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INVESTING  IN VINTAGE FURNITURE...

Buying Vintage Furniture is our passion here at Lovingly Made.  Each piece we buy is an investment piece for your home, that will look as beautiful now as it will in 30, 50, 70 years times.  

Why?  

Because they are all made with glorious style, with a certain panache, top end quality, with materials that were made to last the test of time and with skilled craftmanship. 

Antique French Dresser Drawer with beautiful Craftmanship

It can feel like taking a 'deep gulp of air' when making that step to purchase that 'investment piece' of vintage furniture. The important part of this decision, is to remember is that quality vintage pieces don't loose their value over time. Mainly because their designs and their style continue to mature and evolve with time, thus gaining value.

They are beautifully unique and those special one-offs that your family and friends will gravitate to. As soon as they come into your home they will say: "where did you get that from?"...

Vintage French Marble Tables with stunning turned legs

Today we are seeing a marked increase with our customers thinking of their 'vintage furniture purchase', as they would be buying a piece of artwork or something as equally precious in their lives.

They really appreciate their piece of vintage furniture both as a utility piece, that they can use practically but see it as something that is also an investment in their homes too.

Beautifully Painted Vintage Dresser now in a new home! 

We would like to think that there are some positive reasons that sum up why investing in vintage furniture is such a great investment:

• It is ultimately made with true craftsmanship
• It is unique in its making and genuine natural materials
• Each piece will tell you its own vintage historical beautiful story
• It will evolve increasingly, both in its beauty and value
• You will fall in love with it more and more each day, which is a perfect place to start with a piece of furniture that you will look at and use every day in your home...
• It is an individual as you are, it is not mass produced, it is personal to you, it is inspirational and loved

We have regular collections of vintage furniture, curios, emporia, gardenalia, arrive from France and English markets and endeavour to pop onto the website as quickly as we can. Our Instagram and Facebook pages are always a great place to see regular updates too.

We hope that you will enjoy looking through our garden and home pages here and perhaps we will see you in our Vintage Boutique very soon. If you are in Sussex, pop over and see our collections of investment pieces, which we know you will love and will look beautiful in your home.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK...

Hello there - It's great to be back and I would love to thank you for your kindness.

I have missed you all so very much. It has been a long while since I have put my finger tips to the key pad, albeit, I have managed to get my 'mitts' onto my laptop whilst watching the day time telly, (don't worry, you're missing nothing!!!), and have been posting a few Instagram and Facebook posts. I am now hoping to get back to posting onto our website and really get my teeth into some fun stuff and get back to work properly in the next few weeks or so.

It is very strange when you are not at work properly; I have missed being part of our lovely business and really missed seeing Lesley and Carol who work so very hard for us here at Lovingly Made. I cannot thank them enough for really working so extra hard for us; helping John so much. He has really appreciated all your help. There have been days when he was visiting me in Brighton Hospital that he could not have been able to open the Boutique without you both, so my heartfelt thanks to you both.

Thank you to our lovely ladies who come to our Craft School each week; I know that some mornings that they have 'opened' the door themselves and washed up, so, so kind. These gestures of kindness have overwhelmed me.  I have had beautiful hand knitted gifts, hand sewn beautiful hand crafted 'birds', chocolates, flowers, cards by the zillions, more flowers, texts, what's-apps, more cards, suppers left on the doorstep for John and such generosity of love has been so kind.  

 

Life can throw such 'rubbish' at us sometimes, but deep down, in all of us, we have the capacity to share such love, and this is what bonds us and keeps us all together, safe and warm and it protects us all.

The love we have in us, we must all try to remember our very best to share, in good times and in bad times, because without it, what do we have?

Thank you all for sharing your love with me, and my family when we needed it most over the last 3 months, and we now will pass that on, of that we promise...

It is good to be back at my desk, now where is that list of jobs to do today?  Upwards, onwards, there is a lot to catch up on and exciting things to get done and some exciting events and some great projects coming Lovingly Made's way, so WATCH OUT!

See you in the Boutique shop very soon,
Lots of love,
Trixie & John x

OUR VINTAGE FURNITURE IN YOUR HOME

It is our greatest pleasure to see our preloved vintage furniture in your home.  We handpick our preloved vintage and contemporary pieces of furniture, emporia, gardenalia, always with you in our hearts and mind.

It is our warmest moments then, to see our vintage furniture in your home.

 

Stunning Vintage Pine Buffet

This stunning French Vintage Pine Buffet, fitted into the space required within an inch! The owner is delighted as it is being used to store material and sewing equipment, so all beautifully put away and the buffet looks beautiful as a piece of furniture in the study room too.

On the left of this buffet are two items that this lovely lady has made with us in our Craft School,  a "Dilly" bag and "Etuile" box, and on the right hand side, a beautiful glass lantern from our home collection within our Vintage Boutique. So many reasons to come along to see us!

Stunning Vintage Orchard Ladder and Vintage Bench in Sussex

These two items of beautiful vintage gardenalia are now sitting proudly in a quite famous home in Sussex (sadly I can't say where), but they are being so well looked after! The orchard ladder will certainly being used for picking apples and pears this summer and I am certain copious cups of tea will be drunk, sitting comfortably on this lovely bench after a hard day's work in the huge vegetable garden!

Refurbished vintage tin box on one of our beautiful vintage elm stools

Recently I was asked to clean and refurbish this delightful tin Victorian box with the most exquisite hand painted writing on it.  It had been used by a shoe maker, who kept all his shoe making tools inside, and upon each of his children growing out of their pair of shoes, he would either make them bigger with inserting a piece of leather or smaller to fit a younger sibling.  What a beautiful story.  The vintage elm stool just set the whole scene off together.

So, from making a sewing box, to refurbishing old tin boxes, to gathering apples from trees, to sitting comfortably, we think we have most things covered. Why not pop over and see what we can do for you!

We would love to see you.
With best wishes,
Trixie and John
x

LOVE THE THRILL OF THE FURNITURE FIND

John and I love the thrill of finding, looking for, seeing potential in, preloved vintage furniture and all the other gorgeous curios, collectables and homewares that can literally transform 'a room' into 'your room'.

The early morning start - loving the thrill of what we might find...

Your home is as individual as you are. Preloved vintage furniture gives you the ultimate in being individual and so too, being able to continue with its history too. Knowing that someone else has used a piece of furniture before me, is what I love most.  The history, the age, the signs of wear with weathered smooth indents on handles, the marks and chips on tables and on chair seats, gives me a warm glow.

 

Stunning vintage find, beautifully made by Craftsmen...

The thrill is hunting down of a great piece of preloved vintage furniture; that piece that is just right as soon as you see it. It can be heart-stopping stuff. What is also so thrilling, is knowing that you have bought a piece of furniture which has been beautifully made, sometimes bespoke, usually of higher quality materials and been looked after. You are merely the custodian of the piece, knowing that because it is vintage, it will carry on being so and you are also giving it more life and love.

Remembering all the time, that when you choose to buy preloved vintage or contemporary furniture, you are able to buy excellent quality at an affordable price; you are often able to buy a much better quality product than you would be able to afford otherwise. Its a win-win! 

I so love the thrill of finding something unique...

So join us in the love and thrill of the chase in finding and buying unique vintage furniture, a piece of history, beautifully made and with so much more love to give you and your home.

See you in the Boutique shop very soon,
Best wishes
Trixie & John x

 

ALL IN THE VINTAGE DETAIL

I love my early morning walks with our Charlie, our Chocolate Labrador and if we are really lucky, another late afternoon walk too.  It is these times, that the world stops 'spinning' quite so fast and I can enjoy the beautiful countryside all around me.  

Charlie and I enjoying the Sussex countryside...

Living and working in stunning rural Sussex has so many benefits and it is whilst walking, contemplating life and taking in the colours and sounds, that I can really appreciate nature and its minuscule detail.  It is that detail which I love so much and endeavour to transfer the themes in and with our Vintage Boutique and The Vintage Courtyard.  

Our Vintage Boutique is an array of colour, texture and seasons. From the wood grain of furniture, to the textures of the linen, quilts and cushions and the ever changing feel of our Vintage Boutique with the seasonal changes in 'taste' and weather.

This Vintage Bench has had lots of lovely time in the garden to have a character of all its own...

It is the smallest of details in a vintage piece, that is the part that brings together so many elements of your home that makes it truly yours. It is with this feeling, that John and I love to choose vintage furniture, not only with history, but also with great design.  Together with quirky and unique and colour that bring distinctive character to your home.

 

We love to find pieces for your home that are individual in their detail; be it a quirky shape piece of furniture, a French pot with a little mark of time or a weathered and worn bucket. It is those details that only come with time, vintage time, that make your home have charm, a story to tell and a piece of timelessness all by itself.

Time. yesterday, today and tomorrow... 

We hope to see you very soon in our Vintage Boutique and take a look around you at the timeless detail in our Vintage pieces for your home...
Best wishes,
Trixie, John and Charlie x