If you’ve ever asked yourself if it’s possible to extend a Pax wardrobe so you don't waste the space over it or if you've wondered about the easiest way to turn your IKEA Pax wardrobes into custom built-ins you’re in the right place! We have the best IKEA wardrobe hack coming up for you! Oh, and did I mention that this Pax wardrobe hack is 100% renter-friendly, too?! This is what our Pax wardrobes looked like for the first few months after assembling them. They were full of ... Read the Post
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How To Sand Wood | Everything You Need To Know + A Free Cheat Sheet!
Love it or hate it - there’s no way you’ll ever get round having to sand something. Whether you’re building your own furniture, filling a hole or preparing some wood for painting, sanding is a vital step in preparing your woodwork for your DIY project! So, what is the best way to sand wood? What kind of grit sandpaper should you use to sand wood with? And, is there a way that you can make sanding wood any faster? We’re sharing all of the answers to these questions and everything ... Read the Post
10 Beginner-Friendly Home Improvement Projects To Try
With the rather scary events and weird toilet paper shortages going on around the world, we’re trying our best to keep level-headed and are normal life going on as much as possible. In an attempt to keep my mind off things, I’m in full-on DIY mode and am tackling lots of little projects that I’ve not been motivated to finish. I’d be lying if I said it was working 100% but keeping busy and ticking boxes is at least a bit distracting. Everyone has different ways of dealing with ... Read the Post
Our Tool Box
There are so many tools & building supplies available, that it can easily feel totally overwhelming to find what you need for your project! To help you avoid the mistakes that we made, we're sharing our go-to favourite tools and products here! This post contains affiliate links. As always, we only recommend products we love and think that you will, too! Read our full disclaimer here. All products shared here are the ones we own and use. We only recommend products we love and think that ... Read the Post
How To Patch A Crack So It Doesn’t Come Back
You’d be forgiven for thinking that all is well in our new apartment. There’s no ancient wallpaper, no yucky carpet and no smelly floorboards. But, as so often on the internet, the reality is a bit different. Don’t get me wrong, we aren’t a creepy 80-year-old man just pretending to renovate his home while in fact sitting in his underpants in a caravan in Timbuktoo, and we are who we say we are and we really do live in an apartment in Berlin. Promise. Appearances can be deceptive though. ... Read the Post
We’ve Crossed Over To The Dark Side!
Did I say that I was going to stick to a plan? Any plan? I don’t know what came over me! In a total fit of ‘I need to get some colour in this apartment’ I popped over to our local DIY store and dragged 10l of paint back home on the train. Not exactly fun and by the time I got home I’d thoroughly lost the motivation to even start painting but being a good little DIY blogger I prevailed. And here’s our newly painted bedroom! I usually overthink every colour decision and admittedly spend way ... Read the Post