Recently I found a set of three bashed up coffee tables just resting against a skip on my street. I felt a bit cheeky pilfering them but I did, they were in awful condition but I rubbed them down and painted/varnished them and then painted an ivy motif like 'climbing ivy' up the legs which actually came out really well. I'm so glad I did, the finished result is actually really good, even if I do say so myself, and the overall cost was about ten pounds for the paint and varnish. Every time I look at them I feel really proud of my achievement.
I also rescued an old cardigan from my sisters junk pile, added a bit of vintage lace and some gorgeous diamante flower buttons and now it's one of my most worn items. I'm always buying 20p strings of beads from bootsales or junk shops, cutting them up and making new things from it: my Mum was chucking out an old brooch so I nabbed it and threaded it onto a strand of plain black rounds and it looks really good.
I'm just curious as to what you guys get up to and whether, like me, you have the urge to rescue and repair pieces!
Sorry if there is a thread already on this, I did a search on 'salvaging items' and nothing came up....
I also rescued an old cardigan from my sisters junk pile, added a bit of vintage lace and some gorgeous diamante flower buttons and now it's one of my most worn items. I'm always buying 20p strings of beads from bootsales or junk shops, cutting them up and making new things from it: my Mum was chucking out an old brooch so I nabbed it and threaded it onto a strand of plain black rounds and it looks really good.
I'm just curious as to what you guys get up to and whether, like me, you have the urge to rescue and repair pieces!
Sorry if there is a thread already on this, I did a search on 'salvaging items' and nothing came up....
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