Thursday, October 4, 2012

To Use... or to Lose.


Hi there....hope your week is going great...the holidays are almost over again...crikey the year is stampeding ahead isn't it....Thanks so much for the many Birthday wishes for Mum... and she's asked me to say you're all so lovely and kind to send them to her....it's really hard for her to wrap her head around the idea of people living from near and far flung places wishing her a happy birthday:-))....but she's LOVED it.

 

Many years ago hubby bought me this jewellery box which l loved at the time... but l'd grown to seriously dislike....l'd tried to sell it at markets but no-one bought it and let's face it... WHY would they...even if it WAS cheap as chips.....but my ever expanding plastic collection could use the space, so l decided to give it a makeover.


l took the glass out of the door and all the handles off to spray paint everything white, two coats were used. To give it that worn beachy look l gave the whole lot... including the foil door insert, a rough top coat of wattyl weathered wood. The glass door was covered in a (cut to size) piece of pressed foil. The handles were all returned and lightly brushed with silver paint. Finally when it was dry the edges were sanded to make it look a bit timeworn.  The before pic is at the end of this post....l didn't want THAT jarring your viewing (pleasure?) mid post....haha!!
 
 
 
This gorgeous plastic basket found at the opshop.... became the inspiration for this post, cost a staggering 50 cents :-))....isn't she a beaut...back in the day all the women carried one of these to pop their shopping into...but l hadn't seen one for years. 
  
 
Shown here with some sweet floral Cath Kidston products my Sis  gave me. 
 
 
 
l'm lovin' moving this screen around....it hides MANY sins:-)) 
 




Beautiful bedlinen...rachelashwell



This is the before and after pic.... shown with pressed foil (tray) that was cut to size and glued over the glass.


....have a wonderful wonderful week and thanks so much for your time and kind words.

Til next time,

Bron.
 

21 comments:

  1. Soo much better Bron. The tin insert is a great idea. How is it you make everything look so pretty!

    Hope you are enjoying a well deserved break?? I am very much enjoying time off, one book down, more to come.

    Loving your new header. Take care, Tam x

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    1. Thanks for saying everything looks pretty Tam...l prob'ly should pick up more shifts at work but instead l just want to be fluffing 'round here and it's just great having a blog to share the fruits of my fluffing:-))...as l say to hubby, lucky l'm LOW maintainance.
      So glad you're getting the chance to enjoy your reading and relaxing....and the weathers been fantastic hasn't it.

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  2. love the tin insert idea, looks beautiful now!

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    1. Thanks so much for your lovely words Deanne..hope you have a lovely weekend.

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  3. Hi dier!!
    Jewellery Box is gorgeous - much you succeeded ! And the colors on today's photos - I love this shade of blue and rose -you should never miss!
    Have an ice day!!!
    xoxo...by Vicky

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    1. Thanks Michaela....l'm really happy you like the colours they're some of my favourites as well..enjoy your weekend.

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  4. Красиво и романтично, както винаги! Много топло и слънчево изглежда при вас, харесва ми синьото като акценти. А малкото шкафче за бижута си го направила неузнаваемо прекрасно.
    Поздрави и хубав ден от мен.

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    1. l love that you've taken the time to stop by Nelly...it's much appreciated.

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  5. If I could do my market on your home sure I'll would come back with a lot of things. Love of course your make over, and the screen is great to, and so on.
    xoxo from PARIS
    Joëlle

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    1. Oh we should do an exchange Joelle...l could do a market in Paris and you could do one here in Oz...wouldn't that be fantastic....wonderful of you to stop by.

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  6. How wonderful your plastic blue market bag is!!!! Even more I love your beautiful rose filled vignette, it is so right up my alley of beauty to gaze upon!!!! Your jewelry chest came out so lovely and I'm sure your husaband is quite happy it didn't get tossed, that's so funny!
    Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me, I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to do so.
    Have a beautiful day!
    Hugs~ Stephanie

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment Stephanie...l'm so happy to have found your blog it's awesome...l think we have very similar taste...l hope you have a fantastic weekend.

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  7. Bron ... OMG! pic 1 is so, so beautiful! The colours, all your pretty things, the roses and the romance of the tutu's in the background look absolutely gorgeous together. I love your girlie vintage romance makeover of the jewellery box too.
    The blue plastic basket is adorable, as is the screen in your bedroom and pretty floral coverlet.
    Also Bron, I really love the natural colour of your dressing table with all the blues and pinks ... they compliment each other so nicely.
    Thanks for sharing all your beautiful treasures.
    Your blog is amazing. x




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    1. Thanks for your lovely kind words...they really mean a lot..l'm glad you like the colour of the dressing table cos l really wasn't sure about posting those pics...wasn't sure if there was too much of orangey-brown.

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  8. What an amazing job - it looks fabulous. Lots of gorgeous photos too & I love that ballerina painting in the background... just beautiful!

    Melissah

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment Melissah...lt was nice to read that you like the ballerina painting...l had a lot of fun painting it...messy though:-))

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    1. Many thanks to you Jan..l enjoyed my visit to your blog also.

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  10. Hi Bron!! Your talent and use of ideas is endless! The jewelry box is completely changed and beautiful! I absolutely love the vignette with your screen in the background. I HAVE got to get my hands on one of those screens!

    I remember the plastic baskets. My grandmothers carried them. I carried one. I love the color of the one you found! Great buy!!

    Have a beautiful day! xo

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    1. That's AWESOME that your Grandma's carried one of those baskets and that YOU even had one....they must have been popular everywhere..Hope you can get your hands on a screen Shelly...have a wonderful week and thanks for popping in.

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  11. I have a similar jewelry box just like yours. I love how you redid yours it is very shabby and pretty. take care, Darlene

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