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Painting old furniture becomes addictive

By Lin Ferguson
Whanganui Chronicle·
15 Dec, 2015 04:47 PM2 mins to read

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Painting and daubing by a group of women in a fashionable boutique space in Bulls on a Sunday is starting to become a popular pastime.

So popular that the exclu-sive club is now attracting women from Taihape to Whanganui, Wellington and the Kapiti Coast.

Reloved Boutique in Bulls High Street (State Highway 1) is owned and run by Kirsty Sherriff from Marton, and is a stop-off for many travellers passing through.

Kirsty, who was a florist, set her shop up because she has always been an ardent do-it-yourself aficionado brimming with artistic ideas and plans.

Though some of the stock in her shop is bought in, the gorgeous, stylishly shabby furniture is all her work and ideas.

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She set the workshops up one Sunday a month, running from 10am and followed by lunch across the road at smart cafe Mothered Goose. She provides materials and the cost is $110 per person all-up.

"They just need to bring along a piece of furniture they want to transform," she said.

So, if you have a vintage bookshelf or old hall table that has seen better days, then painting it is a fantastic way to give it new life.

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And Kirsty said using chalk paint was great because there was no sanding needed - "You just start painting."

Once the piece is painted, it dries very quickly and then wax is rubbed into it.

"The results are wonderful and very satisfying."

Kirsty said painting old furniture, old bikes, old anything becomes addictive.

"It is for me, because I'm always seeing something else and something different."

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