Up-Cycled Fireplace

I bought a fireplace on Ebay for 99p for my student house, carrying it all the way from Long Eaton to Nottingham on the train and tram!! 2 years later I finally managed to up-cycle it, and its all floral and pretty!
I used wood paint in a soft blue, and then decoupaged pictures of flowers and leaves into a design on sections of the fireplace. Then set it with varnish.

Up-cycled Small Shelf Unit

Me and my boyfriend up-cycled this little shelving unit to use as a bedside table. We were inspired by Rorschach's ink splodges, and so printed some onto the sides using baking parchment to transfer our designs!

Beauty Corner

     For my sisters Christmas present I turned a small alcove in her bedroom into a beauty corner (with a very small budget).

     I used a floating shelf for the station, and created acrylic make-up shelves (like the pros have) using individual shower shelves from the pound store and taking the suckers out of them to affix them to the wall. I brought a cute mirror and a little seat (Total: £25). I arranged her make-up by putting her brushes into a cleaned jam jar (here's how to clean a labelled jar: http://craftingagreenworld.com/2012/06/19/how-to-another-way-to-remove-labels-from-glass-jars/).

     Then I used an old toast rack for her make-up palettes and added a cute cactus for that finishing touch. Since Christmas we have added some more storage to the side underneath for straighteners and hair products, and have added a cool flexi-lamp for better lighting. My sister loves it!

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AFTER

Small Home Library

  I turned a storage (DUMPING!!) room

into a small home library, because

we had SO many books, but nowhere

to put them!

I spent £50 on paint, curtains, some extra 

shelving, a cushion and picture frame.

Everything else was up-cycled and 

re-purposed!!

              

BEFORE

AFTER

Up-cycled Penguin Lamp

This is another piece I made for the small home library I created. This was an old disused lamp-base that I had, which I liked the shape of. I used the Penguin icon and created a graphic pattern using my computer. I then printed it out onto normal paper.
















I cut the patterned paper to fit the base, and then
pasted it on with PVA glue. Then I set it with a
matte varnish.















To finish I fitted a new shade onto the lamp, I used one from another old lamp I owned, but would eventually like to buy a new "jazzier" one.

Up-cycled Decoupage Coffee Table

This started out as a kids wooden play table, it was bright blue with natural wooden legs. The top was very scuffed and there was no use for the table anymore.





I up-cycled the table for a small home library room I was creating. I made it book themed, so pasted the top with pages from an old book using PVA glue, and then varnished it to set it.