Ressurection

I have a true hoarding and rescuing sickness. If like me you choose to furnish your life with flea market and skip rummaging finds then allow me to offer a few key "rummager" tips and point you in the direction of some of my fave salvage hotspots:

1. Be an opportunist, look out for house clearances, boot/garage sales, surf ebay, rubbish tips and strolling up and down your local or any residential street can be a rich source of material, I have chanced upon many a brass door knob and cane chair whilst walking the dog. This has to be my preferred and the most satisfying method of salvaging.

2. When walking past a house renovation do not be afraid to ask the builders if you can pilfer through their skip, do not just take, salvaging etiquette requires you to always ask first.

3.Be outlandish and imaginative: dismembered dolly parts can become part of your own art installation if displayed en masse or beneath a bell jar.

4. Always enquire about the provenance of certain pieces, it is such a delight when an original piece tells a story. "Victorian hospital lights salvaged from an asylum" sound macabrely more desireable than plain old "Victorian hospital lights".

5. Taxidermy is fiercely on trend at the mo. My little sis did a bit of D.I.Y taxidermy for a my birthday present, she acquired some bunny ears off ebay, dried them out and coated them in glitter, they now sit pride of place on the mantlepiece at home, I am toying with idea of turning them into a necklace.

Shops :

Retrouvius
020 8960 6060

Polly Morgan

Baileys home and garden
01989 561931

Trainspotters uk
01453 756677

Glasgow Architectural Salvage
0141 958 1113