Venture Into Happiness With RBL

Welcome to Revamped By Libby or RBL as I will be referring to it.  Lovely of you to drop by!

I love to paint.  This may seem a bit odd but bear with me.

I've always loved colour.  From when I was a little girl I enjoyed drawing and putting marks on paper.  But what I really love is the colours.  I still recall the sheer joy of my first set of Derwent Pencils.  It was the sublime spectrum of all of those seventy-two colours that entranced me.

As a mother, a wife, a home-owner (albeit with a mortgage and a long-suffering husband) I love the challenge of creating a home for our family.  Much as I have resisted it at times, I am not a beige or white kind of gal.  I love imbuing our surroundings with bursts of colour.  Be it furnishings or surfaces. 

To the relief of my husband I have contained this thirst for colour and restrained myself to white walls upon which to construct my home (Dulux Natural White if you're interested).

I've always loved doing up tired, old furniture.  My oldest daughters nursery was decorated over a decade ago with a recycled cot which I lovingly stripped and repainted.  In those days though I stuck with white.

Be it tables, chairs or chests I have honed my skills stripping them back and repainting them. 

In the last twelve months I've become more game with my colour choices and finishes...branching away from white to using more vivid hues.

I love the excitement of a new project.

I love the feeling of revealing the raw beauty of a discarded piece and then showing it the tender care to bring it back to life.

In the spirit of doing more of what makes you happy, I'm going to tap into this love of paint to help other people enjoy these revamped pieces of furniture.

I will undertake projects on items I find or pick up on my travels.  I will transform them and put them up on Revamped By Liz for you to purchase.

Alternatively, if you like what I do and think I could help you with an item that you need revamped I would love to hear from you.  Don't worry, I believe in listening to my customers so if shades of white are your preference I will be more than happy to accomodate you:)

I will be recording my projects, my inspiration and my thoughts on this foray into happiness with you on this blog.  I'd love it if you'd come along for the ride!

Libby