Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Tea for Three

A little afternoon tea with our lovely friend, Erin, on some vintage platters we made (plus other odd bits of vintage loveliness).

Cath Kidston stickers turn these homemade muffins into colourful
sweet hearts
This vintage Princess Plate made a favourite platter
Keep an eye out for the renovation of this handy
tea trolley in upcoming weeks


A double tiered serving platter...
now you can have your grapes & cheeses too!


A great way to while away the afternoon :)

Tomas & Jones x

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Fingers & Toes

Congratulations dearest Cousin...she is such a beautiful little package!

Tomas & Jones xx

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Down with Droog Drawers

We LOVE LOVE LOVE this Droog Chest of Drawers!  Actually, we can't get enough and there are so many different collections!

(image via Droog)

We've made our minds up to collect vintage drawers and have a go at making our own Droog-style handy statement piece!

Wishing a happy week to all!  Check out Droog for more inspiration!

Tomas & Jones x

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Bedside Tables in Under a Week!

Our DIY mission (which we perhaps too hastily accepted?) is to turn two of these yellowed, weather & time damaged bedside tables into a lovely wedding gift for my cousin who is getting married this weekend... [I pause for the effect of that statement to take place] ...!

Have we left it too late?!

One table's sorry state before impending reno.

Yikes!  Ok, better get collecting some inspiration!!...

Image via Paint Me White

What a gorgeous Frenched grey little cabinet from Paint Me White.  We could learn a few tricks from their recycled vintage expertise!  Here's the before...

Image via Paint Me White

Perhaps something shiny & glamourous such as this Mirror bedside table by Graham & Green.

Image via Epiploaris

Oooh...look at this!  Gorgeousness from The Belle Escape!  Love the mixture of the dark wood & the distressed paint.
Image via The Bell Escape

Here's a lovely DIY shabby chic job done by Sandra over at Chic Home.

Image via Chic Home

Vintage crystal knobs?


Some beautiful ideas...now...the paint brush is calling.  Any brilliant ideas and pics of your DIYs are very welcome!  

Pics of the final product will be posted soon!!  Wish us luck!

Tomas x

Click here to see how the final product turned out! :)  Let us know what you think x

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Every Girl's Dream!

To add to every gal's wish list...


Did I hear angels singing!?

How would you like a cosy studio retreat oozing with style and so much gorgeousness that you'll never want to go home?


Sandra Forster built this little beauty herself (!on you sister!), mostly with pre-loved gems, and lots of vision...the result is stunning!


And husbands can never again complain about all your lovely china taking up cupboard space...as why wouldn't you want it at the studio with you!  


The studio is just delightful from every angle and in every season.  A real dream place.  Something to leave you with for the day :)




I might just try this myself...

Miniature Rhino are even more obsessed than I am with teeny tiny things!  Head on over & check them out if you are too!

Now...I'm off to git me a cabin in the woods!

Tomas xx


PS...You'll want to see more pictures, and read more of Sandra's story and how she built her glorious cabin, at her blog My Shabby Streamside Studio, and there are also some great pics at the NY Times.

Images via My Shabby Streamside Studio and Miniature Rhino

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Frames a Plenty (Pt 2)

If I had a dollar for every frame we have sitting there sadly waiting for something even somewhat exciting to happen to it, I would catch the tram into town and spend up big!  Despite our best intentions, many frames are as yet, un-reinvented (is that a word?)...however that is all about to change.  We've previously shown a very bright, sweet little romantic picture with the glossy yellow frame  (A little ray of sunshine) - Part 1.

This is Part 2.  

Jones and I recently scored this gorgeous deep-set grey frame from a local op-shop and have been wondering what to do with it since.



The glass was in good condition and we loved it's natural pre-worn look so all that was left to do was think of something to put in it.

Inspired by a picture I'd recently seen (tutu-rose by Eleanore Bridge) of a sweet winters day, out came the pencils.  



For the picture's background I used a vintage Parisian children's dress pattern from the 50s (Marie-Claire) and also a French Elle dress pattern (which I think may be younger as the pattern paper has markings on it and they didn't in the 50s).  I used parts of both of these.




Here is the final product.  It's yet to have chain to lower the hanging.  I am not a fantastic photographer (I will definitely have to lure Richelle down from Sydney to do some photography for me sometime) so please do forgive me if you are unable to see in much detail, however I hope you get the idea :)





And just before you think that it completely lacks any sense of rock 'n roll...there's a cheeky tongue poke when your back is turned...


We decided to keep this original, "vintage?" feature ;-)

Tomas x

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