Get in touch with your creative side and add a bit of colour to your home these four simple decorating ideas. We recently put these handy tips to use, and this was our result...
(Photography: Tiberiu Coroliuc)
4. Jazz up your side table
Jazz up a plain side table with a vibrant colour. We took this IKEA table and painted it in a satin finish, D8.65.50, from Crown Paints. To get a good finish use an undercoat and two to three top coats sanding down lightly between coats.
3. Make candles from old cups
Buy candle making wicks, dye and wax from your local craft shop and re-invent odd cups and old ceramics as unique candles, like this one we made in an old teacup. For more instructions on making candles, check out Letsmakecandles.com.
2. Bind up your books
Book binding shops have more to offer than the sombre navy and green finishes used for business documents. Bind your favourite volumes of House and Home in vibrant colours like these lime green and purple examples. We bound these two books for €28 each at The Thesis Centre.
1. Frame something original
Frame a child’s drawing, an unusual print or an old postcard as a thoughtful gift. We picked up this old button card at a market and framed it in a simple white frame.
More about this project
- The wall was painted in ON 00 55 emulsion from Crown Paints.
- The felt rug, cost €400, and is from Potrero Hill, Hibernian Way, Dublin 2. Tel: 01 633 0133
- Decker industrial line, gorgeous smoked oak timber flooring, was €94.50 per square metre, provided by The Hardwood Flooring Company, 23 Spruce Avenue, Sandyford Industrial Business Estate, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
What do you think?
Do you think this reinvention project was a success? We love the quick and easy candle cups - but which is your favourite reinvention idea?
Tell us in the comments below...
