Supercrawl is Here!

Supercrawl weekend is here!

We've been working our little butts off here at Relish, and have lots of new goodies for you to check out. Here's a little sneak peak...

 

 

And don't forget we have artwork on display right now by Nancy Benoy and always by Tricia Waxman, Relish's resident artist.

We hope to see you down here at Relish over the weekend - it's going to be a crazy, huge, awesome day tomorrow!

Relish will be open from 11am onwards.

See you then!

New Refinished Desk!

Well my latest refinishing project at Relish has been on the go for a while, since it was interrupted by the arrival of little Oscar. But now that I'm mostly back to functioning, here it is!!

I found a cute little desk in my travels, although it was pretty beat up and sad looking. But a couple of coats of Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint in Duck Egg Blue and voila! (And thank you to my intern Jackie for helping me out with this one!)

The desk just came out on the floor this past week, and you can see it in the window right now. I hope to see you soon so you an check out this desk, and my other recent goodies!

Refinishing with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint at Relish!

Ok time for the unveiling....  I've been working on a gorgeous drop-leaf table, and it is now all done, re-assembled and on display. Have a look!

This table is also very cute without the leaves attached....

For this table, I tried out a new product that becoming crazy-popular: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I LOVE this stuff. It coats wonderfully, is completely user-friendly (you can mix your own colours, water it down for a whitewash, thicken it, distress it, wax it, do multiple colour layers, you name it!), it's incredibly low VOC, and it turns out beautifully. And most importantly, there is no surface prep required!!! Yep, that's right, no sanding, no stripping. I think I'm in love.

Now here are the before and work-in-progress photos for this table....

the old, untouched table - kinda boring brown finish

old table with a couple of coats of whitewash on the top - this is the matte, unwaxed finish

And these are the legs - all painted up, but only the right-hand leg has been distressed. See how distressing brings out the detail? Gorgeous!

Now for this table, I did play around with the Annie Sloan colours I picked up. I started off my supplies with a can of Pure White, a can of Duck Egg Blue, and also a couple of sample pots of Antibes Green and Barcelona Orange (cause I just can't resist the neon colours!). The colour on this table is a mixture of White, Duck Egg, and Antibes Green - of course I don't remember the proportions, but I think it was something close to 1:1:1.

Stay tuned - coming up is a taste of all the really great new vintage pieces in Relish right now, and there are some serious gems!

This Week at Relish Vintage

Here are this week's additions to Relish Vintage. Now, a couple of these sold right away (which is awesome!) so they're no longer on the shop website, but I've included the photos here because they were just too cool not to share!

Upcycled Pedestal Dining Table

Vintage Mid-Century Pendant Light (sold)

Upcycled Wooden Kitchen Table (sold)

I've also documented my work on the upcycled stuff, which you can check out here for the Dining Table, and here for the kitchen table.

To Do

Whoops, Monday seems to have slipped by a little too quickly for my liking.....

But I've been hard at work - I have three new projects I've just started...

Have I ever mentioned that my dining room doubles as my workshop? Pretty messy, but oh well.

The two tables are going to get an awesome makeover - I'm really not a fan of that blond-looking finish on the wood. Just wait till I get at them! And the dresser is pretty beat up, so will get a fresh coat of paint and new hardware. It's going to look so good! But man, do I ever hate sanding! Have to seriously think about investing in an electric sander.

My goal is to have these all finished by the end of this week, but that sounds ambitious, even to me, so we'll see how that goes. Wish me luck, and I'll keep you posted!

Oh yeah, and happy Valentine's Day!