DIY & Decor

Category: Home Improvement

  • Wood picture frame

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    Woodworking: How to make a picture frame First you should decide whether you want to frame your picture/ image as it is or want to add a border. Borders are useful if your artwork is small or if you want to frame an image in order to create a focal point. Use a mount that…

  • Panelling

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    Panelling As I wrote in the previous article, wall panelling is back in fashion. You can utilise the traditional tongue and groove wood panels, or the Shaker Style framed panels – but it’s much more interesting to have wall panelling with a modern twist.. Tongue and Groove Alternative Instead of tongue and groove panels why…

  • Painting panelling

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    Painting panelling Having attached your wood panelling to the walls as per the previous article, you can then decide whether you want to varnish, limewash or paint it.. To paint panelling If your panelling is old and the paintwork is peeling or lumpy, you should strip & sand it back to bare wood. Fill holes,…

  • Wall Panelling

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    Wall panelling Wall panelling is back in fashion – not only the country-style painted wood panels but also the wood panelling that defined our interiors in the 70’s. Of course both applications need a modern twist. This article will help you to choose the right panelling for your interior. Panelling is ideal for walls in…

  • DIY or DFY

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    Apparently DIY stores are in trouble – their sales have been going down for a year now. It seems that more and more people are getting tradesmen in to do their home improvement rather than doing it themselves. Done For You is now replacing DIY, so much so, that even the large home improvement stores…

  • Ready for Spring DIY?

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    It’s spring again, and the DIY season has begun. It’s the ideal time to freshen-up our homes, repair household items, fix broken appliances & fittings or redecorate some spaces. The best way to get everything done by the Summer is to get properly organised. Get a notepad and a pen and look around your home…

  • Cordless Glue Gun

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    If you are after a cordless glue gun, why don’t you try out Coldheat’s new light-weight glue gun? It’s ideal for craft and DIY projects such as model-making, photo framing, scrapbooking, decoration, beading, kids’ art & wood crafts.  It can also be used for small household repairs – on broken ceramic objects, picture frames, toys,…

  • Fixed shelves for an alcove

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    An alcove a very suitable space to utilise for fixed shelves and built-in cabinets. For shelves you could use spur shelving systems or brackets, but a more attractive solution is to have floating shelves, where the brackets or supports are invisible. Creating a floating shelf in a rectangular alcove is a relatively easy DIY job.…

  • Putting up shelves

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    Easy DIY: Putting up a shelf is considered an easy DIY job, yet it’s more difficult than you might think. A badly put up shelf just looks dreadful. So before you attach your self-made or ready-made shelf think about the following issues.. Weight What are you going to use the shelf for? How heavy will…

  • Identifying Electricity Supply

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    3 – Electricity In the UK, most homes are supplied with electricity via cables either underground or overhead. This connects to a sealed terminal box located inside of your home, from which two cables run to an electricity meter and two cables run to the consumer unit.  The consumer unit is often located under the…