I’m a great believer that although the decorating of a room may be ‘finished’, it’s never really finished. The best interiors evolve over time, and as your eye becomes accustomed to your surroundings, you can often spot areas ready for change. Or, if you’re anything like me, you get bored very quickly and actively look for areas […]
Category: things to make and do
furniture makeovers and DIY projects
DIY Cage Wall Shelf
Do you ever have an exact idea of what you want, only to find that ‘the thing you want’, doesn’t exist? This happens to me all the time and it happened again, when I was finishing off the hallway renovation. Except that I then eventually found similar, but at a price I didn’t want to […]
DIY Beni Ourain Berber Style Bench.
So, my disclaimer to kick off with; I am by no means an upholsterer, and I’m sure there are better ways to approach this project. No matter though, today I’ll be showing you how to potentially save £££’s with a DIY Beni Ourain Berber style bench. Beni Ourain rugs (see below), have been popular in interiors for […]
How Do I; DIY Marquee Light Up Anchor
This DIY marquee light is actually a project I completed quite a while back, when I had a completely different direction for where I wanted the style of the master bedroom to go. The trend for light up marquee lettering was well underway, but to get anything of a decent size, you had to pay […]
Ikea Billy Bookcase Built-In Hack
Planning. The finishing touches have just been added to our custom shelving unit and it’s been styled to within an inch of it’s life. Fancying seeing how you can pimp up a cheapo set of bookshelves, into a thing of style and substance? Then prepare yourself for the Billy Bookcase Built-In Bonanza! If you haven’t already […]
My DIY (did it myself) 5-arm ceiling light.
Before the big living room reveal I thought I would share a few process shots and posts of how I got to the end result. Of course, it’s also because I like a big dramatic build up to these things, but it kinda makes sense to show some elements first, like the fireplace makeover here. So, […]
We are on Apartment Therapy!!!
Exciting news!! My magazine table makeover has only gone and made it onto the worlds BIGGEST interiors website!! I am so over the moon I cannot tell you! Go check it out now!!! Magazine table makeover
Leather pull DIY
Here’s a quick DIY that cost less than £15 to make… and for that I made 6 pulls. This included buying the tools! Bargain! What you need: •An old leather belt. •6 round head bolts with nuts (I used cup bolts). Try to get 4mm as these are slightly less clunky looking. •rotary cutter (you […]
The Bedroom makeover plan. Version 2.0
With new a new plan, comes…new plans. The big wardrobe makeover/DIY had begun and thoughts started turning to colour. Do I want them to blend in? Stand out? Contrast?? This time there needed to be a firm plan. Was I fuck going to be painting them only to regret my choices. I mean, this would […]
Magazine table makeover
I bought this wee magazine table from a reclamation yard a few years back for the tiny sum of three whole pounds. Now, it was lying out back in the yard, overgrown with grass and had to literally be pulled from the undergrowth, so, I felt slightly robbed having to pay anything. Anyway, I had […]