Trilobite scrap steel garden sculpture
Part of the welding module was a design-make project, the brief was to work in pairs to design and fabricate [...]
The Salvage Sister’s Christmas giveaway!! #WINMYRING !!
So you want to win my ring huh? You’re in the right place!! How to win my solid silver tentacle [...]
How to make a simple trough from pallets
Last week at Kirstie's Handmade Fair I made a planter, or trough out of two pallets with Kirstie in the [...]
My upcycled workshop part two! – Almost there!
Welcome back! Sorry it's taken me so long to get this online for you, I literally cannot sit still long [...]
My up-cycled workshop stage 1 – The frame
The Frame for my up cycled workshop is made out of pallets and fence posts. I chose pallets because they [...]
The Salvage Sister at the Scottish BAFTA’s
I couldn't believe it when I had an email from Andrew Jackson at Raise The Roof Productions saying Kirstie's Fill [...]
The National Trust commissions The Salvage Sister for their #Beautifulanduseful campaign
The National Trust have launched a campaign to inspire people to reuse & up-cycle, so of course they contacted none [...]
The Salvage Sister is making a workshop from Pallets, junk, trash & freebies!
Yes, you did hear me right! This is going to be a mega project, And I am intending to use [...]
Skip diving, salvaging & getting freebies!
They don’t call me The Salvage Sister for nothing! I’m going to let you in on some top secrets for [...]
Reuse, recycling, up-cycling & down-cycling
What does Reuse, recycling, up-cycling & down-cycling mean?! We all hear these terms bandied about in the press constantly, and [...]
Feature walls
Having a feature wall in your room is a great way of making a focal point of design without having [...]
My Reclaimed Home
I have skimmed the walls throughout the house, chased lighting wires into the plaster, repaired problem areas and designed the [...]
Tiny Budgets
How much do you think you would have to spend to own a contemporary furniture set like the one above [...]
Up-Cycling and Refurbishing Furniture
Up-cycling and refurbing old furniture is a great way of beautifying your home and keeping it unique whilst making it [...]
Trunks, Chests & Crates
Whatever you want to call them I love them and I am completely obsessed! You can find some really beautiful [...]
Funk up your chairs!
This gorgeous chair, didn’t always look like this. When I got my hands on it it was dark wood with [...]
Restoring a Victorian property
I would definitely say a beautiful cast iron fireplace in a Victorian property would be the first thing I would [...]
Car Boot Sales
I’d been looking for a bathroom cupboard for a little while now, when I stumbled across this. Now, it wasn’t [...]
Where to shop for second hand for your home
The short answer to this question is everywhere! When I’m looking for new home furnishings and furniture my first port [...]
Designing a child’s bedroom
You can have great fun with this one, you can use colours and patterns and characters that you wouldn’t normally [...]
My contemporary ‘Chavey Statues’
Here are a few of my Chavey statues. They are a contemporary twist on classical historic statues, you can see [...]
Brightening a room with bespoke Artwork
I’m a a great believer in supporting your local artists, buying local art and commissioning local artists to paint for [...]
My Sunday Mirror article
I just found out I am now a columnist for the Sunday Mirror! Whoop whoop... here's the feature they ran [...]
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