Adele, a mother of 2 from Wales, took 4 yrs. to transfer her drab new-build home into a riot of color using only handmade crafts, thrifted items, and inexpensive paper goods.
She took it from boring to bright with paint, lots of fabrics and knitting.
She collects vintage and second items that will fit her home.
It looks like she reupholstered this bench.
She does not shy away from colors or patterns.
She took to painting and upcycling objects herself. Adele figures it's just paint. If she doesn't like it, she can paint over it.
I'm surprised that collecting all of this only took 4 yrs.
Bright cushions, rugs and window dressings all add to the vibrancy of the home.
The kitchen if full of bright mugs and housewares.
Paper party decorations line the stairs.
She painted the bed and feature wall black.
And, she even made this wreath out of colored (or painted) ordinary clothespins.
And, to cap it all off, she used black to compliment the bright tones.
It would be easy to paint the ribcage/pelvis and string fairy lights that can have the colors changed by remote then any time you become bored you can change out the plants or add other things like crystals to it and alter the light color.
I spent some of my weekend making our cats a new cat “tree”. I wasn’t finding anything I liked out in the wild, so I made my own mushroom tree.
It’s mostly wood and a heavy-duty carpet tube wrapped in sisal, foam batting, and then upholstered. The tops I made custom with my rug tufting machine.
I’m hoping within the next few days it’ll be thoroughly investigated and claimed by the house beasties.
Making reception decor today out of vases from goodwill and foliage from fb marketplace. The roses are from the bouquet B gave me on our first official date. Luckily I had the forethought to dry them. ♥️
I really wanted to refresh my holiday decorations this year. So when I stumbled on the idea for giant Christmas lights I knew I had to make some.
The process was very simple. I started with a 50’ string of outdoor LEDs, and wrapped that in pipe insulation. Then I twisted a second tube of insulation around for the second “wire”. The plug is a small trash can and the bulbs are two liters mounted on solo cups.
Everything was painted with spray paint and assembled with gorilla tape and hot glue.
Everything all together is pretty effective.
After we hauled the string outside I was tempted to leave it in the yard in a heap…
But we didn’t. All in all these lights cost less than $100 and came together in a weekend. I really enjoyed this and love how they came out.
After Christmas I plan to weave them into the garage rafters and use them as lights out there the rest of the year.