Friday 30 October 2015

becoming gainfully unemployed (or how I'm giving up my job to stay at home wiping bums and getting punched in the crotch)



Today I gave up my job.

~pause for major anxious reaction


O.k. It's o.k.....I think. What the hell do I do now?!! 


The same thing I've been doing every day for the past year I guess.





Saturday 24 October 2015

the ultimate "new kitchen counter" cheat!

diy super cheap, easy marble look counters done with contact paper. www.makedoanddiy.com

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We've reached the end of the kitchen tutorials now, and I think I've saved one of the best till last. I say best, because this project genuinely surprised me with how easy and effective it was!

I had debated for a long time  over what I was going to do with the counters. What I originally wanted was solid wood butcher block, like we have on the island, and we probably could have afforded it at the time if we installed it ourselves, but the problem was that I hadn't settled on what my idea of the ideal kitchen was. We knew that we would be changing things down the line when we had the money, so it seemed foolish to rip out the old counters to install the ones we wanted now, when we would probably have to rip it all out again next year when we were doing the full renovation.

** update!!! If you'd like to see how my counters are holding up 18 months later you can find that post here

Tuesday 20 October 2015

painted tile backsplash-cover those ugly tiles!

painted kitchen tile backsplash, cheap and easy update for dated tile. www.makedoanddiy.com
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So here we are, another week, another kitchen post, but there's just one more after this and then I'm done, promise! I'm ready to be done with this series, and in future I think I'll post tutorials as they happen and then recap with a full reveal whenever I get it together enough to do that. I feel like I have to finish all these kitchen posts before I move on and it's kinda stifling my creativity ya know? *gag!

Thursday 8 October 2015

gold toe-kicks (for realz)



Kitchen toe kicks updated with gold duck tape! Totally non-permanent and reversible, perfect for renters.


Hopefully you guys aren't getting fed up with all this kitchen talk but I want to finish up giving all the info and answering questions on the different aspects of the makeover before I move on to something else. I'll get the posts about the counters and the cupboards up next week and then I'm done, promise ;)

So today, let me introduce you to something that is fast catching up with Rustoleum's bright metallic gold spray paint as my favourite way to update something, fast!


Monday 5 October 2015

pimp my dishwasher





I stuck gold foil tape on my dishwasher!.........

Wow, that really didn't take long enough to explain to warrant a full post :/

Oh well, on to the pretty pictures!!!!

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