Turned this gorgeous burnt orange velvet into cushion covers for the bench seating - but the next step is the first major upholstery challenge - redoing the tufted bench back.
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The silver aluminium frames don’t suit our colour scheme so we are testing out this masking paint so we can prime and spray the window frames white.
Should be better than cleaning spray paint off the windows 🤞🏻
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Still working on this table top for Eleanor and the phrase “never again” to upcycle a hand carved piece keeps popping into mind.
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Fitting the nipple tassels - no wait the ginkgo leaf cupboard handles….
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Moving Day! And a good test for the repairs.
Cannot WAIT to get stuck into making over this exterior.
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Interesting table
We decided that the cute mid century coffee table was a touch too small for the space - so will restore it & sell in the near future - but will somehow convert this table top into something
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Some routing trickery and voilà - modern blends into antique.
Next up - staining the bench top in Black Japan.
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Bit of wood
Working out what finish I want to router on the edges of the bench tops to soften them - seems beaded round over on top and just a round over on bottom is the winner.
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Table in caravan
We usually get a little history on the pieces we source from people - this vintage table was brought over from the UK & much loved by the seller - who loves it but his girlfriend does not.
Hope they last - because we will modify it to fit the space.
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Upcycling - new cabinets would look out of place in the caravan - so we sourced some old very pre-loved cabinets, sanded them back & painting them in the Eleanor signature colour before we install & give them matching new stained wood tops.
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Wine glass in holder
Installing some of the features of the dedicated Bar Recess in the caravan.
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Door trim
A day off? In this economy?
Starting to cut and fit all the fancy trimmings - this one I need to sand and stain to match the rest of the wood.
Couldn’t find a reasonably priced trim that we liked in raw wood so more work for Fussy Bitches™️
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Update on Lady Eleanor
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Working on fitting out Eleanor now - FB Marketplace doesnt know what’s hit it.
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Starting to get the Coffee Cake colour on the walls.
But at 11pm time time to knock off.
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Pleased with my work on creating the illusion of two different wall surfaces - started off with crappy old school 70s wood panel.
Fancy trim will cover the dodgy meet up line.
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Apparently you call totally fucked screw heads “flogged out” not flabbergasted…. but I might stick to my terminology.
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Well the caravan walls I slathered in light plaster sanded back beautifully, and no cracks despite the reckless turbulence during the removal of the remaining floorboards, & the fridge which turned out to be bolted to the bloody floor.
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Small Before & After of this section - silly me forgot to take a pic of the complete disaster this wall was - the surface was so bad the shelf basically fell off taking part of the wall with it.
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Making progress on getting all the base coats on despite shenanigans - think I’ll continue for a bit while the Power of Gin compels me.
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Caravan interior
Roughly 4 billion random nails & screws removed, staples trimmed…. Rickety shelf removed … Now to start transforming the other end of Eleanor.
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Base coats on - to see better where the surfaces need more fixing - and sample colours because we are undecided…fitting that the first colour is called Indecision, followed by Coffee Cake, Coffee Cake 1/2, Taupe Basket & Stonington Beige.
Hmmmm
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Some relics the carpet removal revealed - a condom wrapper from 2008, and a long lost cigarette.
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This weird section of heavy wood planking nailed and glued to fuck on ancient linoleum has become a triple crowbar situation.
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Creature tally so far:
- 1 cute skink safely transported to a lovely tree outside
- 1 terrifying looking black spider terminated
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