Christmas with... Rockett St George...

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For some time, I have been in love with online boutique... Rockett St George...

An eclectic shop selling everything from unique furniture and lighting to quirky home decorations and accessories...

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I absolutely adore the vintage style decorations they are selling in the run-up to Christmas...

Some of my favourites have to be... these fantastic feature metal stars...

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...their etched optical lens decorations...

...and my favourite by far... this beautiful gold and peach coloured glass garland...

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Which is your favourite?..

 

If you would like a unique Christmas decoration of your own...

Check out the Rockett St George digital Christmas 2013 Lookbook...

Alternatively take a look around their fantastic online shop... 

You can also follow them on Twitter & FB...

The Painted House...

The Painted House

I recently met the lovely Claire Bosanquet... 

designer/maker of 'The Painted House' patterned paint rollers...

When travelling in Romania, Claire came across some beautiful vintage paint rollers... great for up-cycling fabric or making your own wall paper... 

Once back home she went on to adapt and re-create these paint rollers... in many different patterns... so that we too can enjoy decorating our homes...

My favourite has to be No.6 deer pattern... which is yours?..

If you would like your own patterned roller... 

take a look at The Painted House online shop...

Also check them out on FB & Twitter

Shabbychicmaisonbelle...

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I would like to introduce Shabbychicmaisonbelle... 

my lovely friend Amanda's online shop...

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Shabbychicmaisonbelle take worn-out pieces of furniture and give them a new lease of life... up-cycling them using a mix of Annie Sloan, Little Greene Paint Co and Craig & Rose paints...

 

 ...I absolutely love the decoupage pieces... using artistic imagery, newspapers and maps of the world...

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Each item is unique and would make a beautiful feature in any home...

Take a look at the FB link below for more information on what is currently for sale...

Amanda also works on commissions... So if you are interested in your own one-off piece of furniture get in touch with her at Shabbychicmaisonbelle...

07793 215275

https://www.facebook.com/Shabbychicmaisonbelle

http://shabbychicmaisonbelle.wordpress.com

Country Living...

Create Your Own Country Home 

- Country Living Magazine

I had a fantastic day out yesterday at the Country Living Fair, BDC Islington... 

There were hundreds of exhibitors from all over the UK... some of my favourites were... 

The Painted House... Material Pleasures... 

& Caroline Zoob... 

Look out for them in new posts coming soon...

Alongside some gorgeous bits and pieces, I picked up this great 'Country Home' bookazine, packed full of inspiring houses, decorating ideas and colour schemes...

Cant wait to have a good flick though...

Getting Messy... Annie Sloan Paint Workshop Part 2...

I promised you that coming soon would be part 2 of my ‘GettingMessy… Annie Sloan Paint Workshop’… 

However thank you to my rubbishy Internet provider I have not been able to do this!..

So a bit later than promised… here is part 2… enjoy

Alongside learning all of Home Barns wonderful techniques on how to give furniture a vintage/ antiqued feel…

They also up-cycled an old set of worn out draws, showing us the before and after…

…and how fabulous the finished look was…

Working with Annie Sloan Chalk Black and Paris Grey paint they transformed the tired set of draws… Finishing with a coat of wax, carefully distressing and finally adding some vintage paper to the draw handles to complete the look…

I love it! what do you think?...

  

After absorbing all of these wonderful hints and tips thorough out the day… we finished by decorating our own wooden letter (or in my case ampersand)… 

...all I need now is a D and a S :)

I had a wonderful day and decided to treat myself to some Annie Sloan wax and paint brush!.. so I can have a go at up-cycling some furniture of my own at home… 

Take a look at the Home Barn website for more details on the course…