'Twiggy'- redesigned 1960s dressing table

If I could have picked the decade that I came of age in, I would have picked the 60s... the fashions, the music, the cultural shifts have always strongly appealed to me! I went through a stage when I was 17 of having cropped hair and wearing chandelier earrings, extremely thick false eyelashes and a long leopard coat in the style of Edie Sedgwick... but thats another story!

So when I was first introduced to this 1960s dressing table, I just had to snap it up! It was in fantastic condition with just a few scuffs and scratches to the drawer faces and the handles had become tarnished with age... I also couldn't help but think that it could be funked up a bit, to bring out it's retro charm even further!

Channeling a Space Age-y vibe, here is how she turned out:

The mirror can be removed so she can become a sideboard too!

And with legs like those and all that 60s pizzaz, it was easy to pick a name for this piece!

Ziggy + Twiggy... a match made in heaven!

'Mick'- 1970s Teak Cabinet

'Mick' has come a long way since I picked it up at the junk yard a few weeks ago...

Here's a reminder of how the cabinet was in it's original state:

I love mid-century modern furniture and this cabinet was a truly unique find, but I knew that it's character could be brought to life a little bit more!!

I chose:

-light grey for the exterior casing and interior drawer

-a chalky violet for the inside and around the rim of the doors

-aqua for the base and to freshen up the original handles and interior hanging shelf

 And now you may be wondering why this cabinet is called 'Mick'... well I ended up chatting about David Bowie and Dancing in the Street by David Bowie + Mick Jagger came up in conversation. It's a song that's on my Ziggy-making-playlist and when I watched the music video for Dancing in the Street for the first time in years, I couldn't believe that Mick Jagger is sporting a get-up in exactly the same colours as I was painting the retro cabinet! ... the song must have subliminally inspired my colour choices! 

David Bowie + Mick Jagger- Dancing in the Street

So that's the story behind 'Mick' the teak cabinet!

Getting into the Christmas spirit...

Here's a bit of cheesy (but brilliant!) Ziggy-themed festive cheer!






Oh, I am so happy it's Christmas time again!!