I thought I would share with you my wonderful find!  Always on the lookout for something old, shabby, unique and original I found myself  wandering around the Antiques Barn in Market Harborough, Northampton with a couple of friends and this large (really large!) cream shabby chic enamel jug jumped out at me so I just had to buy it. 

 It is a whopping 60cm tall and at its widest is 47cm.  It has a really chunky handle and is such a great shape. 

I knew exactly where to put it – in the corner of our day room on my shabby chic metal table and after weeks of searching for

the perfect flowers to put in it I plumped for some gorgeous artificial hydrangas from Gisela Graham and some eucalyptus

leaves which are such a fantastic duck egg green cloudy colour.

I took a closeup of the jug so you could see the wonderful embossed floral detail which adds a real touch of charm to it.

Underneath this unit I have put one of my personalised planters – which by the way makes a fantastic magazine storage box – you can fit 2 magazines in perfectly side by side. 

It is a lovely eye catching jug and sometimes get used as a prop for piccies for the website.

By the way – did I say that it was half price.  It must have been my lucky day!

Filed under: Ideas and inspiration for your home by admin on May 7th, 2010