11 January 2021

Whoa last night was a doozie with our sick little girl!! She ended up in bed with me (not characteristic AT ALL!)… and I got kicked and woken up every (what felt like) half hour!! So far though, it seems like a bad cold only!! But I’m not getting too comfortable about this… yet!! Today…

Hanging our HUGE Mirror

The other day I gave you all a little update on some of the projects that I have been keeping busy with. Within those few project was a huge mirror (4 x 8 foot)(or for us metric people, 1.2 m by 2.4 m). These mirrors came out of a ‘partly standing-partly demolished’ house. It was…

Hi!

Just thought you’d need a new introduction!! … My name is Xandré, and I am obviously terrible at keeping up with a blog!! 🙂 So, I was just in the mood to give you a SUPER quick update of some glimpses into what we’ve been doing! (I’ve been updating my instagram stories periodically – and…

DIY World Map Stain Art

I want to show you guys what I am working on at the moment – a world map stain art piece!! I did this on a 4’x 8′ sheet of plywood with Minwax English Chestnut stain. Since the study is mostly my hubby’s domain, this is what he had in mind for one of our…

DIY Key Holder

Way back in 2013 one of my first little projects was making a key holder for our keys. I was inspired by the yarn art projects on pinterest and missing home something viciously… and so our key holder was born!!

Kitchen Succulents

I LOVE how the succulents & little birds transformed my dreary kitchen display to absolutely gorgeous!! I have been getting really excited about succulents!

Wood Storage Rack

DIY wood storage rack! So easy to DIY (basically just 2×4’s – Such a simple upgrade… and definitely one of our more worthwhile ones!!

How to create your own Stain Art

I wanted to create something simple to display. A stain art Kudu (woodland antelope found in eastern and southern Africa) was just what we needed.

DIY Plywood Headboard

My own DIY Plywood Headboard. This is super simple, I hardly had to do any work! And as a bonus, the cost was a sheet of plywood and some trim.

Paint Nite fun with Friends

Paint Nite is a fabulous concept of a group of people meeting at a pub for drinks, socializing and expressing your more creative side.

Kudu – Stained Creation

For the guest bedroom I wanted to create something simple to put on the wall… I found this image on Pinterest which I used as a base for my idea (click on image for the source)…. Stef said that he wanted me to do the silhouette of a Kudu (a woodland antelope found in eastern…

Our “Instagram” wall…

A while ago I decided that I wanted to display a lot of our photo’s on one wall… I got a lot of inspiration from Pinterest (obviously!) & finally got started on it a few weeks ago… I created a template in photoshop (sized to fit the frame I had in mind)… used a few…

Time flies…

… It is not necessarily all fun… but nevertheless it flies!!! We’ve been keeping busy for the last couple of weeks – I think it has been good for us… Especially since our homesickness has hit an ALL-TIME high… Here’s a few updates: The company Stef works for rented a car for us for the…