabby chic updates next Sunday.
Have a great week, enjoy Valentine's Day, and wish me luck for Friday!!