As a regular follower of my home stories, you will no doubt be familiar with Anne tu Quoc from Freiburg. I reported on her transformation of a dusty house from the 80s into a wonderfully colorful and fresh family home and her beautiful leather accessories from Petiti Mai by Mooris and is an important address in the Swiss design scene.
For me, Anne is a wonderful inspiration for the creative redesign of things and furniture that are no longer modern at first glance and often gather dust in the aisles of brockis and the like.
I was particularly impressed by the makeover of a relic from the 80s, a wall unit - so I don't want to withhold it from you - from the perspective of Anne herself.
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Oh, I just love breathing new life into an old piece of furniture.
> THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING BETTER FOR ME THAN RUMMAGING THROUGH SECOND-HAND SHOPS AND LOOKING FOR TREASURES.
My inner eye goes into overdrive and I mentally sort everything into two categories: 'You can use this' or 'You can't do anything with this'. My brain loves this challenge - thinking about how I can turn something old into something unexpected.
Die Freude am Stöbern und Entdecken
Wandering through the aisles of second-hand stores is like a treasure hunt. I discover old pieces of furniture that often no longer shine at first glance, but in my head the ideas immediately run at full speed. A chair here, a chest of drawers there - it's like a jigsaw puzzle waiting to be put together. But as much as I work on every piece in my head, reality catches up with me: Unfortunately, I don't have an infinite amount of storage space to accommodate all these treasures that come my way.
>BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO THOSE SPECIAL PIECES THAT I JUST CAN'T RESIST.
It was the same with this wardrobe. The beautiful curves of the doors - I knew immediately that I wouldn't find something like this every day. I had to have it, no matter what. Now I was faced with the task of smuggling it past my husband inconspicuously and storing it in the garage for the time being. I knew that the perfect project for this wardrobe would come to me at some point.
Die perfekte Gelegenheit – Ein kleines Mädchen braucht einen Schrank
And this moment came sooner than I thought. A friend asked me to do a little makeover for her daughter's room. First and foremost, they needed a small closet that their five-year-old daughter could put away and take out on her own. Perfect! My beautiful wardrobe with the round arches was perfect for this.
Full of enthusiasm, I set to work. First, I removed all the doors and plugged the holes for the shelves that were no longer needed.
Then it was a case of sanding, sanding, sanding. I then primed the piece of furniture in white before the little owner's wish came into play: **pink!
And anyone who knows me knows that I rarely have anything against pink. I opted for a really bright shade of pink and I love it! After I had applied two coats of the pink top coat, I added a protective layer as a finish. Of course, I also added my favorite round wooden handles to give the cabinet that certain something.
> THE RESULT? A DREAM IN PINK!
The funny thing about this project was that I shared the process on Instagram and suddenly got a message from a follower. She had recognized the cupboard! It turned out that the piece of furniture belonged to her aunt before it ended up in a second-hand store. And the best thing about it: she had an original photo of the entire wall unit to which the wardrobe used to belong.
> HOW NICE IT IS WHEN A PIECE OF FURNITURE WITH SUCH A STORY LIVES ON!
Das Zuhause durch die rosa Brille sehen
Für alle diejenigen, die den Look und Stil von Anne's Schaffen lieben, aber weder ihre Kreativität noch das handwerkliche Geschick oder genug Zeit mitbringen, solche grossartigen Projekte umzusetzen – der Look lässt sich auch mit einem feinen Händchen für Stil und Schönes zusammenstellen. Zum Glück sind Rundungen, organische Formen und die tollen Rosa-Töne in der Interiorwelt grad richtig gross geschrieben.
Pink Power forever, meine Lieben.
From Brocki shopkeeper to nursery dream
Anne tu Quoc | Credits
Remodeling, inspiration & interior design as well as do-it-yourself ideas: @ourhouseofdisco
Anne's sustainable label for favorite things: www.petitmai.ch | @petitmaimagic
