Children's chairs

A commission to re-vamp a couple of tired children's chairs.

BEFORE

AFTER

Home made Christmas tree this year! Branches sprayed white, with silver bows, beads, decs and bright birds!

Re-printed polka dots and a bird festa!

Trying out new ideas-printing onto reclaimed fabrics with all sorts of birds. This chair is still available for £150 contact me info@lucyrenshaw.com
Online shop coming soon.

EXCITING!! Website launch tomorrow!

After the show.

A great show all round, good sales and commissions, so very happy! Spending this week following everything up and getting on with the orders, got to source a rather large amount of lamp stands! Website finally launched just tweaking a few bits and bobs, but otherwise all good!www.lucyrenshaw.com

GRAND DESIGNS 7th-9th Oct

Great first day at Grand Designs, a good few orders and sales which I'm pleased about.
It was the launch of my new collection and website today, so VERY exciting and a busy week. Here's a few pics of me on the Grand Interiors Theatre doing a talk/presentation about upcycling!I did a bit of a demo of how to 'upcycle' a lamp in a few minutes and pulled some volunteers onto the stage!
More pics to come of the show tomorrow.

Cakes, websites, new work and Grand Designs!

Been busy working on new products and the new website, see my cat with his cool hat! A sneak preview! Not giving anything else away! There will be an online shop with affordable gifts as well as new bespoke furniture.
I will be launching it in the first week of Oct to coincide with designing the 'Grand interiors Cafe' at the NEC as part of Grand Designs live 7th-9th Oct.


Couldn't resist posting a pic of this very delicious passion fruit and lemon cake I made on Sat-very proud as normally rubbish at baking!

Upholstery madness!

Over the last few weeks I've been going upholstery crazy! I've done 2 different courses, one where I have re-covered a 1950's arm chair where I have designed my own fruity fabric which you'll have to wait and see on the new website in August, and one where I have used a mix of old fabrics trying out a black and white theme, which makes a bit of a contrast for me! I have absolutely loved doing it and have got lots more projects planned. Here's a glimpse of what's to come.

Flowers Flowers Flowers!

I'm very excited to be doing a part time floristry course and I'm loving it!
I fancied trying something different and I've been meaning to do something creative with flowers for a while. Here are some pics of the first couple of weeks.


This was week two of the course: to create a wedding centre piece, we had chance to experiment and choose our own flowers, so I raided the garden and local countryside to come up with this rustic design (above), maybe not quite the traditional wedding design, but wanted to make use of local flowers.

Just had a little play around in the garden with my camera.

Week one, really didn't like this design, it's a bit formal and traditional for my liking! However it was really good to learn the theory and principles behind floristry. From now on we take our own flowers and bits and bobs.
I'm also doing a furniture restoration course so watch this space for some re- upholstered chairs in my fabric designs in the coming weeks.

Home sweet home.Back in my studio!

After a wonderful year away on an amazing adventure, I am now home and back in my studio. I learnt a lot and gained lots of inspiration but it has taken me a good few weeks to acclimatize and get back into the swing of things. I have to say for a while I had a touch of Creative block, well more than a touch! But having advised a fellow designer with the same problem, I had to listen to my own advise and I am now pleased to say I have over come my fears and am raring to go! Here is a sneaky peak of what's to come, without giving too much away! I am working on a new collection of products and have lots of exciting things in store, including an online shop for a collection of 'Lucy's bits 'n' bobs'! Soooo.....watch this space, there will be some exciting new work appearing over the next few months!

Cooking and Calabash carving.

Here are a selection of images from the past few weeks in the beautiful BVI'S .
I've been keeping myself busy by learning how to carve calabash shells with a man from Dominica, traditional Caribbean cooking with my friend Shelly from Trinidad, helping start up a little beach side cafe (just a shack serving coffee!) and working on an organic farm on top a hill with an amazing view,where I get paid in Salad and veg!!

The Purple House, Carrot Bay.

My Mums house 'The Purple House' On Carrot Bay Tortola. This is where my boyfriend and I have been for the last 3 months, creating a garden and finishing the final bits and bobs around the house.

We've been keeping ourselves busy doing up the front of the house, fencing, painting, gardening, stone wall building. It's now nearly finished.
Inside the house, decorated in traditional Caribbean style.




I've been spending time creating a little garden and growing a few goodies to eat.
Making a use from old fishing buoys-great for hanging baskets.

Our local beach and view from the house.


The Bomba Shack! I've spent a few fun nights helping out at 'The Shack' as a bartender! It's a pretty unique place where you can watch the surfers and is just down the road from where we live.