i'm going to let you into a small secret. i'm going to be in the autumn issue of studios magazine. that's not the secret. the secret is that i wouldn't let anyone past the door of my so called studio right at this moment in time. it is quite literally, a bombsite. i've got piles of paper i daren't throw away, a table piled high with computers and printers and god knows what else. i haven't seen the floor in weeks, and to cap it all, i've got a pile of ironing bigger than mount everest stacked in the corner. and the deadline for pics is july 1st. that's right, i've got less than three weeks to turn my bombsite into a beautiful coveted space. oh help... so i've got a lovely big worktop ordered for the back wall, i've been charideee shop shopping with my pal anna (click to see her lovely finds - i'm saving mine for another day...although actually, you can just see my new little teal midwinter bowl and a vintage plate in the 'after' pic above) and i've found a source of reasonable priced baskety things for my shelving units. i'll be showing my little updates/before afters as i go - first up is this mega chunky gold frame i bought for £10 from a charity shop a few weeks ago. i got two of them, one will be a mirror i think in matt black for the living room above the fireplace. i used a bright pink spray paint and reused a nasty piece of corkboard that was so beyond good looks i covered it with some totem paper. you'll see the pin marks on it, but i don't really care because i'm thrilled to bits with my half hour project! now i just need to make some cute little drawing pins...
oh yeah, and the totem paper is up in the shop, available in packs of two...
