Topics with Label: Recycling and Upcycling

    I’d like some advice on lightening this dining table. Ive tried sanding it on the side to see whats underneath. Please let me know if sanding is ...

Hi Bunnings team, I am hoping to DIY my own circular vanity table, and have found an online guide that involved making one out of a large cardboard ...

   have been sanding on this desk and in the photos it shows how the I’m assuming varnish is reacting. Would I be better using stripping product or ...

I am recycling an old 4- drawer desk and I want to sand it first and then stain it, but I am having real trouble getting the handles off 2 of the draw ...

Hi! I have an outdoor/indoor concrete table that up until 8 weeks ago, was used indoors. I forgot to reseal the table and was last sealed just under ...

  we have been wanting to downsize table for ages and a darker wood and the country style wooden chairs. Pretty happy with the finish and all done in ...

Good Morning Bunnings community. I purchased a kitchen hutch and it has water damage to sides which I thought was going to be any easy fix but is not. ...

    I got this old chair off Facebook Marketplace with the idea of staining the arms and legs and reupholstering it. But I have found a split in the ...

Hi I am looking at restoring an old cane peacock chair and was wondering if anyone has any tips or advice please? Also where to purchase rolls of wick ...

Chez made this painting a while back and has suggested many times how good it would look with an old fence paling style frame. With Valentine’s Day ap ...

Hi, I have collected over the years pieces of silky oak restoration for my retirement. I would like to start doing them up. I’m a Qualfied Painter but ...

Hello, I have a piece of furniture which I’ve sanded back. I’m wanting to stain and protect it in a similar colour to the item in the image. Any sugge ...

    I’ve got my great grandmothers sewing machine from 1900s. The wood veneer is chipped and peeling away. Is there any way to repair this and rest ...

  Hi all, I want to paint my daughters bed white. It is an IKEA bed in a dark chocolate brown. I am not sure what kind of timber it is, likely nothin ...

              A project where I upcycled furniture, art and homewares for a local women’s shelter. After ascertaining what they needed, I put ...

So here is the throne in its better days. Now it is looking worse for wear. The seat has golden-ish metal buttons with metal loops. They show tarnish. ...

       G’day guys and girls, A little break away from the Mancave project for a minute. Seeking some advice on the best way to go about restorin ...

Hi I am wanting to turn two old security doors into window screens. Any one have any previous experience with this or any tips tricks or ideas. Thank ...

This year my Christmas Tree started to collapse, despite my efforts I was not able to keep it together until Christmas day so I decided I would repurp ...

   I have this baby change table I would love to repair and give to a friend. Does Bunnings sell the cane sticks that make the base? I don't know w ...

Hi. I've recently sanded back this dining table and want to seal it in a way that keeps the raw wood look, isn't shiny, and doesn't turn it orange or ...

    We’re doing a furniture refurbishment and having issues with the varnish finish leaving “wet look” marks on the paint. It’s an oil-based matte v ...

I have a dresser, possibly built early to mid 1900's, out of silky oak (I think). It has a stain and varnish on it currently that is very orange. I ...