Hello & Happy Friday!!
I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to this weekend. I’m looking forward to it for the simplest of reasons – Robert the Husband and I are heading in to a town nearby to ‘check it out’. One of the joys of moving house, all the discoveries to be made! We’re also staking out the paddock in preparation for building eight raised beds next Saturday. It’s nice hanging with Robert although I noticed that he wasn’t as enraptured as I by Twilight the movie. So he may only be able to hang out for a little while longer…….like the next sixty years or so.
Anyway, on with today. Do you like my most recent makeover?
Here it is before I got hold of it.
A pigeon hole letter unit that goes on the wall. I got it for about ten pounds back in ’07 and it hung on the wall of my guest room in our old house.
It was given four coats of undercoat as the wood was fairly dark and then a coat of ordinary paint. This time I used Wimborne White by the fabulous Farrow & Ball.
Having finished the paint job we cut out pieces of fabric that fitted to the back of the unit. Individual pieces that slotted in nicely and were stuck in to place with a bog standard fabric/craft glue.
Robert the Husband then affixed it, safely and neatly, to the wall while I got on with the job of filling it with ‘stuff’…….because that’s what I seem to be good at!
Vintage cups and thrifted brooches were added.
Tins of Italian pastilles (I have a thing about tins) and even more thrifted brooches.
I wanted a sparkly gem of a feature to sit on the wall and welcome folk with all things pretty.
I placed a set of cards from Tiffany, miniature books, more tins and brooches alongside a Love Box by another Tiffany.
Small, sweet, light and entirely changeable should the obsession with tins pass only to be replaced by….er….model airplanes or something like that!
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In actual fact the pigeon hole makeover was only a small part of my entrance hall project. I have no idea why I started in this place but I’m glad I did. It’s the first room that people see when they come in the door and I’m glad it’s all done. I made the pelmets myself. The simplest idea IN THE WORLD and one that came about by using the same pattern that was used on the pelmets that were hanging there before. So easy and you’ll LOVE the idea as you can follow it in your own home should the urge take you.
I’ll be back later on today with the complete run down.
See you then
Cherry xo
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