Furniture Makeovers Archives - Tidylife https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/category/vintage-furniture-makeovers/ Interior & Lifestyle Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:13:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/tidylife-logo-1-100x100.jpg Furniture Makeovers Archives - Tidylife https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/category/vintage-furniture-makeovers/ 32 32 56283896 How to Upcycle Your Garden Furniture https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-upcycle-your-garden-furniture-with-wilko-paint-accessories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-upcycle-your-garden-furniture-with-wilko-paint-accessories https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-upcycle-your-garden-furniture-with-wilko-paint-accessories/#comments Sat, 05 May 2018 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/?p=16790 There’s no better time to grab your paint brushes and get busy outdoors!  Perhaps you have some well weathered old garden furniture you could upcycle? I was delighted to partner with wilko to show you just how easy it can be to create a bit of makeover magic. This was my winter-weary picnic table/bench.  This...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-upcycle-your-garden-furniture-with-wilko-paint-accessories/feed/ 2 16790 Inspiring Interiors – A Thrifty Home https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/inspiring-interiors-thrifty-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-interiors-thrifty-home https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/inspiring-interiors-thrifty-home/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:28:22 +0000 http://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/?p=8025 If you have been following here for a while, you’ll no doubt have gathered that I love a bit of upcycling and any home improvements that can be completed on a budget.  So when Oak Furniture UK invited me to write a post for their blog about Inspiring Interiors, a house I had seen featured...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/inspiring-interiors-thrifty-home/feed/ 4 8025 How to personalise an old wooden crate or trug https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-personalise-an-old-wooden-crate-or-trug/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-personalise-an-old-wooden-crate-or-trug https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-personalise-an-old-wooden-crate-or-trug/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:54:40 +0000 http://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/?p=6117 I’m not sure what you would call this old thing; I think it’s a trug and it used to live inside our Victorian ‘coffee table’ chest, but eventually ended up in the garden shed with some bits and bobs in it.  So when we had a much needed ‘shed cull’ recently, it became redundant and...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-personalise-an-old-wooden-crate-or-trug/feed/ 5 6117 Autentico chalk paint on a battered old chest https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/autentico-chalk-paint-on-a-battered-old-chest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autentico-chalk-paint-on-a-battered-old-chest https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/autentico-chalk-paint-on-a-battered-old-chest/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:24:06 +0000 http://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/?p=5781 Ages and ages ago I bought this old chest through Ebay.  I can’t remember what I paid for it, but it wasn’t much at all, I think around £25-£30.  Yes it looked totally ugly, but to my untrained eye it appeared to be rather old and old trunks and chests usually sell for quite a...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/autentico-chalk-paint-on-a-battered-old-chest/feed/ 4 5781 Painted pine desk makeover https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/painted-pine-desk-makeover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=painted-pine-desk-makeover https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/painted-pine-desk-makeover/#comments Sun, 25 May 2014 17:22:33 +0000 http://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/?p=5706   I fancied painting something this bank holiday weekend as I’ve not made-over any furniture in ages and the pine desk I’d previously painted for my son, Alex was looking a bit scuff-marked. If you have been following here for a while, you may remember I turned it from an original orangey pine into a...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/painted-pine-desk-makeover/feed/ 24 5706 How to paint an old wardrobe https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-paint-an-old-wardrobe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-paint-an-old-wardrobe https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-paint-an-old-wardrobe/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:11:04 +0000 http://tidyawaytoday.wordpress.com/?p=1060 Today I am able to share a few tips, having recently given an old wardrobe a new look. It was a few weeks ago when I bought it; I think it was the scroll detail at the top, the curved sides and the dinky little key in the lock that got me! With some paint...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/how-to-paint-an-old-wardrobe/feed/ 5 1060 Wooden blanket box / toy chest – no more orange pine! https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/wooden-blanket-box-toy-chest-no-more-orange-pine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wooden-blanket-box-toy-chest-no-more-orange-pine https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/wooden-blanket-box-toy-chest-no-more-orange-pine/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:15:13 +0000 http://tidyawaytoday.wordpress.com/?p=435 In the last makeover post (transforming a vintage chest of drawers rescued from a skip), I mentioned that I had also acquired a dated pine chest and drawer unit which had been used for toy storage: Any storage is useful in my book, but I knew it would certainly benefit from a little bit of...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/wooden-blanket-box-toy-chest-no-more-orange-pine/feed/ 8 435 Vintage dresser update – the big reveal! https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/vintage-dresser-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-dresser-update https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/vintage-dresser-update/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:13:46 +0000 http://tidyawaytoday.wordpress.com/?p=373 Finally today I can say, ‘Ta-dah!’ and reveal how a beat-up old chest of drawers that was rescued from a skip can be given a new lease of life with some chalk paint, wax and a couple of new knobs. This was it before, looking sad and unloved … …and here it is now, in...

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]]> https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/vintage-dresser-update/feed/ 16 373 One person’s junk furniture is another’s treasure… https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/one-persons-junk-is-anothers-treasure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-persons-junk-is-anothers-treasure https://www.tidyawaytoday.co.uk/one-persons-junk-is-anothers-treasure/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:02:40 +0000 http://tidyawaytoday.wordpress.com/?p=324 I recently rescued this vintage chest of drawers; a neighbour who was moving out had thrown it in a rubbish skip on her drive.  It caught my eye when I walked past, and again later.  I know it looks sad and unloved here, but I could see potential in it to be quite pretty and...

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