I feel it's been a while since the last time I did a DIY post. As anyone who follows my blog knows, I'm crafter enthusiast to the point where I'm starting to taking over the boyfriends flat; the boyfriend ends up finding things randomly disputed in the oddest places. The boyfriend often rebukes me for my scatterbrained and chaotic organisation. I completely respect his point, but it's hard breaking habits.
So, I've been looking for a box to store my expanding sewing pattern collection. I found one a storage box on sale for 50p from Wilko's
- I painted a thin layer inside of the box and applied a second coat. The paint dried quickly. I used a Wilkinson's emulsion plum, I love the vibrant colour for the interior of the box.
- I wanted to create a contrast between the interior and exterior; I opted to glue wallpaper (from Wilko's) to the lid, not surprisingly from Wilko's. I cut the wallpaper to size but left some margin to neaten the edges, andI applied PVC glue over the box and I slowly applied the wallpaper over the box .
- Once the glue dried to neaten the edges I used a retractable Stanley knife to cut the edges off, and black tape to neaten the edges on the inside of the box lid.
- On the bottom of the box edge, I used black duct tape and pattern edging tape to neaten the edges.
A close up of the tape used
- I used duct tape to neaten the edges of the lid where the wallpaper edges were glued. My first attempt failed, the tape highlighted the unneatened edge of the paper. I placed a pattern piece of tape to disguise messy edges.
I really appreciate when people even decorate their storage boxes! I'm too lazy! Haha
ReplyDeleteI love re-decorating or revamping anything to suit my tastes. At the moment, I have way too much time on my hands.
DeleteOh cool! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Cheap, easy and fun. All you need is any left over decor stuff or old card images. Anything really.
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