Colourful Velvet Bed Spread for Boho Bedroom
I don’t let a piece of fabric waste. These colourful velvet fabric scraps made a perfect colourful bed throw combined together.
Interiors
DIY dining room lamp
A nice lamp ant the type of light can make a difference. This is what I designed and made for our dining room. A bit of research and online shopping, and I sourced all elements exactly how I imagine them. Links are below: Wood: recycled from the house we renovated. Try to recycle, but if …
DIY pallet seat with wheels
When I planned to visit my sister in law and she asked me for help with upcycling a small pallet she had. Upcycling? No problem! I ordered all necessary materials beforehand and with everything ready, within three hours built this small seat on wheels. It even fits under the coffee table so if it is …
Christmas tree diy sewn decorations
I think my Christmas tree is a bit different, more traditional. I like thinking that it looks more like hundreds years ago when the tradition of decorating trees started and our great, great- grandmothers were making decorations themselves.
Decoupage Candles – a Quick Video Tutorial
I recently made som candles and recorded the process of making on the video that I would like to share with you. Watch that video if you want to quickly learn how to make a candle with a lovely decoupage. It is easy enough and you don’t need ant special equipment or tools. For that …
Gingerbread Christmas tree decorations (the recipe included)
Are you in the Christmas mood already? We just bought our Christmas tree and I took out the last year decorations (hand made and hand sewn of course! And this year I decided to continue making my own decorations. I am definitely not buying plastic decorations from the shops, maybe a few crafty additions to …
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Spray painted wicker laundry baskets
Another project finished and ready to share. We wanted to refresh our bathroom and after having it painted in gray, I decided that the two laundry wicker baskets there, also deserve some uplifting. Before painting anything you have to remember to clean it thoroughly. The baskets were a bit dusty so I dusted them with …
Upcycled Ikea Tray – Chalk Painted
I have to admit for a hundred times that I am addicted to changing things around my home -upcycling, recycling, repainting, upgrading. Giving items their second life. This is an example of a third life I gave a simple IKEA tray. Originally it looked like this; I bought it for €5. Then I painted it …
IKEA coffee table hack – reclaimed pallet wood cover
When you rent a apartment and you sometimes don’t want to rely on the furniture that is there. You can’t give the furniture back as it came with the flat and the landlord would not agree to that but you want it to look different, be more in your style. Over years of living in …
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*SOLD* Stencil on Reclaimed Wood – €50
This is one of the first stencil paintings i have ever made. I upcycled the old cabinet that we put apart. Sold just recently – I believe i went for some kind of charity auction.
Ikea lampshade hack – knitted lampshade cover
Another way of making your rented apartment with random furniture a nit more like your own. I had this ikea lamp with akredytacji quite worn lampshade. I decided to knitt this orange cover and have to say it werkend out really well. Looks great with the light on and also during the day. rented …
Stencils on reclaimed wood – Kate
Finished a long time ago but never published. so I am sharing them today. The painting is already gifted.
Coffee table made of reclaimed palet wood
Another item completed over this summer. I was working very hard to make my outdoor area colorful and cozy 🙂 We have a big table and chair but I had no small table that could be used when sitting on the bench. I found three small pallets and made this table out of them. I …
Another renovated armchair – magic colors and quality fabrics.
I have finished this piece a while ago, but got quite busy over the summer months and never published the any photos. So here you go. This time I had a bit more work as instead of stapling everything, I decided to sew some elements of upholstered chair cover. Everything that you see on the …
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*SOLD* Upcycled white vintage dresser €200
I found this lovely item on adverts and immediately had this idea of repainting it white. I decided not to get rid of the mirror part as I simply liked it better without the mirror. And this is how the dresser looked like before.
Very productive weekend of renovating furniture and upholstering armchairs
It was a rainy weekend. The weather and greyness made me feel quite lazy, but it did not stop me from finishing a few projects. It was nice and fulfilling to stay at home and bring a few things back to live. Re-upholstered armchair. Lovely mustard-yellow fabric and chalky finish waxed wooden frame in graphite. …
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Cotton rope basket – crochet – FOR SALE
Cotton crochet basket for sale. Natural soft cotton rope was used to create it. The crochet stitch used made is sturdy enough so sides are not collapsing. It is lively sunflower yellow with a vibrant navy blue trim The dimensions are: Height: apx 21 Diameter: apx 40cm
Hand knitted cotton rope blanket or a rug – FOR SALE
Another rug. This one is in calm colours – smokey grey, khaki and a dark grey cotton rope was used to produce it. It is knitted, entirely hand-made by myself. All together around 650 meters of that rope was used. The dimensions are apx 110cm x 140cm. The rug is stretchy, so the exact dimensions depend …
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Upholstery DIY project – renovate an old stool
What is necessary to start this little upholstery project? To renovate and uplift an old armchairs or stools you need: manual skills old armchairs, chairs, stools or some other furniture that you can practice your upholstery on tools and materials for renovating (The only tools I was using were a small hammer, upholstery stapler …
Renovated retro chest of drawers – SOLD
I love finding old pieces of furniture and bringing them to life. I have lots of ‘garbage’ at home that just waiting to be renovated. Tables, chairs, armchairs… wooden pallets waiting to be painted with the stencils. This time I had restored a small chest of drawers that I found on the local ads website. …
Cotton-rope Crochet Rug – perfect for nursery
Another project finished . It took me through the 10 episodes of The Good Wife and 1500 meters of cotton rope used. Eventually I finished this beautiful cotton-cord crochet rug. If is for sale now. I also take order for custom mate to order rugs – any colour. It is brand new. Dimensions 143cm x …
DIY painted garbage bins
When we moved to a new apartment, I had nowhere to put the bins. The only place they would fit was under the glass console table next to the balcony door. I didn’t really like how that side of my kitchen looked. I wanted to make it look bit more cozy. I decided to spray-paint …
Newspaper walpapered bathroom
Check out this project. A bathroom renovation renovation that I did for a friend couple of weeks ago. A great idea if you have tight budget. What is needed is time, old newspapers or printouts and diluted glue for wood, the kind that is used for decoupage.
Rejuvenated Old Table with Bird Stencils
I found this old foldable table on a bric-a-bra sale and decided to rejuvenate it. Her is what I ended up with 🙂 I used 150 sandpaper on a palm sander. It it could be done by hand with some elbow grease. Lightly sand the entire table and legs. You do not need to remove …
Love Your Cat Day
Tomorrow’s Love Your Cat Day is a fundraising event in Lillies Bordello, Dublin to help all the cats & kittens in Cats’ Aid Dublin care. There will be live music, raffle with fantastic prizes, nibbles and special guests including Ann Doyle and Pete the Vet!!! If you want to find out more check out their facebook …
Painting from Stencils – renovating a cabinet
Yesterday I eventually found some time to finish this stencil and use it to paint our multimedia cabinet. You can find the instructions on each of the images. They picture pretty much every step of stencil making and stencil painting process. In case you have difficulties to read (I know some of the inserts are …
Decorative Wall Painting
If we have big wall space and you want to decorate it, it might be better idea to decorate the wall rather than hang some picture or painting. There are many options available on the market. Most big markets have special wall stickers available. They are usually pricey and it is much cheaper to …
Beautiful glass Christmas tree ornaments
Today I would like to share with you few more christmas ornaments that I made this week. These colourful stars and hearts are made of glass. Each of the Christmas tree ornaments I’d individually painted with special high quality paints for glass. Most of them are completely, or partially transparent and they look amazing when …