I have an aversion to brushed chrome. Why, why, must every apartment built in the last decade or so feature that dull brushed chrome at every opportunity. Chrome handles, chrome taps, chrome edges. Gah! Ok, so, spray paint: it is an easy way to make things not chrome. My old lamp (from, yep, Ikea) was looking a little sad so I got rid of the shade and bedazzled the base up with some matt black spray paint […]
There is a satisfying click when you pry the white plastic cover off light switches. I get that most normal people don’t spend their time prying off light switch covers (most normal people don’t blog about these things either), but I thought I’d share the experience. I had decided to venture down the electrics aisle at Bunnings (the Australian hardware store where I spend way too much time). It is an intimidating aisle. So many switches […]
What to say about a black tap? I guess I should point out that it is another product of those those Swedish geniuses at Ikea (love the Scandis). So rather than spend hundreds of dollars on tapware (when did “tapware” become a noun?) I spent under a hundred. It was also easy enough to install. I had to buy another monkey wrench (yes, I am the proud owner of monkey wrenches – plural) and I enlisted the […]
I like subway tiles. I know they have been done to death, but I like them. Unfortunately I can’t fork out the cash for the real thing (with its delightful grainy crackle) but I figured I could work with what I had to create a monochrome tiley delight. And it was easier than I thought. The original tiles were simple white with white(ish) grout. I bought a black grout pen (I ordered it from the interwebs for […]
so I decided to go against everyone’s advice and paint my wall black. I can say that when I go against everyone’s advice I generally regret it. But not this time. Being warned about committing a range of design faux pas (making the space feel smaller, never being able to paint over it, scaring off would-be renters, recreating the 90s feature wall) I forged ahead (with a little help from a tall handsome foreigner). The black wall makes a feature (dare […]
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