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
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
After five years of flat and balcony living, we moved house in November to a 1930s end of terrace in south east London with the thing I'd been most missing - a garden. At the time of writing we are in the middle of a global pandemic, confined to our homes and I feel so … Continue reading 1930s House Renovation – House Tour – The ‘Before’
Hannah Cowie Designs 