Replacing a gas fire with a woodburner on a plasterboard wall | DIY
So once we had an installation date for the woodburner, we knew we had some work to do. Because what we were replacing was this: That’s a gas fire with a fake surround, sitting in a plasterboard wall. No chimney breast was ever built on the extension, so it’s just a double layer of block, with plasterboard and then skimmed with plaster. And not in any way fireproof. Naturally behind a woodburner it gets a le-e-etle...
Wooden Reindeer Sleigh Advent Calendar – DIY
Now we all love Christmas crafting and we all love Advent calendars don’t we (nods head vigorously). So, how about this fab idea then of combining the two, genius! Check out this wooden Reindeer sleigh advent calendar offering from Hobbycraft. All you have got to do is add the decorations of your choice, oh and the suprises of course! Will your reindeer have a red nose hmm? So why not spark off the...
Magic – Finding Garden Storage Space. No, really… #GetTheGarden
With the burst of warm weather, we all start meandering outside for longer and longer, don’t we? But initially it’s a bit depressing – just how exactly does the garden get so untidy while we’re all snugged up by the fire for a few months? And it’s always NOW that we start thinking that this is the year we’re really going to get to grips with the garden – not just cut the grass, but create some...
It’s #FixItFriday – and your challenge this weekend is to freshen up the doors!
A while back, a friend of mine had moved house, was doing up the new one and was agonising over her choice of ‘door furniture’. Really? It has a name? That’s just doorknobs to you and me, isn’t it? Hmmm. I cast my mind back several centuries to when we newlyweds had moved into our lovely new home. We were doing the usual business of stamping our ownership on the place – and decided in our infinite wisdom...
Spotted! DIY Advent Calendar – make this beautiful idea yourself!
I do love a pretty advent calendar – but how about making your own? I admit – I’ve considered it in the past, but to be honest my sewing just isn’t up to scratch for such a fiddly project. But this? When I stumbled across it on Nostalgiecat’s blog, I thought “THIS I can do.” And it’s SO lovely. Not only is it easy to make – can you just imagine the excitement of seeing 24 little...
DIY – what did YOU do this holiday weekend?
DIY. I have to admit – in theory I love decorating. I do. Stripping it back, revealing the bare bones of the room (when we moved into this house 20 years ago we wrote on each wall we uncovered. Now when we strip a room, it’s like a little trip into the past, and makes us grin when we see the messages from my 18yr old self), and then creating something fresh and new. Though I’m not good at glossing. I admit it,...