Up-Cycled Furniture

From early childhood, I was always looking for ways to express my emotions, feelings and passions.

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During my teenage years, I was obsessed with redesigning my family or friends’ rooms or furniture - sometimes the full house as well! Of course, one can hardly call these projects ‘professional,’ but they got me on the road to a life long dedication to interior design, up-cycling and DIY works.  

 

Although I was not able to choose this as my profession, my attraction to interior design is still very strong and I try to find more free time for new projects. 

 

During lockdown, I spent a four month break being creative: I made a few items and have more furniture which is waiting to be "reborn" in my garage.

 

As mentioned in my biography, I am particularly enamoured with the Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Empire periods and styles.

 

As an interior designer, I prefer clear and minimal styling, favouring geometric shapes with a combination of organic elements. I tend to choose more distinctive colours, especially black and gold, even on furniture, walls and other design elements.

I am drawn to big, contrasting, unusually shaped objects. I like transformation, and have always believed that one object can be used in different ways and for different purposes. I am delighted when a customer is surprised and says, “I never thought you could work this magic on my old furniture and I can use it this way!"

 

I'm fascinated by car boot sales and charity shops, and love just browsing on the internet, hunting for a "treasure" which may be just an unnecessary thing to other people.

 

As the next three up-cycled pieces show, I like to print my paintings onto velvet, making them more unique and unusual.