Tuesday 3 March 2015

I've had a smashing time


When I showed you my hall that I wanted to makeover, I mentioned disliking the grille on this radiator cover.


It was sandwiched inside the mdf frame, so the easiest way to get it out was to smash it out.


Truly, smashing things up is very therapeutic, as long as you don't get carried away and destroy the thing you want to save.........which I did...........almost.


I wanted to use chicken wire as I have some left over from this project. I tried to push it into the gap where the grille had been but it was a bit of a nightmare, so in the end I filled the gap with caulk, painted the radiator cover white and then stapled the chicken wire on the back.
I tried two fabrics behind the chicken wire, but the darker hessian (burlap) with the more open weave definitely looked better, and it's half the price at £2.99 a metre (you'll probably see some burlap cushions here sometime as I have some left over).

So here is my newly made over radiator cover........and I love it.


And I do love the old paint splattered floorboards as they are, but I had to paint them white so that the hall would look wider.........or was it because even I can't cope with that much shabbiness.


 
The hall ? it's nearly...........nearly all done.
 
 


13 comments:

  1. It looks great, Fiona. You have the Midas touch!

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  2. I was wondering what you would do with that cover and it's awesome. I would never have thought of it, but it gives the entryway the perfect touch!

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  3. I like it! what a great idea! - I know it's going to look great when you have styled the top again!

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  4. Smashing, indeed! How clever, to replace the grille with chicken wire and burlap - it's beautiful! Another reason to smile every time you enter your lovely home!:))

    Awaiting the white wonder of the floors....

    xo
    Poppy

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  5. you should love this--it looks awesome, fiona! some day i will be brave enough to paint my wood floors white-love the look:) have a great day!

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  6. Well how cute is that?! Love the wire and glad you had a smashing good time making something look even better than it did before! Looking forward to seeing the rest!

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  7. It is kind of fun to smash things, isn't it? The new covering looks great Fiona! Be well!

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  8. I like it, but I'm partial to chicken wire. I also liked how the white grids looked, but I didn't have to live with them.

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  9. Love the new look for your rad cover, Fiona! I can't wait to see what you do with your floors!!

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  10. I agree -- smashing things can be very therapeutic! You are a clever girl to have thought up this solution. I like chicken wire with fabric pretty much anywhere you can put it.

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  11. i love to smash things. It's one of the things I miss about not being in a house that needs renovation. Building a new home. . .there's nothing to smash! :) Your transformation of the radiator cover is brilliant, Fiona. Happy weekend! Nancy

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  12. Tearing things apart is always fun to me. Putting them back together - not so much. I do love what you did with this. Almost makes we wish I had radiators. I do have a lot of chicken wire lying around. It was useless for penning in my flying chickens. lol

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