A Vintage Easter Lunch

To feed our hungry friends on our wallpapering workshop we put on a full vintage style lunch, with dainty finger sandwiches and home made cake, with enough food to feed a army we enjoy the fruits of our labour on our wallpapering workshop and across the rest of the easter weekend! I must admit the cake didn't last two days though, oops. 

p.s the flowers are out of my garden!

Easter Wallpaper workshop

It has been a while since I have blogged, with moving house, building work and getting stock ready for the spring/summer selling season it has been a busy one!

We did however manage to fit in a Vintique Tree wallpapering workshop over the Easter break. We limit the classes to two people so everyone gets maximum time with my dad, who is the tutor and has been decorating since the early 1970's!

There is a lot more to wallpapering than means the eye, so he starting from the basics and worked up to pattern matching and finally how to paste and hang the wallpaper. Our workshop has been fitted out so you can learn how to paper around corner, switches and even windows!

Check out a few snaps from the wallpapering workshop below!

Shabby Chic your home!

FURNITURE PAINTING WORKSHOP  ONLY 2 PLACES LEFT WEDNESDAY 12TH JUNE 2013

£85.00

10.00am to 4.00pm

In this fun informal workshop you can let your creative side go wild and learn how to create that perfect shabby chic look from 40 years experience! Set in the Leicestershire countryside our workshop takes place in  our painting workshop in Norton Juxta Twycross.  You will be greeted by Mick and Laura and will enjoy tea and biscuits on arrival.

Our workshop is for all abilities and as numbers are limited to 4 people, we can give you one to one advice throughout the day.

The workshop begins with a discussion on paint types and essentials tools for upcycling furniture. Then once you have learnt the basics its time to put things into practice!

You will be taught how to professionally prepare furniture and how to correctly apply a range of different techniques including:

● Mixing paints
● Layering paints
● Distressing
● Dry brushing
● Flogging
● Crackle glazing
● Colour washing
● Decoupage.

Whilst the furniture dries we take a break for lunch where we will have a homemade buffet served on vintage china in the break out area or outside (weather permitting).  

In the afternoon you will continue painting your furniture and applying your chosen techniques with guidance from Mick.  Again full course notes are given for future projects at home!

Once you have worked up an appetite afternoon tea is provided!

The price of the class includes all the materials you need on the day, delicious drinks and homemade treats. You also get a free decorative heart to take away with you as inspiration for your first project!

Please bring along a piece of  furniture you would like to paint for example, a chair or small table. If you are bringing items like a picture frame or tray please bring a couple of items to make the most of the workshop! 

IF YOU ARE INTERESTING IN BOOKING CONTACT US  at ask@vintiquetree.co.uk  or on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vintique-Tree/361318310658072

New website, new workshop, new creative classes oh my!

Well my website is constantly evolving as I learn new things, so I would like to announce a completely new website, new logo, new structure and some new stock!

www.vintiquetree.co.uk

Another new thing is our sparkly new studio, completely designed to host our furniture painting workshops and wallpapering workshops. My dad, Mick, is a talent decorator and will be leading the courses, which is good news for our attendees, as he has over 40 years experience  so when it comes to painting and distressing furniture he can create and teach looks many of the other courses cant offer as they don't know how to do it!

Our furniture painting courses will show you how you can create the perfect shabby chic look with any type of paint, not just chalk paint but any old paint you have lying in the garage! When you know how you can turn any piece of old furniture to look like something Laura Ashley would be proud of for a fraction of the cost!!

Our next course is running 12th June and we are located just 5 minutes off the M42 Junction 11 Leicestershire so we are super easy to find, even in our rural location! £85.00 for a full day learning with all materials and course notes, lunch and yummy afternoon tea. Just bring a piece of furniture you want to relove!!

If you are a budding diy expert or a interiors newbie we also offer wallpaper hanging workshops, Mick, my dad, is the best at  papering, you can never see a join in his wallpaper! So with small classes of just 3 people he can give you all his expertise to help you learn his tricks of the trade. These classes are running from 19th June throughout the summer, £150.00 a day including all the materials, lunch and full course notes, just bring your enthusiasm! 

Any hoo if anyone is interest please leave a comment or pop over to the website for further course dates and contact details.

I will leave you with some pictures of our new studio!

Some fab retro DIY mags from the 1960's and some inspiration from Annie!

Paint brushes ready and waiting to be used on our courses!!

Wallpaper ready to use!

 You will have a workstation like this and all the materials to create your masterpiece!

Purpose designed wallpaper station, learn to paper round the window, skirting and even the ceiling!

 Aprons at the ready!