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- Remove handles on all cupboard doors.
- Lightly sanded the front of each door/drawer. Wipe clean.
- Measure the dimensions of each space to be covered and cut out the matching pieces of fabric [ oilcloth is a great fabric to work with, coated in PVC plastic you just wipe it down with a damp cloth].
- Using heavy duty /craft wood glue I painted it on quite thick and then attached each piece carefully, smoothing it out. Rubbing the edges with a damp rag/cloth
- Gave it a few hours to dry.
- Re-attached the drawer handles.
Add some wicker, blooms and vintage knick knacks and it was finished. I am happy with my new/old bathroom!
Have a great weekend everyone. Thanks for all your encouraging comments and visits this week.
Simone xx
Have a great weekend everyone. Thanks for all your encouraging comments and visits this week.
Simone xx
That looks fabulous! What a great budget makeover. I'm inspired to get started on my grey/pink/gold combination bathroom!
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Ohh.. looks so pretty! Great choice of colour too!!!! take care, Maryann
ReplyDeleteIt's looking great, I like doing things up on a budget. It always look so good and you can change it again after some years without pain. Well done!!
ReplyDeletelove it! the oilcloth really makes all the difference.
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~molly
Very nice...I really like the new look!
ReplyDeleteIt looks gorgeous - I just love the pattern! How about that old lino - wow, it was very exuberant!
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend Simone!
Cool redo--but I love the picture on the toilet in the "before" it is sooo cute!
ReplyDeleteThe oilcloth puts a zip nto that bathroom!
Have a super weekend.
Melinda
First of all I love everything about your new/old bathroom!! I can't wait to finally get to ours!!
ReplyDeleteI also have to laugh because the picture above your toilet I have above my towel rack. ; )
Jessa xx
Very eye catching, it looks so much better. Plus, it's pink!
ReplyDeleteSimone that looks AMAZING! My kitchen drawers loos so boring I am making this! Love it!
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Simone, this is genius! I LOVE it and it looks amazing:) Enjoy your gorgeous new one-of-a-kind bathroom vanity. Just beautiful:) ~ Txx
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius! I would never in a million years thought to have used oilcloth in that way. And there are so many lovely patterns to choose from as well. I love the pink.
ReplyDeleteWhat? You don't like 80's Flash Gordon lino? Hehe. Love your oilcloth. The pattern is fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous results Simone, a day well spent and how beautiful it turned out! I am inspired to do something here for the holidays to make my space special....
ReplyDeleteTina xo
Looks wonderful Simone...
ReplyDeleteGreat impact for small cost!!! I'd love to do something like this where I live now.. but suspect the landlord wouldn't agree!!
Have a fabulous weekend.. I'm sure you will be busy with your new shop.. xxxx Julie
You are so thrifty! It looks absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteand like that, Voila custom cabinets. How you find the energy and time?
ReplyDeleteLove this idea. I really like oilcloth/lamintated fabric and just purchased some to attach inside my kitchen cupboards.
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wow, lo hare.
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SWEET just plain SWEET. In my fav colour too : )
ReplyDeleteWhere in the world do you find the time?? Your amazing Simone.
I'm thinking of vintage wall paper on mine, not sure I can get oil cloth as pretty as that here. I can tell your in Australia, you guys use a lot of that don't you? I used to love Croc Dundee's coat LOL
Keep bringing on the projects, and hope your doing well.
Love Claudie
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Hoooooooooooooow fun is that!!!!! You just go on making the world cuter one corner at a time!!!
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that is genius! i was only checking out oilcloths at cath kidston online yesterday and wondering what to do with them...now you've got me thinking!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat little re-do! So effective, you are very clever Simone!
ReplyDeleteWow, Simone! You have such a talent, seeing the beautiful in the ordinary! Bravo you. I love the way the colour pops - just divine. Jane at http://lifeonplanetbaby.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletetotally brillant! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! This just might work in our guest bath...if I can find a great oilcloth...
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ps How did your shop do during its first week?
Hello - I love the pink, here in the UK, the older the house, the more expensive it is. I loved in a house that was built in the 1400s (time of Chaucer) and had a house on that site since the Doomsday book (1086) and bits had been added on right up until the 1600s (time of Shakespeare)so your 1980s house is brand spanking new and I think it looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou never cease to amaize me !!! It looks fabulous and I also like the art obove the toilet!!.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fabulous! Great idea and you did such a good job on it!!
ReplyDeleteOMG, love your work on the vanity! Just found you and am your new follower. P.S do you sell online as well??
ReplyDeletequé lindo simonne!!!l love the before and after!!!beautifull colours!! lovely change!!!!besos and a very happy weekend!!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!
ReplyDeleteI like the clean and crisp "After". Using oilcloth is something I wouldn't have though of doing. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI admire your creativity! Super tip for refreshong something old... :)
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Those drawers look amazing- what a bright and pretty bathroom!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I may have to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI have a bathroom that looks like it should have been in a scene from Miami Vice in the 1980's!
Thanks for the inspiration!
I LOVE what you did! So simple and cost effective! And it's ever so beach chic!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a difference, that bathroom looks great, the oilcloth is such a statement on the unit love the colour!!
ReplyDeletefabulous the floor makes the room so pretty now
ReplyDeleteone word - damn good! ops, thats 2 words, but you know what i meant :D
ReplyDeletei bump into your blog, scrolled down and loving it as i read/view... keep it going :D
It looks amazing! I loved tis blog...Ozlem
ReplyDeleteYou take a couple of days break and what do you do ....a project!! You are inspirational in your energy my dear. Can't believe you lived with that floor for so long haha. What were the original owners thinking?? cheers Katherine xx
ReplyDeleteahhhhhhhhhhh pretty!!!!
ReplyDeletei love this, it's such a good idea. oilcloth usually comes in such fun patterns too!
ReplyDeletenice work Simone, a big improvement! eeeek that old lino is unusual isnt it?
ReplyDeletealicia
This looks delightful Simone - gorgeous outcome!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your beautiful new shop... I cant wait to stop by next time i am in Brisbane! Sorry for not commenting sooner, things have been flat chat. Your shop will be a roaring success!
Have a gorgeous weekend! x
Simone what a great idea for a makeover. Love it
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Great transformation Simone! What were the previous owners thinking with that lino!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're such in inspiration as usual, when I get my own place that I can do things to, I will certainly be taking a leaf or six out of your book!
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Adorable and feminine look! I love it Simone!!
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This is brilliant Simone...love it, xv.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the cabinets !! You should paint soft pink argile print on the floor !!
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea - it looks fabulous! :)
ReplyDeleteI need to think more outside the box. You are good!
ReplyDeleteHi, I've done the same in my bathroom. It's really great. Now, how didi you change the floor? You painted or really changed? If you painted, what did you use?
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Kisses
Alessandra
I painted our downstairs 1/2 bath right after we moved in years and years ago. That was long before I knew anything about primers, floor paint, and exterior paints. I used regular old semi-gloss paint, a total of 2 coats spaced 24 hours apart. I followed that with a polyurethane (be sure to use non-yellowing) finish. I lasted 12 years, and would have probably held up longer if we had not tiled the entire downstairs!
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