Friday, April 19, 2019

Latest pieces

Sorry I have been slow on blogging lately. We are now settled down in front of a movie after a long Good Friday lunch with lovely friends. So I thought I’d update you on some recent pieces.


Lunch setting

Kelly bought this long India Hicks style console table (much larger than it looks) from my inventory and asked for it to be painted the same as a chest of drawers she bought a few months ago from me. 
FMP Putty with Heirloom interior
A lovely buffer waxed finish. 

vintage console lilyfield Life

Julia asked me to paint her old pine drawers for her new bedroom. We chose a pale warm grey chalk paint and I gave it a gently distressed finish. I added new handles that Julie bought from Provincial Home Living.

before and after chalk paint pine drawers Lilyfield Life

before and after chalk paint pine drawers Lilyfield Life
And before

before and after chalk paint pine drawers Lilyfield Life
This is a lovely old upholstered bench seat. I initially painted the frame a pale grey but it had such a purple undertone and I kept looking at it and decided I didn’t like it so I repainted it in this lovely deep slate grey that perfectly matches the ticking. Funnily enough it sold immediately repainted so my customers must have preferred it also. 

vintage upholstered bench seat
One of my customers, Nicole, has missed out on several glazed cabinets recently so when I came across this one I offered it to her prior to listing it for sale. She loved it. It’s such an old piece and in gorgeous condition.

vintage glazed cabinet vintage glass cupboard lilyfield life
I loved these vintage French bedsides. They were so nice to paint and turned out so pretty. They got snapped up immediately also. (I’ve got the best customers) 

French bedsides tabled lilyfield life

I have also sold a heap of mirrors and homewares lately but I’ll  share them in the next post. 
Hope you all have enjoyed Good Friday and are set to relax over Easter

Fiona 















Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Kitchen island from an old chiffonier

Hi everyone 
Hope you are having a good week. I finished the kitchen island last week and Steve and Cathy love it. Eventually they will get marble cut for the top but in the meantime they will just use it with the painted top.


Here is a close up 



They still need to build the rest of the kitchen but Cathy has some great ideas and I think it will all look pretty fabulous. 

A long way from the dusty old piece when they found it. I originally turned down this woke but so glad I reconsidered. I love painting it!

Fiona xx