Superhero Drawers - Pine chest of drawers upcycle

I've had these basic pine drawers from Argos for years. They have previously been in my room, but when I moved I didn't want them and poor Evan had a lack of furniture for his room so he had them.

As Evan's room has a superhero theme I started looking on Pinterest for inspiration. After some searching I decided on doing decoupage for the drawer fronts and paint the rest of the unit. Evan's room is blue and most accessories he currently has are blue, white and red. I had already done his toy chest in green (to tie in the Hulk), so decided on red with blue handles for the paint.


For the unit I lightly keyed the surface with sand paper, and primed. Once the surface was prepped I painted with B&Q Quick dry Gloss in classic red. Below is the unit with two coats on.

I then moved onto doing the drawer knobs. Once removed from the drawer I just sprayed with B&Q primer and then I used 2 x coats of Rustoleum Painters Touch in Brilliant Blue.

For the drawers I used Marvel wrapping paper and cut 5 piece to size for the drawer fronts (making sure I have enough to fold over the edges). I used Evo-Stik Multi purpose contact adhesive to stick the paper to the drawers. You spray onto both surfaces, leave a few minutes and then put them together. I used a mini foam roller to make sure it went on crease free.

Once this was dry, I trimmed the corners and side, and stuck these down with the same process. I then sealed with Modge Podge gloss finish.


And here are the drawers complete. I am so happy with them and please with how they have turned out!

I will show full pictures of Evans room once I finish his toy box this weekend.

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Pom Pom Cushion

I recently did up the chair below for my living room. But I decided it was missing something, so settled adding a cushion.


The room has various shades of turquoise and blues. So I took to eBay to find something that would work in my room. I found a gorgeous turquoise chevron fabric and cobalt blue pom poms for a extra pop of colour.


I had previously made a pom pom cushion for my bed in pink and orange, I had used It's Always Autumn's tutorial to do that cushion and decided to use that method again.

1. Cut 3 15×15 inch squares (this is based on using a 14 inch cushion)


2. This tutorial involves an envelope opening instead of a zip. To make the envelope opening on the back of the pillow cover, grab one of your other fabric pieces. Fold the right side in (wrong sides together) 5 inches. Repeat with the other fabric piece, folding in from the left. Then sew this fold in place on both pieces of fabric.


3. Next attach the trim. Take the last of the 15×15 squares and sew the trim all the way around it. Pom poms pointing in and right side of fabric up, and start sewing, about 1/4 inch from the edge. I could have done with my trim being a little wider it made it tricky to sew the whole cushion together, but I know for next time.


4. Once your pom poms are attached, you now need to sew the pieces together. Place your square down on the table right side up. And then place the rectangles on top of the square, right sides down, one matching up with the left side of the square and one matching up to right side. Pin this in place and then sew all the way around.



5. Turn inside out and you should have a cushion.



6. And then your ready to pop I your cushion.


What do you think? I adore the colour!

For the full tutorial and more pictures check out It's Always Autumn post here.

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Welcome

Well after peer pressure I have finally decided to set up a little shop to sell some of my creations.  To accompany the shop I have decided to set up this little blog too.

I am not a naturally creative person I do look for inspiration (mainly from Pinterest).  But I love having a go and making the items or testing out new ideas I do have.  I will use this blog and my Facebook page to show of inspiration, ideas, my creations...and failures!

Keep your eyes peeled for posts coming soon.  Here's a sneak peak of something that's caught my eye this morning and has resulted in me looking to pick up chicken wire and mini pegs!

Here is the link to check it out in more deatil.  http://www.unknownmami.com/2015/01/diy-chicken-wire-frame.html