Posts tagged 'DIY'

Do It Yourself Paint

We found an easy to follow recipe on the Internet on how to make your own paint. Rosalba tried it today with great success. The paint recipe is really easy to follow. Check it out yourself:

"Buy Hydrated Lime powder (I bought 1.5kg from Bunnings for about \$5) and …

Enviro friendly products

Australian certified organic paint products

Cooee wood oil and cleaner

I found an Australian certified organic paint that doesn't cost the earth. The straw bale walls will be rendered up to the pitching beams (far left). So Roger suggested I oil/paint them now as it would be easier than later. So at the Green Paint shop in West End …

Retrofitting LEDs into a desk lamp

I changed a desk lamp I already had to use LEDs instead of the CFL tube. I mainly did that because I wanted to do something "crafty" and because I like LEDs and how their light comes with almost no heat.

Of course the LEDs also use less power than …