How to Paint Like a Pro! Last week I had the opportunity to go Live on one of Facebook’s fastest growing DIY Furniture Painting Groups showing everyone how to create a driftwood effect! As the group grew in numbers, I was approached by Admins of the group to see...
Tutorials – How do you learn best? We’ll get to the 8 tutorials in just a minute, but first, did you know that when it comes to learning how to do things, we each have different learning styles? For me, I love to watch videos and read blog posts about DIY...
A Room Reset I was inspired by Marian Parson’s newest book, The Home Design Doodle Book, to do a Room Reset in my own house, so I decided to start with our formal lounge room. I’ll get to how to paint the window sills and trims after we take a look at the...
A Sweet Little Table The table above began like this … don’t you love that cast iron stand!? The top was well worn and weathered, so it needed a quick sanding down with my orbital Sander. Choosing a stencil I was about to organise our first Farmhouse Clock...
Unusual Custom Requests Antiquing and Aging a Fender Guitar When Josiah mentioned the idea of customising his Fender guitar, I didn’t think he was serious at first. But he talked about creating an aged effect around the edges to make it more grungey and worn...
The Barricade Please tell me that I’m not the only one who’s furniture stash “to do” pile slowly morphs into the barricade scene from Les Miserables! Well, I’m here to tell you there’s hope. Not just for your furniture stash, but...