NEW Room Decorating Series. Part 1

Hello my friends!

I feel like I haven't done a proper post in ages, and I've been working on a continual project that I just kicked off a few days ago. 

I'm redecorating my room!

Yes, I know, I'm really really excited, but I'm going to go about it sensibly and properly. I've made plans and know exactly what is going where. However, I'm going to making a lot of what will be going in my room myself, so it will definitely take a few weeks at least, but I'm all for the challenge!! 

I've decided that I will blog all the way, and start a DIY bedroom decor series, giving short tutorials of really easy and simple ideas to jazz up your bedroom, even on a tight budget. I plan to do one every few days, so definitely keep an eye out for them. 

In addition, I will be showing you guys the finished product as soon as it's done. So I hope you enjoy!

So, today I will start with just a short post. After I came back from school I decided to make a start on the small feature wall I am having in my room. This wall is going to have lots of frames and canvasses in different shapes and sizes which I think will look very cute! The wall I've chosen is very small which I think makes it look even more distinctive and adds a special touch. 

I'm going to make the features one at a time and just add them together progressive because I think it leaves me time for inspiration! So these are my fabric covered boards: super easy to make and very pretty might I add!

Here I used some old scraps of fabric I had ( the denim at the top if from some old jeans, and the orange boat fabric is from and old dress that I found) 

All you have to do if find some fabric- you can choose whatever you want! And a piece if cardboard. What I love about this project is that you can be very versatile; you can literally chose any size or shape of cardboard you want, and practically any fabric. 

Simple cut the fabric to size and then stick to the board. Simple and effective. I used a Pritt Powerstick because my boards were only very small, but if you intend to make a larger one, I'd probably use a hot glue gun. 

An that's all. Very pretty little boards that practically take less that ten minutes to make- what can be better than that?

Lots of Love

Eva

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Customised Dungarees

Hi guys!

So recently I've been clearing out my wardrobe and sorting through clothes. Now, I do have many that I've never worn before, but I'm a bit of a hoarder so naturally I want to keep them all!

However, since I'm trying to free up a bit more space in my closet, I decided to go for it and chucked a few things away. 

There was one thing though, that I couldn't bear to let go of- my vintage denim dungarees. 

Ok, so they're probably not vintage as they are my mums old Italian denim overalls that she wore when she was a teenager, and they are definitely the ugliest thing I own. They look awful on me and are seriously unflattering. But for some strange reason, I absolutely adore them. 

Here they are:

Beautiful right?

So with nothing more than a pair of scissors, I decided to customise these bad boys:

What you will need:

Some ugly dungarees, shorts or trousers 

A fabric hole punch ( optional)

Metal stud hole punch thingees ( I'm so sorry but I don't know what they're called!)

1. First of all, cut your dungarees/ trousers/ shorts to the length that you want them. 

Make sure that both legs are even though. 

I'd recommend using fabric scissors. I got this pretty spotty pair from Dunelm Mill for £1.99 for a pack of 3. 

2. After chopping the legs, distress them a bit. This is super easy. All you need to do, is pull the fraying bits of cotton away from the hem as shown below:

3. Next, grab your scissors and start making a few rips and tears. Just use the blade to rub against the fabric to create some holes. 

4. Finally add the detail. Punch holes in the denim in any pattern you like then add the metal embellishments. 

Here I did a little triangle on the corner of the leg. 

And you're all done. You've customise a pair or dungarees. 

Thanks for reading! See you soon,

Lots of Love

Eva

Wrapping Paper Obsession

Hello!

I've been sorting through my junk and I seem to have accumulated many rolls of wrapping paper. I've got spotty ones, stripy ones, plain ones, pattern ones... These are all left overs from wrapping presents and they are some very pretty patterns indeed. 

I think I'm going to use them for things other than wrapping presents, but I'm not sure what yet. I've been busily scouring the web, googling 'what to do with wrapping paper' and have got some pretty good results. 

I actually gave it a go at doing a bit of wrapping with my paper and have made just one thing, which I genuinely really like and will definitely use:

It's a cute little box. It actually had beads in it once upon a time, and was just plain lilac, but I kept the box and the little plastic separating tray and magically turned it into an earring divider. 

I simply just wrapped the outside shell of the drawer with some cute vintage style paper and inserted the drawer. It now sits on my bedside table and makes a nice little addition. 

If you have any other ideas for me to use my wrapping paper and if you would like me to write a post on it, simply comment below!

Lots of Love

Eva 

DIY Vintage Chest of Drawers

I was in a charity shop the other day an found this:

It's a self adhesive film that can be used to wrap books, boxes, walls, you name it. I thought it was really pretty and had a sort of Cath Kidston rosebud pattern on it which I instantly fell in love with. 

It was really cheap (50p) and I decided to purchase 2 rolls, not having any idea of what I wanted to use it for. When I got home however, I looked at my shabby excuse for a desk lurking in the corner of my bedroom and I immediately knew what my pretty patterned paper was going to  transform. 

These were my desk before, pretty ugly right?

And this is my desk afterwards, all thanks to a roll of sticky backed plastic!

I think that's quite pretty. And it was super easy to achieve. 

If you want to copy this look yourself, here is a link to some similar sticky film that you can buy on eBay for less that £3. Trust me it's worth it. 

Lots of Love 

Eva

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