I have been a busy bee recently. My sofa in the conservatory is fairly old, my sister and I covered the foam cushions years ago but the fabric has faded. The cushions themselves are in fairly good condition as they are not sat on that much (not very good at sitting around doing nothing!)
The question was, do I get an new sofa or tidy up the one I have.
A makeover was on the cards using some Sanderson Rose print fabric which was in the Lloyd Loom blanket box I did up, its owner didn't want to keep the fabric.
There wasn't enough to reupholster the whole sofa but there was enough to make a fairly large quilt to cover the seats. Used the fabric whole with crosshatched quilting lines.
Bound the edge with a dull lilac fabric and used Liberty Lawn on the back of the quilt.
My next project was a little pine tray I bought at a Salvage Show. I sanded it down and waxed it, then using pretty papers spruced up the back of the sections. Tipped on its side it makes a sweet display filled with treasure.
My dear friends Julie and Randal gave me an usual cupboard. Its really a organ stool out of their converted church from the 1870s. Julie had it chemically stripped years ago but never got it finished off. She kindly gave it to me. It needed washing off to get rid of the white residue, luckily did on a lovely sunny day and it dried out in no time. I used a mixture of boiled linseed oil and turps to feed the wood which brought out the colour. Added a lovely green glass handle.
Finally a cast iron sundial. This has been kicking around my garden for yonks and was looking tatty. I painted it black.
Last time I did this up I used gold paint, this time got out my gold Sharpie pen to colour in the roman numerials, then got carried away and coloured in the frog for good measure. Found a plinth for it to sit on.
Cheers
Sharon
My you certainly have been a busy bee! where do you find the time??!! I love that cupboard and what you've done with it - can't imagine it being an organ stool though? Reminds me of a pot cupboard.
ReplyDeleteI checked with Julie, it was in front of the harmonium in the church when they bought the church. It had a tapestry type cushion on it with matched the ones on the pews so its all in keeping with the Victorian era. Unfortunately, the moths had eaten the cushion and the bats had been a good aim with their droppings so needless to say, the cushion went in the bin.
DeleteOh how interesting! I shall look at all little cupboards in future in a new light. One learns something new every day!
DeleteThe cupboard bit was to store the music sheets in, Julie said I should upholster the top so perhaps it had a bit of cushion on it originally, I will ask her next time I see her. It flairs out at the bottom so very stable when you sit on it, the organist will have pumped away with her feet to get the wind in the organ so she (or he) would need a very stable seat to stop tipping over if she/he got over enthusiastic!
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