Mikaela Danvers

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DIY TV Cabinet makeover

By Mikaela ⋅ February 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I really liked our TV cabinet, except for the colour, and the fact there were no doors. Well, it had one glass door, the other our kitty cat bella managed to smash into pieces when she was running around like a crazy person one day. Suffice to say, things got dusty, and looked cluttered. Instead [...]

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Floorboards update

By Mikaela ⋅ January 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

All the carpet is up, nails countersunk and staples removed! Our good friend Scott is bringing over is whizzbang sander today to show me how to use it, and I’ll give the floors a once over with that, then apply the stain. I’m hoping to be able to put one coat of estapol on today, [...]

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Preparing to stain and polish our floorboards

By Mikaela ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ One comment

As I’ve posted a few times before, the carpet in our house is a yukky pink/peach colour. It’s in really good condition, as I think the previous owners laid it in the 90′s, but I can’t stand it. I hate the colour, but I also just don’t like carpet very much. It holds so much [...]

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Monday projects [kind of] completed

By Mikaela ⋅ January 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

As I said yesterday, today’s jobs included painting the black bookshelf, painting the wooden bookshelf, and ripping up the hallway carpets and start counter-sinking nails. Well I’ve done 2 coats of the black bookshelf, I’ll do the last coat tomorrow morning. And I managed to rip up the hallway carpet and underlay and get half [...]

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Sunday DIY projects

By Mikaela ⋅ January 3, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Today was a very productive day for DIY projects! Early this morning I went to Bunnings and got a whole bunch of stuff I needed to do things around the house, including cupboard door knobs, brackets, dowel, a plant, rope, plastic containers, plastic shelving, a nail punch, rubber feet, a memory box frame, 2 outdoor [...]

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I'm Mikaela, 27, married to a spunk, muma to a bubba boy, and a busy little bee (mostly by choice, I suck at relaxing). I love life and have too many ideas in my head, and wish there were more hours in the day (I'm sure old people always said that when I was growing up). I live in and love Canberra, Australia (2 hours to beach or snow, what more could you ask for?). I'm a freelance designer, high school & uni teacher, and I'm working towards my dream house one DIY at a time, along with numerous other side-ventures... For more about me, go to the about page =)