I saw this fireworks light bulb when I was on the internet one day and I thought it looked great so I ordered one. Once it arrived I could not wait to put it in my lamp but I was so disappointed because the effects were lost once the lampshade was put back on. So I wanted to try and make a wooden block lamp with no lampshade so you could see the effects of the lightbulb.
Believe it or not people, scrunchies have come back into fashion, who would have thought. My daughter is a huge fan and got a nice scrunchie collection. She asked if I would be able to make her a stand that went in her beauty bar to display all her scrunchies. This stand can be used to display scrunchies as well as jewellery.
A lady I know was advertising some old furniture that she was trying to get rid of because she was no longer able to restore them herself. I went and had a look and at the top of the heap, I saw this commode chair sticking out. On closer inspection saw the pictures on the front and it was love at first sight.
I have made a few of these tables over the past few years and I try and give each table a unique feature. For this table, I wanted to add the Greek key design. I first thought about getting a stencil made and adding the Greek key design around the border of the table. But I could not find one that had more than one repeat which would take me forever to do, and I am not the most patient DIY. So I turned to google for ideas and I found a design that made it look so simple. This tutorial is not on how to make the wine barrel table but Just how to make the Greek key top. For a wine barrel tutorial
I live in a very small town and every year our town has a Christmas light competition. Lots of houses in town decorate their garden and houses and some do it to raise money for charities. My sister takes part in these competitions and this year she wanted me to make her a large “Santa stop here” Christmas sign.
I work in a residential care home for the elderly. Some of our residents have dementia and some just plain forget what day it is. But whatever the reason we get asked a lot what day, date, and month it is. I wanted to make a large perpetual calendar so the residents could always see what day it was.
I bought Unicorn Spit after seeing it on many of the DIY sites I subscribe to. And my very generous husband treated me to a full set of colours. From the time it arrived, I was on the lookout for a piece of furniture to try it out on. Being a Unicorn SPiT Gel Stain & Glaze virgin I wanted to start off small. One of the main attractions was that you can still see the wood grain through the stain.
Not to long ago, I made my Husband a Headphone stand for his gaming headphones so they can be stored safely when not being used. It turned out great but I wanted to try and make another one for me. I wanted mine to have flashing LED lights which can be plugged into your computer. The lights can be switch on and off by remote control.
If you follow my projects you will know that most of my projects are made using recycled materials. I hate getting rid of any wood, but when my woodpile gets a bit big I use the scraps to make simple projects. And this is one of those projects. I wanted to make a wooden planter for my succulents.
When a Christmas decoration competition popped up on one of the sites I create for, I knew I had to join in again. After doing well with my “Santa Stop Here” sign last time, I wanted to try something different—something creative yet practical. With our kids grown and out of the house, I don’t go all out with Christmas decorations anymore, but I still like to bring a bit of holiday cheer for me and my husband. Instead of setting up a big Christmas tree, I decided to craft a Christmas shelf. My initial idea was a simple triangular design with a back and a few ornaments, but once I got started, the project quickly took on a life of its own!
I recently made a target shooting game for the residents at our aged care home, and they had so much fun playing it. To add some variety to the games that they play I wanted to make another variation of the target shooting game. I know what you are thinking”why recycled a target shooting game into a target shooting game”. And the answer is with the upcycled version we are able to play the game as a group.
With the introduction of USB drives and memory cards we no longer need CDs and DVDs. We are all either live streaming our movies or downloading them. So they have become obsolete for us. So if your house is anything like mine you will have hundreds of CD’d and DVD’s lying around the house collecting dust.
