The story of my red velvet, French Provincial style couch began when an Instagram photo popped up on my feed advertising a single seater red velvet armchair for $40 via Virginia Antiques, in Brisbane. I had just dropped the kids to school and it was one of those days...
In part 1 of this two part post on my Antique Christmas Box, I showed the before and preparation stages of painting this old vintage tool box. Here it is now, after the two coats of Milk Paint in Linen, and the addition of cup handles either side. I told you about how...
I LOVE a good old antique box or chest! I’ve painted quite a few over the years. Here are a few examples: (If you’d like to see some more, you can head to the little “Search” tool on the right and type in “chest” or...
I was given a few of these old vintage army boxes that my sister & brother-in-law were getting rid of. They sat in my workshop for a long time trying to decide what to do with them. So here’s what I came up with for this one. I had some Milk Paint in Kitchen...
Okay, you know the story – just because you’re husband might be a builder, doesn’t mean he has time to add that extension you’ve been wanting on the house, right? Or just because he might be an electrician, doesn’t mean that extra power...
I feel like a total noob (as my teens would say) to admit to you that I actually had to Google “Hamptons Style” to see exactly what that meant. That was part of the brief my client gave me for restoring this huge rustic and sturdy table. He wanted a...
