I am a charity shop lover! I love a rummage, I love a bargain, I love finding something unique and special that I couldn’t buy elsewhere. My mum taught me the art of charity shopping when I was a kid. I had all sorts of treasures from charity shops… like a set of tiny 1950’s …
I’ve been looking for a vintage dressing table for ages. Last week at Gary Paterson Sales (thanks to Jacqueline for all her help) I struck lucky and found this gorgeous Art Deco dressing table! It has a beautiful sculpted shape with rounded cupboards and sliding tambour doors which house tiny cubby holes for trinkets. The mirror is …
Another new/old work (a piece that was made a little while ago, but has never made it onto the website). 7 x 9.5″ (18 x 24 cm) canvas size 10 x 12″ (25 x 31 cm) framed size This piece is part of my Household series which come from a love of charity shops and jumble sales, …
Another new/old work (a piece that was made a little while ago, but has never made it onto the website). ‘Tea in the Library’ 7 x 9.5″ (18 x 24 cm) canvas size 10 x 12″ (25 x 31 cm) framed size Mixed media collage – framed original artwork. This piece is part of my Household …
I spotted some Facebook friends cooing over this amazing caravan and just had to share. What an amazing space! The owner of this Coventry Knight 49 (1949 being the year it was made) caravan has listed it on Ebay with starting bid of £8,000. It has a drinks cabinet, writing desk, his and hers wardrobe as …
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I have a confession to make… I have a bit of an obsession with brooches. It started all innocently: ‘this coat could do with jazzing up’, little gifts from friends – now I can’t walk past a charity shop or art gallery without coming away with some addition to the collection. I realised I needed …
Rightly or wrongly, I often cringe a bit when I hear or see the term ‘wall art’… It’s a ubiquitous but kind-of confused term, often used by someone when they don’t quite know what to describe something as – usually something decorative that goes on a wall, but they don’t know (or care) enough to …
20 x 20″ (50 x 50cm) Original painting in mixed media on canvas – acrylic, spray paint and ink on cotton canvas, framed. This painting comes from my love of vintage trinkets and fashion and features perfume and jewellery from my dressing table – an old bottle of Chanel No5, paste gems, hair pins, etc. …