Updating an old cupboard with Marley & Lockyer, and vintage pieces.

Recently, I was given a piece thats been in our family for many years. With our family pieces, they are never sold, just passed onto another family member to “look after it for a while”. This piece has a beautiful old original base, but the top had some issues. So, my crafty Dad restored it from my Mums design…and I’ve always loved this little dresser, even more so now as my dear Mum is no longer with us.

I knew I had the perfect corner for it too. This is what was in the space before I brought it into the kitchen. Nothing fancy. You can see it‘s where our dog, Kodah, has her food and water dishes with her bed.

It’s such a cute little piece, and it fit like it was made for this corner. Now, you might know how much I love using vintage and antique pieces alongside my own hand made pieces. So, the more open shelving I can have about the place, the better.

It didn’t take me long to fill it! I whipped around some of our other dressers to grab bits and pieces, and I couldn’t love it more. There is ample storage in the bottom too, which was another plus for another dresser coming into the farmhouse 😂 It wasn’t the best light to take a shot as it was early evening when the sun was starting to set….but you get the idea.

I love mixing the old and antique pieces I have collected over the years with my work, and on this shelf there is a pie dish, jugs, pourers and small crock that I have made with some of my old marmalade jars (I have lots of these), transferware plates and serving platters.

This is another of our dressers that Mic and I restored. It was a big job, but so worth the end result! I took a few things off this piece to move to the little dresser. Here You can see a bit better how I mix my own with my collected pieces.

On the top shelf I have some little jugs I made. The middle shelf has a Divine Wing Plate, Pie Dish, Cut Ceramic Botanic Mixing Bowl, and a small pot just out of shot. Bottom shelf has my small Divine Wing Plate, two jugs I have used as utensil crocks, and a stack of my dinner and side plates. They are mixed in with old transferware plates and platters, old Dundee marmalade pots, big old stoneware crocks, old Scottish stoneware (which is my favourite thing to collect), as well as 3 newer pieces scattered amongst it all.

It’s one of my favourite things to do – mix old, handmade and new… you may have figured that out by now 😂 I would love to hear what you think. Do you like mixing old and new. Or, do you have any favourite Marley & Lockyer pieces you love mixing with old stuff? I would LOVE to hear!

~Ness xx

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  • So lovely! You really have a knack for styling, Ness!

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    • Thank you Mary. That is so kind of you to say.
      Ness x

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  • I happen to live there, nice design Mum.

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    • Thanks Buddy xx

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