EDEA SMITH

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DIY - WALL MOUNTED BEER BOTTLE OPENER

So last Sunday was Fathers Day...

My husband is a difficult man to buy for, i have the same issues when Christmas and his birthday come around too. I know these dates are coming and yet still go into mini panic mode. Socks were not needed, he hardly ever wears cufflinks, jewellery was done last year and he doesn't eat chocolate. *sigh*

When we recently had a kitchen refurb and during this decided to install a small drinks fridge, perhaps more Mr Smith's idea than mine. I thought 'extra storage for Christmas food' he thought 'extra storage for beer' I'm sure there will be battles over this at some point.
We recently had friends over and during their stay the men were constantly hunting down bottle openers, really i don't know what they were doing with them but the little so and so's kept vanishing...

Thinking on from a project last summer (where Mr Smith built a 'reclaimed wood beer bottle opener with cap catcher - this still remains an unfinished project) i searched online to find something that could be wall mounted (therefore unloose able!) and would look fab in our kitchen. I found THIS, it looked ace, it was wood mounted and had a funky bottle opener - WIN! However it was £22, then with £2.75 postage it came to just shy of £25?! Yikes!
I little hunting online later... I came across these - CLICK CLICK. A set of not one but TWO rustic cast iron bottle openers (with attachments) for a mere £6.99 delivered - Yippee!

A little scrap wood from the storage bin, a bit of sanding and staining plus a few drilled holes for wall mounting and there was this... A fab wood mounted bottle opener which not only opens Mr Smiths bevvys but also looks pretty funky on our kitchen wall (besides the fridge of course)

As there were two brackets in the pack we had a spare which Mr Smith plans on using for his 'outdoor' bottle opener (and catcher) which have been gathering dust in our shed for the last 12 months. Stay tuned for that one!

Along with this the girls both made Daddy a card - got to a love a home made card covered in that much PVA glue and glitter that it can't stand alone. Fathers Day gifts complete. A awesome wall mounted beer opener and a pack of four of his favourite weekend tipple.

Lucky man :)

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DIY - SUPER EASY 'NO SEW' BURLAP BUNTING

Early this year i stumbled (literally) across an amazing old mirror at a local thrift sale. It cost me the princely sum of... £2! Yep £2! (about $3.20US)

It was covered in small glass panes and surrounded with a very unloved wooden frame which had been received what looked like a cost of every colour paint out there. It was very sad, very shabby and so coming home with me. I had an issue, unfortunately i could not fit the window in my car, fortunately i was able to have it delivered. Hurray!

I get my window home, it gets a new lease of life - SEE HERE FOR WINDOW UPCYCLE and i LOVE it. I mean i LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Its not to everyones taste but *sigh* i love it, did i mention that?

Anyone my beauty of a upcycled window needs some pretty decor and as i have roll of burlap handy, our came the scissors and i whipped up this SUPER easy 'no sew' burlap bunting.

THRIFTY FINDS - UPCYCLED £2 THRIFT STORE WINDOW

I LOVE thrift store/sale shopping.

I like the fact that i can find items which are not 'high street' which means i can 'work' on them (my stamp, if you get what i mean) and not only come out with something that is unique to our home but that also cost a fraction of a store price. I also like, no 'I love' the fact that items have a history of some sorts, there are creases in a book for a reason, a little like the dings in this window frame. It has 'history' even though i may never know what it is/was.

I know nothing more of this window than the fact that its past owner had it stowed away for years, he wanted rid of it and charged me the princely sum of... £2! One mans trash etc etc. He had no use for it, i happily did.

THRIFTY FINDS - UPCYCLED 'DIY' VINTAGE PUMPKIN

How cute is this little pumpkin!

The best part... it was made from an old blind which we removed from our bathroom (and was destined for the skip)

THRIFTY FINDS - UPCYCLED VINTAGE APOTHECARY BOTTLE VASES

I want to share these adorable Apothecary bottles i found at a local thrift sale recently. They sat hidden in a kitchen cupboard for a few weeks before i could decide what to do with them. These decisions are important :) The material adds a fab Autumn/Fall feel to the lounge and once again i LOVE the Lavender

DIY - 'RECLAIMED WOOD' COAT RACK

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Today i wanted to show you one of the biggest DIY reclaimed wood items in our home at the moment. It's also one of my favourites. It's functional and it also looks GREAT!

DIY - RECLAIMED WOOD KEY HOLDER

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The amount of times i have lost my keys is to be honest beyond embarrassing, its become a running joke in our house and I'm quite ashamed. But as every multi tasking Momma (and Daddy) out there when your juggling two young children in and out of vehicles/homes, trying to remember things like changing bags/shopping, keys can (and do) get easily misplaced (the boot of the car, roof of the car, front door, bottom of a shopping bag...) to name a few, need i go on?

So, a solution was required...

DIY - VINTAGE MASON JAR VASE [Made for FREE with household items]

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Want a quick, SUPER easy and FREE (yep, FREE) DIY then this one is for you. All you need for this are some regular 'we all have them laying around the house' type items. This Vintage Jar Vase not only looks really cute but its also incredibly easy to make and did i mention my favourite 'F' word...

DIY - RECLAIMED WOOD SHELVING

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When we moved to our new home we wanted to personalise it as much as possible, this finally felt not just like a house but a home, we could raise our children here and truly make it unique for us. The first room to get any TLC was our lounge, the tricky part with our lounge was this odd 'behind the door and had no solid purpose but to be a pain' kind of space, this 'space' eventually became my longly wished for reading nook (i.love.it) as our walls were plain and lacking in any 'off the floor' storage we opted for a couple of shelving

DIY - RECLAIMED WOOD WALL ART

Whose doesn't love a little reclaimed wood, right?

I can't tell how you incredibly EASY these were too make...

DIY - STAG HEAD WALL ART ON RECLAIMED WOOD MOUNT

When i purchased our beautiful Stag from Marks and Spencer for the not so grand sum of £40 (yes £40....bargain!) i was ecstatic, however this was short lived.

He was grand and majestic and yet looked SO lost against our pale wall, not how he should have looked. After a little searching online (pinterest much?) an idea was formed that he required a "frame" of sorts. As i can never get enough reclaimed wood we opted for a wooden mount, a quick delve in the wooden scrap bin resulted in the following...

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DIY - WALL MOUNTED BEER BOTTLE OPENER

DIY - SUPER EASY 'NO SEW' BURLAP BUNTING

THRIFTY FINDS - UPCYCLED £2 THRIFT STORE WINDOW

THRIFTY FINDS - UPCYCLED 'DIY' VINTAGE PUMPKIN

THRIFTY FINDS - UPCYCLED VINTAGE APOTHECARY BOTTLE VASES

DIY - 'RECLAIMED WOOD' COAT RACK

DIY - RECLAIMED WOOD KEY HOLDER

DIY - VINTAGE MASON JAR VASE [Made for FREE with household items]

DIY - RECLAIMED WOOD SHELVING

DIY - RECLAIMED WOOD WALL ART

DIY - STAG HEAD WALL ART ON RECLAIMED WOOD MOUNT

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