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How to change the hinge on a kitchen cabinet
When you’re giving the kitchen a bit of a makeover, you’ll need to remove the cupboard doors to paint them. Most of the time you can then re-hang them with the hinges in the same position, but if the...
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How to paint kitchen cupboards
Bored with your kitchen? You don’t need to spend a fortune having a new one fitted… A quick coat of paint to your cabinets can really lift your kitchen and make it feel like a whole new room. Once you...
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How to decoupage a kitchen cupboard door
Making over your kitchen cupboards is rewarding in itself, but you don’t have to stick to the tried and trusted simple paint job. Decoupage – using printed paper to create effects – is a great way to...
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Update your kitchen cupboards with sticky back plastic
Painting your kitchen cabinets is a really cheap and easy way to refresh your kitchen. But think wider than painting a single colour… you can have loads of fun in the kitchen with different effects....
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Decoupage a chest of drawers
It’s easy and rewarding to rescue an old piece of furniture and upcycle it with a coat of paint and some decoupage. in the past we’ve decoupaged dining chairs, lampshades and even kitchen cabinet...
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Super quick fireside makeover – Part Two
In our ‘Super quick fireside makeover – Part One’ we showed you how a roll or two of wallpaper could transform a room in just one weekend. In this second article we looked at accessorising your...
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How to use chalk paint
The lovely folk at Annie Sloan sent us a goodie bag starter kit recently to see what we could do with it. Never one to shy away from a challenge I jumped at the chance. I have to admit I’ve never used...
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Makeover your hallway – first impressions are lasting impressions
I was lucky enough to spend an inspiring day at the Ideal Home Show with the lovely folk from B&Q and Kirstie Allsopp. We got to talking about which room you’d choose to do up first. It seemed to...
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Super quick fireplace makeover – Part One
Redecorating and entire room can seem like a daunting project, but how about just decorating one element? All it takes is a weekend – and a little imagination… Fireside makeover – Part One It’s the...
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Fitting a new kitchen can cost the earth – by the time you add on all the extra costs and hassle of having the builders in, it can make the thought of a brand new kitchen a little less appealing. So...
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How to recover an upholstered dining chair seat pad
It’s very easy to revive an old dining chair with a lick of paint, but sometimes you need to do a bit of mending and renovating as well. This too is quite a simple job, once you know how. This step...
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Transform tired old dining chairs
Do you ever look at a piece of well loved furniture and think it’s seen better days? Or thought that it doesn’t fit with the look of your room? And do you think about chucking it away? Really? Stop....
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Upcycle a chair with decoupage
Decoupage is an 18th century craft form enjoying a real renaissance. From the French term meanin ‘to cut up it was an inexpensive way of decorating personal objects. Today it’s a really popular way of...
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Fitting a draught proof letter box
Letter boxes tend to let in draughts, as well as letters, which leads to chilly hallways and higher winter fuel bills. Fitting a draught excluder on the inside of the letter box keeps out the chill. Up...
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Reviving Christmas baubles with glue and glitter
These very unloved Christmas baubles were just begging to be thrown in the bin – but we don’t do that at MIAMI Towers unless it’s the last resort. Instead we up cycled them into something new and...
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How to revamp your old Christmas decorations
You can use all sorts of items to create decorations. You don’t have to buy new decorations every year. Finding the old reindeer that your child made in nursery and the slightly dog-eared angel...
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Renovating an old chair
A tatty old chair doesn’t have to mean a trip to the tip. With a bit of elbow grease and some fabric you can makeover an old chair into a piece of furniture to be really proud of. The techniques are...
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Prevent and repair basic bathroom leaks
Often the first sign that you have a leak in the bathroom is a nasty stain on the ceiling below. Bath and shower leaks are often caused by water finding its way through perished sealant and small gaps...
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Dealing with a ladybird infestation
The UK is under siege from Harlequin ladybirds. These threaten our domestic varieties and tend to move into houses in large numbers. Here are a few tips to help you spot the invaders and stop them...
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How to revive an old tablecloth
We all have those moments when the red wine gets spilt or the tomato sauce is dribbled across the table cloth. These sorts of stains usually spell the end of the tablecloth, but with a little...
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