DIY fabric-covered buttons
Making fabric-covered buttons for upholstery or sewing projects is easy! You don’t need expensive tools to do it. There are pre-made buttons that you can upholster yourself and this tutorial I will show you how to do that!
Renovating
Outdoor rug makeover
Outdoor rug makeover – how do you paint outdoor rug and create a pattern using a masking tape
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 …
Repurposed coffe and tea cans – stencil painted
I had many empty coffee cans and quite a mess in my tea and coffee cabinet, so I decided to paint them and have them labelled. Here is how you can repurpose old coffee cans by turning them into tea and coffee containers and keep the shelves organised. You can make your own stencils or download …
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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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 …
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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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. …
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 …
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 …