BowieBelle Vintage & Upcycled Furniture


Turning old and unwanted furniture into something beautiful and unique.
Upcycled and creatively restored pieces at affordable prices.


To purchase any items please head to my etsy shop
Bowiebellefurniture.etsy.com


I try to add new items weekly and busy working away on lovely new pieces to add to the BowieBelle collection,
so please do keep checking back to see what's new!

Bowiebelle is now on Etsy


Please do visit my Pinterest board: Bowiebelle vintage & upcycled furniture
and
Instagram: @Bowiebellefurniture



Autumn and Glorious Colour!




Glorious autumn is a celebration of colour to
embrace. From stunning golden sunsets and rich red skies there's an abundance of colour surrounding 
us every day - from the glorious golden shades of
yellow to orange reds and russets into dark aubergine-
 the leaves that turn into many shades of green.
We often forget what a truly beautiful season Autumn
really is. Try Inviting some spicy warm colours into your home and let it glow with warmth.
Whether that's with accessories such as cushions
- throws - lampshades or just candles its the small subtle changes in décor
that can make a difference to a room and give a it lovely
cosy feel.







Greens always easy on the eye.
Versatile peaceful green.


 

Stunning lively orange! Radiates warmth 
and happiness a social inviting colour
It is both physically and mentally 
stimulating so it gets people family 
and friends talking! so perfect idea to
have the colour orange around a table maybe a chair or two!
or just that lovely glow of orange candles. It is a happy
enthusiastic colour with a zest for life. 

Upcycled Bedroom furniture- vintage wardrobe

For those of you who read my last upcycled post on repurposing this 
ever so fabulous vintage wardrobe! Here is the completed piece. Ta'Dah!
Finished in a classic shabby chic style. 
This colour is one of my favourites 'Paris grey' I think this colour works so well on larger pieces of furniture, I feel it can give some items of furniture that french provincial feel. 
A touch of gold leaf on the motif at the very top adds a little bit of glamour and ties in nicely with the gold-coloured drawer 
pulls

                          SOLD




  A gold leaf crown.









Interior bottom drawer is painted in bold
red.







Apologies for my poor photos especially 

this whole piece - The wardrobe is solid
oak and quite heavy! I needed some muscle to help me lift it out of my workshop/ shed and only managed to take some photos outside. 
So no fancy photo shoot with this one ; )
  
Available to purchase now in my newly
opened Etsy shop or eBay 
If you prefer you can email me directly if you
are interested in any of my items.

Quote of the week:

I love this photograph it makes me feel so
peaceful. It was taken at sunrise by my daughter on her
journey home from the beautiful Island of Paxos.
The colours here are stunning! Nature in all it's 
Magical splendor.
 

UPCYCLING: Bedroom furniture

Coming soon - Vintage Wardrobe



For the last couple of weeks I have been working on this
stunning vintage wardrobe.
This lovely piece came to me via my son
and pals who happened to be making a delivery into london and discovered 
the previous owner was actually on route to the tip with it!
fortunately for me they rescued it 
and brought it home to me. Yay!
 I have to say it feels like this piece
has taken me so long to complete-
its been three weeks now  but I'm
happy to say I'm almost there just finishing off with Annie Sloan wax.


When I'm working with Annie Sloan paint before I get started I usually pour
some into a old jam jar ( keep the lids) and add a little water I find it glides
on nicely but it also thickens up as you go along also this way its less messy
and you only use what you need - I finish up with a thicker top coat 
I find this gives you a smoother finish if that's what your working towards
with this piece I wanted to achieve a smooth finish- not to shabby.
 
On a normal day if I'm focused it would usually take me a week to
complete - obviously depending on the condition and size of the furniture but
  I have been distracted with some shopping - of the furniture kind,
so on the positive side I have a couple of  lovely items to get working
on soon : - ) 
 
The wardrobe needed some fixing up nothing too major it did
have a pretty vintage fabric pinned onto the inside back panel
which unfortunately didn't wash up well enough to keep and
maybe replace.
 A good old wash down with sugar soap and  I got started. 

 
For this wardrobe I decided on the fabulous Annie Sloan chalk paint and
chose  'Paris grey' one of my favourites . For the interior I will be adding
a little pops of colour! and pretty 
gold leaf to the mouldings.