Don’t you hate it when your towels just don’t smell fresh? It’s not usually until you start to dry yourself when you realise they need re-washing! Maybe you want to freshen up some old towels, or you’d like to really kill any dirt/bacteria trapped in your towels? It’s easy peasy…
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12 ways to display photos
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. I thought I’d hunt out some ways to display your photos at home. If you’re like me, you need a push to even get them printed out these days. Most of mine sit on my phone or Instagram, but I really do enjoy…
A cute hanging chair
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. I added a macrame hanging chair to my outdoor area last weekend and Instagram loved it, so I thought I’d share all the details over here. I’ve always wanted a hanging chair, but didn’t want to pay a fortune. I had the perfect…
DIY: Turn a scarf in to a cushion
Yesterday I turned 3 scarves in to cushions in about 20 minutes. I’ve been having what I call “cushion rage” lately… I hated everything I saw in the shops, I hated what I already owned and if I did see one I liked I was not spending $65. Soooooo I…
We added some shelves to our walk-in-pantry
I have a good sized walk-in-pantry. It’s behind my kitchen. You can see the fridge above on the left and then the photo below you can see the fridge again, so it’s tucked behind the kitchen. It’s pretty big, and I love it! But when we built the house 5…
DIY Macrame Wall Hanging | Video Tutorials
Macrame is still big! Actually, do you think it’s getting BIGGER? The huge retail stores are even selling them. And tutorials are ALL over the place. Did you want to make one yourself? They are pretty cheap to do, and once you’ve mastered a few knot skills you can make…
Under the kitchen sink storage
I did this under the kitchen sink storage DIY a while ago, but because it’s the beginning of the year and we all seem to be obsessed with cleaning and culling I thought I might re-post it. Isn’t she pretty? Ha! Jokes! What a mess. I bet yours isn’t much…
A bathroom skylight
I recently had another opportunity to add a shaftless skylight in my bathroom thanks to illume™ Shaftless Solar Skylights. I used one previously in my home office and I was keen to also get one in my main bathroom. It’s a three-way bathroom, so there is no window in the…
DIY Pendant Lighting
If you just can’t find that perfect pendant light, or everything you see is out of your budget, why not have a little go at a DIY? There are lots of ideas on Pinterest and I gathered a few here for you today. I love the wire orb the best!…
10 tips when building a new house
Building a new house is a huge investment and emotionally it can be one of the most stressful things you’ll ever do. Luckily I love the process! I’ve built three times and renovated a few times so learning how to stick to a budget (but not comprise on what I…
DIY Sliding Barn Door
I had wanted a barn door in this hallway space for a while. But it was just another project on my list… Then out of the blue my husband rang during the week and said he’d grab the work ute and come with me to get a new door for…
Cheap Gift Alert! Style a bunch of $5 flowers
I love a bargain and a bunch of $5 flowers are right up there! But they look pretty average wrapped in their plastic. If you want to give someone a gift, but are embarrassed to give it to them wrapped like below, then today I have some really easy and…
Paint your lawn green!
How’s your winter lawn looking? Ours is horrid! The frost has really been unkind to Wagga the last few months. Last year it didn’t stop raining, but this year we haven’t had much rain, rather we’ve been waking up most days to the frost. I have a huge front lawn…
A natural edge dining table with steel legs
This project has been a long time coming but it’s finally done and I am sooooo happy! I have wanted a new dining table for a long time. My last one was very country, shabby chic and just wasn’t suited to what I liked anymore. There was nothing wrong with…
DIY Outdoor Live Edge Table
Brought to you by Gumtree. If you’ve seen my Instagram recently you’ll see that I have been trying to finish a DIY outdoor table using a slab of timber I picked up from someone who had this laying in their backyard! I couldn’t get it home quick enough. It’s a…
