Electric lady assemblage
A collection of found items combining a broken doll, a power pole insulator post, and vintage mounting plate.
Vintage tennis racquet press upcycled to a table lamp
A one off custom table lamp created from found parts and assembled into a unique piece of retro lighting decor.
Workshop Vices
A selection of small project vices.
Restoring Vintage Wrenches
Found in an old shed, these vintage tools were cleaned up and are ready to go. From left to right. 7 inch King Dick adjustable wrench from England. 7 inch PS&W Co. adjustable…
Industrial lighting
Vintage brass bucket siphon pumps which were common farm equipment in the 1940’s and 50’s have be upcycled into elegant table lamps utilising the foot stands and extension spray rods from the pumps along with the…
Vintage door knobs
These vintage Australian door knobs are a regular find in sheds, recycle centres, demolition yards and second hand supply yards. They can be tin brass plain ornate in pristine condition and quite beat…
100 year + Butter Churn
This butter churn was purchased cheaply because it didn’t work. Not that there is a big call for churning butter at home these days. It came fixed to an old board and was badly rusting…
Vintage Sports Field Line Marker.
This is a “Newmark” sports field line marker and would have been used in the 1960s to lay out the boundaries of a football field or tennis court. It originally had a push…
Vintage Scale. – S.A. Scale Company
This refurbished scale now utilised as a fruit plate was discovered in a shed and had been colonised by mud wasps. Looking good now this vintage scale needed quite a bit of help to come…
Anti-Shok Vintage Table Lamp
This 20cm high electrical transformer box stood out in the discard pile at the local dump because of its retro name plate and its distressed and faded industrial paint finish. Long past its use-by…
Upcycle Vintage Lamp
This vintage Willow tin funnel was found in a home workshop amongst many old tools. The original finish has oxidised giving it a deep rich appearance that is enhanced by the designed roll top…
Homing Pigeon carry box.
Circa 1940 three compartment vintage carry box for homing pigeons. Just a fantastic piece with well worn wire cage imbedded into a pine painted frame. There is still a decent hint of the…
Monkey Box Table Lamp
This vintage stucco monkey box, was rescued from the ‘outdated / discard pile’ mainly because of the patina of the galvanised tin and rusted fittings. It has a utilitarian feel about it and…
Vintage Trunk Coffee Table
This trunk was found at a garage sale and the outside was completely covered in rust. It had been in the family for years and in the shed for as long as they…
Industrial Display Unit.
This 60cm (24″) high x 30cm (12″) wide display is a repurposed metal filing drawer that had been discarded and left to rust in the weather – and what a great idea that was….
Vintage Barrel
This barrel was used to send Sodium Phosphate from London to Brisbane around 1940. It was recently “cleaned out” of a shed where it had been for the last 60 odd years. The markings…
Crown No.12 Circular Mirror
A washing machine of sorts from the 1930’s, the ‘Crown Copper’ was in fact a pot on legs with an enamelled casing around it that you boiled clothes in, along with a little soap and kerosene…
Burley Bottle Lamp
When fishing, ‘Burley’ is a mix, that when put into the water will attract fish enabling you to catch them. This one used on the East Coast of Australia was discarded and has been upcycled into an…
De Laval Lamp
Part of an old vintage cream separator upcycled to a one off custom lamp.
Pipe ‘n Gauge Lighting
It all started when I found a box full of old plumbing fittings at the local dump. Some were just strange in appearance, others vaguely recognisable, (I’m not a plumber) and I thought…