This faux marble desk is to easy to make from a kitchen laminate worktop. I also show you how to add hairpin legs and IKEA Trofast storage box drawers. Lifting the worktop, however, will be a two man (or woman) job. You can also find my video version at the bottom of this ...
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How to Install a Kitchen Sink in a Laminate Worktop
In this blogpost, I share with you, step by step, how I learnt how to cut a hole in my laminate kitchen worktop for a utility kitchen sink. Once you cut a hole in a kitchen worktop, there's no going back. That's the only thing that's intimidating about this job, really. Why? ...
Garden Storage Chest DIY Tutorial
In this post, I show you how I made a practical garden storage chest with waterproof hinged lid. On the rare occasion I'm out, sometimes I miss our Amazon deliverie. And we previously used a plastic garden storage chest as a discreet place to hide our purchases. Well, that was ...
Scribing Filler Pieces Between a Wardrobe & Chimney Breast
Remember when I shared my recent bedroom renovation with JYSK? Well, I'd took a week off from DIY to plan and design my space. I couldn't just haphazardly pick things from a store, build them and plonk them in the corner of the room. It was a much needed collaboration project ...
Fitting an Electric Fire Suite & Making My Own Brackets
So I had an electric fire to fit this week, but it wasn't flat against the wall. And my options were to: Cut a bit of skirting board out OR scribe the back of the fire The reason I didn't pick the latter, is because if we moved it to another house with a different ...