Our Renewed Furniture

We're up and running with this beautiful Mosaic Table

A unique mosaic table, transformed from a dark wood, unused coffee table.

This table has been painted and decorated using old plates and tiles to create a beautiful mosaic pattern on top. Jess's inspiration for this table came from her love of nature and floral designs. 

Jess started with an old varnished table.

To begin, sand down the table to create a key, essential for when applying new paint. After preparing the table, add two coats of undercoat if the table is dark wood.

Once the preparation is complete, paint the table a duck egg blue. To create a key for the adhesive to adhere to the wood, score the surface in a criss-cross pattern.

After sourcing a variety of old plates, smash them to create different sized pieces. Before beginning the mosaic, draw a simple design onto the surface.

Begin from the middle of the pattern working outwards. To fill the flowers, use a variety of the coloured tiles, using the tile nippers to shape the pieces. Once the flowers are complete, add a simple border.

To fill in the gaps around the flower pattern, use duck egg tiles which complement the colour of the table.

Once the adhesive has been left 24hours and is fully dry, grout in between the gaps using a grouting tool, once dry, grout the tiles again to make sure all the spaces are filled. Finish with a clear, matt varnish to make the table waterproof and protected. 

Farmhouse stool

Sanded down and painted in bright plastikote paint and waxed with Annie Sloan beeswax. The bright colours used give this classic design a contemporary edge.

Bureau and drawers

This old bureau was our first commissioned piece. Emily decided to use a wall sticker to add beautiful detail on top of the Annie Sloan chalk paint.

Fancy a Cuppa?

Check out these tea-cup candles, just £8 each.

Blueberry scented candle with ripple effect plate

Strawberry scented candle

Blueberry scented candle with plain base

Dressing Table & Mirror

A beautifully restored oak dressing table and mirror, originally painted yellow, the dressing table was stripped down using a heat gun, removing the old paint and revealing the original wood. It was then sanded down and undercoated, ready to be painted.  To decorate the draws of the dressing table and base of the mirror, I used decoupage paper which almost resembled William Morris style tiles, then using cream and sky blue paint to finish off the dressing table, which complimented the paper. Finally finishing the dressing table of with new door knobs. 

The dressing table was stripped of the previous paint and and sanded before being painted and updated.