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  • How to Paint Thrift Store Finds to Look Like Blue and White Porcelain
    InHome Décor, Thrifty Thursday
    - December 31, 2020

    11 of the best quick and easy décor items to make in 2021

    Our Thrifty Thursday Posts of 2020 gave a lot of inspiration for some great Home Décor Items.  I’m listing my favourite projects that you can…

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  • DIY Wood Tabletop Christmas Tree | www.windmillprotea.com
    InSeasonal, Thrifty Thursday
    - December 3, 2020

    How to Make a DIY Wood Christmas Tree from Offcuts

    Make a cute Tabletop Christmas tree from offcut wood pieces; this is a Quick and Easy Christmas Décor project. This year has been tough on…

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  • Home Office Reveal - Featured Image | www.windmillprotea.com
    InDIY & Home Improvement, Room Reveals
    - November 29, 2020

    Home Office Revamp Reveal – One Room Challenge Week 6

    How we renovated our home office for the Fall One Room Challenge on a budget. The home office revamp room reveal day is finally here,…

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  • InDIY & Home Improvement, Home Projects
    - November 8, 2020

    Built-in Shelving in our Home Office – One Room Challenge, Week 5

    We haven’t had a very productive week.  It has been a rough and busy week for week 5 of the One Room Challenge, and I’m…

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  • Home Office Furniture Update | www.windmillprotea.com
    InFurniture Makeovers, Home Projects
    - November 1, 2020

    Home Office Furniture: One Room Challenge Week 4

    How we updated our Home Office Furniture on a budget and what we will take off our to-do-list. I can’t believe we are already in…

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  • DIY Hobnail Table Lamp | windmillprotea.com
    InHome Décor, Home Projects, Thrifty Thursday
    - October 29, 2020

    How to Transform a Characterless Table Lamp Into a Beautiful Hobnail Lamp

    Make Your Own DIY Hobnail Bedside Lamp From An Old Lamp And Some Hobnail Trim.

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  • Home Office New Lighting | windmillprotea.com
    InDIY & Home Improvement, Home Projects
    - October 25, 2020

    Why you need to update your home office lights

    One Room Challenge Week 3:  Updated lighting in our home office plus tips to help you out with your home office light fixtures. We finally…

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  • Home Office Design Progress | windmillprotea.com
    InDIY & Home Improvement, Home Projects
    - October 18, 2020

    Budget Floors and Painted Walls in the Home Office

    We already finished some big-impact projects in our home office by installing budget floors and painting the walls. Welcome to week two of the Fall…

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Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas! These lyrics Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas! These lyrics are from one of my favourite Afrikaans Christmas songs called Somerkersfees. It talks about God's love in sending His Son as the best gift we will ever receive. And it prays for a bright Summer Christmas in South Africa!

#somerkersfees #southafricanchristmas #christmas2020 #blessed
I'm doing a happy dance over here because our Home I'm doing a happy dance over here because our Home Office Makeover is complete!

A couple of weeks of hard work as part of the Fall 2020 @oneroomchallenge and we now have a beautiful, inspirational room to work in!

Please go and check it out on the blog!

#oneroomchallenge #homeoffice #homeofficedecor #homeofficemakeover #diyhomeoffice #builtinshelves #diybookshelf #greenhomedecor #greenoffice #industrialhome #modernhome
We've updated our furniture for our home office up We've updated our furniture for our home office update! This is week four of the @oneroomchallenge!

I love this side table that I've painted in the colour 'Monsoon Lagoon' by @plasconsa.

I also did a faux bone-inlay stencil on another side table, and it turned out beautifully! @elanie.eckard, thanks again for the stencils.

#greenfurniture #sidetable #sidetableupdate #diyfurniture #homeoffice #oneroomchallenge #bhghome #falloneroomchallenge #greenhomeoffice #loveyourhome
For this month's #thriftythursday transformation, For this month's #thriftythursday transformation, I updated my bedside table lamp! 

I love how it turned out, and now that I know I did not ruin it, I can transform the other one as well.

Swipe to see the gorgeous hobnail texture and the before!

#hobnail #hobnaillamp #hobnaildecor #lampupdate #tablelamp #tablelamps #bedsidelamp #lampmakeover #bedroomaccessories #lighting #homelighting #diylighting #aquadecor #whitedecor #loveyourhome
I'm a bit late in posting my update for week 3 of I'm a bit late in posting my update for week 3 of the @oneroomchallenge but here goes. 

We updated our lighting! We installed some much-needed downlighters, got a new gorgeous industrial style desk lamp from @lightingwarehouse (called the Percy Desk Lamp) and updated our old wall sconce to be used on the built-in-shelving. 

Baby steps, but we are getting there!

#oneroomchallenge #lighting #himelighting #officelamps #homeofficelighting #lightingwarehouse #bhghome #officeupgrade
We have progress in the home office update! Our wa We have progress in the home office update! Our walls are painted, new flooring installed and I painted the door. 

We still have quite a lit to do, but the room feels so different already!

Sheet Vinyl foors are from @airloomdecor 

#sheetvinyl #orc2020 #bhghome #oneroomchallenge #homeofficeupdate #diyhome #dulux #rugsoriginal #airloom #roomprogress #loveyourhome #livefordiy
I've always wanted to join the @oneroomchallenge, I've always wanted to join the @oneroomchallenge, and now finally I am! We are renovating our home office! 

This room really needed some love, especially after we've been working from home for the last couple of months. 

We are doing some big projects and a couple of smaller projects - my full design plan is up on the blog!

Swipe to see some of my plans and the messy before.

#homeoffice #diyhomeoffice #oneroomchallenge #bhgorc #bhgorc2020 #homeofficemakeover #myinspiredreno #diyprojects #designisfun #createmyhome #needsomecolour
What do you do when you spot a cute decor item in What do you do when you spot a cute decor item in your favourite homeware store's budget isle, but the colours don't match your decor? You buy it and paint it, of course.😊

I came across this mini pot plant holder @mrp_home the other day and just loved the texture on it. I took it home and painted it with a coral and cold ombre effect. Head to the blog for all the details! 

The faux string of pearls is also from @mrp_home.

#mrphome #planters #potplant #fauxplants #indoorplants #coraldecor #golddecor #coralgold #fallcolors #fallhomedecor #diyplanter #paintedplanters #paintedplantpots #stringofpearls #donkeyears #loveyourdecor #loveyourhome #budgetfriendlydecor
Let's talk painting kitchen cabinets: I love the e Let's talk painting kitchen cabinets: I love the ease of being able to transform your kitchen with paint completely. If you don't have the finances for a full remodel on your kitchen - paint is your answer and your new BFF!

It has been almost three years since we painted our kitchen cabinets and wall tiles, and they are still holding up so well! So hit me with you kitchen cabinet paint questions in the comments below. 👇🏻

We painted the handles with @rustoleumsouthafrica's ever-popular Oil-Rubbed Bronze.

Cabinets were painted with the colours Nomadic Dream and Fynbos Leaf and wall tiles with Frozen Limeade. All from @plasconsa.

#plascon #rustoleumsouthafrica #paintkitchencabinets #diykitchen #retrokitchen #transformyourkitchen #diyhome #paintkitchen #kitchenproject #oilrubbedbronze #kitchentransformation
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