Posts Tagged ‘Crafts’
Wallpaper is a great way to bring a splash of colour and pattern into your home in small doses. It can be used to link small items with a strong design and colour that you really love but don’t want it to overpower your scheme. It’s also a great way to revamp tired pieces that […]
Painting with Gold & Upcycling Old Objects
24 Jan 2014
Upcycling old objects is a great way to revitalise furniture and home accessories that are tired and in need of a face lift. Anything can be painted and charity shops and auctions are great places to source cheap accessories that can be transformed with a little time and imagination.
How to Decorate a Christmas Wreath
13 Dec 2013
Plain wreaths are quite cheap to buy and it allows you to customize them to your own style, so here are my steps for how to decorate your own Christmas wreath.
We’re on a mission to banish ugly, functional objects. Starting with lever arch files- who’d have thought a lever arch file could be decorative?! Well, we’re going to show you how to cover one in fabric, it’s so cheap and easy to do and there is nothing more boring on your shelves than rows of grey cardboard. […]
How to Create a Shabby Chic Mirror
2 Nov 2013
This is a beautiful vintage mirror, but it’s looking a bit tired and dated for today’s home décor. So I’m going to give it a shabby chic, French style by painting it with Annie Sloane’s chalk paint in ‘Country Grey’. First things first, you will need: Here’s how to paint a mirror with a shabby […]
How to Decoupage
26 Jul 2013
Decoupage – a word to strike terror into the heart of the clumsy and impatient- fear not, try our cheats guide!
PlastiKote Spray Paint
17 Jul 2013
I’ve always shied away from spray paints after several disastrous attempts years ago that involved ruining a wicker chair amongst other things – that is until I was swayed by the delicious colours of PlastiKote’s new range at Selina Lake’s Vintage Fair where they were handing out free cans of paint. I thought, maybe being […]
