With the arrival of Spring I wanted to add some colour into my new home and revamp some rather sad looking furniture that has been knocking around for a while. I had pieces that have been passed through the family and others I've found at car boot sales, but they didn't really work together because they were all different colours.
I used some Farrow and Ball paint my mum had lying around, as well as making the most of the 3 for 2 offer on tester paint pots in B&Q and restyled everything in one day! It just shows that with one spare day and a few pennies (literally) to spare you can redesign your space and add a bit of happiness and colour into your life :)
The paint pots I picked up and with 3 of them free they only came to £6.60! I'm going with a pastel theme as I seem to have a lot of pastel coloured things and they are perfect for spring time.
The stool was already a mint green colour that I painted about 2 years ago, but I was bored of the whole thing one colour, so used the Farrow and Ball paint in Manor House Grey to do the base and then repainted the top in mint green. I'm really pleased with this and would be super easy to repaint the top a different colour when i get fed up of mint green! I also picked up the palm for £10 in the reduced section of the garden centre in B&Q.
BEFORE AND AFTER
I bought this chair 2 years ago for £10 with the view to up cycling it and I just never got around to doing it! Since we've just moved house and bought a new grey sofa, I decided to paint the chair to match. Using the Manor House Grey I gave it 3 coats. I have never liked the cushions it originally came with so I changed the cushions and I couldn't be more pleased with it! It looks so much fresher and isn't an eye sore anymore..result!!
I gave the lamp (shown above) a lick of paint as it was all cream before and it was looking so tatty and unloved. I continued with the Manor House Grey so it matched with the other items and painted the lamp shade a pastel yellow.
This is an over sized paper neck piece that I made 2-3 years ago and I just adore it so much. It was just hanging around upstairs and as it fits with the pastel theme I've brought it downstairs and it looks perfect. (I'm going to paint the top and the base grey too when i get 5 minutes).
I was inspired to make these after watching Essie Button on YouTube, they are just old food cans that would normally get chucked away, but painting them means they can add a splash of colour to a shelf very inexpensively.
Pretty tulips from the market in Leeds. Fresh flowers instantly improve my mood and always help to promote positive thinking.
These adorable little glasses were 50p each from IKEA. I am in love there is nothing else to say!
I love displaying my beautiful teapots and this particular one was my grandma's which makes it even more special. I love the little pastel touches too which fits in perfectly.
This teapot is inspired by a hot air balloon and sits pride of place on my shelf. This was also my grandma's so is very dear to me.
Overall I am very pleased with how I spent my Monday because now everything looks so new and fresh and I feel like there is now some continuity amongst my living room furniture.
I hope this inspires you to pick up a paint brush and add some spring colour to your home, even if it's just something really small I guarantee it will make you happy :)
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