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This week we had the opportunity to use a new paint. I picked up a table for $1.50 off TradeMe last week so was perfect for testing.

Voodoo Molly Vintage Paint
You will be shocked at how little preparation and expertise is needed to transform your shabby and tired furniture into custom bespoke pieces.

No stripping, no undercoat and no wax formula will make your next project fuss free and full of character. The first thing I noticed was how amazing the colour range were for up cycles, the paint is EXTREMELY easy to apply and has great coverage.

The desk I up cycled was painted using Classic white and Duck egg blue. These colours look so nice together and I am really impressed with both colours (that never happens).

If you are worried about using a brush vs spray I recommend you tubing a few techniques - or look out on VMV's website for workshops.

I think it's fair to say that this is my new favourite paint. The piece is sitting in our office 2 weeks on and I am just so happy with the freshness of the colours and how its not streaky.

For your next project give Voodoo Molly a go - you won't be disappointed!

www.voodoomolly.nz

The Trestle Desk

I have wanted a table like this for a while but didn't want to fork out the cash for one that I couldn't see in a store (most are available only online).

A friend mentioned that Mitre 10 has a campaign called "easy as"..... Loving the name I went online to check it out and noticed they had an awesome video of how to make one. The dimensions etc were perfect for our office space and the guy in the video describes how to make it in such a kiwi way I couldn't help but watch it through.

A few weeks went by and I was walking through the hardware store buying vege plants and the 1800mm pine top caught my eye - next thing I knew $110.00 later I had everything I needed to make a trestle desk, walking out to the carpark I was stressing that it would fit in my Mazda Axela - it ended up fitting just fine.

Check out this link to Mitre 10 Megas video, you can play around with the finishing in the timber and the table top.

The finish I have went with is just adding water to white paint and rubbing on the wood with a cloth, it only needs one coat to take the bland look from the wood. I have paired it with a replica Eames Chair from Kmart. The large image is The Mound II by Ruben Ireland.

The video as mentioned above literally was "easy as" to follow, I might make another for Georgia - better yet - make it with her!

Would love to hear if you have made one - feel free to leave questions if you have any, this saves you roughly $200.00 and gives you the satisfaction of building it yourself.

Georgia brought these drawers online for $15.00, when we got it home Georgia was looking on Pinterest (checkout shaydennz) for some inspiration. There is always some really cool inspo available but rarely how to and advice.

We knew we were working with wood and wanted to have the effect of when you open the drawer you see white with spots etc.

What we started with.

As you you can see we had a lot to work with, the drawers are a really cool Queen Anne style and have huge potential.

Georgia decided that she would like to keep them and wanted them pink with black insides and latches.

In progress

Our first rookie move was using a white primer, the pink came up Fluoro (shaydens cringing) so we went and brought a grey primer from our local Bunnings.

So when we are finished we go to put the drawers in and they no longer fit ARGHHHH - the paint swelled the chipboard sides.

Back to the drawing board...........

We decided to knock out the dividers and build a shelf as one of the drawers fit after a sanding on the sides. A piece like this would be a shame to write off so it pays to come into these things with creativity for challenges like this.

Georgia's knocking out the dividers as I'm cutting a shelf to size, then a lick of paint on the inside so it all suits.

I'm still thinking about the pink going in the house haha so with Georgia's steady hand she's managed to get a lot of white on the outside, anddddd we are out of pink Hahahaha - I suggest we go black with a copper handle.

Prime it up again

And voila!

We plan on using this in the office to add some difference.

We would love to know what you think, if you have any questions leave a comment and we can chat!

Shayden and Georgia

We often assume that our furniture has a used by date, we discard things because they are old and worn out. Whos not to say that these things can be rejuvinated?

I was cruising past the Eco Store thinking GOD I never find anything there, but my girlfriend wanted to start Up Cycling things as a hobbie and hadnt really kicked it off as of yet - so I swung a left and went on in, this time the car park was packed it was like feeding time at the zoo so I thought hmmmm there bust be some gems in there today because the majority of people were walking out with things.

I was walking past the chairs and found the perfect one FOR $5.00!!!! As I was walking to pay for it I found an identical one so was a happy man - one for her and one for me.

So this is where our project begins.....

The Before...

First thing we did was choose the fabric, we thought the chairs would look awesome in a girls room at a desk or makeup table - or will brighten up any room! So we ripped off the horrible old coverings and replaced with the new...

Painting the chair was easy, we decided to just do parts of the chair and chose blue to match the fabric. We sanded it back and taped it off with masking tape and bags.

Taking the tape off is so exciting, its like an unveiling haha, then we put the cushion back in and we had our new chairs!

The after.....

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