Brenda Nassarian of Arundel Eccentrics breathes new life into battered, brown furniture and other vintage items by painting and decorating it so that it becomes desirable once again. She buys mainly at car boot sales and Ardingly antiques fair (where she also sells). Each piece, perhaps a Victorian Bamboo table, a chest of drawers, a watering can or a screen, goes through a lengthy process of cleaning, removing rattan and re-covering with new ply(when necessary),painting, crackle-glazing, découpaging with photocopied Victorian images and, finally, varnishing.Brenda's work is particularly popular in the USA, where buyers are hugely keen on hunting and fishing imagery; she also découpages with fruit and flowers, shells and figures, or whatever works best on each individual item. blog address