How to Join Minerva Acrylic Worktops
So the last you saw the kitchen, we had happily completed all the cutting we needed to do on the Carrara marble effect acrylic worktops from Minerva. Wayne did an awesome job of cutting out the sink and installing the tap as well (so screw you, Craig!) so all that was...
DIY Hanging Planter – From Industrial to Glam!
You may recall that recently I was invited to Rose & Grey's new showroom in Altrincham. Whilst I was there, I spotted a cute hanging planter in the shop. It was quite industrial in it's design (which as you probably know by now, isn't really my kind of thing) but...
VIDEO: DIY Fragrance Diffuser with Essential Oils
If you live in the UK or have been watching the news recently, you'll know that things have been a bit crazy here in the UK. With the majority vote to leave the European Union and all the ramifications and fears that have followed, I'm personally still trying to come...
VIDEO: How to Create a Faux Marble Shelf
You all know my obsession with marble-effect contact paper or sticky back plastic as it's known here in the UK. I have used it throughout my home for various projects - you can see my marble topped chest of drawers, the floating vanity we created for the dressing room...
VIDEO: How to Make Soy Wax Candles with Essential Oils
As much as I love beautiful scented candles from the shop, I'm not so thrilled about how much they cost or how quickly they are gone! So when I realised how easy and inexpensive it was to create my own, a new hobby was born. I've been making my own candles for quite...
VIDEO: How to Make Cheap Faux Plants Look More Expensive
If you've been following my blog for any length of time, you'll know that one of the biggest myths I try to dispel is that you need shed loads of cash to have a beautiful home. Even if you have a limited budget (and isn't that most of us?), with a little creativity...
Bedroom Update: DIY Feather Bolster Cushion Insert
I recently recovered my dining room chairs in Jamil Natural fabric as you may already know. Once the upholsterer was finished with the work, I asked him to save any leftover fabric for me because I had a little DIY in mind. He returned over a metre of fabric to me so...
Glam DIY Bread Bin and My New Ruffoni Jars
I know that there is no such thing as a 'glamorous' bread bin. I know this because I tried to find one and failed miserably. Perhaps bread isn't sexy enough to warrant fabulous storage - it has very rustic roots in tradition and craft. It's not the kind of thing one...
Jonathan Adler Malachite Coasters Knockoff DIY
So I was perusing Jonathan Adler's website recently, looking at all the beautiful dreamy offerings that would entail remortgaging to afford and came across a set of fabulous black and gold malachite style coasters. At £78 for the set of four, they are definitely an...
Christmas Wrapping and A Final Word for 2015
So first off, I just thought I'd share how I wrapped up my DIY Essential Oil Fragrance Gift Sets today. You may recall that earlier this month, I shared room fragrance spray, home made soap and soy wax candles - all with printable labels to create a matching set. I...
DIY Christmas Candle with Essential Oils
*This post is the third of a 3-part series of making your own home made gift set using essential oils! Check out my DIY Christmas Rooms Spray and my DIY Soap with Essential Oils - all with downloadable labels to make a matching set!* So it's Black Friday if you...
DIY Christmas Soap with Essential Oils
*This post is the second of a 3-part series of making your own home made gift set using essential oils! Check out my DIY Christmas Room Spray and my DIY Candle with Essential Oils - all with downloadable labels to make a matching set!* So, on Friday, I shared...
How to Make a Christmas Room Spray with Essential Oils
*This post is the first of a 3-part series of making your own home made gift set using essential oils! Check out my DIY Soap with Essential Oils and my DIY Candle with Essential Oils - all with downloadable labels to make a matching set!* You know already that I love...
Front of House: Simple DIY Planters (plus a sneak peek!)
If you've been following me here on Swoon Worthy for a little while, you'll know that we have been working on revamping the entire front patio with the help of the lovely folks at Original Style. We've gone from old broken tarmac paving and bad planting to a beautiful...
Framing Postcards as Art
Now please know I'm not going to patronise you with a proper how-to on this one. In fact, it's not really a how-to at all, it's just me sharing because ya know, I'm a blogger and therefore am naturally AN OVERSHARER*. *It's okay, I'm not going to tell you about any...
My new DIY Brass and Glass Kitchen Pendants!
Eeeek! Oh my god, I am so excited. As you know, I've been looking at replacing my kitchen lighting for probably - I don't even know - two years? More? It's been a while. The problem was that I kept seeing these gorgeous brass lights that were just completely out of...
Art Deco Inspired Glam Desk Makeover
First of all, I just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU for the overwhelming response on my One Room Challenge™ . The sheer number of comments, tweets, shares, likes, etc made me completely dizzy and happy and I'm so thrilled so many of you seemed to like it. Big...
Once More With Feeling: DIY Wallpapered Chest of Drawers
How many times can you makeover one really cheap pine chest of drawers? Apparently, the answer is infinitely. Because this chest of drawers has actually seen FOUR makeovers including the one I'm going to show you today. I can't seem to stop myself but it's just so...
Ikea Hack: Converting a Grommet Curtain Header to Pencil Pleats
So as I said in my recent post sharing my Spring Refresh, I decided to change up a few things in the living room recently - by removing all the turquoise in the room, adding some plants and changing up my vignettes. That was a good start but the turquoise curtains and...
DIY Wallpapered Ikea Flyt Magazine Files
I just wanted to share a little crafty project I tackled recently, taking the very plain and basic Ikea Flyt magazine files and turning them into something worthy of being shown on a shelf using some leftover wallpaper. It was a really simple project and given that...
How to turn an Ikea Grundtal Rail into something glamorous
Okay, this is less of a tutorial and more of a 'show and tell' but you'll have to excuse my excitement. Because this is just too easy and tutorials are really completely unnecessary. If you are familiar at all with my kitchen, you'll know that I'm not adverse to...
How to Make Soy Wax Candles with Essential Oils
It turns out it's Autumn, folks. Yes, it's time for clocks to go back, for the daylight to shorten, time to pull on our heavier coats and break out the thick socks and jumpers. As much as I'm much more a fan of summer and warm balmy weather, there is one thing I...
How to Make a Pelmet with Nailhead Trim
As promised, I thought I'd show you how I made the pelmet for above the vanity table in my dressing room. It is SO EASY honestly. I've never made one before and I'd seen a few tutorials online for very simple foam core ones but I wanted this to be a little more...
Dressing Room Mini-Makeover: DIY Vanity and Pleated Skirt
I hope you enjoyed my reveal of my newly improved dressing room! As I said in that post, one of my favourite additions to the room is the larger and prettier vanity. My previous skirted vanity was very small (only the width of the shelving units) and wasn't...