Furniture upcycling: one doesn’t always come across a piece with the great quality of beech wood! I swapped this chest of drawers years ago in Canada for some graphic design work. But you wouldn’t recognise its original look: base and top plate with curvy outlines… Continue reading Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
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Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
More furniture upcycling: Kandinsky is the name of this piece – the first one I ever painted, transforming a really drab and flimsy chest of drawers into an eye-catching focal point. Exploring the work of this great Russian pioneer of abstract art, I came across his painting Swinging (1925). Continue reading Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
This piece came from a garage sale in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It had been hand built by a father to hold his children’s clothes. And of course, it was painted white. I changed the background colour and had nice contemporary handles made to match my painted design. Continue reading Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
Found at a yard sale in the Coquitlam area near Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, this piece was originally painted pink, one of the large drawers missing. The owner was part of a local Search and Rescue team, I turned that into a title for this chest of drawers. Continue reading Upcycling furniture: chest of drawers
Upcycled furniture: Green Tower
Eighteen drawers – perfect storage! After painting the plain plywood piece I added strips of copper foil for extra sparkle, and the tiny drawer pulls were decorated in different colours to help finding things quickly.
The Green Tower was a custom order by a Vancouver friend who later moved abroad, couldn’t take this piece with her and had to sell it on. So I lost track of it.
Green Tower
Wood, acrylic paint, copper foil. 1999
120 x 30 x 20 cm