Providence Cottage: From Garage to Guest Accommodation on a Budget
At long last, the cottage on the farm is done! I have been working with a team of builders, contractors, handymen (and not-so-handy men) and a throng of other people over the winter to get this tired old cottage ready for the summer tourist season in the Franschhoek Valley. Here’s how I turned a garage […]
Super Easy Round Studded Mirror DIY
For our Cottage Renovation project, I wanted to have a round mirror to hang above the console table in the dining room. Our budget was seriously pushing red though, so I had to choose between buying a table lamp or a mirror. Knowing I could make a cool mirror, I bought the lamp, a pre-cut […]
Chandelier DIY with Consol Glass Jars
As part of the cottage renovation that we’ve been working on for the last 2 months, Consol glass asked me to create something exciting using their glass products. Glass is such an amazing product to work with: it is free from harmful contaminants, it’s reusable and recyclable giving it a great green thumbs up, and […]
How to make your own wall art in your rental home
Knowing how to decorate your home can be hard when you have limitations as a renter. Anything that is done needs to be able to be removed easily, without leaving any marks or holes in the walls. Washi tape is a great solution as it lets you add a little personality to your space, while still […]
How to simplify your life with quick DIY organising hacks
Are you the type of person who has loads of little things lying around with no specific place to put them? I often find that simply giving something a home is the first and most important step to getting organised. It’s not always an easy thing to do though, especially if you have limited storage […]
Potato Print Stocking for Christmas – in Blue & Black
This year, I went with a coastal theme for my Christmas tree because, well, a summer Christmas with green, red and snow somehow doesn’t make sense! Have a look at my Christmas tree post here – it is definitely one of my favourite trees! Once I had the tree up, I realized that my very […]
Printed Custom Gift Bags Christmas DIY
When it comes to the end of year busyness and Christmas craziness, we don’t always get to do everything that we set out to do. I always intend to come up with a simple, but unique, way to wrap up the Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, I so often end up doing it last minute. Of course, much of […]
Botanical Paper Leaves – DIY and Free Download
Do you ever sit inside and wish that there was a little more of the outside around you? I am really enjoying having plants in the house and my collection is slowly building. Unfortunately, I’m not all that great at watering them though. My simple solution to this is to just have some paper leaves adding to […]
Desk Organiser: Practical Spring DIY
Is spring cleaning fever starting to hit you yet? For some reason spring often brings along that feeling of needing a change, a fresh start. Is it the flowers that are already blooming or the fresh air? Who really knows? What we do know is that getting organised is certainly never a bad thing! One […]
Prominent Paints: A classroom make-over project
Since my little boy started Grade R in January, I have been looking at the colour of his classroom with some scepticism. Interior design sensibilities aside, the room was painted in a luminous green that I felt was not a desirable colour for a group of 5 and 6-year olds. So when I got an […]