I’ve been busy revamping tables. Firstly, a nest of fairly nondescript but very useful tables that we use every day …
before – boring, but useful
after – duck egg blue and still very useful
then, my wool cupboard in the studio …
before – cheap & cheerful pine
after – old white with romantic vintage panels
The cupboard is now back in the studio and brimming over with wools. At the weekend I bought a very tired little oak drop-leaf table. I uummmm’ed and arghhhhhh’ed over what to do with it. The lines are clearly 1930′s and it’s extremely well made. I had a hunch that beneath all that dark staining and old polish was lurking some beautiful oak …
before – tired oak drop-leaf table
some investigation was needed on one leaf
This wood was much too good to cover up with any paint treatment. I painstakingly worked to remove all the layers of gunk and my arm was really aching by the time I’d finished the treatment last night …
1930′s drop-leaf oak table
just look at the grain in that wood
I’m SOOoooooo pleased with this piece. That’s my grandmother’s Chinese biscuit barrel on top – full of her buttons – and from the same era! That’s the one my grandfather used to empty out to teach me how to count. It makes me feel quite - well, something indescrible – whenever I touch it. I haven’t known quite where to keep it, but now it has a proper home on this special little table.
“I’ll be with you in apple blossom time …”
That song fills my head whenever our apple trees are in full and glorious blossom. I hope you can imagine the delicate scent and the magical feeling of confetti petals falling whenever there’s a breath of a breeze as you sit on the bench with a morning cuppa …
apple blossom
busy bee gathering pollen
my constant garden companion
Flora Puddleduck
What have you been up to? It’s a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK this weekend so we’re hoping for some more lovely warm sunshine, just like the holiday a few weeks ago. Fingers crossed?
Adaliza x
