Transforming the Sofa with a Slipcover and Quilt

Although green is my favourite colour, I’m so over bottle green. My living room is small and the darkness of the couch doesn’t help. Besides, with 3 cats and 2 dogs, they (there are 2×3 sofas) need all the protection they can get.
The slipcover is getting rather worn, and one of the dogs has nibbled [...]

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Distressed Tallboy Dresser

Here is a pic of the top of my tallboy in my bedroom, I also painted the wardrobe standing next to it. As you can hopefully see, I used the ‘aged’ technique on it the same as I did to the kitchen sideboard. It takes the starkness out of the look, stopping [...]

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Towel Stand

I’m not sure if this is the right thing to call it! I bought a nice raw pine one and decided to give it the same treatment as the cutlery tray. Voila! Instant vintage looking towel stand. Well, almost – the crackle spray has run out 1/4 of the way through! Never mind, off to [...]

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Sideboard Makeover in its new home

Here it is now taking pride of place in my kitchen. Wish I had more “before” photos, I tend to think of them only at the “after” stage. What was there before was a rather low kitchen bench with a lot of wasted space under it. It was so low the kitchen [...]

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Funky Fabric Canvas Board

I made this a while ago…but I’m not quite sure what to do with it. My original intention was a photo board, I wonder if I still have the ribbon for it…
It’s pretty easy. Take one canvas, bought cheaply. Choose some fabric that you like. Don’t cut it yet. Put the fabric pattern side [...]

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Evil Wallpaper Must Die

Perhaps that’s a little graphic. However, the sentiment remains. I have been putting up with this nasty wallpaper since I moved here…several years ago! Ask no questions and I’ll tell no lies. My little abode is..um..shall we say…weird. I’m not actually sure what’s under the travesty lining my kitchen walls. Let’s [...]

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Crackle Cutlery Tray

Would you believe you can buy paint products to give the aged and distressed look of paint over a very long time?! Now they come in cans! So with a pine cutlery tray, I sprayed the base color, a dark brown. Once that dried I applied the top coat which crackles (shrinks on [...]

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Vinegar Wash for Slipper Chair Makeover

Still recovering from the marathon paint stripping (did I mention all those scrolly bits on the chair?!) all that was achieved the following day was that I removed the paint stripper from the chair. I used a damp sponge and wiped down with a rag. I read somewhere about a vinegar wash also, to [...]

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Slipper Chair gets an extreme makeover!

I have this little chair I picked up from Ebay. Poor little boudoir chair. Too many coats of paint had obscured the carving work a tad. Yesterday I spent 4 solid hours using paint stripper, a scraper and wire brushes to get rid of all that paint! Today [...]

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