After fifteen years of flat living I'm still excited to have a staircase in my home and last year I really wanted to decorate it for Christmas. You can spend a fortune on a ready made one or you can forage for real foliage but since I only have holly in the garden I decided … Continue reading How to Make a Christmas Staircase Garland
Introducing my Spoonflower fabric and wallpaper designs
I'm very happy to introduce my new range of designs for fabric and wallpaper which are now available to purchase on Spoonflower. Spoonflower are a US company (with a factory in Germany for those of us in Europe) where you can buy any design in a range of fabric types and three different wallpapers. Here's … Continue reading Introducing my Spoonflower fabric and wallpaper designs
A Touch of Gold – bookcase upcycle
Turning this old brown bookcase into a beautiful gold and green vision was a relatively quick upcycling project. You will need: Small wooden bookcase - this one was second hand Paint of choice - Valspar Emerald Temple in premium satin Polyvine metal leaf size and crystal clear varnish Gold leaf - I get mine from … Continue reading A Touch of Gold – bookcase upcycle
Bathroom Makeover
The bathroom is the one room in the house that is pretty much how we want it. Sure, I might not have chosen a bathroom suite of this style and I'd prefer a mixer tap on the sink but I love the bath and the yellow floor and the tiling is in very decent nick. … Continue reading Bathroom Makeover
A Fast and Furious Hallway Refresh
My father-in-law offered to come and help us paint for a weekend a few weeks after we moved in. To say we bit his hand off makes us sound civilized. We planned on focusing on the bedrooms but realised that since we were sleeping in one and he was staying in the other we could … Continue reading A Fast and Furious Hallway Refresh
Hannah Cowie Designs 