Tag: wooden

• Desk salvage – before and after…

  Not only do I have a reputation as a hoarder, but after my chair transformation post many now picture me on weekends scouring the streets for furniture people have discarded. And you are forgiven for harbouring those thoughts as I introduce yet another item I found on the footpath about a month ago…. a gorgeous…

  belindalangler

  May 4, 2010

  Antique, desk, desk, Furniture, Interior Decoration, Transformation

  ceramic french nobs, desk, nobs, restoration, restore, salvage, sand, sander, strip, stripper, upcycle, wooden

• My Footpath find – trash to treasure (chair transformation)

  

  My husband and I were driving home after a lazy Sunday breakfast when he was hit with ‘Stop, reverse the car’. I had spotted 2 potential outdoor chairs (which we needed to complete our new deck). These chairs were sitting on the footpath (hard rubbish for anyone who is game), about 30m down a side…

  belindalangler

  March 29, 2010

  Antique, Chair, collect, Furniture, restore

  Chair, find, footpath, Furniture, hard rubbish, junk, outdoor, reclaim, recycle, restore, sand, sanding, upcycle, wood, wooden

• Opt for recycled furniture

  We went for years without a ladder in our house when we were renting. For some reason when we bought our own house we got the sudden urge to start collecting our own hardware items. We had talked about buying a ladder for sometime, and knew it wouldn’t be long before we owned our own…

  belindalangler

  January 21, 2010

  Antique, bookshelf, cupboard, Furniture, stool, storage

  Antique, cupboard, dipping, foot rest, Furniture, ladder, old, recycle, recycled, renew, restore, salvage, sand back, sanding, stool, storage, strip, stripper, wood, wooden

• Do they make bottles that small?

  have always loved the way things were organised and stored in the ‘olden days’. When you browse through an antique store there are so many storage apparatus with multiple compartments, thin draws, small pigeon holes, sections, levels…. If you ask the store owner what they were used for, you will get a myriad of interesting…

  belindalangler

  December 18, 2009

  Antique, collect, Interior Decoration

  Antique, Art, Bottles, glass, holes, interior decorating, pigeon, vintage, wall, wood, wooden