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Upcycling furniture for women's shelter
A project where I upcycled furniture, art and homewares for a local women’s shelter. After ascertaining what they needed, I put a call out within my local community for items. Donated items were then upcycled using Trauma Informed Design principles (soft, gentle colours, organic shapes, and touches of nature.) All up 101…
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Upcycled furniture for women's shelter
Over 100 pieces of furniture, art and homewares were upcycled for a local women’s shelter, with colour choices and designs to lift mood. This was the winner of best community project in our 2023 search for Australia's best D.I.Y. projects. The project I upcycled furniture, art and homewares for a local women’s shelter.…
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Mural at front door of mid-century modern house
Our front entrance was bland and gloomy so I decided to paint a mural inspired by the shapes and colours in the native gardens around our Sydney home. Looking closely I’d never realised how many circles there are in Aussie natives….think Wattle, Gumnuts, the fruit of the Lilly Pilly. It’s lifted the space and provides some…
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Dramatic cloud feature wall
This artistic painted feature wall adds a sense of drama to a previously dull dining room. The project was the winner of best paint project in our D.I.Y. July competition to find Australia's best D.I.Y. projects of 2022. The project Our dining room had no windows and had always been a bland, uninspiring space. I wanted to…
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Painting bedroom black
Wanted to create a calm atmosphere and direct the eye out the windows to our bush view, so I bit the bullet and painted the whole room matte black. Amazed at how beautifully it works, but can’t decide now which bedding to use. What do you think, the white, or the green?
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Updated dining room walls with paint
Our dining room had no windows, and has always been a bland, uninspiring space. I decided to work with its limitations and painted a cloud fresco wall and the other wall a dark charcoal. New light shade from Bunnings and it’s a moody, interesting space now.
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Updated sandstone fireplace
Our house has a retro yellow toned fireplace in the middle of the living room. After years of disliking its heavy presence, I revamped it this weekend using a white wash. It’s made a dramatic difference, and it’s now a soft, contemporary feature I’m proud to have in the house. It’s a fairly simple process. I cleaned the…
