From the archives...

Here's a wee update from the archives. Back in my pre-blogging days, well way back... since my blogging days only began a few weeks ago, and this was a project I did about 2 years ago!

I bought a wall unit off trade me, for $40 from memory....

Here it is...

This is, as the theme may be, the best and only before picture I have...

And then I painted it, and a bit of bright white and blackboard paint later it looked like this....

And then I wish I could say it lived happily ever after...

However not all stories have happy endings.

This is one of the pieces of furniture that did not survive the shipping route to Dunedin. It arrived, however one drawer was missing never to be seen again, and it was battered beyond use able repair.

This unit did brighten our space during it's short life, and I was definitely sad to bid it farewell.

I am sure I will find time to up cycle another piece just like this one day as I just loved the stark contrast between the black and white, and of course the extra storage space and open shelves to display my gorgeous tea sets that I inherited from my late great grandmother Narnie. The tea sets which for the time being sinfully live wrapped up in newspaper in a cardboard box, until they may see the light of day once more...

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