The remains of a wardrobe part 2: the mirror

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Hello everyone!

It still feels like summer here at least in the morning so I admit I wasn't inspired to do any fall decoration at all.
Instead I will show you a mirror I made out of an old wardrobe door a couple of months ago. It is not a complete tutorial, more of a before and after post with some tips. Except I forgot to take a picture of the before.
 

Ikea hack: from dvd rack to toiletries storage unit

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The house we have moved in last summer has a tiny tiny bathroom. In fact there is a room that is going to become our master bathroom but it is not ready yet. So we have to put up with the small one until then. The biggest problem is that there is no storage space at all.

The remains of a wardrobe part 1: the chalkboard

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Some years ago, while staying at this house during our summer vacations, I discovered in the far depths of the basement an old wardrobe. Normally I should have discovered it years earlier but I usually wasn't eager to make more than a few steps into this basement. Of course I was thrilled with my find and made some big plans of how I would use it as soon as I took it out of the dark and brought it upstairs. 

Christmas tree from wood and rust

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Today follow me again to Rdeco, where I am guest posting about another Christmas tree you can make with literally junk.

Click here for more photos and general instructions (in greek).


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Centsational girl
Nesting place 
Craftastic Monday 
Just something I whipped up 
Masterpiece Monday 
Motivate me Monday 
Craft-o-maniac link up party 
The cure for the common Monday 
I gotta try that 
Mop it Monday 
Market yourself Monday 
Make the scene Monday 
Time to shine  
Funky junk interiors 

More palettes

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This weekend didn't have any crafting at all nor any home improvement work  since we had to attend two kids parties plus we are still looking what  woodstove to buy. We 're heading to the middle of October and I am afraid the first colds will find us unprepared. So Saturday morning we were on the road to find the stove. All of the shops selling heating stuff I have visited till now are just a step above a warehouse as far as it concerns decorating. But one of those I visited on Saturday was a very pleasant surpise. So I raised my mobile and took these shots to share it with you. Following the trend that uses palettes to make anything you can imagine, it proves that even a store can look pretty and appealing with little money and a couple of good ideas. The lovers of diy among you could possibly find some good ideas here to steal.

So here's my own addition to the endless list of diy projects with palettes on the internet:

ligth bulbls hanging from a palette

DIY pockets for storage

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Here are some good ideas for stylish pockets you can make yourself, which will help you store small objects and keep your space tidy.

 Five Whys

Craftzine

Country Living

Woman's day 

Like stained glass

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via craftster

What a great idea! To make this really original curtain old photographic slides were used. The making is rather simple, a drill was used to make holes and they were attached to each other with rings. Click here to see exactly how. I like how they look as the sun light passes through them, it reminds me of churches' stained glass windows.

A small handmade Christmas tree

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At first I made this tree as a display for some Christmas ornaments I had made. I needed something inexpensive and quick to make. So I opened the closet where I keep the "maybe I 'll need this some day" things and found a piece of wood 70 cm long where I opened holes from one side to the other, with 0,7 cm diameter with a drill. Each one has a 5cm distance from the others.

Then I found a piece of melamine where I opened a hole with diameter equal to the diameter of the stick.

Two coats of white paint to unify the look of the different materials and because I like it.

Then I pressed the stick into the hole of the base and started adding to each hole of the stick a used color pencil, the longer ones on the bottom and the shorter as I moved to the top. 

And here it is decorated:

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Funky Junk Interiors

How to make an easy bookcase

Look at this cute little bookcase. It 's not only cute, it 's also very functional, you can easily take it apart and move it in another place in the house, add or remove the shelves. It 's made of old drawers, clever no? I found it on Craftynest and here you will learn how to make it. Take a look at the other very interesting tutorials.