GHIFY NEWS & UPDATES

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

If you're looking for Cool Funky Stylish Eye Frames - make sure you check out Martine Brinsdon Optometrist in Murwillumbah!  They've seriously got the funkiest range of 1-of-a-kind eyewear that you can find!  We loved playing with their Custom Colour selections they selected for the "Once Upon A Queenslander" buffet & console for their newly decorated store.  Isn't it AWESOME?? 

And what do they & their customers make of the Once Upon A Queenslander range??

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

If you love Nina Proudman's gorgeous Retro home on Channel 10's "Offspring" series, you will love this blog by Emma from Living Thrifty who shares her awesome tips & finds on how you can create the funky, country, retro-industrial look for yourself!  And yes, our Recycled Bedside Table from the "Once Upon A Queenslander" collection is featured!  Pick up yours from http://ghify.com/collections/once-upon-a-queenslander Visit Emma's lovely blog on http://www.livingthriftyaustralia.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/get-that-look.html to read her "Get The Look" inspiration!

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

Click Here To Shop The "Once Upon A Queenslander" Range

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

We would love for you to #ghify on Instagram or Twitter to share any of your GHIFY photos with us.  Like this awesome shot from Misfortunateone from Instagram of our lovely deck chairs at Post Office Square for the Brisbane City Council!  Chillin' outdoors at lunch time in the city just got a lot more comfortable!

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

Thanks to Brisbane Times for this lovely photo of Brisbane Councillor Vicki Howard and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk sitting on our very own GHIFY deck chairs at Post Office Square! Read Katherine Feeney's article here on http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/city-hall-brings-a-slice-of-the-big-apple-to-post-office-square-20130618-2ofy5.html#ixzz2XD489AXt & support the Lord Mayor's "Chair2Share" efforts!

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+

 

"Sounds like a lot more fun than the furniture in most glossy magazines ..."

That's according to the Eco Warriors, Tracey Hordern & the Team at Eco Citizen Australia when they saw our collection of Recycled furniture here @ GHIFY!  Passionate about all things ECO, this brilliant team scour the world looking for all the ways & means of supporting the masses here in Australia who want to put into effect sustainable living in their lives.  And that's how they stumbled on our lil' store and featured it in this article http://www.ecocitizenaustralia.com.au/ghify-recycled-wooden-furniture/

And that marked the beginning of our "Once Upon A Queenslander" collection.  Inspired by this beautiful Australian icon, the Queenslander Home, we have so many happy memories of growing up surrounded by the warm timber floors, VJ walls and staring up at the ceiling battens on hot summer nights.  For those of us who still remember it or are still lucky to be living in these beloved homesteads, you'll know what we're talking about.  A rummage around a scrapyard one day found us staring at piles and piles of beautiful worn floorboards, ceiling beams and battens, still with some of their original paintwork, and the holes left by the nails embedded in them through the years.  Some of the timber told of fires and the harsh Queensland sun beating down on them as they sheltered the families within.  We just couldn't walk away.  Salvaging as much of these old torn down Queenslander homes, we got back to the workshop and got really busy resurrecting these discarded timber into something we love - Furniture!

The result is a range of fun, beautiful and functional furniture that has been given a new lease of life in the form of dressing tables, chairs, sideboards, entertainment units, hall tables and more!  Retaining as much of the original timber as possible with only a few splashes of colour, not only does this range need no maintenance, being solid timber, it will last for generations to come.  A good thing because who would want to throw these babies out??

Best part about it, we can build other pieces to go with this range to suit your decor, or make them in any colour you like...  Afterall, we are Furniture Makers, the Heart & Craft of it all :)

To see more of this extensive collection, visit http://ghify.com/collections/once-upon-a-queenslander

xox

Written by Magdalene Marx, Co-Founder of GHIFY. Read more about GHIFY & Maddy, on Google+