Teasing...

As I've got no photo's to show you {yet}

the pink mirror is now a version of pinky/white.

A brush on, wipe off, flick with the brush again gave it a very pleasing result...

...and is now getting harder and harder to part with this!

Also the prettiest Vintage Singer sewing machine, dating from around the 1930's with the prettiest engraving on a couple of panels, honestly it really is genuinely priddy...

and to round it off a sweet vintage bevel edged, frame-less mirror

*sigh*

this is what a good day feels like

if we get a sunny patch I promise to show you what it looks like

Think Pink...

I love Blue, there I've said it...

Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue!

Pink

is not my default colour

and Im finding it very hard to think this is the best color for this lovely frame;

mainly as it will be coming along to the Vintage Fair in March and I don't want to narrow my buyers market.

The Pink I've used is in actual fact a mix of Henrietta & Original 

{not Antoinette}

Henrietta is quite a bluey pink 

{probably what drew me to it in the first place}

In fairness the light today is poor, think heavy snowy clouds lack of light poor

In one room with lack of natural light it looks like this

and in the other with big patio doors and lots of natural light it looks a bit like this

The true colour is somewhere between the two!

I think for re-sale purposes it will get painted Original or possibly Pure {both Annie Sloan}

Safe to say that this isn't the final colour

Off to the glaziers this week to see how much it would cost to make it into a mirror...

Golden...

Photo's again....

it's like I'm just plain showing off now!

I almost passed this by today, the damage in the corners put me off a bit.,

but after doing a couple of walk bys' it still kept my interest so...

I bought it home with me

I am so Happy that I did!

It looks so much nicer in the flesh than the photos show

It's not looking like this now though...

Spot the damaged corners?

They are hardly recognizable now

I've given it a good clean, a lot of this is grubbiness

It is now sat with a lovely dusky pink coat on!

Anyone who knows me will know that PINK is NOT my colour...but I have been heavily influenced in the choice for this by 3 things;

Shingle Cottage Blog and her love of all things pink and girlie

What paint I have in the cupboard {I've used a mix of Antoinette and Original - Annie Sloan}

and finally by just how pretty the frame actually is

I don't think it will stay pink, I'm pretty sure it will get a wash of Original so just a glimpse of pink peeks through...or it may go Original and get a distressing with dark wax?

Decisions, decisions

I also picked up a lovely Granny Mirror, set on an Oak board.  I prefer my Granny Mirrors to be frame less and with a bevelled edge so I'm thinking this will get a painting and also go into stock

and 

a large pine framed mirror, which is definitely getting a coat of paint before coming along to