Monday 13 August 2012

Quick and dirty window screen and a towel rack face lift



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So I have this older window in my bathroom, that I can’t afford to replace yet and it has no screen in it.  So  came up with this quick and cheep window screen using things from around the house or bought cheaply from the dollar store.  The first thing collect all your required tools and supplies, I used some tulle I had lying around for the “screen” part and some square plant stakes from the dollar store.
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so now we measure and cut the pieces, I used my handy dandy wood glue and a random nail I had around the house to hold the corners together.
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next I draped the tulle over my frame.
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I then popped some staples around the edge (just like recovering a chair) and trimmed the tulle up nice and neat

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when the hole thing was dry I popped it into the window.  I can now have my window open with out the bugs.

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This is the before and after of the little hand-me-down shelf I use for my towels in the bathroom. It started out as a bras colour but over the years was starting to look really .. well unattractive.  did I mention I like tremclade all most as much as duck tape!  Well I wiped all the dust and dirt off and started spraying .. a can and a half latter it was white and looks much better in the bathroom that is purple and blue.