Category: Furniture

• Old to new(ish) – dining chair transformation…

  It’s official, salvaging furniture from the side of the road and restoring or transforming it is a hereditary trait. Many months ago I mentioned to Mum that I wanted to replace the bench seats along the side of our dining table with six chairs. I wanted the change-over to coincide with our move into our…

  belindalangler

  January 9, 2012

  Antique, Art, Chair, chair, Creative, Furniture, Interior Decoration, paper, restore, Transformation, Wood

  bench, Chair, decorate, design, dining, Interior, paint, restore, sand, solver, strip, table, talc, transform

• From garbage to gorgeous – transforming a three panel screen

  I stumbled across this rattan screen about 4 years ago. It was 7.30am, I was driving to work… my attention was drawn to a skip sitting outside a house in our street. Sticking out the top of the skip was a small portion of this rattan screen/room divider – It looked promising! So much so,…

  belindalangler

  November 7, 2011

  collect, Creative, Furniture, Interior Decoration, paper, paper, patterns, restore, Transformation, Wallpaper, Wood

  divider, frame, garbage, junk, panel, restore, room, screen, three, transform, upcycling, vintage, Wallpaper, wood

• Upcycling – Kids Stool from a spindle

  As you well know I have been known to stumble across a lot of (what many would refer to as ‘junk’) items for my up-cycling projects from the footpath. I stooped to a new low for this one. They were found in the skip at our block, where the builders toss all their house building…

  belindalangler

  August 18, 2011

  Animals, Art, Birds, Creative, Furniture, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, nursery, patterns, stool, Transformation, Wood

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• Heidi’s Nursery – an eclectic crafty heaven…

  Heidi’s nursery (whilst temporary) is quickly filling with amazing hand made items, and gifts – making it feel more like home for her. Knowing that we will be moving in a few months (when our new home is built), I didn’t spend a lot of time decorating her nursery… a) because I will be packing…

  belindalangler

  April 15, 2011

  Animals, Art, Birds, books, butterfly, chest of drawers, Collage, Dogs, Furniture, Hippo, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, mobile, nursery, pages, paper, paper, patterns, Sewing

  Animals, Art, baby, bamboo, bird, books, butterflies, butterfly, child, craft, decor, decorate, decoration, dog, doll, duck, elephant, gifts, hanging, ideas, kids, make, mobile, newborn, nursery, paint, paper, pattern, quilt, quilting, room, stencil, toys, wall

• A stylish St Kilda Apartment…

  This stylish St Kilda apartment is up for sale.  It is just beautiful – take a look… (It’s also a friend’s apartment…. who has an eye for interior decorating, as you will see) 1/14 Robe Street, St Kilda Apartment excellence in a location second to none. A ground floor house-sized classic with abundant room and…

  belindalangler

  March 16, 2011

  Antique, Architecture, Art, books, bookshelf, Chair, chest of drawers, Furniture, Garden, Interior Decoration, mobile, Photography, Wood

  apartment, auction, forest pansy, Interior, interior decorating, investment, property, residential, sale, st kilda, stylish

• Welcome – Our little Heidi

  She’s arrived … finally. After several false starts… and almost 60 hours of contractions/labour we welcomed little Heidi Jenifer into the world in early March 2011. She weighed 3.4kg (7.5 pounds), and was 54cm long. Although we started off with a natural birth, due to her heart rate dropping with each contraction, we ended up…

  belindalangler

  March 8, 2011

  Bassinet, Cot, kids rooms, mobile, nursery