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How To Remove Wallpaper + Prepare Walls For Painting

Removing wallpaper can be a chore even if you’ve done it before. This article is based on personal experience, with months of trial and error. During our extreme home makeover, (which took months and involved shifting an entire house load of wall paper- literally!) I learned how to remove wall paper fast, how to remove […]

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Little Things For Beautiful Interiors

Interior design need not cost the earth. Many people have gone to extremes to make their homes beautiful, sometimes even getting into serious debt. This doesn’t have to be the case. We can all achieve beautiful interiors with little things. These little things come cheap are easy to find. Here are 4 different ways you […]

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Use Fabrics For a Beautiful Home

Fabrics can really make a positive impact on your home. Not only is fabric easy to use, it can be cheap, easily accessible, and most importantly, easy-to-change if you don’t like it any more, or if you change your decor. Beautiful interiors all make full use of fabrics. Whether you shop online or purchase from a […]

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Transform An Old Chair

My friend had this old chair stored in her shed. She used it to stand on to paint in the past, and eventually it was banished to a permanent place in the shed outside. It was the perfect height and size I wanted for the desk in the den, and even though I could afford […]

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Landing And Stairs Extreme Make Over

The landing and stairs makeover didn’t cost that much, but it took time, patience and a lot of skill. The before and after pictures below show briefly what was done, and boy! this took a lot of work. This is why it’s known as the extreme makeover job. I did all of the work myself, […]

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What To Do When Water Pipes Burst

DIY projects knows how difficult is is to keep calm when you have a burst water pipe, frozen pipes, or other water leaks and flooding. ‘What to do when water pipes burst’ will show you how to keep the water leak safe enough to tide you over until you can get the plumber in, or […]

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Make An Easy Wall Feature

This tutorial shows you how to make an easy wall feature out of the small space above your kitchen door. It adds interest and wow to a space otherwise unused for anything interesting. It will brighten up your kitchen and create a fantastic talking point when friends come to visit. See other stuff you can […]

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