Est. Reclaimed · Upcycled Furniture

Old bones.
New frocks.

We take tired, unloved furniture — yours or ours — and dress it up in fresh paint, proper fabric and better hardware. Same good bones underneath. Nobody has to know how old it really is.

The Mutton Dressed As Lamb mascot: a sheep in sunglasses, red lipstick, and a cream dress with a red belt, mid-stride
No. 000 / Not For Sale

The Face

Fully Dressed
The Wardrobe

Four pieces, freshly done up.

Tap a tag to see what it used to be. Everything here started out somebody's cast-off — a bit wobbly, a bit dated, a bit much. It isn't anymore.

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Real Piece A chest of drawers after its makeover: burnt-orange paint with playful Nike swoosh decals and a Just Do It print on the bottom drawer The same chest of drawers before its makeover: dark stained wood with brass drop handles
The Dresser
Burnt-orange paint, custom swoosh decals — a proper statement piece now.
Lot 001 / Was
Dark stained wood, brass drop handles, a bit dour
Now
Burnt-orange with custom decals
£480
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Real Piece A farmhouse hutch after restoration: soft cream paint, natural wood top, open shelving styled with jugs, plants and books The same hutch before restoration: dark stained wood, peeling and worn, tucked in a cluttered corner
The Farmhouse Hutch
Soft cream paint, natural wood top, open shelving dressed with jugs and books.
Lot 002 / Was
Dark stained pine, peeling and worn thin
Now
Cream paint, natural wood top
£650
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Real Piece An antique dressing table after its makeover: sage green paint with a whitewashed top drawer front and tilting mirror The same dressing table before its makeover: honey oak with a tilting mirror on turned posts
The Dressing Table
Sage green with a whitewashed top drawer, a mirror that finally deserves it.
Lot 003 / Was
Honey oak, tilting mirror on turned posts
Now
Sage green, whitewashed top drawer
£320
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Real Piece A teak bookcase after its makeover: navy blue base and drawer with gold hardware, teak shelves kept, styled with vases and books The same bookcase before its makeover: plain teak with a sliding glass door and open shelving
The Bookcase
Navy base with gold hardware, teak shelves kept honest and bare.
Lot 004 / Was
Plain teak, sliding glass door, a bit corporate
Now
Navy base, gold hardware, open shelves
£560
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The Face Of The Label

Never underestimate a woman in a good belt.

She doesn't do the sanding. She doesn't do the sourcing. She turns up at the end, puts the sunglasses on, and takes all the credit — which, frankly, is the whole point of getting dressed up.

The mascot in profile, dress trailing, walking away from camera
The mascot leaning against a wall, arms crossed, unimpressed
The mascot seated, one leg crossed over the other, sunglasses on
The Mutton Dressed As Lamb badge, burned into the underside of a reclaimed oak tabletop
The Mark

Every piece leaves branded.

Underneath, out of sight, each piece gets the same stamp burned into the wood — proof it went through the whole process, not just a coat of paint over the top.

Comes With Every Piece

Not just a receipt. An Originality Card.

Every piece leaves the workshop with its own hang tag: when it was originally made, and when we got our hands on it. Proof of provenance, not just a fresh coat of paint over a stranger's furniture.

Think of it as the sheep's passport — mutton on one side, lamb on the other.

An Originality Card hang tag for Mutton Dressed As Lamb Furniture, showing a sideboard's before-and-after transformation with its original and renewed dates
How It Works

The full outfit change, in four steps.

Every piece goes through the same process, in the same order. It's the order that makes the difference.

01

Scout & Strip

We collect your piece — or find one of our own — and strip it back to bare bones. Old paint, tired fabric, wonky hardware, all gone.

02

Sand & Mend

Every wobble tightened, every crack filled, every surface sanded smooth. No shortcuts, no gloss over the gaps.

03

Dress

Paint, stain, reupholster, new hardware — the actual outfit change. This is where the personality goes on.

04

Deliver

Wrapped and delivered, ready to walk into your room looking like it never spent a decade in a garage.

Wear It Home

Merch. Made to accompany the main event.

For people who take their furniture more seriously than their actual wardrobe. Small batch, made alongside the pieces themselves.

A canvas tote bag printed with the sheep mascot in her white dress, sunglasses and red lipstick
The Mascot Tote
Heavy canvas, big enough for a lamp you didn't plan on buying.
£14
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A cream mug printed with a portrait of the sheep mascot in a dress and two sheep illustrations, on a matching saucer
Portrait Mug
The mascot in full portrait glory, wrapped around a proper cup of tea.
£12
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An enamel pin featuring the Mutton Dressed As Lamb badge logo
Enamel Pin
The actual workshop stamp, shrunk down and pinned to your coat.
£9
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A ceramic vase shaped like the sheep mascot's head and shoulders, with sunglasses, red lips and a gold dress, holding wildflowers
The Mascot Vase
Sculpted ceramic, gold glaze, sunglasses included. Flowers not.
£28
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A plush toy of the sheep mascot, wearing sunglasses, red lipstick, and a cream dress with a red belt
Mutton Plushy
The mascot herself, shrunk down and cuddly. Sunglasses stay on.
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20% Of Profit, Donated
Give A Piece, Give Back

Don't want it? Donate it.

If you'd rather hand a piece over than sell it, we'll take it off your hands — no charge, no questions. When we resell it once it's done up, 20% of the profit goes straight to charity.

Same process, same care. Just a kinder ending for the piece you can't quite keep.

Got something in the attic that needs a word with itself?

Send us a photo of the piece you can't quite throw out. We'll tell you honestly whether it's worth dressing up, and what it might look like once we're done.

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Style Notes

What people say after the reveal.

"It went into their van looking like a skip find and came back looking like it belonged in a catalogue."

— Priya, Bristol

"My nan's sideboard has never had this much attention paid to it. Not even by my nan."

— Tom, Leeds

"Genuinely didn't recognise my own chair. Had to check the tag to believe it."

— Anisa, Manchester