The All New Shabby Chic Hutch Dresser!

Here's what the hutch Kim sent me looks like now I've waved my magic wand! You can see what it looked like before in the previous post.

The best part is finding things to fill it up with. Oh, the hutch isn't crooked, once again it's my photography! Kim also sent me those sweet little floral plates.

I had a lot fun filling up the drawer. There's a notebook, scissors, a candle, matches, a photo, a map that someone has put away without folding it up properly (can anyone ever fold a map up properly!), an oversized pencil, a museum brochure and a leaflet for the local pizzeria.

School holidays are here now so the mini making has slowed down a little!

Mercedes

More wonderful mail!

To quote Sabiha 'this week it is raining gifts'! Today I received a package of goodies from Kim Saulter of 'It's a Miniature Life'.

Kim said she would send a hutch dresser for me to 'work my magic on' for the shabby house. But she also sent all those other goodies - lots of wonderful things for me to play with! So much fun to be had!

I had been having some trouble finding a dresser that was the right size (and was too lazy to invent one) and look at this one, it is the PERFECT size for this little house. Check back in a day or two to see how it turns out once I've waved my wand, lol!

I think the most marvellous thing that Kim sent was that perfect strawberry cake, it's just amazing to have one of her cakes here in my house after seeing them on her wonderful blog for so long. (The table isn't really that crooked, it's just my photographic skills aren't up to much!)

If you haven't already popped over to Kim's blog you are in for the most wonderful treat (Kim is the BEST when it comes to shabby chic)!

Thank you Kim!

Mercedes

Mail from Sylvia!

Today I recieved some wonderful mail from dear Sylvia, she made me this absolutely beautiful chair.

Here it is in the master bedroom, it is just perfect! There's Mr Nylon doing what he does best!

I asked Sylvia to make me one of these gorgeous utensil holders...and she made me two! She has even made the utensils herself, how fantastic is that!!

Thank you Sylvia!!

Mercedes

A hutch dresser for the country lounge

You may have noticed that the dining table has been moved from the kitchen to the lounge, there was always too much unused space in the lounge. And now the hutch dresser that was in the kitchen is also in the lounge, although it has been given a facelift!

Here's how it looked in the kitchen. I had painted and papered it to match everything but was never happy with those drawer fronts, they just seemed too chunky.

So I've given it some new drawer fronts and covered them with wallpaper. And there's a basket of toys where the cupboard was. I figure that as the children's rooms are all in the attic Mrs Nylon won't want to be trekking up and downstairs with toys all day...'cos let's face it, it's not like the kids will ever put them away!

The stripy wallpaper is the exact same colour as the gingham wallpaper in the lounge.

And some of you may have noticed the new curtains have gone already! The dresser has to sit by the window there and the curtains were in the way so I've made a roman blind. (Sorry Linda, it doesn't actually work, lol!)

Mercedes