With recycling a key trend, beautiful new surfaces and paint treatments are appearing in the rush to renew good vintage pieces, especially good but ugly "brown" furniture, at top decorators and home shops everywhere.

 Both contemporary and vintage fabrics renew good but shabby chairs and sofas, now found in the best shops, too.

 

High gloss sprayed chair at Bon Marche, Paris

 

Distressed blue/grey chest at Nicholas Haslam, London

 

 

 

Distressed vintage sideboard at Julliette At Home display at Top Drawer, London

 

 

Deep green distressed painted cubboard with yellow pottery at The Decoratie Antiques & Textiles Fair, London

 

 Vintage chair covered in patchwork of vintage fabrics by Sprint at Designers Guild, London

 

 

Vintage chair covered with three contemporary prints at The Decorative Textiles & Antiques Fair, London

 

 

Vintage chair with patchwoked classic blue check fabric at Colefax & Fowler, London