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New year, new projects
Happy New Year everyone, I hope everyone has had a great start to the year and have set lofty ambitious resolutions. We’ve had a crazy couple of months with winding down the day jobs for a much...
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Project Elbow Patch
I had a slouchy merino jersey that I love to slop around the house in. It was so comfortable that I was not ready to part with it when I find the elbows had started to wear through and a little hole...
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Reviving a tired old tea tray
I had an enamelled tin tea tray that I adored. It is of oriental design and made in England. At a guess I think it would be circa 1950’s…. Although I could be wrong. It was a thrifted treasure of a few...
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Birdcage shabby chic lamp from freecycled parts.
Here is my design concept. :) I rescued this weird birdcage thing years ago, it is clad in twisted cords of paper string that had been antiqued in gesso, or something. I am pretty sure it’s a shade of...
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Bad curtains be gone!
So let me set the scene.. We move into an ageing 1950’s bungalow rental some years back. In a very nice upmarket little town, but with it’s pockets of rough areas. The house we moved into was...
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Super sprouts I need you in my kitchen!
So, this is my last day of holidays and I will back at work tomorrow. It’s been fun to indulge my creative side for this very short while. Had some wins, had some losses. After the curtain experiment...
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New day, new project – diy mirrors
Two DIY mirror projects Mirrors, mirrors on my wall, which is my favourite of you all? I love making mirrors and I’ve found that you can pretty much make them out of anything you want. I did a post...
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DIY shabby chic storage solutions.
This weekend I refurbished a thrifted little set of drawers that I picked up for $3. The drawers were sun damaged, marked with age and use, and well just gross….. Look at them, they really should be in...
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First attempt at making a dress using a draping method
Over the last few weeks/months we’ve been so busy moving stuff, purging stuff, storing stuff and selling stuff that our house is in utter chaos. In the midst of the madness I found several unfinished...
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Refresh tired unloved fabrics with a cheap and cheerful dye job!
We’ve been so busy cleaning out the cupboards and rooms and making space for our pending bundle. On one of these clean outs I found an old coverlet in the back of the linen cupboard. […]
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The great laundry cover-up. PART 1 of a 3 part DIY story
It’s Easter weekend and all the shops are closed, so we have to fend off boredom by coming up with creative distractions. One project that has been waiting so patiently in the wings, is the […]
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Everyone needs confetti in their life!
So, I am super bored with the laundry project (stencil making is BORING) and I am a little restless…. However, there has been some progress, I have the paint and I’ve redesigned my stencil. I […]
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The great laundry cover up – PART 2 of a 3 part DIY story. The stencil edition
If you’ve been following along you will have seen the previous post in this series The great laundry cover up. Long story short, we have an eyesore of a laundry area and we’ve had enough of […]
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The great laundry cover-up; PART 3 of a 3 part DIY Story – The final act
Welcome to post three, the final in this DIY story Just to recap the situation: Problem: Ugly laundry space Plan: Hide it behind a room divider Do: Design and...
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Repurposed SLR analog camera
Do you have an old camera that is well passed its prime? Maybe its sitting in a shoebox at the back of a cupboard collecting dust with all the years of negatives and numerous packets of […]
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The humble paint chip
I’ve always loved colour whether it be in nature, paint swatches, colour wheels, synthetic, the new soft greens in spring – or whatever. Today, I just wanted to touch again on the versatile little...
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je suis un sachet de lavande
I have another issue that needs solving. Last winter we discovered my truck had a leak, which hubby promptly fixed, but alas the carpet was soaked, it smelt musty and gross. I’ve laboured with...
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I’ve been working on… mysterious things
There’s been a hive of activity in my head that has translated through my hands into….. stuff. My sister pushed me into it, she’s to blame, and ultimately thank when it comes to fruition. Now I don’t...
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Seagrass should have stayed on the seashore.
This is a DIY easy peasy project. No instructions necessary and the miserable story behind it might entertain you. I had a once was beautiful seagrass rug with a chevron weave. As mentioned in my last...
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Designer Inspiration – Amazing materials in product and design
I wanted to share with you all some amazing and inspiring developments in new and not so new materials for product and design. Some very clever cookies have been hard at work developing and...
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