Plans to expand - and introducing Brian!

We have been having such fun sourcing furniture and coming up with new ideas for what to do with them, that we have somewhat neglected to make our site and company as a whole, accessible and personal to all our potential customers.

So with that in mind, I would like to extend a welcome to any new readers who may happen across this page, and to invite you to come along each day to see what this small family business is getting up to.

We are a husband and wife team, we have 4 children - all boys - and have an absolute passion for reviving old furniture.

With so much reproduction stuff on the market out there, and with a rich history of cabinet making in the family, we thought it would be wonderful to not only try and re-ignite peoples interest in quality furniture, but also to pass down some of the skills we have to our children whom we Home Educate.

We have made some wonderful contacts recently with people such as Annie Sloan, and the kind folks at Stones Furniture Cream, that we simply have to give them a kind mention whenever we can. Without many of them and their brilliant products, what we do just wouldn't be possible.

We have always beileved in high standards when it comes to customer service, and would like to see a resurgence of old fashioned customer care, teamed with expert knowledge of what we offer and outstanding value wherever possible. 

We would also like to take this opportunity to introduce Brian.

He is our newest employee, and has the very important job of authenticating our before and after pictures.
We have come across many people who claim to have restored items, only to find that what has been pictured is completely different from what they began with.

Brian will be visible at each stage of any restoration we document and put onto our website, so you can be certain that the finished item is indeed the same as what we started out with.

It's only a little idea, but we hope you find it as cute as we do. 

Vintage elm table and chairs

This table and chairs is absolutely gorgeous! Solid elm, beautifully ornate and carved pedestal, and a wonderful depth of colour only age can create.

It is, however, a good 2 inches shorter than modern tables, making it quite the experience to sit at, but you do get used to it.

The chairs aren't an exact match, but their pretty seats compliment it perfectly.

This is the sort of item that you DON'T paint under any circumstances.

It has knocks and scrapes here and there, but they just add to the tables 'story'.

At an estimated 120 - 140 years old, it does make you wonder what it's seen in it's life.

The little things

Long have we known that it's the little things which make something interesting.
We know that alot of vintage specialist companies spend a great deal of time investing in those little trinkets and bits and bobs which become the staples of their business.

With this in mind we have spent quite some time trying to source interesting things which we think will be successful.

Take these cute little buckets. They are ideal for use either in the garden as they are galvanised or in the home. They come unfinished, so can be left or painted to spec - making them perfect for matching in with any existing decor.




I absolutely love them, and when teamed with something like this metal
watering can they make quite an interesting feature!

Making sure that we source items which will attract custom isn't always easy, as these days the same old things can be found pretty much everywhere - usually because the same suppliers are being used.

We are different, because we specialise in finding large quantities of original pieces. Not always an easy task..but like these buckets and the watering can, which are not new items - I think the older something is, the more character is has.

Some people may be put off buying from us, because we don't over-stock with new items. But we do hope to be able to eventually cater for everyone's tastes, whilst still upholding our own passion for revitalising older items.

Simplicity is key

We believe that keeping things simple is best when it comes to doing up furniture.

Chairs should be beautiful yet still functional, which is why we are quite careful about what finishes we apply to chairs.

We were lucky enough a while back to come across some discontinued cans of Farrow and Ball oil eggshell paints (for an absolute steal I might add) and we believe the finish they give is perfect for furniture which will be used, but also displayed.

And it is such a lovely paint to work with too.

The finished chest of drawers

As promised...and in just one afternoon, the beautiful mahogany 2 over 2 chest of drawers is ready to begin its' new life elsewhere.

It certainly shows that no piece of furniture is ever that far gone to be dumped.

Mahogany Chest of Drawers

Creating something new and usable, from something neglected and tired is a real passion of ours.

Take this old, but solidly made mahogany chest of drawers.

It was - lets be honest about it - filthy! It could have been made of ebony for all the black and ingrained dirt it had accumulated over the years.

but with some real elbow grease, and alot of tlc, it is definitely going to come up a treat.

As always, look out for the after shots!

New Look website!!!

I've had a bit of a re-vamp as far as the website goes. Better pictures and more text etc, which I hope improves the general feel of it.

Do take a look and let me know what you think.