More Op Shop Finds

These little beauties are my latest op shop finds.

I love love love this jug. 

It has a fruit pattern on both sides and E thinks it would make a great Sangria jug.

Arh,  we don’t drink Sangria but maybe that’s a hint to start!.

The little stool I am using as a side table for the moment.

There is a good chance this will  change though

Hope you all have a great weekend.

bedhead to photo display

Hello all!!! 

Finally a blog post I hear you all say!!!

This is a project I did a while back and I am still loving how it turned out.

First I started with the purchase of the bed ends form the op shop for $14.

We used the head part (the bigger one) for this project.

The inside piece of the headboard is recessed which means we can place a piece of glass into it with no effort.

We  marked and cut off the legs

Took the hammer to the capping on the top

and gave it a quick sand.

The back of the headboard was now going to be where I stick the photos as it is the smoothest surface.

I then stained the whole thing with my new favourite colour.

Cabot’s Indian Tea

Then it was just a matter of measuring the headboard and working out the size and amount of photos I would need.

I wanted all the photos square so I went with 4x4 inches and I need 36 photos in total giving me 4 rows of 8.

I just had them printed at Harvey Norman and the girls there are very helpful and showed me how to print the 4x4 size on normal 6x4 prints as this is the cheapest option.

 I cut all the photos down and used double sided tape to stick them down with.

I had a piece of 4mm glass cut to fit, placed it slowly and carefully on top of the photos.

To hold the glass in we just used some brass brackets that Ewan cut down to fit.

This baby is quite heavy so some heavy duty wall hanging hooks were needed.

Once hung, stand back and admire.

An unique photo display that I can change up whenever I like.

I am thinking this is great for a theme like

Photos of the person who’s birthday it is that month.

Past Christmas Photos

Family holiday.

I am sure the list is endless.

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op shop

Again I was at one of my favourite little op shops near my mums house and found the perfect little side table for our sofa.

 

I will be painting it of course!

DIY tripod lamp

We had this old tripod that couldn’t be used as it was missing a vital part.

I had thrown it in the bin, but it was bothering me that I had just thrown it away.

There must be a use for it!!!!!!!

So off to the bin I went and reclaimed it.

We also had an old Barbie lamp that didn’t sell at our garage sale, so Ewan smashed  it  open and got the lamp fixture out of it.

We  pulled the whole top piece of the tripod apart so as Ewan could drill down through the top to place the lamp fixture into it.

Once we finally had the whole thing straight, we put the tripod back together and placed a new shade on it.

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new front door hardware

Our front door handle was looking a little worse for wear to say the least.

 

So we dismantled  it all and cleaned the parts.

Using one of my favourite spray paints that I also used on this project,

A small tip: I used an old key and placed it in the locks when I was spraying so as not to get paint inside the lock

 

 I sprayed all the pieces and reassembled them.

Now the door is looking much more inviting.

Nothing beats a before and after shot!

 

art work

Today we have been working on some art work to go with a project we are doing for our lounge room.

 

Hope you’ve all had a great Sunday.

how do you clean your sink?

:clean kitchen sink:

How do you clean your kitchen sink??

Since it is Spring, I thought I would give our kitchen sink a good clean.

First I put the plug in the sinks and add a good splash (about 1/2cup) of Domestos into each sink.

Fill the sinks to the top with hot water.

Let water and domestos sit for about an hour.

Drain and rinse well.

Nothing beats a clean sparkling kitchen sink.

I hope you are having a great Wednesday.

weekend

:our weekend:

:: lots and lots of sanding ::

:: painting ::

:: spray painting ::

:: reading and enjoying the sun ::

:hard rubbish:

You  just gotta love it when the hard rubbish flyer hits your mailbox.

Hard rubbish = great finds!

Eryn was in need of a new toy chest for her room. 

This one was hidden under a mountain of "stuff"

after some sanding............

and paint, here she is.

I am thinking I will make a little cushion seat thingy for the top.

I am so happy with how the paint job turned out. 

These are my 2 new painting best friends

I haven't used the Zinsser primer before but i do have to say it is pretty damn great.  It tells you that you don't have to pre sand but I did.

Adding the Penetrol to both the primer and the oil based paint helps eliminate brush strokes.  This really does work.  I added 15% Penetrol.  If you find that the brush strokes are still there just add a little more.

There are alternatives for water based paint if you prefer.

As this is a toy chest that will get a lot of wear I went for an oil based paint as I think they are more hardy.

I am heading back to the garage to add the last coat of paint to another hard rubbish find.

Happy Painting :-)


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