If you are a regular over here, you may be wondering what happened to our (six week *haha!*) Guest Bedroom Makeover that we started in September last year and were meant to have it done at the end of October 2017… Well, life happened and stuff. I had taken a few pics after we had… Continue reading Gold ‘n Navy
{ Part of the Guest Bedroom Makeover Series } YES! We painted! The weekend of 9 & 10 September was pretty much all about painting! After a LOT of back and forth and “is it too dark?”, “is it dark enough?”, “is it too much?” , “I really think I’ll love it”, “what if I don’t?!” I decided to… Continue reading { Week 2 DIY } Guest Bedroom :: Paint
{ Part of the Guest Bedroom Makeover Series } Playing a bit of catchup… The makeover started in August with the removal of the old ceiling light in the bedroom, and the repair of the ceiling where we took the light down. Silly me, no before pic of the light, but it was pretty similar to… Continue reading { Week 1 DIY } Guest Bedroom :: New Light
The blog has been pretty quiet lately, and not too much DIY-ing has been happening over the last while. I guess winter will do that to you. We’ve been here for almost a year! Can you believe it!? I can’t. In celebration of being here for almost a year, we’ve decided to use our year… Continue reading Guest Bedroom (six week?) makeover challenge
A few months ago, on our neighbourhood whatsapp group, someone was clearing out their cottage and had a few furniture items for sale. I quickly snapped up two small bookshelves for the whopping price of R200 for both! They were in fine functioning shape, but needed a clean and a whack of paint. They’ve been… Continue reading { DIY } Ratty bedside lamp and shelf makeover
