That stuff works great! My college roommate had a severely tarnished little brass trinket box. I used brasso on it - two years later it still looked brand new. 💕
Totally love the brass bin and the little treasures inside. ❤ I hope that you are happy and doing well. Just love you and the kittens 🐈⬛. Blessings to you and yours 💕
Baking soda and vinegar is very good at removing baked on dirt on pans so it might work for brass. Spraying vinegar on a surface helps to prevent the return of mold.
The fairy would be a lovely addition to the green house . Also, wait till the chest dries thoroughly , then Ajax or bar keepers friend (liquid) work wonders. Loved today’s video.
Beautiful finds 😊. Love the coal box. Some brass cleaner and it will look even better. Not sure, but I think there are mould wood treatments ie liquid/varnish type treatmentS.. for after the bleach treatment. Yes more vlogs on car boots etc.. I love Mr Cs car boot videos to. Why wouldn't someone want to see your smiling face! Been following your for 5yrs!.. you always cheer me up! Thank you.
Great finds! The coal box looks nice with a little bit of dark on the pattern to make it look vintage. If it were shiny it would look too new. Always enjoy your videos!
Hello Catherine. I am one of your more senior followers and I look forward to watching your videos each week. I love your honest and no nonsense approach to life and I wish you success and happiness in all that you do. Best wishes to you and your family during this challenging time. Shirley
Thank you for showing us your thrift makeovers! Thrifting is one of my favourite things to do, and I'm always curious to see what others find in different parts of the world! Here in Metro Vancouver area and surrounds, we are very lucky to have many great thrift stores! 😀
It's amazing what an old toothbrush and some elbow grease can achieve. Sometimes dirty old pieces can be overlooked and what treasures you have found. You have a good eye for finding nice pieces. Hope all is well with your mother. See you on the next one.
Here in the states my mom (1960's) had a brass wood keeper box, much like your find. I thnk my sister has it now. Im in my 70's and so much of what i grew uo with as the.."that time deco" is now hunted for. Thank you for sharing. Also your family is in our prayers.😊
Hello Catherine. I do love a cleaning video. My old toothbrushes always go to a cleaning project. Not just for cleaning teeth, ha ha. My mom had a brass box. Can't think for the life of me what happened to it. Your furry helpers are getting bigger and lovelier by the day. Thank you Catherine.
My daughter has just picked up a brass coal box from her local tip shop ,with a ship on it and is doing it up for her son’s 3rd birthday as a treasure chest ..he’s mad about ships and Pirates x
There is a nice place on the edge of Portarlington called Solas. It's a garden centre and inside there is a section with like irishy things like old guinness signs and old irish coins framed. There's fairy garden ornaments and a cafe made with shipping containers, sorta! 😅 I like the carrot cake 😊 The furniture used in the cafe is all secondhand, it's pretty cool. Then on the other side of town, is a wee fairy trail to find at Derryounce Lake ❤
My husband and I love antiques and antiquing…I really enjoy seeing what treasures can be found in other parts of the world, so your thrift store find videos are much appreciated 💗
I grew up in South Africa but live in Australia now. First thing...Brasso. Second thing; Lyles Golden Syrup...just because. As SA was a British colony until 1961 (but not always I may add) many products stick in our minds. ❤
What lovely figurines you brought back to life Catherine. I hope the little coal box turns out good as you did a good job but if the extererior is brass than try a good brass cleaner. I know as i used to be cleaning my mother's brass collection. Anyway thank you for sharing and well done!
All of the ornaments cleaned up nicely. Pretty little fairy. I was surprised you were able to clean the box. I would leave it in the green house for a while so any little spirits are set free. Good video. Thanks
I love your love of giving things a second life. I have that same passion. And yes, as you know from my comment last week I love watching someone cleaning things 😂😂😂. It’s so soothing. And I checked out that paint cleaning guy you told me about and it’s amazing. 😂
Sweet video, and those little figurines, it is so satisfying to give them a good scrub and new life and purpose. The fairy and little house can make lovely addition to small fairy garden. Also, figurines like these make quirky and fun objects with different purpose. I get these from charity shops all the time to make interesting candleholders and jewelery holders or even trinket dishes, that are unique. Get a candle cup, drill and insert in a strategic place on the figurine, so it looks intentional as if it was always meant to be there, spray black and then use brass, antique gold, or silver Rub'n buff to create the illusion of metal. Last summer, i found two figurines made to look like busts, one with a hound head and one with the head of a fox. Now I have a quirky set of hound & fox candlestick holders.
I've used white vinegar to successfully clean mold off wood pieces and it worked wonderfully on an old leather chair, too. Another commenter suggested putting the coal box in your greenhouse, which would be a pretty storage piece for seed-starting items.
I honestly think that the dirtier the better because its the thrill of getting it all clean and having the vision of what it could look like! Plus its usally cheaper because the person selling doesnt value it! Some of my best finds have been from carboots or out of skips! My recent one is a big pewter tub for plants that I found thrown out....i cant wait to plant some bulbs in for next year! Love your videos ❤
I didn't know the brass items came as a set. I have the magazine rack. My Mam bought it in Newcastle upon Tyne before 1981, which is when she passed. It's been here in Alberta with me since then. My Dad made a brass fender with little padded top boxes at the ends when I was a bairn in the 1950s. We kept the shoe polishing stuff in one and the fire starter stuff in the other and I sat on them to keep warm. He was a whitesmith and made anything you wanted from metal. Every one of these little treasures is bringing back memories. I love them. 🤗 ❤
Hi Catherine it was satisfying watching the dirty water run away everything came up lovely I love the earthen ware it was lovely,I’d love to see you do a car boot and turning stuff around,have a lovely weekend 😊
I grew up in Belgium and for as long as I can remember (62yrs) my mother had one of these brass coal buckets. I have it now and it could do with a good clean. 😊
Hi nice to see you. I love finding old stuff. When my son was young he dug up a chamber pot and an old crock water bottle he was so excited with his finds.
Perfect video to watch after spending several hour cleaning old windows thoroughly,for several hours on a ladder,even scraping tiny old paint spots a many on both sides off all the panes off glass. Exhausted but satisfied with the results after several buckets off very dirty water. 😊 Now I got your video as a treat before I fall asleep.
Ive been soaking and scrubbing an old Avon brass trivet Ive had for 36 years. Its taken 4 cleaners i had under the sink, vinegar and an old toothbrush. Finally a Mr Clean eraser did it.
Howdy from Texas, we enjoy both seeing and hearing you. Your videos provide a nice welcomed break. My teenagers have also started to drink hot tea. Thanks for welcoming us into your home.
Catherine i remember this coal bucket so well, my mam and dad had it beside the fireplace and the magazine stand also, you brought me right back to my childhood in the 80's😆
Brasso is the thing for us in the Netherlands, it will give your brass a beautiful shine, you did a great job girl, tomorrow we are going to renovate the master bedroom, with new wallpaper a beige/brown small stripe and new paint on the door and bed. Hope it’s going to be nice, looking out to restyling the room after it’s done 😊 that’s the nice part .
Hi Catherine. Try the car boot sale in Tallaght on Saturday or Ballymun on Sunday. Phibsboro is nice for charity shops - the have NCBI, Oxfam and Enable ireland + a new Enable Ireland furniture store, + a Vintage shop... all minutes from each other. And plan your trip for the Ziegest flea market once a month and you can hit them all on a Saturday, lots of places for lovely food too!
@@prariegirl72 They're similar to garage sales but rather than selling from your home you sell from your car boot (trunk) at a designated place, usually a field or car park.
It’s so satisfying restoring something that’s been discarded. I just enjoy watching you bringing new life to what might be thought of as junk by someone else. ❤️
Hi from British Columbia Canada. I purchased a brass box in the late 80’s at a yard sale for about $10. Sure wish I had kept it. As always, your video as are a pleasure to watch.
Well done the little ornament's have came up lovely the first one you cleaned with the two cherubs that looks like they are sitting on a music box are lovely wouldn't they look beautiful as a Christmas ornament on a mantlepiece
Our entire home has refinished furniture, mostly oak, that I found in poor condition at antiques auctions. I love stripping the wood and letting it breathe again. And hey, of course we want to see your beautiful face again, you are sunshine! Best to your mom. ❤
There are toothbrushes specifically for dentures that are excellent for cleaning, they have bristles on both sides, one is more like a pointy brush, very useful for hard to reach places.
One of my favorite cleaning tools are toothbrushes. One for dishes, one for laundry, one for cleaning. It looks like you put in some TLC cleaning your new treasures. I saw a couple interesting pieces during your visit to the second hand shop. Now I want to go haunt the shops by me. Lol. Hope you are having a great day!
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Is the brass box haunted 🤔🤔🤔 a couple of you noticed a face when I was cleaning the inside 😁 can you see it? 👻👻👻👻
Oh my yes😱
I saw 2 faces! Girl - sprinkle that thing with holy water!!!
Creepy.
@@marcellabrisboy7915 Did you see it too?
@@DaintyDiaries yes I did, back of the box.
When your chest is all dry and placed by your fireplace, please show us. I’m glad you rescued it. It is lovely. Blessings!♥️
Bar keepers friend is a life saver for cleaning brass and copper. Works a treat and saves on elbow grease!
Thanks for sharing that! ❤
Yes it's great and super satisfying!!!
I don’t know if they still make it but here in America, they had a brass cleaner called Brasso, worked wonderful on shining up brass
I am in Scotland, we still have Brasso x
That stuff works great! My college roommate had a severely tarnished little brass trinket box. I used brasso on it - two years later it still looked brand new. 💕
Totally love the brass bin and the little treasures inside. ❤ I hope that you are happy and doing well. Just love you and the kittens 🐈⬛. Blessings to you and yours 💕
Baking soda and vinegar is very good at removing baked on dirt on pans so it might work for brass. Spraying vinegar on a surface helps to prevent the return of mold.
Loved the little Fairy. I can see your niece deciding she needs her.
I think she will have her eye on that one too! ❤
The fairy would be a lovely addition to the green house .
Also, wait till the chest dries thoroughly , then Ajax or bar keepers friend (liquid) work wonders.
Loved today’s video.
Beautiful finds 😊. Love the coal box. Some brass cleaner and it will look even better. Not sure, but I think there are mould wood treatments ie liquid/varnish type treatmentS.. for after the bleach treatment.
Yes more vlogs on car boots etc.. I love Mr Cs car boot videos to.
Why wouldn't someone want to see your smiling face! Been following your for 5yrs!.. you always cheer me up! Thank you.
Great finds! The coal box looks nice with a little bit of dark on the pattern to make it look vintage. If it were shiny it would look too new. Always enjoy your videos!
I always save the old tooth brushes, amazing how useful they can be for multiple jobs!
Hello Catherine. I am one of your more senior followers and I look forward to watching your videos each week. I love your honest and no nonsense approach to life and I wish you success and happiness in all that you do. Best wishes to you and your family during this challenging time. Shirley
That is so kind Shirley, thank you x
Thank you for showing us your thrift makeovers! Thrifting is one of my favourite things to do, and I'm always curious to see what others find in different parts of the world! Here in Metro Vancouver area and surrounds, we are very lucky to have many great thrift stores! 😀
It's amazing what an old toothbrush and some elbow grease can achieve. Sometimes dirty old pieces can be overlooked and what treasures you have found.
You have a good eye for finding nice pieces.
Hope all is well with your mother.
See you on the next one.
Absolutely! A good scrub and you have a whole new piece 😍 thanks so much for stopping by xx
I remember these chests, I think we had one, but it is long gone. You did a great job, nice to bring those items back to life.
Here in the states my mom (1960's) had a brass wood keeper box, much like your find. I thnk my sister has it now. Im in my 70's and so much of what i grew uo with as the.."that time deco" is now hunted for. Thank you for sharing. Also your family is in our prayers.😊
I think the coal bucket is lovely!
Super cute how the cats come by you to see what's going on....little supervisors 🤭😸
I always enjoy your videos. You don't give up and it pays off.
Super cute little fairy!
Difficult moments in our life always feels better if we can clean and restore something. X
Absolutely ❤️ a satisfying distraction xx
The face on that little fairy looks a bit like Lily! Sending you hugs and love to mum. Soph xxx
Hello Catherine. I do love a cleaning video. My old toothbrushes always go to a cleaning project. Not just for cleaning teeth, ha ha. My mom had a brass box. Can't think for the life of me what happened to it. Your furry helpers are getting bigger and lovelier by the day. Thank you Catherine.
Hopefully the box turns up!!
My daughter has just picked up a brass coal box from her local tip shop ,with a ship on it and is doing it up for her son’s 3rd birthday as a treasure chest ..he’s mad about ships and Pirates x
Love your two supervisors 💕 Thrifting is one of my favorite things to do🤗 I love all your videos, thank you.
Love a good thrifting sesh 😍 thanks so much for watching!! ❤️
I think the figurines were precious after they were cleaned up! 😊
Love the video Catherine especially the jug with the map on .
There is a nice place on the edge of Portarlington called Solas. It's a garden centre and inside there is a section with like irishy things like old guinness signs and old irish coins framed. There's fairy garden ornaments and a cafe made with shipping containers, sorta! 😅 I like the carrot cake 😊 The furniture used in the cafe is all secondhand, it's pretty cool. Then on the other side of town, is a wee fairy trail to find at Derryounce Lake ❤
I love the music played when displaying your finds after cleaning. Thanks Catherine.
My husband and I love antiques and antiquing…I really enjoy seeing what treasures can be found in other parts of the world, so your thrift store find videos are much appreciated 💗
So much treasure around the world! 😍😍
Who does love a pot with the map of Ireland on it? It would have pride of place in my house! Thanks for another great video Catherine. Xx
I loved all the topics you touched on today. From cleaning brass to trimming a cat's...well, you know what I mean. LOL
I grew up in South Africa but live in Australia now. First thing...Brasso. Second thing; Lyles Golden Syrup...just because. As SA was a British colony until 1961 (but not always I may add) many products stick in our minds. ❤
Hi. Wow great transformation. I love the little bits and bobs inside the treasure chest. Strongs for the week ahead...thanx for popping in❤❤
Thanks so much 😊
What lovely figurines you brought back to life Catherine.
I hope the little coal box turns out good as you did a good job but if the extererior is brass than try a good brass cleaner. I know as i used to be cleaning my mother's brass collection. Anyway thank you for sharing and well done!
All of the ornaments cleaned up nicely. Pretty little fairy. I was surprised you were able to clean the box. I would leave it in the green house for a while so any little spirits are set free. Good video. Thanks
I love your love of giving things a second life. I have that same passion.
And yes, as you know from my comment last week I love watching someone cleaning things 😂😂😂. It’s so soothing.
And I checked out that paint cleaning guy you told me about and it’s amazing. 😂
Yes! Isn't he relaxing to watch, I am afraid to watch too many of his videos in case I run out of videos lol
@@DaintyDiaries 😂😂😂
There's something so satisfying in restoring something to its former glory. ❤❤
Sweet video, and those little figurines, it is so satisfying to give them a good scrub and new life and purpose. The fairy and little house can make lovely addition to small fairy garden. Also, figurines like these make quirky and fun objects with different purpose. I get these from charity shops all the time to make interesting candleholders and jewelery holders or even trinket dishes, that are unique.
Get a candle cup, drill and insert in a strategic place on the figurine, so it looks intentional as if it was always meant to be there, spray black and then use brass, antique gold, or silver Rub'n buff to create the illusion of metal. Last summer, i found two figurines made to look like busts, one with a hound head and one with the head of a fox. Now I have a quirky set of hound & fox candlestick holders.
Wow how clever 😍😍 you did a great job revamping them!! You’re so right it’s great to give pieces like that a new life 😍 thanks for sharing ❤️❤️
The vintage says so much about the area! Love the finished item!! See you soon❤
Hiya Catherine. Well that was something a bit different for us, thank you. I enjoyed. Best wishes to you and yours xx
Happy furniture hunting. Like to see what you do with that box best wishes to you,your mum and family xxxxx
The coal box would be sweet in the garden house.
Yesss it totally fits there!
I've used white vinegar to successfully clean mold off wood pieces and it worked wonderfully on an old leather chair, too. Another commenter suggested putting the coal box in your greenhouse, which would be a pretty storage piece for seed-starting items.
My mom had the coal bucket and fire guard she polished it regularly ❤child hood memorys
The nostalgia is coming back 😍🥹 this is why I love special pieces like that
You can go for antique auction house sales. They have splendid buys, especially if nobody wants it. I mean even Wiki has an auction sale.
Cool I like that coal box. I never saw one. ❤😊
My brass tray needs a good scrubbing and my silver bowls need a polish - you inspire me to take care of my own vintage finds.
You’ll be glad once it’s done 😍
I love every time you post 😊🎉
I honestly think that the dirtier the better because its the thrill of getting it all clean and having the vision of what it could look like! Plus its usally cheaper because the person selling doesnt value it! Some of my best finds have been from carboots or out of skips! My recent one is a big pewter tub for plants that I found thrown out....i cant wait to plant some bulbs in for next year! Love your videos ❤
The dirtier it is the more satisfying the clean up ❤️
Great Finds Catherine. Xx😊
I didn't know the brass items came as a set. I have the magazine rack. My Mam bought it in Newcastle upon Tyne before 1981, which is when she passed. It's been here in Alberta with me since then. My Dad made a brass fender with little padded top boxes at the ends when I was a bairn in the 1950s. We kept the shoe polishing stuff in one and the fire starter stuff in the other and I sat on them to keep warm. He was a whitesmith and made anything you wanted from metal. Every one of these little treasures is bringing back memories. I love them. 🤗 ❤
Always love your videos Catherine🥰
I wear ear buds when on RUclips and your gentle voice just tickles my ears! X
I Liked the music choice this week too.
Ooh I’m glad to hear that! ❤️
Beautiful box Catherine thanks for sharing
I love when the cats get involved
Beautiful flowers
Where's there's muck, there's brass - literally!😊
Love this!
Absolutely love your channel and you
Thank you so much xxx
My mom used to have a brass magazine rack. This bought me back to then.
That sounds like it was fab 😍
Love the wee jug. It reminds me of my neighbours treasures from Scotland.
Sounds like your neighbour had a great collection ❤️
Hi Catherine it was satisfying watching the dirty water run away everything came up lovely I love the earthen ware it was lovely,I’d love to see you do a car boot and turning stuff around,have a lovely weekend 😊
Another wonderful video. Nice to see the kittens helping you clean up your little treasures.
They’re my number one helpers, never too far away 😂🥹
I grew up in Belgium and for as long as I can remember (62yrs) my mother had one of these brass coal buckets. I have it now and it could do with a good clean. 😊
It’s great that you kept it and it lives on 😍
I stumbled on this hack and was pleasantly surprised, use Pink Stuff paste to clean your brass
I've had a deep dive on Mr Carrington videos lately, he's so chill & lovely
Hi nice to see you. I love finding old stuff. When my son was young he dug up a chamber pot and an old crock water bottle he was so excited with his finds.
Oh wow 😍 proper treasure was found!!
Lovely coal box.
May I ask what you're going to use it for?
Perfect video to watch after spending several hour cleaning old windows thoroughly,for several hours on a ladder,even scraping tiny old paint spots a many on both sides off all the panes off glass.
Exhausted but satisfied with the results after several buckets off very dirty water.
😊 Now I got your video as a treat before I fall asleep.
Wow you must be absolutely wrecked now!! A well earned rest after all your cleaning was needed! I’m sure the windows are immaculate now though ❤️😍
Ive been soaking and scrubbing an old Avon brass trivet Ive had for 36 years. Its taken 4 cleaners i had under the sink, vinegar and an old toothbrush. Finally a Mr Clean eraser did it.
Love a good thrift!👏
Those figurines cleaned up nicely. And no I didn't notice a face in the box but I may go back and check! lol!
Hiya! Another fun video!
Howdy from Texas, we enjoy both seeing and hearing you. Your videos provide a nice welcomed break. My teenagers have also started to drink hot tea. Thanks for welcoming us into your home.
Hoping everyone is having a great day. If you’re struggling, pick up an old toothbrush and give something a scrub. ❤😊
Put that on a poster ☝️😂❤️ thanks for stopping by!
The little fairy looks beautiful. You are an inspiration.
Love all your channel. Big hugs from Massachusetts 💐
Amazing finds 😍
Love a good thrift video😛
What a fun video to watch, love the before and after for your thrifted treasures!
Catherine i remember this coal bucket so well, my mam and dad had it beside the fireplace and the magazine stand also, you brought me right back to my childhood in the 80's😆
Ooh wow you had the set 😍 I’m here for the nostalgia!
Brasso is the thing for us in the Netherlands, it will give your brass a beautiful shine, you did a great job girl, tomorrow we are going to renovate the master bedroom, with new wallpaper a beige/brown small stripe and new paint on the door and bed. Hope it’s going to be nice, looking out to restyling the room after it’s done 😊 that’s the nice part .
Hi Catherine. Try the car boot sale in Tallaght on Saturday or Ballymun on Sunday. Phibsboro is nice for charity shops - the have NCBI, Oxfam and Enable ireland + a new Enable Ireland furniture store, + a Vintage shop... all minutes from each other. And plan your trip for the Ziegest flea market once a month and you can hit them all on a Saturday, lots of places for lovely food too!
I live in the U.S. What is a car boot sale? I’m not familiar with that term…
This is really helpful Michelle, thank you!
@@prariegirl72 They're similar to garage sales but rather than selling from your home you sell from your car boot (trunk) at a designated place, usually a field or car park.
gosh this takes me back! I remember the brass coal box sitting by my Nana's fireplace.
It’s so satisfying restoring something that’s been discarded. I just enjoy watching you bringing new life to what might be thought of as junk by someone else. ❤️
The most satisfying 😍 thanks so much for watching Lynda xx
Hi from British Columbia Canada. I purchased a brass box in the late 80’s at a yard sale for about $10. Sure wish I had kept it. As always, your video as are a pleasure to watch.
You could have had some real treasure on your hands!
Love to watch you cleaning and bring items back to their best.
Love your little finds
Well done the little ornament's have came up lovely the first one you cleaned with the two cherubs that looks like they are sitting on a music box are lovely wouldn't they look beautiful as a Christmas ornament on a mantlepiece
Would be soo cute 😍❤️
I really love your videos. The coal box came up beautifully
Glad you like them, thanks for watching x
Our entire home has refinished furniture, mostly oak, that I found in poor condition at antiques auctions. I love stripping the wood and letting it breathe again. And hey, of course we want to see your beautiful face again, you are sunshine! Best to your mom. ❤
There are toothbrushes specifically for dentures that are excellent for cleaning, they have bristles on both sides, one is more like a pointy brush, very useful for hard to reach places.
Ooohh I’ll have to get one of those special toothbrushes now level up the toothbrush game 😂
Hi Catherine, lovely treasures, look fab all cleaned up. Have a lovely weekend
Thanks Jo! Hope you’ve a fab weekend too 😍❤️
Great thrifting 🤠
Loved your treasures!
Mold is scary but not as bad as we often think. 😊
This is true, I often see it and think the worse x
I wish i could visit Dublin. Maybe someday ❤️
I enjoy all of your videos! Please post more thrift videos. 😀
Glad you like them! I linked to more of them in the description x
It's always fun to see what you are getting up to. I think the box was definitely worth saving. Have a good week
It was definitely a hidden gem that just needed some love ❤️
One of my favorite cleaning tools are toothbrushes. One for dishes, one for laundry, one for cleaning. It looks like you put in some TLC cleaning your new treasures. I saw a couple interesting pieces during your visit to the second hand shop. Now I want to go haunt the shops by me. Lol. Hope you are having a great day!
You did a great job of the ornaments. Great job.