Vintage Linen Box

Remember yesterday I posted about revamping and had made a start on cleaning an old wooden "bath box".

Well that dirty old box ......

Has had a new lease of life.....

I've made a lovely new padded top for it and painted it nice and white.  It's soooooo beautiful but : (  (sad face) I don't think I am keeping it I think it will be going to the shumble sale.  And the other box that I had finished has already gone to a new home too!

On a brighter note I put some bids in at the auction yesterday and managed to win 5 of the lots which we picked up today in my lunch break.

(Here's one of the boxes)

I haven't really managed to have a good look at what I bought but have managed to spruce some vintage cutlery up which was looking dirty and tarnished.

(Made by Christopher Johnson & Co in Sheffield)

 

And I found an old mould right at the bottom.....

Have a good bank holiday for those in the UK and a fab weekend to everyone x x x

Car Boot Treasures III

I must confess that although these are treasures they didn't actually come from the car boot.

My hubby was off work today and in my extended lunch break I had a tootle over to a local auction house.  I quickly purchased my number and then had a quick look at the catalogue.  I'd missed quite a few interesting pieces but hey ho they were only at number 257 out of a possible 631.

I settled down and waited.............I missed a few items but this is what came home with me!

Some Crown Devon Storage Jars - they just called to me!

 

A terracotta chicken - I thought it was for eggs but think its actually used to cook the chicken!

 



And lastly my favourite buy a hall table that has got pride of place in my newly decorated bedroom!



 

Seriously thinking about having a vintage stall as seem to be buying way too much stuff to live in my craft room x