You don’t have to be a craftster to execute these ridiculously easy ways of reusing your old junk jewelry! With vintage and retro ruling the home decor wave, it makes perfect sense to use fashion statements from your past as style statements in your house. Here are my favourite four repurposing ideas, all tried and tested: Pendants from the yesteryears? How charming! Once upon a time, Madonna wore hoops, and I wore hoops and all …[Read more]
As Diwali, the festival of lights approaches, Indians all over the world are gearing up to celebrate the beginning of the Hindu New Year in their own special way. Interestingly now-a-days Diwali is not a festival which only Indians celebrate, it is instead an occasion when people from diverse nationalities come together and find a common reason to spread the festive cheer. Whether via a dress-up day at school, or at work, or a party with friends in the condo- it is the perfect occasion to …[Read more]
There is nothing one can’t do with friends, music and some pizza thrown in. Or so I discovered over a weekend when I had the mammoth task of restoring the teak day bed which adorns our balcony. I decided to do it myself, after I got quotes of a few hundred dollars when I checked with some of the professional furniture restoration companies in Singapore. Given our day bed had suffered the rigours of wind and weather so much that it looked …[Read more]
I wanted to purchase a stylish step-stool for my kitchen. Unfortunately, store after store I visited carried pieces that were meant to be hidden inside a closet than displayed with elan. So I decided to just hack an IKEA step-stool (BEKVAM from IKEA, S$24.90) in this easy DIY! I had a box full of maps and tickets from my travels (yes, I am a hoarder!) that I had been meaning to upcycle for a while. Their …[Read more]
