Picture frame ideas

Do you have lots of picture frames with no pictures in them?

How about transform them into boarders to show case your favorite ear rings, your initials, a blackboard, a mirror…

the list is endless

Showcase your childs initial, I used gift wrap for the background, use any pretty paper you may have around and craft shop lettering. You could make your own with cardboard and get the kids to wrap the lettering in wool. Also made a blackboard from an old one laying around and cut it with a saw to fit my frame.

I used leftover fabric for the background. You could use a favorite scarf you no longer use or any fabric to showcase your ear rings. Staple gun wire behind the frames to hang them

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distressed vintage furniture

No longer shall we hold onto brown vintage furniture, let us distress and antique the beauti’s

Before

This gorgeous detailed table was found in the op shop longing for a loving home. I bought her for $15 and carted her home…

So begins the distressing. Distressing gives the piece a worn and aged look. Giving the piece a story and showing where the piece would natural age and wear. I love distressing a piece but I prefer to call it antiquing because of my need for perfection I tend to give the pieces less of a distressed look. Here I painted her with two coats of wheatfield white. Distressed lightly with sandpaper and finally made a staining medium using half coffee brown paint and half water sponged in and brushed into corners.

After

She sits beautifully in my moms home.

Distressed Vintage furniture

Vintage telephone table

Let us turn this tired table into a vibrant table to keep with the times

Before

A friend of mine was moving overseas and giving away some of her furniture. I saw this table and instantly longed for it. I saw him younger and fresher so off to the material shop I went. I saw a baby blue vinyl I could instantly see him in and this is the after shot…

After

Sanded down and three coats of white and hes new baby blue vinyl attire. Silver goes beautifully with blue. When arranging home accessory’s use blue and silver together.

A little blue bird in the corner

Nail polish rack

Do you have a lot of nail polish? How about turn a spice rack into a nail polish rack…

A spice rack turned into a spicy nail polish stand

This was so much fun. Each section of this piece was divided using painters tape. Each time the paint dried I would move the tape to start on the next section. I painted strips, leopard print, zebra print and gold and red. All to inspire the next nail color.

Decorate to your hearts content. There are no rules when it comes to your ideas and creativity, just go with what your vision tells you…

Painted furniture

Do you have a plain boring chest in need of a makeover?

How about turning it into this? Get rid of the brown and distress it, antique it and stencil it…

I found this little gem in the op shop for $30. I turned her into a little beauti

My favorite piece

Matching chair

Painted vintage chest and matching chair

I am yet to sell this piece. She is my favorite. I spent hours painting her and put all my effort into making her look like a timeless piece. Using light brush strokes and sponging to soften the results was wonderful. I find it hard to part with this piece and I will keep it to add to my made over room.

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful. That’s what all this is about, not just what’s in and what’s out.