The Best Restoration Tip Youโ€™ll Ever Hear (and Probably Ignore): Patience

The offending article! It sounds simple, doesn't it? โ€œJust be patient.โ€ Yet in practice, it's the hardest advice to follow, especially in restoration, where things often donโ€™t go to plan. Take this past Saturday. Iโ€™d just bought a beautiful Victorian three-fold wooden screen with embroidered panels. โ€œItโ€™s been in my garage a long time,โ€ the … Continue reading The Best Restoration Tip Youโ€™ll Ever Hear (and Probably Ignore): Patience

Why Iโ€™m Giving Away ยฃ50,000 Worth of Vintage Stock And Feeling Great About It

Another bundle for Free Cycle If youโ€™ve been in the vintage or antique trade long enough, you know the score. That growing mountain of unfinished projects, job lot leftovers , yes all with โ€œpotentialโ€ and none with urgency. They are all worth money, but will you ever realise the money? Like many of us dealers, … Continue reading Why Iโ€™m Giving Away ยฃ50,000 Worth of Vintage Stock And Feeling Great About It

Selling the Lewes FC Women Isn’t the Only Way But It’s Certainly The Easiest Cop Out

The scaremongering. There is "no option but to sell," really is completely untrue and totally misleading. While the current board insists on this hard sell, the numbers tell a very different story. With the right plan, and this is just one of many out there, and without requiring a single pound in upfront capital, Lewes … Continue reading Selling the Lewes FC Women Isn’t the Only Way But It’s Certainly The Easiest Cop Out