Visit Us In Sydney This Saturday!

We are very excited to be a part of the 30 Days of Home and Entertaining traders market this Saturday 24th April! On all reports so far I have heard the 'live house' is amazing and it has been the stunning home where fantastic workshops have been run across the 30 day event. Head over for a ton of inspiration for your home and garden with fantastic entertaining ideas as well. Don Burke will be there on the day along with celebrity chefs cooking up a storm. It is located at 2-14 Amelia Street, Waterloo and is apparently just like stepping into a magazine with the stunning decor being changed nightly. We will have many of our fabrics on offer and we are delighted to be launching our 'custom made cushions' soon to be available via our online store.

Come and say hello and mention this blog post for a 10% discount on any goodies you purchase from us on the day... we look forward to seeing you there!

Wall Art and Magnetic Noticeboard in One!

When I first laid eyes on Shannon Lamden's fab new fabric design 'letterhead' I knew exactly what I was going to make! I had filed away in my DIY file a fantastic 'make it' idea from Real Living magazine - a 'magnetic mood board'. Unfortunately I didn't make a note of the issue it came from so if someone may be able to help me out with this one that would be great!

I covered my canvas with the Kelani exclusive colourway for 'Letterhead' white on hessian, but there are three other exclusive colourways here in Shannon's latest funky design. See below image for how to make the canvas with this useful magnetic feature.

Once you have decided on the size of your canvas, take the inside dimensions or the actual canvas to a steel supplier and request a thin sheet (approx 0.8mm) of galvanised metal to fit inside the frame. I went to a local steel supplier who had a large offcut, enough to make about 10 of these and who only charged me $10 as it was buckled in some areas which I was able to work around and this also gave me extra to make more as presents. I was lucky and had a friend who was able to cut the metal to size for me, but the steel supplier should do it at a small cost.

Sourcing and going out and buying the metal is the hardest part. The next step was simple, I just spray glued both the metal and the inside of the canvas, inserted the metal sheet and placed some heavy books to help the metal to adhere to the canvas surface. Heh presto I have myself a new funky noticeboard!

I was so thrilled with my new noticeboard (thanks Real Living!) that I made another straight away in Amy Butler's 'Fresh Start - Moss' from her latest home decorating 'August Fields' collection.

What I love about this Real Living DIY project is it has a dual function of being both wall art and a noticeboard in one! I must say I have been loving Real Living mag with its fantastic 'make it' ideas and look forward to more as easy and effective as this one.