5 Clever And Contemporary DIY Paint Decor Ideas For The Home

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I am an absolute sucker for clever home decor ideas using paint. Paint is an affordable way to totally transform your home, so I’m always on the look out for interesting ways that people use it. Recently, I’ve seen some genius paint tricks used residentially, so I wanted to share them today on the blog...

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How To Remove Wallpaper And Make Good The Walls

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Stripping off old wallpaper is a tedious and boring DIY job, but it is vital to do this task properly before you redecorate. Residue paste, flecks of old paper and damaged walls will make any new paint or wallpaper look terrible, so it is important to spend time and energy on the preparation before starting on your new room scheme…

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How To Use Painter's Tape: Tips To Get A Perfectly Straight Paint Line

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Painter’s tape, also known as decorator’s tape, is a miracle DIY product that just makes painting your home so much easier! Rather than relying on a steady hand when cutting-in between your wall and your ceiling or skirting, painter’s tape allows you to get a perfectly straight, razor-sharp paint line between two different paint colours with ease. For those who like to be a bit creative, painter’s tape is the perfect tool to create stripes and shapes on your walls, making it great to use in a kids room where you might want to add in a multitude of colours!

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Bring Colour Into Your Home With The Painted Interior Door Trend

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In the past 3 weeks, I have painted 2 interior doors in my home in deep, vibrant shades. The door in my young son’s bedroom I painted in a cobalt blue. While our previously cream basement door got a lick of rich, red burgundy. Safe to say that I am a HUGE fan of the painted interior door trend. Painting an interior door in a bold shade is an easy way to add vibrant colour into your home, without having to commit to painting all the walls in a domineering hue.

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Environmentally Friendly Paint: Everything You Need To Know About The Leading Eco Paint Brands

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As a child of the ‘80’s, I vividly remember my parents decorating our family home. Painting a room could only happen in the height of summer when all the doors and windows could be left open. Regardless, the harsh smell of chemical-laden paint always travelled through every room in the house. If the room being painted was a bedroom, you couldn’t sleep in it for a good few days until the fumes started to subside. The end result of a day decorating was two paracetamol for a banging headache, a dizzy spell and an early night.

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Child's Bedroom 3D Wall Mural DIY

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A bright wall mural in a child’s bedroom or nursery is a great way to create a bespoke interior for them, without spending too much money. Thanks to the recent release of Gorilla Crystal Clear Mounting Tape Squares, part of the new Stationary range from Gorilla, I decided to go one step further and create a 3D wall mural in my son’s bedroom. These clear, pre-cut 1” x 1” squares allowed me to bond toys and figures to the mural up to seven pounds in weight, adding another dimension to the landscape scene that I had painted.

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How To Pick The Perfect Paint Colour (And Get It Right First Time!)

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Choosing the right paint colour for a room is probably one of the hardest decisions to make when you decorate. Colour choice seems endless as the UK alone has over 25 well-known paint brands, whose palettes start at 100 colours, going into the thousands for the larger suppliers. Just how do you pick the perfect hue for your walls without choosing the wrong one?

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What Type Of Paint Finish Should I Be Using?

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Without a doubt, the questions that I get asked about the most are all centered around paint. What’s the best type of paint to use on radiators? What paint should I use on windows? Should I use gloss or eggshell? What paint is best with kids and pets? So, in order to round up all these questions, I’ve decided to dedicate a full blog post on the types of paint you can buy, the different finishes and where you should use them in and around the home.

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IKEA Ivar DIY Green Drinks Cabinet Hack

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Ice-cream and sorbet shades are the key colours in interiors for summer 2019, with minty hues really making my heart flutter! Mint is a really retro colour, so it works perfectly on fun, accent furniture such as drinks cabinets. Both Anthropologie and John Lewis are currently selling mint cabinets and even though I really wanted one for summer cocktails, I couldn’t justify spending a few hundred pounds on a non-essential piece of furniture. Instead, I decided to DIY one using a basic wood IKEA cabinet, paint, some MDF and my trusty Gorilla Glue products.

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How To Repair A Peeling Bathroom Wall Or Ceiling

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When I covered how I repaired my flaky, peeling bathroom ceiling on Instagram stories recently, I had so many messages about it that I decided to document the process over here on the blog. While this will not be my most glamorous blog post, it will sure beat all the badly filmed ‘boring bloke in a bathroom’ You Tube videos I had to endure to learn how to carry out this DIY task myself!

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How To Make A Door Look Bigger With A Simple Paint Trick

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Paint is a powerful tool. With paint, you can make a smaller room feel much larger just by choosing the right shade. You can also ‘hide’ ugly items such as radiators by painting them in the same colour as the wall behind it. In my hallway, I wanted the reverse side of my front door to feel much grander. It’s a beautiful door and I wanted to draw as much attention to it as possible! Apart from just painting it an attention-grabbing bight teal, I also tricked the eye into thinking it is bigger by painting over the door frame and onto the wall.

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