Painting a garden fence is one of the easiest things you can do to freshen up the way your garden looks. No matter what colour you choose, it’s important to choose the best fence paint to ensure that your fence will stay looking good for as long as possible. Painting a fence is easy, but there are a few things to consider before you get out your paintbrush. Before You Start When painting a garden fence, keeping your neighbours happy is important. Talk to them before you ... Read the Post
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Can You Plaster Walls Yourself? (Yes, With This Secret Method!)
Plastering walls doesn’t have to be difficult, and we’re sharing a secret method that will make it easy for you to plaster walls yourself. With prices for building materials and tradespeople at an all-time high, we’re tackling more and more home improvement projects ourselves. This DIY plastering method will help you achieve perfectly smooth walls yourself for a fraction of the price a professional would charge. Don’t believe me? Well, take a look at the room I just finished ... Read the Post
How To Paint A Rusty Metal Fence
Now that it’s summer, we’ve started working on improving our outdoor space and have just completed the first project of the year - we’ve painted our rusty metal fence. First impressions count and, when it comes to the front of our house and entryway, things could be better. The painted wood is chipped in more places than I can count, part of the columns are rotten and the metal fence and gate were so rusty that I wasn’t sure they could be saved. Luckily, painting our metal gate and ... Read the Post
DIY Arched Cabinet With Reeded Glas
Ad - This post is in collaboration with Andrew Martin. It’s no big secret that we love a good IKEA hack. We love to transform affordable pieces of furniture and often just a few small updates can quickly turn a boring piece of furniture into something that suits your home and style. Some of our most popular projects, like our chest of drawers with cane webbing and our extended Pax wardrobes are IKEA hacks, and we’ve completed another furniture makeover - a DIY arched cabinet ... Read the Post
DIY Slatted Radiator Cover | Easy DIY Tutorial
Ad - This post is in collaboration with Gallerix. After months of work, our first room makeover is finally starting to come together. Last week, we shared our gorgeous new luxury vinyl plank floor, and we’ve just finished the next project in this room - a DIY slatted radiator cover. After all the messy building work (removing the wallpaper alone took days as we had 6 layers of wallpaper to remove!), the end is in sight. And we have another great addition to the room, too. Did ... Read the Post
29 Huge Renovation Mistakes & How To Avoid Them
We’ve already been in our new home for 10 months and there’s still a huge amount of home improvement jobs to complete. There’s no getting around the fact that we’ve just taken on a huge renovation project. There’s so much to do that my head is spinning, both with excitement, countless ideas and admittedly a bit of dread at the huge amount of work ahead of us, too. A full-on home renovation can be daunting and it can be difficult to know where to start. We’ve made our fair share of ... Read the Post