Do you use mirrors to beautify your home? Apart from the obvious purposes of mirrors, they can also be used to beautify the home and add interest in various ways. We love mirrors and have used them in most of the rooms of our house, as they reflect light and make rooms look much bigger […]
Use Beach Stones As Home Decoration
Some countries have laws in place which means you can’t remove beach stones. However, if this is the case where you live you can always ask a friend for a couple of stones or buy them cheaply from garden centres. In my case we’d inherited a whole lot of them, left in the garden, when […]
How To Make A Wall Curtain
Step by step tutorial on making your own wall curtain Below are two pictures of the left and right sides of the lounge window. The two wall curtains give the room a tremendous lift. You can see the overall effect in the living room makeover here. This short tutorial shows you exactly how to make […]
Transform An Ugly Fireplace With Paint
I bet you didn’t know you could transform an ugly fireplace with paint - just paint! You don’t have to spend hundreds to rip out your old fireplace and replace it. We certainly didn’t have that kind of cash. We would’ve had to pay to get it taken out and taken away because it was […]
Living Room Make-Over
One of the hardest room in any house to make over when you’re doing your home-improvement, is the living room. This was no different in our case. The living room was the last one cleared out and painted. As you can see in the first picture, the boring walls were covered with old-fashioned wall paper, […]
Add Interest To Plain Wall Paper
Let me show you how to add interest to plain wall paper. Not many people like to remove old wall paper when doing home-improvement. They’re afraid of what they may find under it, as crumbling and cracked walls can be disguised with the cunning use of wall paper. We removed all the wall paper in […]
How To Repair A Dripping Tap
Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to repair a dripping tap. Always follow the manufacturer’s guidelines to prevent flooding and spilling accidents. Most modern taps have their own isolating valves. You should always turn this off (give it a quarter turn) before doing any work on your tap. If your tap doesn’t have an isolating […]
