Doing a Spot of Grannyfying!

Just a quick post, as I really shouldn't be sat here writing this, but working hard at my sewing machine...

You may have read in a previous post that I was looking to 'grannyfy' my laundry room. (Lois and I are in agreement that this really needs to become an official 'style-word'!) I have had this c1940's Sanderson daisy print fabric for a long time and have wanted to use it somewhere. Our laundry room seemed the ideal place, as I can make it as girly and grannyfied as I like, because for some strange reason, I am the only one who really uses this room...funny that! ;-))

It was once our tiny kitchen, and despite being dual aspect, always felt claustrophobic. In our previous house, the back door came off the kitchen, and I had become used to this. I loved opening up the door whenever possible and preparing the evening meals with the sunshine and a breeze wafting in. This kitchen, with being built on the corner, always felt cut-off from the rest of the house, so it was a great relief when we were able to create a new one on the other side of the house, in the room that was once my shop.

Anyway, getting back to the lovely fabric...I've made some little dress curtains and pelmets for the two windows. I had just enough to complete this project from the one old curtain that I had.

So I used another vintage Sanderson cotton in similar jewel-like colours, to line the back of the chicken wire panels in what were once the fitted kitchen cupboards. As well as a small curtain under the old worktop to create extra storage.

I painted the cupboards a lovely aqua colour a few years ago, added the chickenwire, and gave them new glass knobs.

The storage is very useful in here, as this room tends to be used a bit as a dumping ground, particularly for cardboard boxes which I save and recycle for posting out parcels for my website.

With the addition of a few rosey pictures and some china on the shelves, and I think it is now suitably grannyfied!

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Possibly some lace would look pretty along the shelf edges, and I need to make a new peg bag, but those will have to wait for a while...I hope my Granny would have approved of my nostalgic make-over...

(Laundry room before)

Hope you're having a great day!

Niki x