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DIY Leather Plant Holder

DIY Leather Plant Holder

  Create a leather holder for a large house plant and it will double as a decorative element and provide an easy way to move a big pot around. This pot is 290mm in diameter and 260mm high, ...
How To Revamp An Old Cane Table

How To Revamp An Old Cane Table

  This cane table was in a sorry state when it was salvaged from a heap of sodden furniture on a nature strip. The paint had peeled off and it was covered with cracks and divots. The wicker ...
Flower Tins Made Of Rope

Flower Tins Made Of Rope

  Make rope-wrapped vases for cut flowers from the garden. Remove the lids and labels from different-sized tins of fruit, then wash thoroughly with hot, soapy water. Attach the end of a ...
Make A Mirror Frame From Rope

Make A Mirror Frame From Rope

  Round mirrors are a great addition to a hallway but can be very expensive and too heavy to wall-mount. To save the plasterboard and your wallet, give a lightweight mirror a rope frame and ...
How To Spray Paint Plastic Chairs

How To Spray Paint Plastic Chairs

  White plastic chairs are a backyard staple, as they’re budget-friendly and stackable. To transform plain chairs into party-ready seating, all you need is a couple of cans of spray paint. ...
Wall-Mounted Planter

Wall-Mounted Planter

  Free up floorspace with a vertical garden. Wall-mounted planters are good for small areas and are also easier on the back than garden beds. Make one from a plastic storage container, ...
How To Carve A Halloween Pumpkin, Handyman magazine

How To Carve A Halloween Pumpkin

  There is some contention as to when and where the practice of making Jack-o’-lanterns originated, but there is evidence that humans have been carving vegetables for thousands of years. And ...
Make A Cushion Basket

Turn A Wicker Clothes Hamper Into A Storage Basket

  Turn a wicker clothes hamper, about $20 from bargain shops, into a storage basket for outdoor cushions. Paint the basket, then make a bag liner from laminated cotton. Add castors to the ...
How To Paint A Sisal Rug

How To Paint A Sisal Rug

  A plain sisal rug can be painted to make a colourful striped ground covering. One of the toughest natural fibres, sisal is ideal for outdoor living. Use it on hard surfaces like a deck or ...
DIY Woven Seat

DIY Woven Seat

  Revamp a beach or camping chair that’s gone past its use-by date into a comfortable and colourful seat for relaxing in the back garden. A chair with an aluminium frame and plastic armrests ...
Turn Flowerpots Into Tables

Turn Flowerpots Into Tables

  Garden furniture has to be tough and durable, as it is exposed to the elements all year round, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. Plastic flowerpots or fibreglass planters can be ...
How To Paint A Timber Foldout Table

How To Paint A Timber Foldout Table

  A small folding table can be painted to make it suitable for use outdoors. Give it a garden theme with a floral top, using a stencil and spray paint in bright blue and white. Use it as a ...
How To Reupholster A Chair

How To Reupholster A Chair

  Bring a charity shop bargain bang up to date with simple techniques for DIY reupholstery. To give an old chair a new look, all you need is a couple of metres of fabric, a staple gun, ...
Divide A Room With Gyprock

Divide A Room With Gyprock

  On moving into their dream home, Katie Vagg and her partner Ben Spry found that they needed an extra bedroom. With three kids under 10, they hoped each child could grow up with their own ...
Add Character With Cornice

Add Character With Cornice

  Transform any room in the home instantly and easily with architectural trim. The word ‘cornice’ conjures up an elegant period property. And in the late 1800s, it could take sculptors and ...
Paint Metal Furniture

Paint Metal Furniture

  Coats of paint on metal furniture will flake and peel after a few years of wear and tear and exposure to sun and rain. This furniture set had multiple layers of paint, which were peeling ...
Restore An Outdoor Timber Table

Restore An Outdoor Timber Table

  Stained timber furniture makes a fantastic addition to a backyard, but without proper care its colour will start to fade. Left to the elements timber furniture will eventually rot, ...
Paint A Canvas

Paint A Canvas

  Transform an outdoor room with a canvas artwork created using screen printing techniques. If you already have a screen printing kit, you simply need to buy a blank canvas to create ...
Make Decorative Cushions

Make Decorative Cushions

  Screen printing is an affordable way to personalise cushions and furniture, or create an original wall canvas. The process involves using specialised ink, stencils and a mesh screen to ...
Spray Paint A Wall

How To Spray Paint A Wall

  Follow these tips for a perfectly painted surface every time. COVER ALL NEARBY surfaces and never use a paint sprayer to do exterior work on a windy day. WEAR A DISPOSABLE spray suit and a ...
Framed Mosaic Mirror

Framed Mosaic Mirror

  Most mirrors around the home are functional pieces on bathroom cabinets or wardrobe doors. Create a decorative feature DIY by giving a plain mirror a timber frame and mosaic border. Cut a ...

How To Make Over A Frameless Mirror

  Sponsored article Sponsored article Sponsored article A designer framed mirror could cost hundreds of dollars, but you can create a similar item at home for under $50. All you need is a ...
DIY Toy Robot

DIY Toy Robot

  Introduce junior DIYers to the joys of woodworking with a colourful robot they can build themselves. Gun Arvidssen bought his handy son Atreiiu a Colorifc Wood Worx Robot kit from ...
Make A Sunburst Mirror

Make A Sunburst Mirror

Handyman stylist Gema Beneitez made a gilded ornament using a mirror, a round frame from an art supply shop, timber moulding and metallic paint. ‘I had a glazier cut a round mirror to fit the ...
Metallic Table , Handyman magazine,

Make A Metallic Table

  Cubes are versatile pieces of furniture that can do double duty as a side table while providing storage. To make a plain timber cube table more eye-catching, cover every surface with ...
Striped Stools

Make Striped Stools

  A lot of kitchen and dining stools are made from timber and finished with a clear stain or painted in white. To make them unique and inject colour into a neutral space, wallpaper the stool ...
Make A Succulent Christmas Wreath

Make A Succulent Christmas Wreath

  Forget tinsel and plastic, make a stunning living door wreath this Christmas. At this time of year, succulents can be put to work as living festive decorations, as they have a wonderful ...
Make A Geometric headboard

Make A Geometric Headboard

  A headboard anchors a bed in a space, adding dimension and providing a backdrop for a pillow arrangement. To give an ensemble or low-framed bed the visual impact of a bedhead, create one ...

Upcycled Designer Cabinet And Stool

  Timber drawers and a piano bench are sanded, painted then updated with fabric for use in a home office. Dark stained timber furniture with good bones can easily be lightened up DIY to suit ...
Paint-Spatter Sideboard

Paint-Spatter Sideboard

  Turn a traditional piece into a contemporary work of art by splashing out and breaking the rules of painting. Look for a three-door sideboard for this two-tone paint effect so it can be ...
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