A new low in upcycling hell

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www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beautiful-Vintage-Victorian-Single-Wardrobe-Painted-in-Annie-Sloan-Paris-Grey-/262938792992?hash=item3d385f9420:g:NjwAAOSwhQhYydw7

wtf is this?! Do you think they intended for it to turn out like this, or do they just have immense chutzpah? And look at the price!

Actually I like the cow.
At least it's openly ridiculous.

What the fuck is that cow? I mean really why? Who?

I kinda want the cow

What a load of shite.
I saw a plywood dressing table like my mum had in the 70's described as shabby chic upcycle. It was blotched with stains and had started to bubble where it had been stored in the damp.
400 quid they wanted for it.
Then.... then... there was a wooden step ladder. Old wooden ladder, well used with paint splodges. Described as "vintage" and "a perfect upcycle for storing plants on"- £150.

Shabby chic, my arse. Shabby shit more like.

In the right house with the right decor, that cow may look alright. Not at that price though.

The cow would look great in the Taj Majal!

I actually don't mind old furniture being painted, if it has been carefully painted a nice tasteful colour with no bits sanded off. It can be nicely done. These examples are horrendous though.

I missed the boat on this stuff. My gran had loads of '40's utility furniture, we had to pay someone to take it all when she died. If only she'd hung on 20 years I could have splashed some paint on and made a fortune!!

Seriously, I like painted furniture when it's done nicely, but none of the above have been done with any sympathy to the furniture (if that makes sense) and it all looks hideous.

Car crash upcycling at its worst !

good lord, that cow!

But these things are everywhere, I am scared!

alien child

That wardrobe doesn't look Victorian more like a bit of utility furniture from the war. Looks like the local nursery have let the kids loose on it (only if pre-schoolers had done it it would look way nicer)

If I lived in a farmhouse type affair, with massive rooms, I'd be taking that golden calf home.

It would fill the understated sitting room of my 1960s bungalow though, so I'll stick my debit card back in my bag.

£429???!! wowzers. I'm clearly in the wrong business.

Is noone else wondering how you post a cow for £30 ?

I kind of like the cow and the first mannequin lamp as they are at least done well and are amusing. The wardrobe is s huge pile of crap though. Unbelievably bad!

The chd mannequin lamp is like something you'd expect to see on Dr Who.

That poor wardrobe. Once upon a time it was a fine piece of furniture...😕

I love the cow

Have anyone else watched 'Money for nothing' on daytime BBC?
It's all this sort of nonsense at stupid prices. Excellent for a laugh on a rainy day.
(I rather like the cow. It would look lovely in the corner of my sitting room. )

The cow looks like a rip off from the Terminal 5 BA first class lounge horse with a lamp on its head.

That mannequin, I swear it said shitting when I read the description first time

I horse shit you not...

That wardrobe made me think of Grange Hill for some reason.

That cow is awesome! 😂

Makes me think of Harry Enfield

I want the cow!

The lamps I kind of get, but they're really only half a step away from all that Damian Hirst stuff from back in the day. They already look passé. Plus, they're bloody enormous.

That wardrobe looks like Annie Sloane got blind drunk on the Xmas brandy, started knocking back her own paint when the brandy ran out, then threw up all over the wardrobe in a hangover of epic proportion.

annandale I think it might be because of the mad graphics at the beginning of grange hill?

The silver lady of the lamp takes off her polka dot head piece at night and slips into bed with you when you are sleeping.