I love a bit of upcycling !
Taking an old unloved piece of furniture and turning it into something beautiful and useful again is another passion of mine. I like the fact an old piece of furniture has a story. I will always remember where I bought a piece and what I did to transform it. It had another life before it made it's way in to our house and will be unique to us. My other half groans when I pull up outside our house with a piece of furniture in the back, bought from the tip shop or charity furniture shop, sometimes a car boot or the local antiques/collectables barn, but he does end up liking most of my finds. Being a sewer I just had to rescue this old sewing machine and give it a purpose. Base looking a bit sad and unloved I found this at a little antique place near me at a bargain price of £35.00. Someone had painted the wrought iron base with what looked like white gloss paint so it looked pretty sad and unloved. I bought it not sure where it was going to go in the house and