Before & After: Crazy Beautiful Toy Kitchen. 23.2K Flares23.2K Flares × LOOKING for more DIY play kitchens?
Click here for a roundup with lots more projects, photos and ideas, including a DIY toy workbench for a little boy! And if you like this post, Subscribe to Green Your Decor for more DIY projects and green ideas! I like to think of myself as pretty crafty. Gallery. How To: Make a Chalkboard Fridge Like Danny Seo's. Turning A Headboard And Footboard Into A Bench. Ikea hack bookshelf bench. Décidément Française!! (decidedly French) « designdisorder. I have just finished a cabinet- I bought it from Allegro (like Ebay).
This cabinet was imported from either Holland or Germany. Here is the before: It has beautiful carvings on all sides, particularly the doors. The legs are a lovely cabriolet style and the hardware is in good shape. But….looking at this picture it looks like your average mass produced oak furniture of days ago (late 80′s early 90′s) and you can’t really see the details. Being a stockist of Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint has its bonuses –I have all the colours in store- the hardest part is deciding which colour to paint! So…..I painted the entire piece Duck Egg Blue and used Old White on some of the carved details. I also used a heavy hand when distressing- to give the carvings some added dimension. Then I gave this lovely lady a spa treatment! Here are some of the details: The hinges and key plate are metal and were a very cheap looking bronze-ish sort of colour.
How long does it take for the paint to dry? See above. Either. Turn One Desk into Two Nightstands Sugar Bee Crafts. Secret playroom behind wardrobe. What can you do with an old pallet? So many things!
If you ever come across the opportunity to pick up a few pallets take a look at some of the ideas I have come across for recycling old pallets into furniture and other practical and decorative pieces. I would like to mention that the designs below were found at various sources on the Internet. Where possible I have mentioned the original source, but unfortunately too many do not. If you are the original designer for any of the furniture below, please let me know so that I can add your details. Make furniture for your home ABOVE: Mobius Living take pallets to a new level, offering clients the opportunity to buy ready-made coffee tables.
ABOVE and BELOW: Who would have thought that a humble pallet could be transformed into so many practical pieces. ABOVE: All it takes is a few reclaimed timber pallets to make up your own living room furniture In the kitchen ABOVE and BELOW: Don't stop there... In the bedroom In the garden. Make It Yourself: Free How-To from Salvage-Style Projects. Amy Hughes is an editor at This Old House, so it's a given that she knows her stuff.
She's also the author of Salvage-Style Projects and, as an old friend of Apartment Therapy (we did a House Tour of her apartment), she's kindly sharing a full project from the book. It's a sneak peek at Amy's brand of salvage-style and everything you need to know to create your own version of her faucet handle towel rack… Previous image Next image Use Faucet Handles to Make a Towel Rack from Salvage-Style Projects Creamy white faucet handles can double as stylish towel or robe hooks.
How to Update a Hand Me Down Dresser. I love gift-wrap and I also love anything and everything having to do with typefaces.
So it is no surprise to me that I have had my eye on this vintage typographer gift-wrap ever since Emily over at Jones Design Company posted about it as well as many other pretty papers she uses. I wanted to find a way I could use this gift-wrap where I could enjoy the pattern in my daily life instead of only wrapping gifts with it and giving it away. When I started to update my guest room I got an idea on how I could incorporate it into the room. The gift-wrap comes in 20” x 28” sheets that cost $4.00 each. I needed 3 to cover the top of my dresser and the drawer pulls. Before This piece of hand me down furniture looks nice in this photo, but the top and left side have cracks in them. Supplies needed: My color scheme for the room: white, beige, tan, black, and purple. I painted the dresser white first.
Little Lucy Lu: From Pallet .... to Bookshelves! Oh my goodness gracious!!!
I haven't been THIS excited about a project since my ladder laundry rack! (Well, the mom cave is pretty exciting, too - but that's not done yet! :)~ Anyway. 30 Tage 30 Dinge. 30 Days 30 Things Every day we published products that were made from materials and objects, which others considered worthless.
Our goal was to design beautiful and useful things for 30 days in a row. For everyone who collaborated and sent us their project, the blog was extended for one day. This concept turned into three wonderful years full of creative ideas. Thanks to all who helped! Skip to content © Magdalena & Lisa Day 35: Pallet Bench 19 May Filed under Wood, Furniture, We Upcycle. We really wanted to build a pallet seat within our 30 days. 21 ways of turning pallets into unique pieces of furniture. DIY Furniture Refinishing-Spray Paint Style.