tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36199185333849611072024-02-20T16:36:44.320+11:00newfromnowupcycling unloved furniture one piece at a time...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-2287257037376639872014-04-11T15:26:00.002+10:002014-04-11T15:26:38.306+10:00Hi! How are you? How has your week been?<br />
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I've been working on some chairs...did I ever show you these?<br />
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They were a sorry sight when we found them by the side of the road in Inner West Sydney.<br />
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We stripped off the fabric, stripped the wood and french polished them to perfection. Then we searched for the perfect vintage fabric to match them.<br />
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And here they are, Theo and Madge....<br />
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I love how they turned out, do you?<br />
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They are available now in my Etsy shop : <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/newfromnow?ref=shop_sugg">newfromnow</a> and Theo is also available for supervised visits at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElkeKleinGeneralStoreGladesville">Elke Klein General Store </a>in Gladesville, NSW.<br />
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I still have their 2 identical siblings in my workshop, so if you'd like a matching pair, please let me know!<br />
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Have a great day! <br />
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Michelle x<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-77429001739939721322014-04-02T12:10:00.000+11:002014-04-02T12:12:24.314+11:00Mean while in the workshop....<br />
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I have decided to cast my working web a bit wider and am now proud to say that some of my items will be stocked at Elke Klein General Store in Gladesville 2111.<br />
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Elke's store is a wonderful treasure trove where you can find lots of local handmade art works ( some made by costume designer extraordinaire Elke herself), clothes and really cute shoes and accessories. Her wallhangings are truly stunning. Have a look:<br />
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Made from recycled fabrics and items found along the way, her pieces are witty and vibrant. Not limiting herself, her soft furnishings and baskets are unique and fun too!<br />
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I currently have this beauty in stock with her, a vintage pinneaple lamp revived with a custom shade. Isn't she stunning? <br />
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So come check her out at 265 Victoria Road Gladesville, 2111 NSW. Tell her I said 'Hi' :)<br />
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Some days are brighter than others, and on days like that I like to feel better by looking at pretty pictures like these... Forgive me, as I don't seem to have any references as to where they came from, so please let me know and I'll add the credit.<br />
Fashion has always inspired my interior choices... why not have a fabulously bright piece of furniture? God knows that the drab walls of our rental need a bit a spicing up! How about yours?<br />
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How exciting! We are having a garage sale....well not just us! All of Sydney in fact....actually it's on all around Australia!!<br />
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One day where everyone can get their sale on, either to make a little pocket money ( or a lot, depending on your sales skills I guess!) or to raise money for charity. A lot of schools have become involved to raise money for their community which is just fantastic.<br />
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I'd like to sell off our surplus items, some from Newfromnow, but also toys the kids no longer play with, some fabulous vintage clothes which are worn not as often as they should be and other knickknacks that we have found along the way...<br />
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I'd like to donate some of our proceeds to the Salvos, who along with all the other Australian charities, are putting in an enormous amount of work to help those families who have suffered in the bush fires. Bush fires which are still currently raging, with little relief for those fire fighters and tireless volunteers who are giving up their time to help. I am not a religious person, but hopefully someone is praying for rain... The total home loss is 200 + and counting....<br />
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So, come along on Saturday! we will be here from 9-3pm at 10 Massey Street Gladesville, hope to see you there!<br />
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Hope you have a great day!<br />
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Michelle xAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-28246436399107460562013-07-09T14:32:00.000+10:002014-04-02T12:20:52.493+11:00Oh my goodness, do you ever get so excited by a finished item, you almost can't bear to part from it?<br />
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Well this is it! <br />
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My latest chair crush is a stunning antique convent prayer chair upcycled in a stunning, hand printed (!!) modern 'Amazeing' fabric by Publisher Textiles, located in Leichhardt, Sydney.<br />
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I love the juxtaposition of the traditional chair form with the modern pattern and colour. <br />
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The wheeled legs were reconditioned and the springs were redone, making it a supremely comfortable chair.<br />
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Now just for the matter of where to place it? Bedroom, next to a side table for a spot of reading? You choose! But I bet that everyone will comment on this stunner!<br />
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Michelle xAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-21089057846969581772013-07-04T16:10:00.000+10:002013-07-04T16:10:56.903+10:00after the surgery...Gosh it has been a while...sorry!<br />
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Had myself a bit of spinal surgery as it turned out I had a prolapsed disc, degenerative spinal condition, blooming family dna not really working out on this front!<br />
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On the plus side, my wonderful husband has been working from home and looking after me, once he had to return to work, our 92yr old nan flew up from Melbourne and took over the reigns...She is just awesome!!!<br />
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So this week, with the school holidays, my sister in law came up with her 3 munchkins and we just had a blast! Our kids are all similar in age, and just get on like a house on fire, as do my sis and I. She cooked up a storm, took the kids out and did my washing, so I could rest in bed. I know I am very very lucky!! This morning though it was time to say goodbye, and we'll all be missing them. Hopefully we'll see each other again soon.<br />
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On the Newfromnow front, nothing much has been happening, although I did manage to finish a chair before my surgery... <br />
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An original Bentwood chair, with the original rattan weaving, I upcycled this piece with a Byron Bay Australian Arabica Hessian Coffee Bean Bag.I love how it turned out! What do you think? In the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/newfromnow?ref=shop_sugg">shop</a> now..<br />
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Well I finally bit the bullet and upholstered it in a fabric I have held onto for the past..oh I don't know 15 years?? What do you think of the final result?<br />
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I'm so excited someone will get to enjoy this gorgeous beauty now. I've named her Beatrice ( Beatrix) after our gorgeous Dutch Queen who is about to leave her post and hand over the Kingdom to her son, King Alexander( and his rather glamorous Argentinian Bride Maxima). Quite exciting as The Netherlands hasn't had a king in many generations!<br />
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Take a look at these awesome custom pieces of furniture by namedesignstudio in Istanbul, Turkey, aren't they stunning? Another fabulous Etsy find. If only they weren't so far from us here Down Under!<br />
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This is my latest project, found in a Salvos store, I couldn't believe my luck!<br />
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A Victorian nursing chair is hard to come by, so I've got my work cut out to do it justice.<br />
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I'm prone to choosing bold fabrics and this chairs deserves no less. I've ummed and ahhhed over Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon or other colourfull options, but I think I've got the right one. I'll keep it under wraps a little longer, but boy, I hope you love it as much as I do!!<br />
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So I've found this great chair, and at the moment I'm deciding which way to go.... This is what it looks like now:<br />
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Will I put a padded seat on? Like this one below (dog optional...) <br />
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Will I chose a bright colour? <br />
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My year started with a delivery to the lovely Sarah in Bondi, who waited patiently for her custom lamp to be delivered after the Christmas break. I took a sneak peek picture at home with one of my own shades. Take a look:<br />
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I was very fortunate to come across a few new lamps recently and as you can see on the blog and shop, updates have been made, with new stock arriving soon! I'll keep you posted. :)<br />
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In the mean time, hope you are enjoying this glorious weather ( if you happen to be in Oz) and otherwise I hope you're keeping out of the cold!<br />
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MichelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-28996052178428187272012-12-17T15:01:00.000+11:002012-12-17T15:01:55.429+11:00My kids are a pretty lucky lot really, since they get showered with presents twice in December...Firstly for the celebration of Sinterklaas, whose status as the patron saint of children is celebrated in the Netherlands and a few surrounding countries.<br />
Children wholly believe in his existence up till about the age of 10 and this is mostly due to the fact that even dutch national television is very much implicated in keeping him alive. Towards mid November the excitement begins... shoes are placed in front of fireplaces and little trinkets are found the next morning, mostly 'pepernoten' ( similar to ginger bread cookies in flavour) and other sweets.<br />
For the most part of my childhood, the same actor appeared every year on his steam boat all the way from Spain with only recently a new Sinterklaas making his appearance, the former taking up his retirement on the Costa del Sol most probably ;) <br />
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Now it's nearly Christmas and my lot are in for a second coming...where as in Holland children don't normally receive presents having been spoiled by St Nick, living in Australia means a Christmas ham on the barbie and lots more presents for them to open. We try and be sensible, but can't account for crazy aunts and nanna's.<br />
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We will be spending time up in beautiful Brisbane this year, with a week of calm and tranquility in Byron Bay to top it off. What will you be doing?<br />
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I have bedrooms on my mind, kids ones' in particular . Living in a rented house limits the decorating option somewhat...especially if you are facing a landlord who is particularly...shall we say particular.. After 6months of to-ing and fro-ing we got a 'no' for hanging book shelving in our little girls' room. I was hoping to have something like this:</div>
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This is what it currently looks like:<br />
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It's ok, but I'm just dying to get my hands on those walls! Incidently that 1million year old wall paper is why we are not allowed shelves....it would need us to drill a couple of holes through it! Oh yes, never mind it's stained, ripped and generally nasty... It looks quite cute and cottage -ey in the photo but trust me on this one!<br />
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I always love looking into other peoples house...so here's your chance to have a peek into mine! Let me start with our bedroom.<br />
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As I love reclaimed and upcycled furniture ( <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/newfromnow?ref=shop_sugg" target="_blank">take a look in my shop! </a>) my bedroom is an example of that.<br />
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The bedside cabinets were found by the side of the road ( for the twice yearly council clear up, residents are allowed to leave their unwanted items on the green strip in front of their homes) Thankfully we have a large boot, and in they went! A good scrub, and gloss black finish later, voila!<br />
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I made the lampshades for my cockatoo lamps, with my mum making the cushions. The large bolster pillows are from <a href="http://www.toast.co.uk/" target="_blank">Toast</a>, my guilty luxury pleasure... beautiful quality items for your home and yourself.<br />
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How are you with photos? Not just the taking of them, but the process after that follows it, you know the editing, cropping, color adjustments, deleting ( not unimportant!) and then finally the albums...<br />
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Let me tell you that I have been a bit tardy in this area, like by about 5/6 years, ok I'll be completely honest, I still have piles of photos in a box of our wedding...which happened in 2004. Oh yes...that long ago.<br />
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So here I am, day three of sorting. So far that's all I've done, just deleting, deleting and deleting of the digital era ones, and the odd rezoning of folders, but I haven't even come close to putting any in albums yet. For all the advantages of the digital era, that is definitely a disadvantage in my book; we just take WAY too MANY photos now! Most of which will never leave the comfort of your desktop, just sitting there...taking up space and cluttering the virtual world.<br />
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As I am going through them, I end up daydreaming as many memories come flooding back to me, THAT is the beauty of so many photos as well... here are a couple: <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-11883585418090468382012-10-11T12:33:00.000+11:002012-10-11T12:34:01.534+11:00Since my last post I've been thinking of Christmas ... a lot! Having come from the Northern hemisphere I am still struggling with the blazing hot Decembers. Even after 5 years in this new homeland I miss the cold December nights, the early nightfall ( as early as 4.30pm), the snow, and general cosiness that comes with rugging up and sitting by a fireplace... even if that means central heating... My parents old house had a roaring log burner, invariably stoked up too high by my ever obliging dad, forcing us to sit in singlets unwrapping presents on Christmas morning! Nothing much has changed really.<br />
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Except now, we sit in singlets on the veranda, overlooking the city of Brisbane, where we'll be this year.<br />
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One thing we have adopted from home is the Kris Kringle presents giving for the adults. Rather than spending a fortune on presents people don't really need, we now have a budget, we each spend $50 on 2 presents, which we wrap up and attach a poem to, filled with clues (often misleading and hilarious) about the present inside. All presents get put in the center of the table, and with a list of instructions to accompany the dice ( one means lose a present to the person on the right of you, two means swap presents wit ha person of your choice etc etc) we roll the dice and over several rounds, people win AND lose presents, read the poems ( where some presents gain more favor than others) and eventually open the presents, and not until the very end do people get to keep them. I remember one particular year, nan's red crock pot was the hot ticket item, with several family members forming secret alliances in order to secure it. OH yes, it's all about strategy.<br />
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The great thing for me is that it isn't really about the presents at all, but more about the time spent with your family. Our game usually lasts several hours, at the end of which we are full of food and drink and merriment.<br />
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Below see some items on my hot ticket list for this year:<br />
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What will you get up to for Christmas? I'd love to hear.<br />
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Hope you have a great day!<br />
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MichelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-21472454975205381592012-10-08T10:46:00.001+11:002012-10-08T10:49:20.191+11:00Sometimes, when I have a few spare moments, I like to browse Etsy...only to realize several hours have passed! I look for inspiration, to see what others are upcycling or merely to just be amazed by people's ingenuity!<br />
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Look what just the word 'yellow' brings up..... for those of you already organised enough to think about Christmas presents....look no further for inspiration:<br />
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I think from today I might be dropping hints about this little item for my Christmas list....<br />
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Hope you have a great day!<br />
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MichelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-65511332144994256152012-10-02T13:43:00.000+10:002012-10-02T13:44:25.763+10:00Hi there,<br />
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So...it's been a while..I know..<br />
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Life got in the way a little, been having a bit of shoulder trouble, and consequently been concentrating on getting better instead of writing on my blog. But I am cautiously optimistic at the moment... got a new shot last week and am pain free! Let's just hope it'll last, fingers crossed.<br />
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Anyway enough about me, let me show you what I've been up to:<br />
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I am so excited with the things in my shop at the moment. The traffic is picking up and customers are coming to me for custom pieces. If you have anything in mind, that you don't see available or would like a certain piece in a different colour, just drop me a line!<br />
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Lovely Amanda (Hi!) sent me photos of the gorgeous Sussanah lamp she recently bought in my Etsy store.<br />
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I just love how the shade goes with the base and even more so the quilt that she made herself. She is one talented lady!<br />
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For those of you who like Sussanah, I will in the coming weeks be listing more lamps for you to chose from, and if you would like me to customize to suit your interior, send me an email at: <a href="mailto:contactnewfromnow@gmail.com">contactnewfromnow@gmail.com</a> <br />
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These two old girls are just lovely, aren't they? In really good condition, the brass frames are delicate and because I just couldn't decide whether or not I should customize them in a bright colour, I decided to put them online as is.<br />
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I think sometimes its important to let things be the way they are..not just upcycling for upcycling sake, what do you think?<br />
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Having said that...this little candle holder was just screaming <b>PINK</b> to me( it was a very dark brown before) it has really brought out all the details of this lovely little piece!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288375552038684036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619918533384961107.post-51373612468118071732012-05-30T14:21:00.003+10:002012-05-30T16:54:41.454+10:00Sold!....<br />
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Trinny has one to her new home in Sydney, to the lovely Nhu, who will be placing her in her dressing room!<br />
To tie in with her room colour scheme, we redressed her in this gorgeous fushia pink, with a custom made shade from <a href="http://www.nochintz.com/" target="_blank">No Chintz</a> on the way.Their range of fabrics is just fantastic, and I'm sure a perfect pattern will be found.<br />
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Yay, what a fitting place for a lady like Trinny, I'm sure she will be really happy there.<br />
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