Friday, 29 October 2010

Update - Homemakers Discounts

Hello all!
Sorry that I haven't updated this for a few weeks but I have been working on pieces to display in a shop..yep you heard me right! Homemakers Discounts of Coleraine have kindly offered to sell a range of my furniture and I couldn't be happier! I hope to get some photos up of how it looks soooon.

So, for all you local people reading this - get down to Homemakers Discounts NOW and see what you can find :)

86-96 New Row
Coleraine BT52 1EJ
028 7034 4554
(Opposite Tesco)

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Featured!

Ah I'm feeling over the moon - Bonnie from
http://creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/ just featured my kinder surprise locker in this weeks link party as one of her favourites! Thanks Bonnie, it is a real privilege - with my button below i feel like a kid at school who has just got a gold star :)


HOG

Sunday, 3 October 2010

The 'Kinder Surprise' Locker - £50



OK ok so the name is a little cheesy but it works!

Honestly...

I bought this locker because it was really sturdy and had nice, strong lines which I thought would make a great piece. So, I contemplated painting it in deep red, then navy...white..yellow and so on. I decided on grey to keep it quite masculine and because this colour would go easily in any room. However, finding the right shade of grey proved a task and I even bought a dark brown because the tin looked grey.. so after several shops, days and exchanges later I had the perfect charcoal-like shade called'herringbone' from Crown's dark elegance range. It was rich and matt and did the job nicely!

For the inside, I wanted to jazz it up a bit and so used some 'mojito' paint which I had left over from another redo. This is where I got the name from - it is yummy on the outside and has a nice surprise when you open it. I have always liked bright greens and greys together and this didn't disappoint! A new knob and few coats of wax later and she is all finished :)
HOG
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