Flat-pack furniture is designed to be so easy even the most bungling of DIY-ers can out it together. Stores like Ikea rely heavily on the flat-pack assembly option and they seem to be as popular as ever, so it can’t be that hard–right?
There are a few hints and tips that can make assembling flat-pack furniture easier for those who don’t know one end of a screwdriver from the other. Step One: Ladies, even though its flat pack, you will Read more…
D.I.Y. Is one of those things: either your brain was built including a rough idea of how to do this without harming either yourself or anyone who goes to use the shelves / whatever you have built out of the kindness of your heart…or your brain is missing the vital instructions and no matter how hard you try, the flat pack furniture is always complete…but complete missing several crucial looking bolts. So, in fact, not complete at all. And you Read more…
Need more storage units but strapped for cash? Why not build your own shoe rack?
A shoe rack is a piece of small furniture that will help keep your place more organized. In addition, if you try to build it yourself, it will be even more valuable. So, start exercising your carpentry skills and save money by building it yourself.
What you will need in order to get started:
· A workbench that is portable
· Pencil and paper for Read more…
A tiled shower adds value, beauty and durability to your home. Follow these steps to tile the shower carefully without involving any future possibilities of leaking and other problems. Retiling a shower is an easy way to improve your house, without having to take out a home equity release to do it.
You will first have to find and then mark the center point on the wall and draw a line. Then, draw a line of 13”, the length of Read more…
This came about when I was looking for Croydon flats and houses for rent and couldn’t really find one within my budget that looked like it wasn’t falling apart. So my girlfriend, of all people suggested snap together tile flooring to give the whole place a bit of an improved look. Installing tile flooring is easy and can bring a complete and even expensive look to the floor. If you choose snap together tilt flooring then you can have the Read more…
You’ve spent two hours traipsing round the local car boot sale. You’ve seen nothing good and you’re hungry. The place is full of stuff. Just CDs, junk masquerading as goods and old hagged jumpers from the Second World War. And lots and lots of people haggling over fifty pence. It’s depressing, really.
Then you spot it: there, in the corner, the old wooden table that’s calling your name in an abstract sort of way. It would seem your luck has Read more…
The coffee table is old and in a mess. The cat has scratched at the legs one time too many, the toddler has scribbled all over the surface, and there are more rings on it than in a jewellry store. It needs replacing, you want a good coffee table, at an inexpensive price.
The best way to do this is to go to IKEA and buy a flat-pack coffee table. Flat-pack IKEA coffee tables range from £15 to £150, compared Read more…
Some jobs appear to be so straightforward that you just do not need any advice. But looks can be deceiving…
A great example of this is sealing round the edge of a bath or shower. Now, this may look like a simple task, but it can all go horribly wrong in a very short space of time. If it is done properly then it will be both tidy and waterproof. However… if you get it wrong then it will look Read more…
When working on stairwells you need to adjust the platform to make it safe. It should be prepared in a way so that you can cover all areas that need to be papered. The layout of the staircase determines the measurements of the wallpapers. While papering a staircase you should remember the lengths of the papers you would use will be longer and weighty than wall papering a normal room. So you will need someone to help you who will Read more…
Recently, in the news, apart from stuff about chin implants there’s been a lot of talk about this fainting thing that young people do to get their kicks. I can’t legally tell you how it’s done, but I can say that it involves cutting off the air supply to your brain and then dropping to the ground. What fun! Only it sometimes kills people. Personally speaking I can see what they are trying to do, but you know what? Proper Read more…
