Here’s a weekend project for you: Want to make THIS fabulous ottoman ? Ottomans are elegant, and oh-so practical to have in your living room, in your bedroom, … in fact, in every room. I would even consider ottomans like these suitable furniture for a covered porch. And I’d like to have a couple of [...]
Today, I’m featuring how Amy from The Idea Room created stunning wood ceilings. Wow, what a DIY kitchen makeover, or better said ‘home improvement’ is that! Remember how I loved this condo into cottage transformation, by way of wood walls? A designer ‘had it done’, so there was no DIY tutorial or insights how it [...]
Ultra-boring 70’s octagon cabinets ‘n’ tables can be found for cheap in recycled furniture stores and be revamped into the cutest dog beds, shows the DIY Network. How right they are!! This dog bed is absolutely cool. (* They are showing 4 more beds but this one is best ~ trust me. Plus, I like [...]
I have given you free Fathers Day Cards plus free bookmarks to download as my presents for your Dad. Now it’s your turn. Here are ideas for you to find him a ‘real’ gift. For the free ‘Fathers Day Cards’- series I identified 10 different type of dads, and designed a card for each type [...]
Just a quick article, as I’m travelling to the Netherlands today. One of my readers told me I’m no longer allowed to say that it is ‘freezing’ in the northern countries. OK. So let’s just say that travelling north makes me think of things that make me feel warm. Like a water bottle cozy. Got [...]
I was all warming up to the idea of a nice outdoor wood-burning fireplace on the porch of in our next home, or as it popular here, I was even considering an outdoor pizza oven, nearby the house, in the garden. Then comes architect Michelle Kaufmann again whispering in my ear…. Pssst! If all you [...]
This fabulous outdoor living space with feature fence was created by two college students, Clayton and Chaz. Before & After: They transformed a run-of-the-mill fence of a disregarded garden into this piece of art. Note the floating shelving on this contemporary fence. It has a matching timbered water feature. The fence, water feature, river rocks, [...]
I think many of us have been eye-ing luxurious mirrors at Pottery Barn. So did Wendy Michelle from Craft Goodies eye their mirrors, but she did not stop there! She took an inexpensive mirror, that looked like it was purchased at a discount home goods warehouse, and she singlehandedly gave it a make-over using [...]
heating solar panels made with 180 soda cans. How to Make Your Own Solar Panels You can see I am on a greenhouse / gardening – kick. And so I followed Daniel Strohl from Hemmings.com, who made this solar panel out of need for heating. He wanted to tinker in his garage but it [...]
Not fair that Pinterest followers were getting my best design ideas, instead of my loyal blog readers. Being Chinese New Year, I’m changing it now, and during the coming year, I’ll add a Daily Pinterest Favorite to my blog. I’ll feature a mix of interior design styles, home decorating DIY projects, knititng, crochet, paper art, [...]
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