Hey everyone! Andrew here. Check out my upcycling journey in clothing and home decor using repurposed materials! Many of my recent projects are a part of the huge ongoing renovation of my 1930s home. Subscribe to see how I sew, thrift, build, upholster, deconstruct, paint, draw, and design my way to an upscale look on a budget.
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Love the Erte prints!!!
I am chuffed that you did purchase the dining room table! In the video when you found it, I thought the details on the bases and top were just lovely, and that you could make it the length you'd like! I also adore the atrium lamp - perfect for that spot. Lately, I am into vintage made in England ironstone and pottery. Was fortunate to pick up 4 plates for $3 apiece at a local thrift store. The thrill of the hunt!!
re aging terracotta: I've used the lime (garden lime, not like the fruit) with really good success. It's a bit more instantaneous than the yoghurt method.
Oooh, I make stain glass. Would be cool to fill in at least a few of the triangles in the light fixture with glass.
Hello, Andrew 😊 That is not a tea pot, it is a tea kettle for boiling water. Then you would make tea by adding the water from the kettle to a tea pot. 🫖
That table is amazing!!
Ambitious project and job well done!
Pretty sure that machine will do a double stitch on leather, most newer machines are finicky. I wouldn't be surprised that one becomes your favorite. It is very simple but a work horse.
Awesome finds! Goodwill's around me are filled with over priced trash. Really sad. We do have a couple of Restores but none close enough to hit up on a routine basis. I love the table, the sewing machine,the rug/pillow, the knobs, oh just about all of it! The ship bookends, fantastic! I am so jealous 😮!
Queenie doesn't like the brown shade either. Btw: that pillow was a score!
Wow! I studied every detail. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber
Love those prints from Italy! The ships bookends are also such a vibe! ❤ QUEENIE!!! ❤❤❤❤
Ooooooh a black shade on that brass lamp base will look so good, like a bit of an art deco look, will. Look good with the three vintage prints from the flee market. I also love the ship print, can't wait to see the whole look yu are going to put together for your living room.
I love the sewing machine!! I am a costume designer and i use treadles all the time (I own 3 of them), they will sew through anything. . .very satisfying. Just need to give them some oil and some love and they will do well. Again, thank you for all the great content!
Great finds will look awesome in your house. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin owns a lot of the original M.C. Escher artwork.
You can brush the terra-cotta with garden lime or soak them in salty water to age them….another option is to brush it with yogurt and put it in a plastic bag outdoors in a shady spot for a week or two, then wash and brush it. Sometimes just leaving it outdoors in the elements for a season will do the trick .
Boy what you did with the Desk is amazing. Everything Old Is New Again. Can you imagine The Stories that this desk could tell if it could talk. So much History may have been part of that Desk. The Term Papers that were typed, the finances that were managed, the documentation that was kept inside, etc. My Dsk is modern but I can't imagine what I would do without it. I use it to pay My Bills, and take care of my other business.
Those brass lamps are just gorgeous! and the Asian cabinet. Handles and hooks are always useful. The terracotta does look kinda new, the only way to age it I've come across is the yoghurt method, maybe do that and then leave it out side for a while.
Wonderful sewing machine and puzzle box of accessories! The drawer is a treasure trove, too. You can get a hand crank (an antique or a reproduction) for that sewing machine, if you don’t have the space for or interest in a treadle table. Don’t use anything to clean it except for sewing machine oil, or you’ll wipe the decals right off. You can put a new coat of shellac on them to preserve what is left of them. @alexaskaroff has some great short videos with repair and maintenance tips, and @fiddleybits has some delightful tutorials for all the little accessories, feet and attachments that come with the machine. Congratulations on your excellent find! 🧵 🪡
Great video! For the terracotta piece, I would probably cover it with soil and water it as I would be watering a plant, the colour should start changing soon Just an idea
Just soaking your terracotta piece in water and letting it dry out in the sun can help age it. For moss, yogurt can be used to encourage growth, or even a little miss from your backyard.
I agree completely
Andrew had a feeling you would get that dining table,you do have a great eye for thrifting,and show that it's about picking pieces that you can see the potential for elevating them through transformation or refinishing.I love that you found the Esher print of the drawing hands. (Matt) P.s look forward to seeing what you do with the dining table
I understand cutting the table down to fit the space. I think it would be a good idea, though, if you kept the mechanism underneath and the pieces so that you have the option of a larger table for special occasions when you have several people over for dinner or a large spread laid out for a party. It’s nice to have the flexibility of a bigger table when you need it. I look forward to seeing how you spruce it up.
Oh!? IMPRESSIVE.
Absolutely loved all of your finds Andrew! I may be a little biased since you And I seam to have similar taste in decor. You could practically have shopped my house for some of these items! ( For aged terracotta, the yogurt method is to grow moss, for the dirty white mineral deposits that come from buildup from plant fertilizer, maybe soak the lion in muddy baking soda water and dry upright to drain naturally in the sun to replicate the effect?? Thanks for the show and tell 😻
Hahaha you brought home a haunted lamp 😂
Cool stuff! Not sure, but it sounded like you were thinking of making tea in the copper kettle. It’s just for boiling water (which you then use to steep tea in a teapot).
So clearly KZread has my Al Gore Rhythm down to a science? Andrew casually mentions Rachel Maksy… I follow maybe 15 channels on KZread. What are the odds that I follow both of them? Andrew, Rachel, we’re you GISHers?
You've scored some fantastic items! I'm really excited to see how you make them your own and bring them into your space.
Such lovely items and it’s good you have the imagination to make them your own!! I always look for cloche or bell jars but never have any luck! 😂
The sewing machine could be put into a box -your parents could make one-that just fits the base. You then can put it anywhere- shelf, table etc. There are channels dedicated to showing you how to restore the mechanism of the machine. I have a collection of vintage machines and they are workhorses. You can even buy a 'potted motor' if you want to make it electric powerred.
That was a great haul! I loved it all and it's so You!!!
score some shipboard novels to keep your bookends company: Billy Budd, Moby Dick, Horatio Hornblower, Treasure Island, etc., etc. - bet you can find 'em all thrifting
3 things : the geometric chandelier is awesome. Before you even mentioned it, I thought it screamed for a larger bulb, and then voila, you showed us you thought the same thing. I think you could even go larger than the one you found. I do think the bulb itself should sit it the center of the outer sphere tho, so maybe shorten the tube it hangs from. The dining table is superb. Could you possibly use the amount you trim off to make into benches for seating ? Or shelves. I have a few of those old sewing machine parts folding boxes, they are so cool. And yes, shipping fees suck, but forget about it, the lion head was totally worth it.
I would not saw up that beautiful diningtable.. COULD you make it fit, wihout altering it?? Just because that must have come from a really grand house, and these big tables are really few and far between! I might actually have that valued somewhere! If it wont work in your space right now, I would honestly set it aside and save it for your next home. Lets say next, you buy a big victorian house, with a big diningroom- then where will you find another?
Andrew, yo have such a good eye and have picked up a lot of amazing pieces. Can’t wait to see how you use them.
I absolutely love the Italian prints. That was a score!
It’s terracotta. Leave it outside on the ground . Sun and rain will do their thing
I used a wash of garden lime mixed with water to “age” a terra cotta cherub. My husband promptly broke it into 3 pieces. 😢
Because of your videos I have been going to Goodwill on Tuesdays (I'm over 55) to buy frames primarily. I have a large number of pictures I have wanted to frame and the options at Goodwill are amazingly high quality and amazingly inexpensive. In the process I have picked up items that just needed to be hung: a huge photo of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, still life painting from the 60's in original frame, and a framed print of a bullfighter from the '60's too-- something that not that long ago I would have hated, and now, I cherish, saving it for another generation, I hope.
Hi Andrew, you found some great things! Love the lamps, and of course the pillow! I have to get back out there and look for some "stuff". Queenie is so cute! Thanks for sharing!❤
What a bonanza! When shopping/thrifting one's mind is always fixed on the potential be it altered or not. Favored pieces: ginger jay lamp, the side Asian table, the 3 Italian prints do sing. Even though you'll cut down the table, the legs alone would be incredible pieces as pedestals or simply pieces of display art. If you ever decide to share households, oh the decisions you will have to make.
Try this on the BACK of your terra cotta piece. Rub some dark dirt on a small spot then wash it off. Some particles will remain and it will look like it was buried and then dug up. No cost! If you like the effect do the whole front.
I was laughing at Queenie growling at your lamp. My Ella used to do that whenever I brought in something new.
A thrift haul...let me get a 🍷 and a snack 🥨
I loved the Kilim pillow. So beautiful! My newest "hunt" is for a quirky mix of nostalgic + paranormal. My guest bathroom is filled with oddities like the Loch Ness monster, a kraken, an old painting with a UFO in the background, etc. Currently looking for a LARGE octopus (or its legs at least) to put on the tall cabinet in the bathroom. Can't really see the top, but it would be fun to have those legs coming over the side. I found something on Etsy, but whoo boy, not for $800!
Great pieces & good prices. Like your style. ❤
Love your videos and your eye for thrifted items!
I think Queenie is getting bad vibes from the lamp. I wouldn't keep it! Dogs have a 6th sense IMO. Also, I've been loving MCM floral, stoneware plates lately. I'm in the process of making a plate wall with mixed patterns.