Refashioned furniture using fabric

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I really do believe that there are some household items that are bound to eventually leave you and there are some that are just meant to stay. For example, this bedside table had many reasons why it should leave.

• It was old and depending on your fashion taste somewhat out-dated

• It was wood veneer, yes not even solid wood!

• Lastly, it was not overly beautiful or modern

In my opinion, it also had a good few reasons why it should stay...

• It had quite a lovely contemporary line

• I personally quite like late 70's and 80's style furniture

• Furniture made with wood veneer uses less timber than the same piece of furniture made from solid wood, now that's kind of forward thinking, ecofriendly and resourceful right?? 

• It also belonged to Grandpa Honner, whom I never had the pleasure to meet!

• Lastly, I do love a challenge and I knew I could refashion it in some small way so that it would blend more stylishly with our renovated post war Queenslander home.

   

And so I think, that it was written on the wall that this one should stay! Do you think so too?? I remember watching Grand Designs one day, do you watch that show?? I love it! They were presenting a home that had been designed by this fabulously creative pair. I remember seeing fabric covered doorways and architraves... it was truly unique and beautiful to see the way they had stretched fabric over doorways like a stretched canvass artwork. I liked it!

Refashion your furniture using fabric

 Requirements

Cupboard or bedside table

Fabric

Staple Gun

Elmers Glue

Pegs

Method 

Unscrew and remove any knobs from draw

Stretch fabric over front section of draw

Glue and staple stretched fabric ends to bedside table draw edges

Glue edges of fabric underneath draw edge and peg to secure

Ensure fabric is stretched tightly over draw

Staple gun stretched fabric into place

Tightly fold corners in a secure triangle and staple neatly into place. Use a hammer to gently tap staples in so that they sit quite smoothly along edge.

Insert a small hole in fabric and screw knob back into place

Style as per your taste

 

Today's "antique sugar tin- garage sale find" looks lovely on it too

I do believe this spare room project is finished now although needless to say the spare room still has a way to go. Thankyou for popping in! 

Rachael xx 

Visiting here, if you would like to check out some other great projects.

  

DIY- Cabinet Knob Decorations

Source: artisanti.com via Rachael on Pinterest

Fancy Door/ Cabinet Knobs are gorgeous yet can be quite expensive accessories to add to a cabinet or home project, especially when you are working within a specific budget. It is a shame because these added details, albeit small, can complete a look quite fabulously! Don't you think?? With this challenge in mind, I thought I would do a quick, DIY- Hand printed, knob decoration tutorial that can be done on any wooden knob for a door or cabinet.

Requirements 

Wooden Door Knob

Stanley Knife

Design

Paint

Dry sponge roller

My $3 wooden cabinet knob

Method:

Sponge/ spray paint over knob in chosen colour. Set aside to dry!

All over white wash

You will also need a design...maybe you could draw your own, use a picture or a free clip art/ downloadable. Cut carefully around your chosen image. For this project I wanted to use a simple design therefore chose an anchor. Love, love, love a coastal theme!

Stanley knife around your chosen image

This is actually my favorite part! Using a Stanley knife cut carefully around you're design. Practice really makes perfect and a seamless design is what your aiming for.

Use a Dry Sponge Roller
Use a dry sponge roller and a thick acrylic/ house paint. I do say thick because your chosen paint should have no added thinners or water. The thicker your paint is the better your hand printed design will be; you will be able to achieve quite a sharp image! Aim for the following;

• A thick paint, 
• Dry roller, 
• Firm Hands 

Do have a little practice printing your design with your sponge roller and stencil before you attempt your final hand print on your door/ cabinet knob. Do be sturdy and do not move your stencil until it is complete.

When dry, paint a clear lacquer/ gloss over your door knob and hooray your project is now complete.

 Offcourse, I do have plans for some decorated door knobs for all of the bedroom doors coming off our hallway, I just need to decide on a suitable design! Yes, I will reveal one day soon! Rach x 
Visiting here at the DIY Showoff Parade and Scandi Coast Home linky parties.

A DIY Chevron Wall Hanging

DIY- Painted Chevron Wall Hanging

One very boring white wall is absolutely necessary for this project

 a white wash and some jute fabric 

some very pretty paints

and maybe some masking tape and a ruler

A space to dry and three sunny days later

Lastly a smidgen of styling to finish

Enjoy, Rach xx

A DIY Dandelion Table Decoration

 DIY DANDELION TABLE DECORATION 

As far as good styling goes, I do not think you can fail when you simply follow nature at its loveliest; I am quite partial to natural themes and tones and believe that nature is definitely one of the best interior styling guides available. Do you have any favourite styling tricks up your sleeve that you like to follow? Or do you prefer to just wing it and play around with mixing and matching your ideas? I am quite the fan of that too!

 

Requirements:

Find an interesting shaped branch that will balance on a table

1 x ball of wool in your chosen shade 

1 x Twine ball in natural light shade
I chose to use natural coloured tones such as white or snow

Method: 

Make Pom poms using both wool and twine, roughly about 4cm in diameter. A simple pom pom direction guide can be found here. They do not necessarily need to be massive pom poms, as you can see mine vary in size and more specifically in thickness. I chose to mix wool and twine for a more imperfect and highly textured look.

Using your twine, attach your pom poms to branches
You can also trim any branches/ twigs from your decoration that are not needed.

Time Required:

Allow 2hrs to complete this project however the time required may vary depending on your chosen pom pom size.

Dandelion/ Pom pom making
This has to be my favorite part to making a pom pom. I love the round beautiful shape the layers of wool make and how super spongy and textured it is.

Snipping the Pom pom

Attach Dandelions/ Pom Poms to your branch with twine

Nature Inspired themes are great

I think I like this Dandelion decoration best in our office space...a lil outdoorsy inspiration for me to enjoy

Flipping Re-Styles and A Lamp Revamp

Hello!
I have been busy flipping between our much needed master bedroom makeover and studio/ office re-styling. Love that word Re-Styling! Both projects are very slowly getting there and I am ok with that. Truthfully speaking, I am thankful for the hiccups and time delays because this is where I find the time and distance to view things a little objectively. And just for kicks and giggles, I do like to see if I have strayed or stayed with my original theme. Do you like to think things through or just get them done, like yesterday, like now? Ah I know that feeling too!

Quite the jar storage session going on... so perfect for trinkets, twine and label tags

An Office Lamp- Restyle

  Can you believe this lamp would not leave us even after we sold it on ebay! Now I figure it is welcome to stay. So I painted it white (it was previously black) and re-styled the lamp head with a doily. I think it looks much more organic in our office space now too.

A sneaky snippet of the Hip Brown Work Space

 I am also working on a jute wall hanging project for our bare wall in our living area... I am quite excited about this one! I want it to be enormous and maybe it will also have lots of these luscious blue/ green chunky pom poms. Pom Poms bring back such lovely vintage memories don't they? I had actually forgotten how to make them but my 7 year old, Oliver recently showed me how.
 

Ah Pom Poms!

40th Birthday Party Styling

Someone in our house turned the big 40. It was not me, well not just yet!

We had pom poms made from baking paper

And bright coloured streamers

Beautiful Solar lights

A fire pit birthday present, I think he really liked it.

A wee couple of days at Sunshine Beach

And the view just kept on getting better

House & Etsy Stylist

Large Whimsical Floor Cushion by Big Bird Boutique

Introducing a selection of Rosy Chic interior decorations from Etsy. I must confess, that I do spend allot of time in Homewares stores. The main reason is that I love everything about them, particularly the lovely wares you can find and the beautiful wave of aromas that overwhelm the senses on entry. I especially love those fancy boutique stores that have a coffee shop too; Tea and Homewares for me personally is the perfect combination to a lovely and relaxing outing. I do view this as an irreplaceable experience and would never like to see it disappear so when possible, I like to shop bricks and mortar.

Ikat Pouffe by Ikat & Batik

  Often I will come across a product that definitely has a handmade look about it however when I look more closely the item is not actually handmade by a person as such. It's just following current style and design trends; Maybe the product is crocheted somehow, crafted from contrasting and whimsical patterned fabric or has a wonky button that gives it a rustic, handmade or recycled look. I cannot help but fondly think of the Handmade Community, Made It and Etsy because of trends these platforms have helped inspire or invoke. I also think of the fabulously made wares listed that are indeed handcrafted, are the real deal and for realistically wonderful prices too. I know, I hear you, clearly I view the importance of online shopping too, both realms are so very important don't you think?

Pom Pom Garland by YesUMay

Upcycled Clock by Shannybeeboo

Tissue Tassel Garland by Francis Moulin

All of these beautiful wares pictured are from an Etsy Treasury I created yesterday. To see all of the lovely wares I chose you can visit here. I rarely find the time to curate an Etsy treasury, specifically because I am conscious of the fact that you need time to do it well. Surprisingly on this particular rainy Brisbane day, I found a moment so thought I would play "House and Etsy" stylist. Yes, not only can you shop vintage and handmade on Etsy, you can also play the stylist too! I do try to have a theme in mind before I begin, particularly so that I stay on track and avoid being lost in an Etsy tangent of crazy beautiful things. Have you been there and done that already? This theme was all about Neon Bright’s matched with vivid candy and warm coloured pinks. I hope you like it!