People often ask me where I find my “stuff” to restore. There are so many different avenues to finding your own funky furniture to makeover for your house, so I thought I’d share some of my secrets with you. If you prefer to buy your furniture from shops then you may need to use a furniture assembly service to help…
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After much anticipation, ASCP (Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint) is finally in Australia. If you’ve been following my blog or facebook posts, you’ll know that for the last couple of years I’ve been making my own DIY chalk paint to get that chalk paint antique finish on my furniture pieces. Well, I have finally got a hold of “The REAL DEAL”…
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I attempted my very first Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk paint project a few weeks ago. I had so much fun mixing and painting and was so excited to even have the paint as it is not yet available in Australia. But thanks to my lovely sister who happened to visit my sister-in-law while travelling in the USA, she brought back…
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A Piece of Family History Aren’t they gorgeous!? I was so excited when I saw these antique canning labels that my sister had scanned in from the originals and added to our family historical records on www.ancestry.com. I had them printed, washed out some empty fruit cans and glued them on. Voila! Beautiful antique/vintage decor items for my home. Read…
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Before: I found this old cabinet in our back shed that we had received from my Grandfather when he had moved to a smaller house. We kept garden tools and other bits and pieces in it. When I started getting interested in old pieces of furniture, I thought I’d pull it out of the shed and give it a new…
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