Tags archives: DIY

I want to be a #ParaBlogCrew member!
 

  • I want to be a #ParaBlogCrew member!

  • 1 week ago
  • It's that time of year again:)! Fingers crossed this year is my year:)! I have so many fun projects in store if I am one of the lucky ones chosen to be a Para Paints #ParaBlogCrew member. Thinking of painting something? Here are some of my favourite projects: The TV unit makeover Painting it Black A Mona Lisa #selfie The Jazzleberry Jam living room From roadside to bathroom mirror [...]
DIY Reupholstery Project: Louis XV Chair
 

  • DIY Reupholstery Project: Louis XV Chair

  • 4 weeks ago
  • It's going to be no surprise I am fond of tackling projects regardless of my current skill set:) Part of the beauty of a 'can-do' attitude is learning as you go. Learning from both successes and mistakes. And this project was full of both! I have a significantly deeper appreciation for those who reupholster for a living. I had no illusions this would be an easy project. That said, man am I [...]
From Drab to Fab: a DIY makeover
 

  • From Drab to Fab: a DIY makeover

  • 2 months ago
  • Finding free stuff on the side of the road is pretty much the best thing ever for a person with a DIY habit. So when I spied this vintage dining room sideboard with a giant sign saying FREE, it was in the car in no time. I knew exactly what it would be transformed into. Our new TV unit. Up until the paint was dry on this sexy beast we used an old coffee table to hold the TV, and our co[...]
Dining room chandelier DIY
 

  • Dining room chandelier DIY

  • 3 months ago
  • Moving day into this house a little over six years ago was a hectic day. All moving days are hectic yes, but this one was frustratingly hectic. I was given the keys to the house (you know, which means it's yours...) drove an hour from our city house with a car loaded to the tits and poor Hermann-Maier on the front seat. Note: 110 pound dogs don't like the front seat. They don't fit. They have t[...]
Vintage addition to main floor powder room
 

  • Vintage addition to main floor powder room

  • 4 months ago
  • We were recently given what the generous gift giver thought was an antique bicycle pump. After some research online, I discovered it was a vintage garden sprayer. My guess is that you would connect a hose from your water basin and then pump the water out through the holes at the end. Kind of a like an old school super soaker. We both think it's quite lovely looking and so I put my brain to figu[...]
Giving wicker patio furniture a new life
 

  • Giving wicker patio furniture a new life

  • 5 months ago
  • This weekend was both productive and decadent! It started with giving the old white wicker patio furniture new life. In knocking some items off "the list" last weekend, I may have added another item....painting the wicker furniture. I knew going from white to black would be drastic, and I was a actually a bit nervous, but four cans of spray paint later I love them!! I ended up having t[...]
The List
 

  • The List

  • 5 months ago
  • We made a list. A big, grown-up list. A list of things that need to get done around our house (or property). On the list are relatively minor tasks like; 'paint bathroom pipe', and major ones, like 'build new shed'. All require time, most require cash money. Oh the pains of being a grown-up! Being me, and generally sitting on the positive side of the fence, I saw some opportunities to paint, to [...]
Ooops...I did it again:)
 

  • Ooops...I did it again:)

  • 5 months ago
  • Ooops...I did it again. I painted something. It was an impromptu project. On Saturday I did two things clearly marking it as Spring...I turned off the furnace and I changed the doors over from glass to screen. Except halfway through I decided the back door was ugly and should be painted. So I painted it. And it looks SOOO much better! ps. It's the same heavy duty black flooring pai[...]
DIY Dining Room Chairs with
 

  • DIY Dining Room Chairs with

  • 6 months ago
  • We used to have the funnest dining room chairs around.  I gave them a full make over this weekend, and they are no longer fun.  They are fabulous.  But let’s start at the beginning.  When we moved into this big house six years ago, we had four chairs.  Four chairs are not enough for big house dinner parties.  Also in the ‘not enough’ category were funds for new chairs…. Until DH called [...]
Kitchen revamp reveal: PARAPaints Plantain Chips PF52
 

  • Kitchen revamp reveal: PARAPaints Plantain Chips PF52

  • 7 months ago
  • It's done! Our entire open concept kitchen/dining room is now a fabulously bright and cheery yellow, PARA Paints' colour of the year Plantain Chips PF52 ! This project took a lot longer than I would ideally like...but that's life! Instead of being home painting, I was either eating alligator for the first time in Atlanta or falling in love with watermelon mojitos in Mexico, so really I'm okay with[...]
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next »