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What is the best way to restore old French tiles?
Hi, I have a load of salvaged tiles, I would like to put down in a hallway. We have recently bought a small house in France, that is full of character and its very exciting to think about bringing it ...
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Restoration
Tiles
France
Chateau
Red
Flooring Tiles
Tile Restoration

Can you weld cast iron? How to get rid of rust?
I was recently having a clear out at the back of my little barn. And I found a really cool old tractor seat in the dirt. I never even knew it was there. Maybe I should clean up more regularly. Anyway,...
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Metalwork
metal
tractor seat
welding
rusty
rust
chair

This isn’t pottery is it? I didn’t know what section to put our clay lemons into!
This isn’t pottery is it? I didn’t know what section to put our clay lemons in to. But hey, I just wanted to show off a little success me and my kids had recently. We love having fruit in bowls to...
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Pottery
lemons
clay lemons
pottery fruit

What Can I Make With Some Old Operating Tables?
Ok, this is going to sound weird, but a friend of mine, who is a property developer, has offered me two old operating tables. He knows I like weird and unusual items. I already made an electric chair ...
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Upcycling
Chairs
Tables
Upcycling
Operating Tables

What can I make with mismatched tile samples?
I have been given quite a lot of tile samples from my friend who is an interior designer. As they are samples, they are mostly mismatched tiles. I was wondering what can I make with mismatched tile sa...
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Ceramics
Ceramics
Tiles
Patterns

What is the best Kiln for making pottery and ceramics at home?
I have been to a few sessions at a local crafting place that does clay, pottery and ceramics. I have really enjoyed the classes, so I would really like to get a small kiln at home for making various c...
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Pottery
Pottery
Ceramics
Clay

What is the best paint to use for ceramic Christmas decorations?
I would like to paint some ceramic Christmas decorations with my children for our family this year. I love the idea of creating fun memories with my children that the whole family can admire every Chr...
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Ceramics
Ceramics
Painting

Are stretched canvases or box canvases better for paintings?
I would really love to get into painting abstract artwork, but I have no idea where to start with materials. I think I would mostly like to work with acrylic paint and maybe occasionally oil paint.
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Painting
Painting
Art
Artwork

How can I refurbish these old vintage Ercol dining chairs?
I was given these beautiful old vintage Ercol dining chairs by my Great Auntie. I have always admired them and she was kind enough to give them to me. My Great Auntie lives in a gorgeous old Grade II ...
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Furniture
Furniture
Upholstery

What is the best paint for painting on a denim jacket?
I am going to a concert in October and I have a denim jacket that I would really like to decorate. I would like to paint onto the back of the jacket, and I am wondering what would be the best paint to...
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Painting
Painting
Fabric Painting

How to make a four drawer chest of drawers?
I have to say the best piece of furniture I own is this wonderful four drawer chest of drawers that my mother's uncle made for her when she was young. She lived in a tiny house and didn't have much mo...
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Furniture
Chest of Drawers
Wood
Woddwork
Furniture

What can you make with old bottles?
Ok, first off, I'm not an alcoholic!!! It's the wife!
No, really I am joking. Our friend owns a micro pub and obviously, always has loads of bottles. Currently they just throw them all away. And I ...
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Glassware
Wine Bottles
Booze Bottles
Glass Bottles
Glass
Bottles

Is this a kiln? Any pottery experts out there?
Hi, my friend and I, have just moved into a new flat and we found this thing in our back garden. Left by a previous tenant or a previous, previous tenant, we don't know. And we really just wanted to k...
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Pottery
Pottery
Mystery
Kiln
Homemade Kiln

How to use a loom tutorial, please?
Hello, can anyone recommend a really good written tutorial on how to use a loom. I'm sorry, but I am a complete beginner and am really looking for something that starts right at the beginning and expl...
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Weaving
Loom
Tutorial
Beginner

What can I make with old teabags?
Ok so it all started when the wife said she read on the internet that you can fix a broken nail with a teabag. Something about using it to glue your nail back together or something. So of course, bein...
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Ideas
Teabags
Collecting
Scrap Booking

How to upcycle an old teacher's school desk? Decoupage and painting advice needed?
Ok, so there was an accident and this desk sort of landed out of thin air, right into friend's balcony thing. Actually it was an attack squirrel who just ran into our school and instead of stealing th...
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Upcycling
School Desk
Upcycling
Decoupage
Painting

Is it possible to recover a lampshade?
I have been given loads of old lampshades by a friend of mine with the idea of recovering them with new and interesting fabrics. I would like to cover them in fabrics that do not come as standard on l...
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Soft Furnishings
Fabric
Soft Furnishings
Lampshades

Tutorials for beginners in leatherwork?
Hello, I have just been given a load of pieces of leather strapping that I wanted to try and make something with. But unfortunately I am not the quickest of learners and I like to take things at my ow...
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Leatherwork
Leather
Wallets
Straps
Written Tutorials

The Comfiest Stool I Have Ever Sat On, Thanks Dad.
I just wanted to share this beautiful stool my father made. He has now passed and I am really glad I still have this amazingly comfortable stool to remember him by. Along with many other odd bits and ...
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Furniture
Stool
Handmade
Shoe Stool
Leather
Wood
