Shoe Lasts Forever……….

It’s a busy time at Heart Home magazine.

Issue 2  is starting to take shape and Arianna and I are now in the middle of photoshoots and all of the preparations, for what is promising to be a fantastic Christmas issue.

Now here’s a thing.  We were at a house shoot last week where the owner was using a wooden shoe last as a doorstop.  It didn’t make it into any of the shots unfortunately.  I glanced at it for a moment and then my attention was diverted elsewhere and it was forgotten.

Then at the weekend – at another shoot – this time in one of those French reclamation type yards, the wooden shoe last suddenly appeared again.  Not the same one you understand, figuratively speaking, and this time we used a couple as props.

You know where I’m going with this story don’t you? 

I’m now the proud owner of a pair of unrestored shoe lasts.  Size three – from a French shoe factory.  I’m told that a quick rub down with some wire wool and some wax and they will look amazing, and I will add it to my list of jobs that never seem to get done somehow.

I don’t care, I love them. 

Image credits: 1.Grandmothers Buttons. 2.Anthropologie. 3.The Poetic Home. 4.Pedlars.