Tag: Vintage
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Refurbishing Antique Travel Desk
Shortly before Christmas I was lucky enough to find an old travel desk/ writing box in an Oxford antiques store. It was not in a great shape, but very, very cheap: 9.50 GBP! After cleaning, the inside already started looking better: The outside was a bit more tricky. I sanded the surface, using two different…
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Refurbishing an old “Abbess” desk
I recently bought an old Abbess schoolmaster’s desk from the 1940s or 1950s in a charity shop – for only £25. Sadly enough the surface was quite greasy and scratched, so I decided to use it for a refurbishing project. Since I love the texture and look of old wood I wanted to keep the…
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Lady in Sepia
It took me hours to change the colours into sepia and add some grain to give the photo a vintage look. But I think I am quite happy with how it looks like now…
Jessica Holzhausen - Writer & Artist 