My chest of drawers

Hi

For those of you that are following my journey in transforming my home here is the next installment

This ......................
turned into this................

If Jennifer from Buttercups and Roses ever pops in to my blog I would like her to know she is the one who gave me the inspiration and I would like the give her a big thank you x

My hampers

Since joining MSE in January I have started to give my friends and family hampers, here are some of them. This is sweets in a mug I did at Easter
These are huge cups and saucers I bought in the Whitards sale, I did these for my Sisters for Easter

This one was for my Nephew for his 13th birthday, I didn't want to wrap in a bow and came up with this idea

This one was for Sophie for her 21st, she found a nice wad of money in the jewelery box!

This was for my friends first baby

And another baby oneThis one was for my friends 40th


I have done more but forget to take pictures

My wally trolley

I had a really nasty fall at work in October and have been having physio and Alexander Technique since

I am a real shopper, love picking things up in the charity shops but also seem to buy a lot of stuff for hampers along the way too. I find I have to make a couple of trips back to the car because the bags are heavy and bulky at times and it kills my back to carry them.

So I made the decision at 44 to get myself a wally trolley!

I am tall at 5 foot 10 and also wear a heel so I average about 6 foot, so I had to get myself one that was taller than normal so I wasn't spoilt for choice. I wanted something a bit different too. Anyway I found this one below on Ebay and ordered it but everyone is laughing at me, my colleagues at work think its hidious and Emily (my youngest) refuses to shop with me, although to be honest if she came too then I wouldn't need it as she is excellent at carrying shopping and taking stuff back to the car.

So I plan my first outing today, to a town where hopefully I won't bump into anyone I know!

Would you laugh if you saw a cuddly six footer with this???

This is Sophie

This is my gorgeous Daughter Sophie

Next projects

These are 3 boxes (although only 2 showing) that are pretty ugly but good for storage of my books, decided to give them a coat of paint but I haven't used F&B because of the cost, I used Dulux satinwood in Southern Stone (will post pic later) This trolley I got from Ebay for a tenner

This is my lovely dresser

And finally my chest of drawers which I am today in the process of painting, the drawers have had their first coat and the knobs have been wire wooled, waxed and buffed but the unit is still at Mark's, can't wait to get it home. I have been inspired by Buttercups and Roses chest of drawers and hope mine comes out looking as gorgeous as hers

A little bit about me.....

My name is Diane and I am a shabby chicker in the making

I have 2 Daughters, Sophie who is 21 and Emily 18. Sophie moved out a few months ago and decided to rent a house with her Auntie, they moved themselves in and were just getting settled when my ex (Mark) moved in with them after the breakdown of his marriage, so poor Sophie can't seem to escape her parents!

If you are a member over in the shabby cafe then you will know that me and Mark have quite a good relationship now, he fetches my furniture for me and does a few manly things around the house, so I get all the good bits without the washing, cooking, "marital needs" and arguing (me and Mark are good at that lol). We have been split for over a decade and for most of that we never spoke, however after spending some time talking about how we made each other feel we managed to be able to draw a line under the past and move on, hence the friendship we have now

I also have my little cat Tickles, she is typical of cats and only wants a cuddle when she wants it and the thing that drives me mad about her is she is so vocal in the mornings when she wants her breakfast!

I work full time as an Accounts Payable Manager, this stresses me out most of the time but painting furniture seems to relax me

Anyway thats enough about me for now

Di x

Recent finds

Here are some of my recent finds, I will update with pics of them after their makeovers when I find some batteries for my camara, that reminds me I do need to invest in some re-chargable one's

Sorry some are a little blurred, I need to learn photographic skills lol