Vintage China-Some of my collection

I thought you would like to see some more pictures of my Vintage China.

This set was brought from an antique shop in the New Forest. I could not resist the pretty colours.
There was a pink cup and saucer but it got broken when I moved house. It's always the good china!

Here are four more sets. My favourite is the set front left. It is such a simple design and shape.

Some other sets in my dresser.I love the two handled sugar bowl ( picked up from a car boot0 Also
I have started collecting sugar tongs. You can still get sugar cubes ( I found them in my local Tesco's).

You can see by this picure I collect plates, sugar bowls and milk jugs as well. If I think it's pretty
and the price is right it comes home with me.

This is my walkingware eggcups. I found these in a charity shop many years ago. I paid around £4
each for them, which at the time was quite expensive for a charity shop but still a bargain for me.
At Easter we each decorate an empty egg shell into a person. Then sit the egg shell in the egg cups to
make a lovely homemade display in the kitchen. It's become a family ritual....

As you can see my Vintage China even extends to my kitchen. This is an old shelf I painted then added cup hooks to. It holds some of my vintage cups and saucers and some vintage glass ice cream
bowls. I glued some old lace to the shelves to give it a more shabby chic appeal.

Hope you enjoyed a small look into all things Vintage. 

Dresser Update.

Well the sun is shining so no excuse but to start working on the dresser. I have found some worm holes, not sure if old or new, not taking any chances so have treated twice. Was able to find new feet locally and cheap so not worth messing about trying to match the other three , which  were worst for wear anyway.Next the boring part filling and sanding.Then the best part painting. I'm into ice cream colours at the moment so I  picked  Quick Dry Satin in CANDY PINK which is a  Homebase paint. Very girly I know but I loved this shade very soft pink which would go with most colours without being too bright. I used two 750 ml cans to complete dresser with a little  left over.Well it was.. You're guessed it I now have a matching wall clock......
To finish the dresser and give it that old look I have sanded back on corners, sides and handles. It is very shabby chic now and a new place to put my vintage china in..I have given it pride of place in my lounge it fits in perfectly. Here is the finished dresser  it was a lot of work but well worth it.

Dresser that needs T.L.C.

My latest project is a large glass topped dresser.. I had seen it a very weeks earlier in a local junk shop. The price was quite high and it needed lots of work but I could see it could be beautiful. Every time I  went shopping  I just had to pop in to see if it was still there. Then a couple of weeks ago I went in and they had reduced the price, so I was cheeky and asked for more off and they said yes. So  I had to break it to my husband , whose reaction was PLEASE NOT THAT CABINET. But he knows me by now. Well the shop delivered it for a small fee and a couple of cups of tea. It was much larger than I remembered. Lucky it came in two parts, but only had three feet so we had to find a couple of stones to prop it up. I told you it needed a bit of work

 

 

 

                                                          NEW FEET!

 

 

                                                  WELL ON IT"S WAY

 

Read my next post to see how it"s turned out. Upcycled furniture is always a surprise how a unloved piece of furniture can be turned into something so beautiful and useful!