Shabby vintage cushion covers..

Cushion covers has been made from lovely light duck egg fabric

The designs I've made myself, using public domain clipart found in the internet and some graphic            from The graphic fairy. Yep , I  used CitraSolv to transfer them onto fabric! Lots of fun!

Never declared my love for CitraSolv before, but now I am! I love it! You can transfer any image
printed with laser printer(only) to virtually anything, furniture, fabric, walls. Don't think it would      work on a glass as you will need porous surface to make it work.

                                    Another design, dressmaker dummy! Graphic here!

You can see how to use CitraSolv for transfers here. I've learnt myself that you need to press hard, really hard to get the ink from images onto the fabric and achieve a proper print! Don't use too much CitraSolv, especially working with very dark and complicated design. Otherwise you will end    up with what I call 'disaster' ! Yeah we all love Miranda! :)

I was sooo exited galloping to my post office with my designs(photocopy machine works as well) that only in a half way I started wondering am even I dressed properly! Shoes?! Checked! Dress?!  Thank God, checked! ..... Couldn't wait to see how my covers will look when finished!
                                                    Stevie! Stevie! Stevie! ....

                              Cushion cover made from natural linen fabric, so rustic!

                     Find my entry on Handmade Monday! and The Brag Monday 
You can find my cushion covers for SALE here and here, there's more to come! Such fun!!

Can't get enough of blue....

My last finished project, preloved display unit in blue. I just can't get enough of this colour! The other one that found a new home already was painted in the same colour. I decided  that this one will be the same.
I mixed chalk paint with 'ocean blue' and 'marine blue' pigments. Love the look and I'm very happy with how it turned out!

                                    I wanted it to look like a provence style piece of furniture.

                                                        Lightly distressed

                                                      Lovely carving details

                                      Inside of the cabinet painted in antique white.

                                               French vintage label graphic on the door.
                                    Graphic comes from Karen from The Graphic Fairy.
                              I'm joining Handmade Monday , pop over and have a look!
                                         And also Polkadot-Pretties Linky party!

The Chair(s) Revamped !!

Done, finished with those two chairs! It took some time, less than I expected though. Wasn't easy with the first one, the cream/latte one , I mean loads of staples and glue that had to be removed before I could start my makeover ;)

The Duck Egg Damask one is my favourite, love the richness of this fabric and the colours! At first couldn't decide what  fabric to pick but as soon as I saw this one I knew I want it !

Some more pics of the chair, can't get enough of it! Hey, I'm not showing off! ;)

Just look on this fabric! I'm planning to use same fabric but different shade on the chair for my desk that is in need of TLC! 

                                                            Like this one!!

                  

Essential Creations first entry!!!

Welcome everyone ;) Giving new life to the second hand furniture is my passion. There's creative idea, paint brush, a lovely cup of coffee and then there is finished piece ready for new home.
I just love it , my head if full of new ideas and can't stop thinking of the new piece I will be working next. I use quality paints, waxes and varnishes and each item, I make most of my paints and colours myself , well... make ;) ... 
I mix an ordinary white paint usually water based or latex with other ingredients and pigments to get chalk or milk paint. All furniture is hand painted by myself, most of the furniture is distressed to achieve that soft aged Shabby Chic look. Chalk paint and Milk paint are my favourites , the best for the look I'm after. Don't like really oil based or shellac paints as the finish reminds me of 'factory' like furniture. 

                                      Corner unit I recently finished , love the colour..

           I so wanted to keep it but the lack of space in my flat is my main issue now.
                               My living room looks like a flea market stall :)

                                           A bit of distressing always welcome..

          On the door I applied a lovely french label graphic I found at The Graphic Fairy  .
                Loads and loads of french ephemera and vintage images you will find there.

                                           Link to the graphic I used here .