Today's Inspirations

Hiya all,

Quite recently I fell in love with Scandinavian houses! I just cannot stop to think about my house- or rather how can I change it. I always loved changes, that includes moving furniture and changing decorations. 
I really, really......... love scandi style!!!!! Oh why, why and why I didn't win lotto as yet:-( 
Rather than moaning I have a few inspiration pictures or few pieces that I'd love to buy to my house. 

What are your fav styles? Do you have your dream house?

Love
Ewelina
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retro chested drawer- my DIY project

Hiya All,

I have for ya the last DIY from 2013:-) As I promised here is my "retro chested drawer"

A while ago we got a chested drawer from IKEA. I liked the fact that it was pine- wooden chested drawer in IKEA is not the easiest to find. I wanted to have something simple but functional. This unit meant to be for the dinning room, so I needed space for all the dinning room essentials. Plus I was looking for something that I could put a stamp on it.

Here is what I used for my DIY:

- IKEA chest of drawers. You can find it here

-wallpaper 

- wallpaper glue

- chrome door handles

- white primer

- white paint (I wanted to paint it white in the first place, but then I changed my mind)

- grey paint

- top coat

- damp cloat

What I did first is I used the primer, as I mentioned before I wanted to pain my chest of drawer in white. Then I changed my mind and I decided to get creative. Well I never used a wallpaper before on the woooden unit, so this time I was awallpaper virgin;-) 

 

Any way, once the white primer was dry I started with my drawers. 

The next step is to cut the wallpaper pieces that will cover the front of each drawer. Once you have them ready you can start the fun with glue. This is a very messy job- one tip- use a damp cloth to wipe the drawer once you glued the wallpaper. It will help to remove the bubbles of air.

The last step is to paint your drawers with the top coat. I wanted to make sure that the wallpaer won't get dirty too quickly and hopefully it will last long. 

One I finished with my drawers I used a grey paint. Two coats of paint should be enought, then at least two coats of top coat. 

The last thing is door handles. You can see on the picture that I didn't have enough:-(

Here is the final resul. Let me know what do you think

 

Hope that 2014 will be better than 2013. All the best for my readers

Kisses

Ewelina

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xmas decoration.

Hiya all,

Today I wanna share with you how to make a xmas decoration- well I'm going to show ya how I made my xmas wreath. I used an old and seriously bland IKEA wreath, paper ribbon, leaves (I just picked them from outside of my house, then I used the spray paint to change the colour).

First step- make sure that your wreath is not longer bland! Well white doesn't make it exciting, but it's a start:-)
I used the same paint that I used for painting my chested drawers. 

It was drying for a long time but it's worth a wait:-)

In my xmas decoration box I found below piece- not even sure where did I get it from, but it was good enough to become a part of my wreath. I used the same paint to colour it. 

The grey paint made it even more to stand out 

Here is the final result.

So what do you think?

Ewelina

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old frame

Hi All,

I know it's after xmas, but I still have few decorations to share with you. You can easily use them not only during the festive season. This frame can be used to decorate your room:-)

I've had at home piece of stripey material I bought a while ago and an old leather frames that I didn't use. I'm not even sure where I got the wooden angel. Well as I said I like to recycle:-)

This DIY is very simple and it will take you few minutes to convert your old frames :-)

So what you need:
- piece of material
- scissors
- ribbon
- decorative piece- Wooden angel, bow
- white pain

First of all I used white paint to change the colour of the wooden angel. You can use any paint you have at home.

Then I've cut a piece of material (it doesn't have to be straight, so don't worry if it's not). Make sure to wrap tightly frame with your material.

Then you can get creative :-)

You should know me by now- i'm a fan of simple things:-)

Hope ya liked it

Ewelina

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DIY- cute bedroom pictures

Hiya all,

As I promised I have another of my DIY project. This time I converted my old frames into two pictures that I hang in the bedroom. I used to have my wedding pictures in them. 

Here is what I used for my DIY project:
- IKEA frames available in here
- IKEA decorating ribbon
- strong glue
- white paint
- wallpaper that I originally bought to do my chested drawer
- wicker hearth is from PRIMARK
- wooden hearth (I got it a while ago in Heilderberg)

I started with painting both hearts with the white paint. I used wallpaper as a background. To connect both hearts I used IKEA green ribbon.

There ya go:-) 

Here is the rest of the bedroom. I made some more changes so have a look and let me know what do you think.

Kisses
Ewelina
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small xmas decoration

Hiya All,

As xmas are around the corner I wanted to share with you with my little DIY projects. I want to start with this tiny one and I will finish off showing ya my new "retro chested drawer" that I did myself:-)

As you probably know I'm a fan of recycling. I use what I have at home to create new decorations. I've had at home two rectangular vases that I used for decoration, candles or for flowers. They needed a new life! Here is what I found at home:

- 3  Angels 
- white ribbon
- wallpaper

I needed scissors & strong glue to finish my DIY:-)

First step: I made sure that I knew what I wanted to do and if I've had enough material- lucky me I've had enough ribbon:-) 
Plus you better off decide in advance where do u want to glue your angels, cos you might make a mess.

So once you have your wallpaper ready and you know where your angels will be glued- you can start your tiny DIY project.

I glued wallpaper first, then ribbon and in the end my cute angels.

So here they are. 

You even have a little glimpse of my retro chested drawer. So what do you think?

Kisses 
Ewelina
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Two "old" Angels- small DIY

Hiya

I have another DIY project, well tiny one. I like to make changes and every little thing makes me happy. I've had two Angels that I used for the decoration. They were red... As you probably noticed I'm a bit obsessed with grey, white, green and yellow at the moment. Looks like our whole house will be in those colours. 

What I used for my little DIY is;
- Two Angels
- Super glue
- Yellow ALDI spray paint
- Primark hair grips

To be perfectly honest you can see some imperfection on the Angel, but I was about to glue few things on the top of it, so I wasn't worry too much. 

Here is the final result. His and her Angel:-)

Happy Monday Everyone.

Ewelina
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Do you like candles? I love IKEA TINDRA candles. They cost €1.65 but they last long and they smell  lovely. I came up with idea of reusing glass jar and making a candle holder. I usually have at home a lot of tea-light candles therefore it's handy to have some candle holders. So here it is:

Here is an old IKEA candle. All you need to do is poor a hot water into the glass and wait for a minute. Then you will be able to remove remaining wax. 

And here is what you get:-)

Ewelina 

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I couldn't wait till tomorrow to share with you with my latest DIY project. I just finished it, so pretty tired but I'm so happy with the results:-)

I didn't have a bed side locker and all my stuff was on the floor- if you have a really high bed you might end up on the floor trying to turn off your alarm clock! The idea of having lovely bedside locker  made me a happy bunny. I spotted some offers in LIDL. Yeah, you heard me right. They've had solid pine cabinets on offer, which looked ok on the pictures.Here is one

It looked a bit unfinished and boring to be honest. The easiest way to pimp your cabinets is to paint them. That's what I did. I got two paint, which I got in Aldi. Both are acrylic, but they water based. They don't smell and it's easy to clean your hands once you finish painting. My latest colour crush is grey. I've chosen grey and white paint for my makeover.

Before I started painting I sanded the whole cabinet. The side and the top  of the cabinet I painted in grey. I also painted the side of the drawers in grey too.

 

Then I moved to the front of the drawers. To make it more interesting I went for a stripes:-) All you need is a tape and two different paints. First I used white paint, then I used tape to paint the stripes.

  
Work in progress

And this is how it looks like.

What do  you think? I'm in LOVE. 

Ewelina
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