Always Chrysti - Always Chrysti - 100+ Ways to Creatively Reuse Old Magazines. Gym Floor Tables & Benches. Etched map serving tray. Summer brings out the travel bug in me.
I start dreaming of the beautiful places I’ve been and the locations I still hope to visit. My initial idea for this project was to create a roadmap of one of my favorite travel destinations. I thought a subtle tray celebrating a place I love would be a fun daily reminder of my dreamy locale. However, the more I thought about it, the more I knew my favorite place did not require a plane, train or automobile. It sounds cliche, but my home is my favorite place. So, instead of a roadmap of an exotic destination, my tray bears the grid of where I spend all my days. Have a DIY project you’d like to share? Read the full how-to after the jump! Materials window paneArmour Etchutility knifeclear contact paperpaintbrushroadmap2 decorative knobs (mine are from Anthropologie) Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 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. Before & after: ryan’s bowling table + pei’s headboard. I’ve been trying to convince my friends to go to brooklyn bowl with me, so i’ve got bowling on the brain. so when i saw ryan brown‘s reclaimed maple bowling lane top table, i was instantly hooked. a bowling table turned table?
So fun. click here to read more about ryan’s bowling table project. [have a before & after you'd like to share on d*s? Just shoot me an email right here with your images (low res, please).] CLICK HERE for pei’s headboard makeover after the jump! This next project makes the most of an awkward cut-out in a bedroom. sue lister sent over images of how blogger pei transformed that awkward space into a grand, over-sized headboard. thanks for sharing, sue! Bottle Cap Table with Poured Resin Surface.