Crafty cuts

Well i have gone into craft over drive recently! My fiancee and I have decided to do a loft conversion in our flat and i am going to decorate. So i have been bidding furiously on eBay trying to snag some bargains, and boy have i found some. 

But whats so crafty about this i hear you ask? 

Well, its what i am going to do with these purchases. Inspired by The Make Lounge, i am going to learn to sew properly and do an upholstery course! And transform the following into fabulous French furnishings.

The first bed you can see is a Vintage French Demi Corbeille upholstered bed. And its gorgeous. I picked it up on eBay for only £175 which i think is a bargain seeing as there are places selling them for close to £2000. Obviously theirs are restored, which is what i am going to do to mine for a fraction of the prices. So how am i going to learn to upholster?

Well a friend of mine told me about this website called Floodlight that searches for courses and learning in your area. Lucky for me i have found what looks like a great course right in my borough, and seeing as i am going to learn how to upholster, i

 thought why not look at another course too 

- and so i have also decided on Interior Design which i think will be really cool and i even get a level 1 qualification afterward. Both courses are available i

n the evenings and only run over approx 10 weeks, so i think it is very do-able. 

Another piece i managed to salvage for only £7 (I was sooooo pleased with this as i had been looking at others that went for £80!) is this lovely old fashioned floor lamp, that i am going to give the Cath Kidston / Laura Ashley treatment and redo in white and some lovely prints on the shade. 

I am also hopping to nab a gorgeous fireplace, but I'm not putting it in here until its definitely mine cause i don't want anyone else nabbing it for themselves!! 

Keep checking in, cause over the next few months I will post pictures showing my progress and the finished products.

p xo