Sunday 12 June 2011

Bargain Bureau!

Is it just me or are Bureau desks frightfully enchanting?  I was always fascinated by the one my Grannie & Grandpa had in their bedroom.  I used to sneak upstairs and rummage through the drawers, inside the desk which at any one time would reveal things like scraps of paper which Grannie had scribbled any poems that might pop into her head on or handful of Grandpa's receipts which he ALWAYS kept!  There were two items that lived permanently in the middle drawer...  Fishermans Friends and teeny tiny pink glass elephants.  I never asked where the elephants came from or who they belonged to; they seemed so fragile and special that I daren't ask anyone about them incase I got told off!  Cousins if you're reading this - did you do the same?!

Anyway; I found a beautiful Bureau of my own for £40 on ebay and have spent the last few weeks putting my own spin on it.  I used Farrow & Ball Dove Grey on the exterior and Cinder Rose on the interior with Dimity to highlight the recesses.  Big thanks to Lucy & Kristian at Lavender Grey for being brilliant & helping me 'ummmm and ahhhh' and make the right choice of colours! I just need some little glass elephants to put in the drawer now...







4 comments :

  1. what a very pretty bureaux, I am shamed to admit I am a brown wood freak so would have left it in its raw state!

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  2. Thank you! I debated for a long time weather to paint it or not but it looked too dark sat in the corner!

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  3. No way Hannah! This is gorgeous! The colour is perfect. X

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  4. That is indeed a bargain! it looks great painted too!

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