Latest 'thrifted' clothing

Good morning bloggers!

Today I am going to share with you my latest thrift shop clothing purchases. 

Buying second hand clothing is such a huge trend at the moment and is a great opportunity to buy fashionable pieces at a low price.

Additionally, searching in charity shops and carboot sales is perfect for finding unique purchases. A lot of clothing companies have got onto the bandwagon of old clothing and are bulk buying and selling them on for redicolous prices!

I prefer to search for it myself and I know my money is well spent by giving to charity.

Here are a few pieces I found at my local thrift shops in Cornwall:

This is a Riverisland blouse featuring vintage inspired lace and polkadots. It's not an old piece of clothing but the style of it is very 'now'. It has no arms but I decided to wear it with my DIY collared lace cardigan. I also like to use my favourite bag of all time- my Moroccan satchel. One day when I am successful I would love to buy a personalised professional satchel like Zooey deschanel! 

I purchased this denim cut off top from a local charity shop for my town. Denim is making its way back into the fashion industry. For only £3 I couldn't say no! It looks cute with my clock necklace.

If you hadn't noticed, that's displayed on my new wardrobe I recently posted about :D

This is the top I'm wearing simply with black leggings and a vest. The more simpler you keep the block colour pieces, the more it will stand out. REMEMBER- less is more!

I'm also wearing a patterns headscarf wrapped around my bun. 50p from the carboot!

This is my final piece I would like to share with you. I love lace, so much!!! Its a cropped design made by newlook which only cost me £1. I wore this with a black skater skirt but not tucked it. Its light and floaty- perfect for summer and you can dress it up or down.

I'd highly recomend buying from chairty thrift shops because it's all for a great cause, and like me I'm sure you'll find some fab bargains too!

Back soon, 

Rachael xoxoxo 

DIY upcycled wardrobe

Hi everyone!

 You all know how much I love my vintage and shabby chic pieces! Well today I am going to show you my latest upcycled piece of furniture. 

In one of my previous posts I mentioned the end of my 'university days'. On top of that, the amount of clothing I had at my student house in Bristol and my home in Cornwall was crazy! 

Last year I painted a tall boy wardrobe which was so cute and perfect for my room at the time but I didn't consider the size of it when moving home. 

So, for the last few weeks I have been looking for a decent sized wardrobe. My room isn't HUGE so I couldn't have a queen sized, but just enough for my mountain of clothing.

I searched so long on EBay, gumtree and local newspapers for one but I hadn't seen any that I knew were perfect.

Anyway, near my home is a regular carboot on Wednesday and I popped over before my busy shift of waitressing at work. To my surprise, a gentleman with a large van pulled out this retro wardrobe.

Its an Art Deco 1950's gentlemans wardrobe! I must admit, I really hate furniture before it has been shabby chic'd! I paid £20 for it which was amazing!!! For an extra £10 the seller chucked in a matching chest of talk drawers! 

I got the gentleman to deliver to my home and during my whole shift at work I was super excited to crack on with it.

Firstly, I sanded it over to create a grip for the paint. I then washed the inside with a weak bleach mixture to remove the old furniture and must smell. 

I painted it with B&Q's own branded all purpose paint for wood in a duck egg blue colour (my favourite).

Three coats later I was able to rough the edges using sandpaper and create false appearing scratches and knocks.

TADAHHHHH

Its a perfect fit! I love the round edges because it gives my room a less harsh appearance because the wardrobe is quite big. It looks cute with my stacked suitcases, rabbit light and birdcage!

What do you all think? 

Back Soon,

Rachael 

Xoxoxox