
Crafts downloads
Five Gold Christmas Morning Makes
Get that special day off to a great start with our good as gold projects. We have creative ways to gift – our Japanese knot bags are a modern take on...
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Upcycle Your Home In Time For Christmas
New builds can be especially difficult to decorate, with their plain walls and lack of period features providing little in the way of character. It’s therefore important to create interest in...

Upcycling projects
Turn An Old CD Rack Into Fabric Storage
With a love of sewing comes a lot of fabric, so this upcycling project is perfect for any stitchy obsessive! Look out for an old CD tower (they’re so often in...
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Folksy Tin Mugs Project
The one staple item that us crafters need to get through hours of projects has got to be a trusty tea or coffee. So there’s no better way to drink your...
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Home decor projects
Make Metallic Letter Art
It’s so easy to make this striking, metallic letter art. Why not give it a go today and spell out your favourite word, name or phrase? You can switch up the...
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Upcycling downloads
DIY Garden Chair Project
Do you have a garden chair that’s past its best? Give it a revamp with a lick of paint! We’ve got this gorgeous project from Protek to share with you, where a variety...
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Upcycling projects
Make Chalkboard Plates
Turn plates with pretty borders into a handy chalkboard notice set for your kitchen. It couldn’t be simpler and they’d make a really wonderful wall display in the hub of your home.
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Free Colour Your Own Monet Pages
Colour Your Own Monet & The Impressionists is part of Pavilion’s series on classic works of art transformed into colourable pages. Mimic some of the most talented artists of times gone by, or...
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Upcycling projects
Paint An Old Cabinet
A room sometimes forgotten about, but certainly not unloved, is the kitchen. We spend hours in there, cooking, preparing and hosting. But often, we can miss it out when it...
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Crafts projects
Tole Paint A Set Of Bowls
These days we see new artsy projects popping up here, there and everywhere; we love learning about new crazes but can’t ditch the long-lasting crafts, and that’s where decorative painting comes in. The...
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Crafts projects
Paint A Roller Blind
X marks the spot with this simple and modern blind upcycle. Its two contrast colours make for a timeless and striking motif; it will sit so easily with other designs...
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Stitching projects
Stitch & Paint Your Own Tea Towels
These hand-painted tea towels will add a unique touch to the heart of any home. It’s a simple make that you could easily whip up in a couple of hours. A...
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Upcycling projects
Prettify Pots With Paint
Get those pots out of the shed and into the craft room with Corinne Bradd’s colourful ombre revamp. Once painted up, old tired-looking terracotta pots are given a new lease of...
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Upcycling projects
Decorate A Knife Block
Most kitchens are home to a standard wooden knife block – they’re non-offensive to the eye, but also non-exciting. Why not transform your dowdy storage caddy by giving it a geometric...
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Home decor projects
Make A Modern Metallic Light
Looking to give your room a seasonal refresh without going all out? Well, one of the most effective ways to pep up a space is to revamp key items such...
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Upcycling projects
Makeover A Wardrobe
Turn tatty secondhand finds into gorgeous, room-transforming designs. This wardrobe has been given a complete overhaul - before, it was a broken, dark brown wardrobe that really needed some love....
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Home decor projects
Paint Gold Dipped Vases
Set the mood with these gorgeous dipped vases, featuring a perfect metallic sheen. How sweet do they look with single blooms inside?
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Home decor projects
Build A Charming House-Shaped Shelf
We’re always looking for pretty storage solutions so imagine our delight when Homemaker regular Amanda Walker presented this adorable house-shaped display box to us. This whimsical little make is totally on-trend...
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Home decor projects
Paint Up Plain Bottles
There are moments when we fancy really challenging ourselves and taking on a big project, or tackling a tricky technique we’ve never tried before. But there are other times when we...
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Upcycling projects
Upcycle Storage Jars
Turn ordinary lidded jars into glorious crafty storage! We’ve painted the lids and applied decorative knobs, which you can pick up from charity shops and vintage stalls. Don’t they look wonderful?
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Make Designer Candlesticks
Join old crockery and glassware together with epoxy adhesive to make larger-than-life candlesticks for your home. We’ve coloured ours with white, metallic gold and copper paints from Plastikote. Aren’t they stunning? They have...
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Upcycling projects
Paint Your Own Annie Sloan Christmas Tree
If you loved our Homemaker Icon feature on Annie Sloan in issue 37, you’ll be inspired by this easy festive project. Paint yourself a faux Christmas tree for an oh-so-stylish take on...
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