MARIA HATLING IN RED MAGAZINE FOR NATIONAL UPCYCLING DAY
Posted by Rebeca Romero on 25th Jun 2015
Upcycling has become an everyday word in our decorating vocabulary and there are some gorgeous creative ideas coming out of this need to regenerate and breath life into old shabby furnishings....
Red Magazine created a feature for National Upcycling Day Using Maria Hatling 'Glasses' artworks in their room set, you can buy the print HERE
How To Upcycle A Chest Of Drawers
By Anna Berrill
Give old loves a new lease of life with these easy ideas on how to upcycle a chest of drawers. From paint projects to making the most of your wallpaper offcuts, its time to get creative.
Photo by Gordon Oliver
1. Put offcuts of leftover wallpaper to good use by covering drawers in a menagerie of colours and patterns. A great way of injecting life, vibrancy and texture into grey walls, it’s sure to give old pieces a new lease of life too.
2. Get creative and add a final flourish to your chest of drawers by painting around the edges of the drawers and surfaces in a pastel peppermint green.
3. A little pot of blackboard paint can give a lot of joy and it is incredibly easy to make your own – just mix 250 millilitres of matte paint in the colour of your choice with two tablespoons of powdered tile grout. Personalise the finished effect with some creative chalk work.
4. Painted furniture has undergone something of a revival and makes the perfect weekend DIY project. Give a tired old chest of drawers a new lease of life by painting it in a pretty faded shade of pink for a feminine take on a black room.
5. Look beyond traditional furniture when planning your bedside table. Replacing the drawers from a chest of drawers with distressed wooden crates (embossed with oversized letters or numbers) will create an air of shabby chic.
Got inspired? Good! Time to practice some Upcycling then. Got curious about the wonderful work of Maria? Check the rest of her beautiful art prints available in our catalogue HERE.