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Poky Little Puppy Letterbox
When Zoe came home from the tip shop with a dingy brown letterbox and I asked her if I could spruce it up a little, she regarded me long-sufferingly. “Sure, Rach,” she said, and went off to post...
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Photo Ladder
Just after we moved in, our real estate agent mentioned that under no circumstances could we use Blu-tac to hang posters, because she can’t stand the damage it does to the walls. We laughed, and when...
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Music Tables
I was getting to that point with my dad and my brother of buying them gag gifts like a “Jar of Nothing” for Christmas, yes, actually paying money for a jar whose sole attribute was having nothing in...
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Cable Spool Table
The day I saw this cable spool tableon Country Living, I emailed Lawrence and told him that I needed a handyman, but that since I couldn’t find one I’d have to settle for that bloke who uses a hammer...
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Tile Picture
‘This is going to be excellent,’ I thought. ‘Ninety cents for tiles and two dollars for tissue paper? Best Christmas present that’s ever been bought completely out of parking money.’ I didn’t factor in...
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Chest of Drawers
This furniture makeover was essentially the equivalent of buying a rat-infested sewer and building a million-dollar house in it, complete with outdoor swimming pool. I picked up the chest of drawers at...
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The Wayne Memorial Letters
Wayne is the only man I will ever truly love. He was my first car, and he was beautiful.It wasn’t just his three different paint colours and cow-spotted furry roof that made me fall head over heels for...
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Batman Furniture
Two days before his birthday, I sent Lyndon this email: ‘Start preparing tearful speeches about how you couldn't possibly deserve a friend as incredible as me, because I just finished your birthday...
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Recovered Chest
This is the colour my mother affectionately calls “calf shit brown”. It matched our carpet, and that is not a good thing. The vinyl, unfortunately, was held on by more staples than the population of...
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Picture Book Decoupage Desk
As with so many projects, this started with nothing on tv, an empty wallet, a $2 Scout Auction purchase and a promise to Nan to do something about that dreadful desk, dear. The craft room is...
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Key Rack
This was the easiest of projects. All I had to do was:1. Spray paint the edges black.2. Measure the length and divide it by three, one section for each us. Mark each section at the top and the...
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e.e. cummings is rolling in his grave
I no longer want to scratch my retinas out when I look at it, so I suppose that’s progress. The enormous blank wall in the dining room drove me crazy, especially since the room itself has no...
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Fabric Wallpaper (Is Better Than Sliced Bread)
That door was kind of like having an enormous dog turd hanging out in the corner of your bedroom. It had to go. I used the impeccable tutorial from How About Orange, but since my cooking skills are...
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TARDIS Tissue Box
For the weeks leading up to the anniversary of my aunt’s death, I was miserable and wishing I’d told her I loved her while I had the chance. I needed a distraction, and it seemed like the appropriate...
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Pot Rack
Our kitchen cupboards would make Martha Stewart weep tears of despair. Hell, they’d make Ozzy Osbourne weep tears of despair. They were like one of those cartoons where the kid’s mother opens his...
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Plate Proverbs
Everybody who’s ever watched Play School knows that it’s important to have a theme, and plates and kitchens go together like, well, plates and kitchens. I’ve seen some amazing plate wall arrangements,...
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Harry Potter Laundry Art
We’re pretty passionate about Harry Potter in our house. Insult our grandmothers, by all means, but don’t call Hermione a Mudblood. I’d been trying to come up with something to brighten up the laundry...
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Extension Cord Tree
You know something is wrong when you tell your friends “sorry, I can’t, I’m decorating my extension cord tonight” and they say “oh, okay” without looking even mildly disconcerted. The weird outdoor...
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Tea Wreath
If I was an architect, the world would have a whole lot more Leaning Tower of Pisas. I bow down to Kirsten of Kojo Designs, because her tutorial was so clear and straightforward I actually managed to...
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Waynification
Short of crashing it into a tree then setting it on fire, there was no way I could really make my new car look like Wayne, but I at least wanted to make it a little easier to pick out in a parking lot....
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