Sunday 20 December 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS




The warmth and love surrounding Christmas is a joy to be savored with family and friends. It is a time to give and share with one another. Here’s to wishing you the best this season has to offer.











Alicja.


Sunday 6 December 2015

LIVING ROOM

Full transformation of my living room.
The room on home open visits.




I repainted the walls in blue and made board and batten.

You can see this transformation here.
http://house4you2.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/board-and-batten.html

I created a photo gallery. Link below.


http://house4you2.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/photo-gallery.html


I made two book shelfs, as a coffee table I used refurbished blanket chest-http://house4you2.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/refurbished-blanket-chest.html


It is how it looks. I am still going to make some changes in the left corner but I am already happy with the results.










I have also made little changes in my dinning area.



Enjoy.

Alicja.

Wednesday 2 December 2015

PHOTO GALLERY


As I mentioned in one of my previous post, I was working on my photo gallery.

http://house4you2.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/board-and-batten.html

Effects below.

It is how the room looked like when the house was for sale.





After makeover



I have almost finished the rest of the room. It works together very well. Photos coming soon.


Alicja.


Sunday 22 November 2015

REFURBISHED BLANKET CHEST

Last week, I bought two nice wooden pieces. Blanket chest and kitchen cabinet. I am still working on cabinet but chest is done. This is quick post about the transformation.

Before.






Sanding


After 3 coats of Aquanamel Semi Gloss White paint.



Final efect 








Sunday 18 October 2015

BOARD AND BATTEN

Hello Everyone


My latest project is a fake wainscotting. Firstly the  idea was to create it behind my kitchen table to add some country look into it. Then I decided to extend it to adjacent wall. Once I begin, I liked it so much so decided to go with a hall as well. To Avoid measuring and cutting part I used standard size boards from Bunnings.




I started from painting the upper areas of the wall. The colour I chosen is some kind of ocean blue. The idea is to create  cottage beach look . 




After painting I measured up the distance between boards and glued them in to the wall. I used concrete glue.



Next and last step was to paint the lower area with white.







Some of the Before After photos



The whole area still needs some final touches. During my holidays back home ( two months ago ), I bought some great decorative things, I am going to use them to style it up. I have sent them by post and  they should arriving here within 4 to 6 weeks. I am also working on the gallery. I am going to write a separate post about this project. Then I will add more before after photos. Unfortunately today is raining and I do not have a good light to take nice quality pictures.



Friday 12 June 2015

LIVING SPACE NO 1/ FIREPLACE

As I promised, I am going to show you today,  transformation of one of the living spaces. It still needs to be updated but I think, it is done enough to be presented.

Let's start from the beginning. Pictures before.




First thing, I have done was a brick wallpaper. 



Next step was installation of the fireplace. 






We decided to build a high base up, so it is not reachable for the little one. It is also a good space saving, as we can keep our wood under :D






After all, I have decided to white wash the brick and to used black grout.




I did not liked it so, I washed it with white paint again.



Final effect



Still lot's to do but I am absolutely loving it by now.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Alicja.