Hacks my way: The begining

ΠΑΤΕΝΤΑ: ΤΟ ΞΕΚΙΝΗΜΑ

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ombre wall

This one, turned out to be harder than it looks. Well I am not an profesional painter but the result is quite amazing.

 

So lets suppose we devide the wal in 2 secctions. 

1. The upper

2. The lower 

Division: (--------)

We paint:

1=A

2=B

Now we need to bring in life the ombre technique. You'd better paint with day light cause it would be easy to see the effect while creating it.

So, in the middle were the two colors are conected and CREATE AN EXTRA STRIP.

Division:( ___ )

Use a wide bruch and immerse the one side of the bruch in color A and the other side in color B. You can also make a mix of them and use that too.

Alternatively use 2 or 3 different bruches.

DO NOT USE A LOT OF COLOR! JUST A LITTLE BIT IS ENOUGH!

YOUR BRUCH SHOULD BE DRY!

DO EACH PART SEVERAL TIMES. PAINT HORIZONTALY.

Decorative pillows (men usually hate them)

Good morning!! 

I hope you had a nice sleep!

Well my bf usually fights in his night sleep with my pillows. You see I have this pear of decorative pillows from IKEA that I use in my bed. The thing is that extra pillows take extra space! So my bf doesn't fit  in the bed.. (he is a giant).

I decide to make him a favor and HACK MY DECORATIVE PILLOWS for his benefit. The idea is to HANG them.

Since there is no seam in the point I want to sew, Ι made a small fold and put  a pin to hold the ribbon in place.

It is really handy to use plastic invisible  thread if you can find one. As you see no stitches are visible.

Prefer th use of a satín ribbon cause it is softer and looks expensive.

In the midle, I prefered to make one bow instead of two. The ribbows are crossed so they wont slip to one side or an other.

I hope we enjoy it!

My latest experiment

 I really dedicated myself in cleaning this piece of ... floor. The problem was that I didn't put any protective layers over my floor (neither plastic nor carton) in the first place. It was a great mistake (thank you very much!). 

Rule of the day: protect all small thing you have already done/ prepearded. Nevertheless it is much easier to BEGIN FROM THE BIG SURFACES WITHOUT DESTROYING THE SMALLER!

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Afterall if you have done thr same mistake the solution might take too much of your effort but here it is: 1.plastic bruch

2.spatula

3.vetex/ or any other fabric

4.liquid polishing for wooden froors

5.patience(!)

***For the ones that wonder what these black spots are on tge floor: The original polish of the wood has been gone (too long to remember- by the previous owner). I didn't get any chance to fix it yet.

From zero to hero

Many times I cautch myself wondering 'what if I could change this or that'...

Εσύ τι θα άλλαζες αν μπορούσες?
Και αν ήξερες οτι θα πετύχει?

ΒΗΜΑ 1: ΑΓΑΠΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΛΛΑΓΗ

Well, the firt step to a succesfull construction is to LOVE IT! It took about 6 months only talking about changing my bedroom but in contrast 2 week to renovate my dinningroom. This concludes to two things: 1st I am a libra and I find difficult to deside (plus, I am in a constant dilema) and 2nd I want perfection. This is clearly coming in contrast with the reality nevertheless.

ΒΗΜΑ 2: ΘΕΣ? ΠΑΡΤΟ ΑΠΌΦΑΣΗ

So we end up to the 2nd step for a succesfull construction. WILL! Do you really WANT to do it? And are you sure? Do yourself a favor and don't start anything unless you are sure and ready. This wont only save you time but energy too!

ΒΗΜΑ 3: ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΟΥ (ΣΧΕΔΟΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ) ΚΑΙ ΜΗΝ ΦΟΒΗΘΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΛΕΡΩΘΕΊΣ

And last but not least, BE PREPEARED FOR ANYTHING especially to GET DIRTY! Have you heard of Murfy's law?...

Soon the details..

My home. Before and after. Most of the thing we have done until now.
Ideas we are about to make reality!

Back to basic

So lets begin!! This blog is about to present all the experiments and hacks we tried and succeded (Oh yes they did!) not only in our houses but in our lives too. So we are here to show you how to make difficult things easy...our way!

Πώς φτιάχνεις με εύκολο τρόπο δύσκολα πράγματα? Εμείς (οι έξυπνοι!) είμαστε εδώ για να δώσουμε μια λύση ή και περισσότερες. Ίσως όχι και τόσο εύκολες πάντα.... Καλή ανάγνωση λοιπόν!