Forum: Wanted Items
13-06-2023, 01:41 PM
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
14-10-2022, 08:30 AM
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Wow!
That's so inventive! How did you do it? Did you line up the crayons and then drag them ? It's so colourful and different.
Well done. You must be thrilled ;-)
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
14-10-2022, 08:25 AM
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Forum: Home Improvements
23-05-2021, 09:34 PM
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Are you asking how ?
Metholated spirits and fine wire wool. Put some of the spirits into a container (as it gets dirty) and dip a piece of your wire wool into it, rub along the wood in the direction of the grain. Wipe...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
23-05-2021, 04:39 PM
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
18-11-2020, 09:46 PM
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Great idea
That's a super idea Hopeful 1
Another use is to use them when painting to put your brushes in as you use different sizes.
Or if doing smaller jobs to pour the paint into them instead of going up...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
10-07-2020, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 59
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
03-01-2018, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Happy New Year and keep recylcling :-)
Not a bad time for clearing out, giving away or up-cycling that project you had in mind for a while...
Here's a little something I did a while ago and completely transformed a table and chairs I...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
26-09-2017, 10:15 PM
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
18-07-2015, 01:05 PM
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
24-04-2015, 03:41 PM
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
24-04-2015, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Cheers
Thanks All.
I just love this website: love what it does, the inspiration it gives, and the encouragement of one user to the next. There's a whole world of waste that can be re-used, re-homed and...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
24-04-2015, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 14
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Wonderful
Great job. They look great - you must be thrilled ;-)
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
23-02-2015, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Cleaning up untreated wood
This chair was made by my son-in-law who asked me to finish it off for him. It is a lovely chair and very well made but had been left outside in a shed for years without being treated with anything....
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
23-02-2015, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Waxing
Hi AONB,
Sorry about the delay: I don't check this all the time.
Regarding your question about waxing an item, it would depend on the job you have done and the finish you want. You could just...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
17-01-2015, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Girls dresser
Just to show what a lick of paint can do: I used chalk paint and waxed after.
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
20-10-2014, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 3
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It looks like you don't like Annie Sloan anyway!
So if you are looking for a more 'polished' and clean effect you need to buy a satinwood paint. You will get advice from your local DIY If you are painting a mahogany fireplace you will need...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
04-10-2014, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 8
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Lovely work Cherry
That's fab Cherry - very well done. You've done a great job. That wood looks tricky to sand ;-)
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
01-10-2014, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Go for it Teeny!
Hi Teeny38,
Thanks for your kind comments. I would say to go for it. It is not an easy job but very rewarding.
All chairs need to be stripped back to the wood below and if they are going to...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
18-07-2014, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
10-06-2014, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,505
Well done Jill Nesbitt
A well written article: and very well researched. Well done to Jill in opening the nations eyes to reusing and up-cycling. There is a wealth of information in the article - some of which is new to...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
30-05-2014, 06:32 PM
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
27-05-2014, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 59
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
26-05-2014, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 113,968
Thanks to Cherry
Having done the poof, the previous armchair, the Edwardian chairs and been inspired by Cherry (another Jumbletowner), I decided to tackle my couch and an armchair: here are the results.
My advice is...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
21-04-2014, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 15
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Inspired by Cherry
Having been TOTALLY inspired by Cherry, I have started doing my couch. I have done most of the upholstery but still have a bit to do.
AONB I have box cushions to cover and I watched this video...
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