Yipee! Our classified-stalking has paid off again! We scored a fabulous 1960’s dinette set for a mere €10! Boo! The chair fabric was itchy carpeting & had a definite vintage-reek to it and the table …
Combat Car Seat Chaos with DIY seat storage
Finally having a car is awesome but between the dude needing everything “in case of emergency” & the baby needing…well just everything…period, the back seat was a tad chaotic…until I made these in less than hour: …
Table Top Saviour – fix that vintage table for cheap!
I love old wooden furniture and am a professional online classifieds lurker. I’ve scored some amazing deals: my ginormous early 1900’s wardrobe & matching vanity (€80), the gorgeous rocking chair that helped send my munchkin …
The Krimskrams Korb – a diy upcycled placemat basket
…and just what is a Krimskrams Korb? Why, it’s the place to store your *Krims & Krams of course! *Bits n’ Bobs in German Here’s how to make your own with objects that are lurking …
The Perfect DIY Pot Pegboard Storage
Hooray! We finally figured out a funky (& useful) way to fill the weird empty space above our stove.
grody to groovy in 24 hours – a decoupaged furniture DIY
This stained, chipped & just plain grotty commode was the first piece of furniture the dude bought –used, for a scant 5 Deutschmarks– when he flew the family nest 20 years ago. It’s lived in university …
DIY finger puppet storage – an upcycled cardboard tutorial
Can you guess what my clever little brain made these diaper box beauties for?
The 10 minute jewellery box transformation
Guests are arriving in just over a week for their first ever European Holiday so I’ve been creating (& buying) a load of welcome-to-Berlin-I-haven’t-seen-you-in-ages gifts to lavish upon them. While wrapping everything up nice & …
another diaper box triumph – Upcycled Drawers
It’s a shame to simply break down and recycle those sturdy diaper boxes so I’ve come up with (another) useful idea to upcycle them into dandy drawers! Our little cherub had a plain, boring shelf …
The DIY Upcycled Secret Book Safe
Yay! My wonderful Anne of Green Gables book arrived from England! Boo! This is what it looked like when opened: I contacted the seller & they sent me a shiny new copy lickety split! Hmmm…what …