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Faux brick floor using paint for garage bar room
A faux brick floor created by using sponges to apply concrete paint. The project When we built our house we built a quadruple garage, with half of the garage designated to being the man shed or bar. It just had plain concrete floors, and we decided to start there. I looked up many ideas and settled on faux bricks. Steps…
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Farmhouse sliding barn door
I’ve always wanted to have a sliding farmhouse door and the entrance to the pantry seemed the perfect place for it. I bought an old door at the salvage yard and used some distressing paint techniques to make it what I wanted! Materials Old farmhouse type door for added character, although you can build your own Chalk paint…
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Farmhouse mudroom and laundry makeover
A laundry updated with a renovated cupboard, bench, coat hooks and boot rack, with tiles given a facelift using paint. The project When we built our house six years ago, we made the laundry room bigger than usual, as I had grand ideas of making a mudroom to dump wet jackets and boots, since we live on five acres. I only…
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Farmhouse mudroom and laundry
When we built our house 6 years ago, we made the laundry room bigger than usual as I had grand ideas of making a mudroom to dump wet jackets and boots, since we live on 5 acres. I only just tackled the project this year and I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I added a renovated cupboard for the vacuum and other…
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Outdoor mud kitchen
My 2.5-year-old loves playing outside and all kids love pretend kitchens! It is cost efficient and costs less than buying one, plus you can easily customise it however you want! Materials Treated pine post cut into 4 (square post) Pine decking rails Black paint Outdoor paint Outdoor wood varnish Knobs Leftover lengths of…
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Faux brick floor in garage bar
When we built our house we built a quadruple garage, with half of the garage designated to being the man shed/bar. It just had plain concrete floors, and we decided to start there. I looked up many ideas and settled on faux bricks! Materials Concrete paint in brick red, grey and cream Pack of large sponges - at least 4…
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Upcycled bookshelf
I needed somewhere organised to store my cookbooks that was in easy reach while I was cooking in the kitchen. I bought this sturdy piece secondhand and gave it a good paint job to transform it to fit my house. Materials Rustoleum chalk paint in serenity blue Feast Watson Soft Wax Tools Ryobi orbital sander Chalk paint…
