Amy Slack - Pinkyswifts

Hi I’m Amy, I’m the owner, designer and maker behind Pinkyswifts. I live in Rushden, Northamptonshire with my husband and Reggie the dog.

As a professional furniture artist and upcycler, I really love colour and pattern. And what I love even more is helping people to inject colour, sustainability and their own personality into their homes and workplaces by upcycling furniture.

Why buy new when there is so much great furniture just waiting to be made new? This is at the heart of my business – sustainability, reusing, upcycling, painted furniture.

I’m all about taking a piece of vintage furniture and seeing what the possibilities are, transforming it into something so bright, bold and striking that you smile every time you see it. A Pinkyswifts piece is a real talking point – or at least it is once people have stopped saying “WOW!”

I paint my own pieces to sell and also work with customers on items they already have, creating bespoke pieces for their homes and workplaces. I also offer a sourcing service if you haven’t got the perfect item of furniture to begin with.

And from my studio in Rushden, I run various upcycling and furniture painting workshops whether you want to come for a relaxing, creative day with friends or get into the nitty gritty of furniture painting.