Burco Tumblair Restoration

When this Burco Tumblair clothes drier arrived it looked quite frankly, a bit depressing, but J had some grand plans for restoration, giving it a look that adhered more to the U.S. models, to give it a bit more glamour and also to complement the other appliances we already have.  

The viewing window is great, reminiscent of a TV screen and something you don't really find in household driers these days, at least in the U.K.

The Burco was spray-painted an off-white and polished to give it that retro feel,
and also to match our restored Frigidaire. This was a bit of an operation as we don't have an outside space to spray paint in! The cat seemed to enjoy it though...

J added chrome stripping around the top panel, the door
and the viewing window, more chrome the better!

J then added a gold painted chevron, a new LED light and a thin
metal mesh, also painted gold, to surround the dials.

And there you have it. The finish  also goes quite well the 

cooker with its gold and chrome dashboard. 

All we need now is a kitchen big enough to fit it all in! 

Carlo no. 3

Just got our latest Carlo of Hollywood over from the states, we weren't sure how nice it would be when we bought it online however the colours are actually really vivid and the frame is in pretty good shape, hanging on the wall it looks really great!

Phil Brinkman New Orleans Painting

We have been looking around for a 50's painting that had a New Orleans flavour for a while now, so when we stumbled across this Phil Brinkman piece for sale we knew we had to get it, it's a lovely silkscreen in its original frame.

 The Primary colours in the painting go very nicely with the ceiling lamp in the room.

 And the curtains!

You can read more about the life of this great artist here: http://www.philbrinkman.com/philbrinkmanbiography.htm

Table Light Collection

 Majestic 'Z' Lamp.

 Majestic 'K' Lamp.

 Panther tv lamp/planter.

 Radiogram Light

 Telephone desk lamp

Chalkware Bedside lamp.

Raymond Loewy designed Frigidaire Restoration!

BEFORE:

Halfway through we had the door finished with an added chrome strip to mimic the American version of this same model:

We just love that door handle!  It looks like a sputnik era Satellite dish.

The finished paint job:

 We hope to eventually chrome the exhaust vent/gill below the door which is currently Grey.

Carlo no. 2

Here's the second Carlo painting plus the forced perspective planter/frame with a suitably tongue-in-cheek image.

Carlo Of Hollywood

Here's one of our two Carlo of Hollywood paintings.