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How to Improve Your Furniture Flipping Business!

My Story This blog began out of a love for taking things (mostly furniture) that have been left for ruins, bound for the dump,…

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How to Paint Window Sills and Trims – A Room Makeover

A Room Reset I was inspired by Marian Parson’s newest book, The Home Design Doodle Book, to do a Room Reset in my own…

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Brick Wall Meets Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint!

The Dim, Dark, Brick Wall Makeover I’ve been annoyed by the dim darkness of our brick wall entry way for years now. I mean,…

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Can I use Milk Paint on Walls? A Customer Experience

Milk Paint on Walls? When a customer first contacted me with some enquiries about using Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint, I had no idea…

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Two Little Stools – From Ghastly to Trendy

Destined for the dump You know how much I love rescuing things that are destined for the dump! Check out these twin stools. Weathered and…

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Furniture Fanatics – Interview with Sada Vee, For the Love Creations

Furniture Fanatics – Introducing Like-minded Up-cyclers I thought it was about time I spread my blogging wings a bit further and so I’ll be…

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Mirror Mirror on the Wall

To Paint or Not? I have transformed mirror frames a few times by painting them, and it can really make a difference to the…

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Restoration of the R&R Kind and a Gold Coast Find!

Restoration of the Soul … It was so good to get away for some “restoration of the soul kind” this week! Destination: Gold Coast…

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How to Strip Paint the Quick and Easy Way!

I know you’ve probably Googled “How to Strip Paint” a number of times if you are like me, and tried a gazillion ways to remove…

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Pantone Color of the Year 2016 & Your Home Decor

If you follow color trends, especially in the design world, you’ll know that Pantone has for the first time, released not one, but two…

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