Our house was built to a budget. When It came to the fixtures we went with “bare minimum”. Who knew that meant you’d only get one towel rail in the bathroom? And such an expanse of plain white wall – we can’t have that!

I’ve been hanging my towel in the bedroom for far too long now &. The other day I made a trip to Bunnings and set to work refashioning my op shopped tripods into something more.

I just drilled a hole in the centre of some op shopped placemats to make the shelves and then secured them with a 1/4inch nut.   The towel hanger is of course an a broken film SLR which unsurprisingly required no DIY intervention by me.  I’d had that lying around since the camera lamp makings last year.

Just a bit of fun really.

& my favourite room in the house.

I found these footstools on the run a few weeks ago. I had run about a kilometre with them & the dog before my arms gave up. I dropped them off on my brother’s doorstep & picked them up later in the day.

They’ve been languishing in the garage for about a month until I finally dragged them out last weekend to make a couple of covers for them. They are cream vinyl under the fabric & I’ve left this intact because I really like the vinyl too.

The addition makes the kid’s TV area perfect in my opinion. It’s casual & relaxed with a super squishy vintage sofa & lots of throws, comfy lounge-on-the-floor carpet & now a couple of vintage Helen & Ken Absom footstools!

We’ve had these bar stools for ages & consequently they were looking a little the worse for wear. Originally selected because of their substantial weight, they have therefore stood the test of time pretty well … amazing for something built in the last 10 – 15 years (what with planned obsolescence & all that).

Anyway, I’ve been planning a bit of an update for a LONG time & have finally got around to re-working my test stool with one of the feed sacks I bought on etsy. I’m chuffed with the way it looks & will be giving the same treatment to the remaining two bar stools.

I think that the natural colour of the calico looks much better against my kitchen bench than the gloss white ever did.

This is essentially decoupage – prooving that ye olde crafts really are the best & there is nothing new in the world.

Thanks for listening to me waffle on & have a great day.

It’s an Australian icon – the hills hoist.

We had a hills hoist growing up & spent countless hours using it as a monkey bar, merry go round, swing, cubby house, for batting practice (with a tennis ball inside a pair of pantyhose) & a maypole.

My gorgeous brother saved me this when he & his equally gorgeous wife landscaped their backyard.

The new vase will remind me daily of a fabulous childhood.

It’s been a fair while since I declared something “the best thing I’ve ever made”.

Not since the lawn chair has their been such making excitement.

I’ve been constructing this in my head for a few weeks but I had to wait for the op shop gods to come up with the goods so that I could actually make it.

I like the versatility…

novelty

desk

floor lamp

There’s still a little bit of work to do to make it absolutely perfect but I’m super chuffed with the “first draft”.

Just as a PS… this was constructed while we were away with the extended family. They all stared at me blankly when I showed them the finished piece. I naturally couldn’t fathom the total lack of excitement and sighed & said “& this is why I have a blog”.

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There is a how to (of sorts) available here.