The Felt Room Blog.

This blog is a place where I can share various projects with visitors to the site. It isn't all felt related, I'll also include photographs of furniture I'm renovating, artwork I've bought & various other bits & pieces. Hopefully someone out there will find the things I post here of interest. Click one of the categories below if you'd like to see only posts relating to a certain theme.

Art | Craft Fairs | Events | Furniture

Up coming events.

We'll be at Festive Flair on Sat 11 Dec, 11am – 4pm. We were at last years event and it's the best way to see in the festive season. More information about the event can be found here.

We'll also be at Drayton Manor craft fair on the 12th December. This will be a huge event with over 140 stalls!



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Ludlow Vintage Craft Fair, 10-12th September, 2010.



The Felt Room was at the Ludlow food festival as part of the Vintage Craft Fair. We we're in Castle Lodge, an amazing 4 storey tudor building on the High Street.

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Bridgnorth Music & Arts Festival, 29th August, 2010.



Sunny but windy day at the Bridgnorth Designer Maker Fair. Met lots of nice people and sold lots of Felt Room things.

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The Maws Craft Centre, Jackfield, Ironbridge. August 7th, 2010.



Fun day out with my felt room friends, 'sadly' had to say goodbye to one of the felt room cats who has found a new home :) hoping to add a few new furry friends to the felt room suitcase very soon!!

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The Maws Craft Centre





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The Dining Table - Restoration Project



This table was bought from our local charity shop. It's a 'Old Charm' table and is made from solid oak. As you can see in the photos it hadn't been used for a long time and was covered in cobwebs. We bought it for a very reasonable price and set about (respectfully) updating it.

The main thing to do was sand down the table especially the top which included a folding middle extension. Over the years the table had seen several coats of varnish so it took some time to sand back to the bare wood. The result was well worth it though. I painted the bottom part of the table in an antique cream to match the other restored furniture in our living/dining room. The table top featured beautiful solid wood and adding varnish to this helped the grain really stand out.

Before



After





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Venice Etching



A really pretty etching I found in a flea market whilst honeymooning in Oxford. It is a scene in Venice (well that's what the market trader told me). I've put it in a new frame which I think looks great.







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Dresser - Restoration Project



I found this dresser whilst browsing my local charity shop it cost £15! My husband helped to sand off the varnish, which exposed some really nice wood, possibly oak? The handles are from B&Q and actually cost a bit more than the dresser.

I love the vintage feel it has now and the stripping of the varnish has brought out the detail in the wood. A great piece of furniture to display my great vintage finds. I also use this dresser to display many of my felt products.

Before



After





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Sewing Table - Restoration Project



This used to be my Grandma's sewing table, I thought it was too good to just send to the skip. I painted the whole thing and sprayed the metal 'Bradbury' frame and foot pedal. It now resides in our guest bedroom. I picked up the cute little knobs in a haberdashery shop in Shrewsbury. Centre of the table used to have a hole in it where the sewing machine stood. Unfortunately we didn't take any 'before' pictures as this was one of the first pieces we renovated.





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Cusco Watercolours



These two watercolours were bought from a young boy in Cusco, Peru while we were hiking the Inca Trail. We had to haggle as he wanted the Earth, but we had to bring a little piece of Cusco home with us.





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