Thursday, December 21, 2017

Some small pieces - stools /single bedsides / pot cupboards

Good afternoon, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and lots of lovely time with your family and friends. We're back home and taking it slowly today - reading books, jigsaws and chatting. I;m going to have to do a mad run around in about an hour or so as we've got friends coming over for dinner. It'll be nice and low key but house looking messy from the mad rush before Christmas so I'll at least tidy up :) 

We had a beautiful Christmas up the coast, with Christmas lunch at Putty beach with my side of the family. An overcast day but so relaxed and lovely. Just how I like it.

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Image may contain: one or more people, ocean, sky, outdoor, water and nature

I'm holding off doing any work for a few more days to give my back a rest as I've been having trouble with it for about 6 months now. To be honest I'm feeling REALLY lazy :) I do have a big sideboard all primed and ready to paint and a few small pieces to do also. Soon....

While I mainly paint larger pieces, I also love doing some small projects that I can store easily and fit in between the big drawers and sideboards.  Here are some little cute pieces that I've done recently and a few pieces at the bottom of this piece that are still available.

hand painted book stand

How lovely is this old fashioned book stand above - I painted this in a tiny sample tin I was sent of an English paint - Vintro. It's absolutely lovely chalk paint with fantastic coverage and this colour (French Navy) is the most beautiful teal.

Below is a little stool that is painted in ASCP Antibes - I'm sure you'll recognize this beautiful green.

ASCP Antibes green

ASCP Antibes green

How cute are these small side tables that all sold before Christmas.

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

I really love vintage sets of nests of tables - actually I don't really like painting them as they are fiddly but I love the finished look of them. Love both these sets below that I painted and sold recently.

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

A lovely customer gave me a few small tins of paint that she had left over after deciding furniture painting isn't for her. One of the tins was Porters' paint China Rose. I used it on this little vintage bedside table and finished the piece off with porters liming Wax. Such a pretty piece for a girl's room.

42w x 42d x68h plus 3cm backing board
$195
Pickup Lilyfield

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life

I also have a lovely vintage pot cupboard for sale. This is a limed white with a white fleur de lis on the door. such a cute little piece and one that can be useful in any room.

50w x 41d x 79h plus 5cm backing board 
$245 

vintage hand painted furniture by Lilyfield Life


I had better get moving and tidy the house and perhaps have some lunch (it's now 2:30pm...day slipping away)

Enjoy your afternoon
Fiona xx

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Before and After - hand painted bookcase/drawers

Just a little inspiration for you if you have some old timber furniture hanging around and you are thinking of freshening them. Really there is nothing as good as paint to make things look amazing.

Am ASCP Paris Grey/white mix on the exterior and Dulux aqua enamel inside on this pine bookcase.

hand painted bookcase by Lilyfield Life

and before - my clients' photo :)


While I was painting the book case my client also asked me to paint these old hand made drawers. so much fresher now and ready for their baby's room.


hand painted drawers by Lilyfield Life

If you are interested in having your furniture painted by my then I'm taking bookings for 2018. Please email me photos, dimensions and a rough idea of colour. Any inspiration photos you have are also welcome.

cheers Fiona xx

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Beautiful old Indian linen press cupboard

beautiful vintage Indian linen press lilyfield life

Good morning! I hope you all had a great weekend. Phil and Sasha went camping on a dad&daughter weekend at the Basin with 6 girls and 5 dads. What fun they had. Jonty and I stayed home and gave his bedroom a makeover - just cleaning, culling and rearranging. No money spent but it looks so good. I'll share photos soon. 

This is another very old Indian cupboard I sourced recently. It wasn't in as bad a shape as the one I painted the interior green. I have painted this one in a lovely greyish white and added patina to using black and brown antiquing waxes.

beautiful vintage Indian linen press lilyfield life

beautiful vintage Indian linen press lilyfield life

beautiful vintage Indian linen press lilyfield life

beautiful vintage Indian linen press lilyfield life

I absolutely love the scalloped carved base. Such a nice detail.

This piece has sold and is heading to the most divine Moroccan style bathroom in Byron Bay. Perfect spot for it.


Fiona xx

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Lots of painted furniture for Diane on the Gold Coast

Once again I've let things slip here so thank you so much if you are still reading. I've updated the "for sale" page with pieces that are still available.  Its been busy (like everybody else I'm sure) and I have a few large shipments to a lovely buyer on the Gold Coast. 12 pieces so far and a few more to go in January. Diane is updating her house and has fallen in love with my furniture. Luckily I have a great guy who does a transport from Sydney to the Gold Coast and always take great care with my pieces.

Here's some of the pieces that Diane bought.

The large pretty white sideboard.

french style sideboard Lilyfield Life

the white antiqued console table

french style console table :Lilyfield Life

A very old Indian cabinet - I had so much work to do on this piece. I got some new shelves to cute. Had to nail and glue the base back on. Add a new hinge and hammer the top back on. The day I did all that I was more carpenter than painter but on a rustic old piece like this I didn't have to do 100% percent precise so my skills were good enough.

vintage indian cabinet - green white Lilyfield Life

I painted the interior in a mix of ASCP Antibes and Pure White. Isn't that pop of colour gorgeous!

vintage indian cabinet - green white Lilyfield Life

A lot of these old Indian cupboards have a secret compartment at the base. I don't know what was kept inside. Anyway it's less secret now as I've replaced the screw to lift out the base with a little handle to make it easier.

progress photo Indian cabinet - getting painted

progress photo Indian cabinet - getting painted

In progress. My studio packed tight these days -lots of work going on.

progress photo Indian cabinet - getting painted

and the before photo. This photo doesn't actually show how bad it was. This is probably the dirtiest piece of furniture I have ever dealt with. I had to scrub and scrub it clean.


Diane also bought a long low chest of 9 drawers for her bedroom - also in white and distressed. These drawers are so beautiful. Solid timber and such a nice shape. The only before photo I have in when they were still in the car :)

hand painted white chalk paint french style drawers Lilyfield Life

hand painted white chalk paint french style drawers Lilyfield Life


And these bow front drawers also for the other side of her bedroom.

hand painted bow front drawers Lilyfield Life

Th order also included a few mirrors and other pieces.

vintage gilt bow mirror Lilyfield Life

painted ASCP  mirror Lilyfield Life

If you sell mirrors and want a tutorial on how to edit yourself out of the photo let me know and I'll write one. I will often take photos from an angle for mirrors but it doesn't work on oval mirrors as the mirror taken on an angle looks all wonky.

This vintage chair also went to the Gold Coast. I painted the leather which was in perfect condition but a hideous mustard yellow. This colour is a mix of ASCP French Linen, Paris Grey, Olive and Florence. Such a lovely sage colour. if you want a tutorial on how to paint a vinyl or leather chair with chalk paint then here;s is one I wrote a few years ago. The paint holds up amazingly well on the chair and the leather feels perfectly normal after you sand and wax it. A great method for refreshing these beautiful old chairs.


painted ASCP vintage vinyl chair Lilyfield Life

painted ASCP vintage vinyl chair Lilyfield Life

painted ASCP vintage vinyl chair Lilyfield Life

Diane also bought this beautiful French style desk. I am so thrilled with how this desk turned out. I have been really working on my ability to add subtle patina. This desk will be part of my next shipment to her including a coffee table and bedside tables as well. She's redecorating her whole house and keeping me busy. 

french style painted desk Lilyfield Life

french style painted desk Lilyfield Life

french style painted desk Lilyfield Life

french style painted desk Lilyfield Life

I can't wait to see photos of Diane's house with all these lovely pieces in place. I'll ask her if it's okay to share photos with you. 

I'm off to scour some antique shops for inspiration. Then tonight we're going to Christmas carols. Hopefully the rain holds off.

Fiona xx



Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Beautiful white furniture available

Good morning - I'm off to Jonty's high school orientation this morning. How can that be  - that my boy is finishing primary school already?  Because we started him early at the school I'm not sure that I will learn anything new at the parents talk but I said to my friend I have FOMO so will go. ha ha 

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

I wanted to share two lovely pieces of furniture with you this morning. Both are for sale and I'm hoping someone loves them as much as I do and has room for them.  The first is a huge sideboard I have painted in a lovely soft white chalk paint, not at all cream but not stark. This is such a pretty piece and would work well in a dining room or even under a TV. I've also had customers use sideboards in their bedrooms as a statement piece.

Stunning vintage sideboard
185w x 50d x 96h (+6cm backing board)
$1000

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

In the same paint colour I painted this pretty console table also. I love these pieces for some instant glamour to your hallway of lounge room.  Add an urn or large vase, candelabra and a mirror and wow you are transported to France.

Available: a charming and elegant French Provincial style console table that is sure to add some glamour to your hallway or lounge room. A serpentine front and lovely carved shell and acanthus motif adorning this piece and making it very special. All my favourite details in one pretty piece. 
102 x 56x 76h cm (max)
$500

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

white painted sideboard console furniture by Lilyfield life

Best I go get ready for the talk this morning but if you are interested in either piece, let me know. Pickup Lilyfield or delivery available.

Fiona xx