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Wondering how to make textured art? Read this. Are you looking to add a touch of personality to your walls you need to know how to make textured art! DIY textured canvas art is a fantastic way to create a unique and eye-catching piece of artwork that reflects your style and creativity. This simple little…
An easy and affordable fix for a damaged cabinet door hinge Who needs a hinge repair plate? Is there anything more annoying than a dodgy kitchen cupboard hinge? You know, the one when the screws won’t stay in their holes on the door itself, so every time the cupboard door closes, the hinge pops back…
How to transform your kitchen with tile stickers aka stick-on tiles I wanted to write a blog post about kitchen tile stickers aka stick-on tiles for kitchens, because they are such a handy tool for those looking to complete a kitchen makeover on a budget, and yet they are not well known. What are tile…
Make room for Christmas gifts by upping your storage game. The gap between Christmas & New Year (aka the ‘Chrimbo Limbo’ or the ‘Merry-neum’ ) is a weird old time… fact. No-one knows what day it is or what to do with themselves on a ‘normal’ year, and this year brings the added complication of…
How to create stylish kitchen pantry storage by upcycling your old glass jars. Why build kitchen pantry shelves? How to build a kitchen pantry might not be near the top over everyone’s ‘need to know’ list but pantry shelves have been an obsession of mine for a while. Just to clarify, I’m talking about the…
How to make a stylish Autumn foraged mantle display for under £20 A handy guide to creating a stylish mantle that everyone’s sure to ‘Fall’ for! One of the best things about this time of the year is the change in decor, it’s all about Autumn vibes now. The colours and textures become cosier and…
How do you feel about the blue Christmas trend? There are articles, adverts and posts about the blue Christmas theme everywhere you look. I’m not one to say I told you so, but I did call this particular Christmas trend in the article I wrote for WomanandHome.com a few weeks back. You can blame John…
A handy hack for how to draw a circle for your DIY projects. There are quite a few DIY projects and painting DIYs that you need to know how to draw a circle or arch for. Colour blocking with paint is a common one, as is cutting MDF arches to customise furniture. You can use…
Not sure whether you need a DIY bin store for your wheelie bins? Read this before you decide… How to build a DIY bin store If you are looking for a detailed step-by-step tutorial for this DIY bin store, pop over to my ‘how to’ post here… If you still need a bit of persuading…
From IKEA to antique(ish), this DIY hack is for you if you want to know how to distress wood. Let’s talk antique benches, you know the kind… beautifully unique, dented, scratched, slightly wonky, bearing the scars of decades of use. Well, it turns out that they are not cheap! I could imagine what Mr. D…
Real Home Tours: Week 4 Welcome to week 4 of Real Home Tours. In week 1, we visited Sandra in her Welsh seaside sanctuary. From there, we hot-footed it to Hythe to stop in on interior designer Lisa, who gave us a tour of her beautiful home and last week we popped over to Lauren’s…
This DIY stair runner is such a satisfying project and makes such a huge difference to the look and feel of the previously dull and uninspiring stairs. Why choose a DIY stair runner? I’d long drooled over people’s beautiful stair runners, in a virtual sense only of course, no actual drooling occurred (that I can…