it's taken us the best part of a year to complete this renovation. the before pictures are on a back-up disk somewhere but suffice to say it was in a sorry state of repair having been used for storage of nails in a shed on the farm for at least 20 years. think pigeon poo, broken drawer fronts, dints and dirt.
Well worth the effort it's scrubbed up beautifully, used up the remnants of washi paper I'd been hoarding and is a brilliant crafts material storage/child entertainment unit.
If you really like this here's a 'D.I.Y' version you can make for yourself.
this card, customised by moi to matchy-matchy, came from the Two Squirrels pop-up shop before they went online, photo by Warren I think.
Simply buy 30 and line them up 6 x 5 on a wall
heh!
anyway...
More Creative Spaces here x
Love it! I dream of storage like this, great use of the tape!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great renovation. Oh, if only I could be that organised. Well done ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe potential for organisation is there, but with claud rifling thru them constantly finding anything is a challenge!
DeleteOoooer,missus!Fancy being so bold as to show us your drawers!
ReplyDeleteI love them!!! They're gorgeous,and what a wonderful job you have done of restoring them!The little floral card bits are so pretty and very shabbby chic!
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Aww, got to love a good storage and yours is just wonderful! You made it so pretty too:)
ReplyDeleteI so need to get me one of those!!!! It's AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteOh, I can only dream to have a drawer like yours!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful restauration! Japaneese paper fits just perfectly!
oh, and your profile picture is touching!
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DeleteThese are absolutely gorgeous. What a massive project, but you've done such a brilliant job. x
ReplyDeleteSo pretty - I want the real one though!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous! I LOVE it.
ReplyDeleteOh oh the draws are fabulous!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell done, the washi paper looks great.
I just shown Warren the card, thanks so much for the link sweet.
Happy happy Easter.
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Hey Max, for the first time in a long time I've been able to access your blog. Yay!
ReplyDeleteYour drawers are beautiful. I like the child entertainment idea, you could pop all sorts of little surprises inside for Claudie to find. How about Easter eggs for starters?
It could also make a great advent calendar when the time is right...
Happy Easter to you all x
No need to hide surprises in there, Claud has a grand old time rifling thru as is. she's mad for the bobble headed pins in particular which turn up stuck into everything!
DeleteOh DROOL! Was this post to make me ever more jealous? After that sneaky peek behind Claude it's great to see them in their full glory. They are gorgeous - you've done an amazing job. Love the washi paper and I DREAM of that kind of storage.
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ps. Yes I think I was thinking of Atonement. Cos obviously I am JUST like Keira Knightley ;-)
Ha ha yes your comment reminded me i hadn't done a proper 'swanky show-off post' about them!
Deleteoo er L.o.v.e.r.l.y draws if you don't mind my noticing!!
ReplyDeleteIn love with those drawers! Terrific!
ReplyDeleteYour blog appears to be behaving - it hasn't been working for me when I clicked on your bloggy for ages!
Happy weekend to ya. x
What a fantastic job you've done - your drawers are looking good, Mrs!
ReplyDeleteWonderful storage, and the paper drawer labels look beautiful. I'm very impressed!
Great find and even better reno job on it. x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic find and fabulous renovation. It looks amazing ♥
ReplyDeleteOh my, I want drawers like these!!! You've done a great job renovating it. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! It looks fantastic and I adore the use of the washi tape in the drawer segments - takes it from wow to gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHappy day!