Outdoor Patio Heaters Worth Buying for Year-Round Use Most people assume more BTUs means a warmer patio. That’s wrong. A standard 40,000 BTU propane mushroom heater loses roughly 35% of its effective heat output the moment wind speeds hit 10 mph. I […]

I’m not sure what you would call this old thing; I think it’s a trug and it used to live inside our Victorian ‘coffee table’ chest, but eventually ended up in the garden shed with some bits and bobs in it. So […]

Ages and ages ago I bought this old chest through Ebay. I can’t remember what I paid for it, but it wasn’t much at all, I think around £25-£30. Yes it looked totally ugly, but to my untrained eye it appeared to […]

I fancied painting something this bank holiday weekend as I’ve not made-over any furniture in ages and the pine desk I’d previously painted for my son, Alex was looking a bit scuff-marked. If you have been following here for a while, you […]

Finally today I can say, ‘Ta-dah!’ and reveal how a beat-up old chest of drawers that was rescued from a skip can be given a new lease of life with some chalk paint, wax and a couple of new knobs. This was […]

Today I am able to share a few tips, having recently given an old wardrobe a new look. It was a few weeks ago when I bought it; I think it was the scroll detail at the top, the curved sides and […]