HOUSEMAIDS CUPBOARD

Very, very, useful tall cupboard.

We’ve just finished painting it, so now it’s in need of new family to fill it with clutter!

Look… it’s teasing you with an open door…(filling up with your stuff make cupboard happy!)…

CARRY ON COLLECTING!

We watched 'Collectaholics' on BBC 2, last night, specifically for the guy who had over 500 stuffed animals. Well, as they correctly pointed out, the better examples are actually mounted (hide stretched over a form) rather than 'stuffed' crudely with sawdust. 

Fascinating watching Mel’s reaction and incredulity at taxidermy being in vogue - but it is, and has been, for a number of years.

So there they were at Spittalfields selling excess animals to raise money for a giraffe (you probably needed to watch it!) and what was one of the pieces they sold? A little bambi. Hey presto! We have on our website a lovely Victorian example at a very competitive price! Imagine how I shouted at the television…..

SHELVES & SODA CRATES!

We love this old pine set of shelves! I loved it so much that I waxed these soda crates that we just got in to show it off (books are too obvious….and still upstairs…and still heavy!).

DISTRESSED DARLINGS!

Two very distressed wooden filing cabinets. 

Strong statement pieces. 

You could be really brave and have them as bedside cabinets!...

BREAD & BUTTER

In every business you have a bread and butter item, some even have a bit of jam if they're lucky! For us, it’s chests of drawers!

This particular one is a tasty Victorian number painted in a lovely blue grey…

WORKING ON THE WORKSHOP!

Inspired by the lovely weather and the thought of our imminent Open Weekend, we have finally, after many, many years, made a start on painting the outside of the workshop.

What was that? Oh, OK, well….after many, many years procrastinating we got Scott to do it - but Matt did give all the windows and doors a distress and varnish!

COLLECTAHOLICS

Watched the first in a new series on BBC2 called 'Collectaholics'. Obviously we enjoyed it - especially the guy who had a huge collection of railway signage. But Matt most enjoyed the trailer for next week when a huge collection of taxidermy gets shown. This means we get to show a picture of a stuffed owl (£30) now living upstairs at the workshop and next week he gets to shoehorn in some other taxidermy link as well!