DIY // Thonet chair no.14

 

Photos by: SAOSdesignI've been working hard last two weeks on my own Thonet chair and now I can finally say I love the end result. So for everyone who doesn't have money for new chair just like me, here is solution and maybe just in time for DIY now that holidays are coming.
First of all I had to get the chair and I got mine at flea market. And to ease my restoration I had to be careful in what condition the chair was. I was wary for the wood quality (bark beetle), wobbly legs and overall stability. After that I had to buy sand papers, wood filler, base color, enamel, matt varnish and then went to work.1. Sand the whole chair with sandpaper (P60).
2. Fill in the holes from bark beetle with wood filler and sand again (P220).
3. Get the base color on the chair. (mine was white)
4. For better end result spray paint the whole chair with enamel (2 coats).
5. End the restoration with matt varnish for wood to get the expensive look (2 coats).

Have a peaceful and happy holidays and if you have time do some DIY. (;
_________Zadnja dva tedna sem bila kar zaposlena s prenovo stola Thonet, sedaj pa lahko končno ponosno tudi povem da sem naravnost zaljubljena v končni rezultat.  Torej za vse ki ste bolj na suhem z denarjem kot jaz, tukaj je rešitev kako do ''dragega'' stola za malo denarja. V primeru da boste v prihodnjih dneh imeli veliko prostega časa je morda pravi čas za DIY med prazniki. (:
Prvo kot prvo potrebujete kupiti stol in sama sem ga kupila na vsem poznani spletni strani Bolha.com (če bi želeli Thonetov stol me kontaktirajte).  Za lažjo obnovo stola sem morala biti pozorna na stanje v katerem je stol. Pozorna sem bila predvsem na kvaliteto lesa (lubadar), majave noge in stabilnost. Po vsem tem sem seveda nakupila vse potrebne pripomočke kot so smirkovi papirji, kit za les (belinka), osnovna barva za les (Hellios - bel), emajl (črn), mat lak za les (aqua clou) nato pa se lotila dela.

1. Zbrusite celotno površino stola s smirkovim papirjem (P60).
2. S kitom za les zapolnite luknje, ki jih je povzročil lubadar in ponovno zbrusite vse površine (P220).
3. Prebarvajte stol z osnovno barvo (moja je bila bela).
4. Za boljši končni izdelek emajl nanašajte s pištolo za razprševanje barve (2 nanosa).
5. Zaključite obnovo z mat lakom za les za lepši in bolj naraven izgled (pištola + 2 nanosa). Imejte mirne in vesele praznike, če pa se pojavi kaj prostega časa ustvarite kak DIY. (; xo S.

DIY // marble box.

Photos by: SAOSdesignLately I've been looking at my box that I got for birthday few years ago and started thinking how to make it more me (who likes those flower prints anyway?). And because I just love marble pattern I decided to turn it into marble box! First I had to buy marble self adhesive foil, prepare a pair of scissors and then went to work. 1. Cut the foil right size.
2. Wrap the foil around the sides of the box. Use your finger or ruler to remove the air bubbles out.
3. Make incisions in the corners.
4. Fold the sides to the inside of the box.
5. Repeat the process with the cover.   _____Zadnje čase sem veliko opazovala škatlo ki sem jo dobila za rojstni dan pred leti in premišljevala kako ni jo lahko naredila bolj svojo (komu so sploh všeč cvetlični vzorci?). Zaradi ljubezni do vzorca marmorja sem se odločila da škatlo spremenim v marmornat vzorec! Najprej sem morala kupiti samolepilno folijo z vzorcem marmorja, si pripraviti škarje nato pa sem se lotila dela. 1. Izrežite volijo prave velikosti in oblike.
2. Oblepite folijo okrog škatle. Uporabite svoje prste ali ravnilo da odstranite zračne mehurčke.
3. Naredite zareze na vogalih.
4. Prepognite preostale stranice na notranjo stran škatle.
5. Ponovite postopek s pokrovom. xo S.

DIY // concrete diamond

photo: SAOSdesign

Today is tha last day before my departure to Netherland, so next time I'll post I'll be in Utrecht. Wohooo! For the past week I have been working hard every day and as a proof here is this simple DIY in which I was able to express my love for raw materials. So making my own paperweight was a perfect new project, whit a help of my boyfriend of course. 

The first step is making you own template. The diamond I made was created with a program Pepakura Designer. That's the beauty of it: you can make whatever you want! I then printed the template on a paper grammage 350g. After I cut out with scissors and folded the template I waxed it with candle. Only thing I needed to do was to glue the outer edges with tape and with that prevent the leaking and make it waterproof. I mixed the concrete according to instructions & waited for two days to dry. To emphasize the spike at the top I sanded the whole diamond. And that's it!

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Danes je zadnji dan pred odhodom na Nizozemsko tako da se naslednjič javim iz Utrechta. Wohooo! Čez teden in vikend sem bila pridna in delovna, kot dokaz je tale preprosti DIY v katerem sem lahko izrazila svojo ljubezen do surovih materialov. Naredila sem preprost obtežilnik za papir seveda s pomočjo fanta, ki se bolj spozna na beton. 

Za začetek je potrebno izdelati svojo predlogo. Sama sem naredila diamant mrežo pa ustvarila s programom Pepakura Designer. Predlogo sem potem natisnila na papir gramature 350g. Ko je predloga izrezana in upognjena sem jo povoskala s svečo. Potrebno je bilo le še zlepiti zunanje robove z lepilnim trakom tako da so vsi spoji vodotesni. Beton sem zmešala po navodilih, ga vlila v model in počakala dva dni da se posuši. Da sem poudarila špico na vrhu diamanta sem za konec cel diamant še zbrusila. To je to! 

xo S.

DIY // Eames elephant.

photos by: SAOSdesignA month ago I posted a photo of two Eames elephants on my IG account and because there was big interest in them I decided to show you this cheap and easy DIY on blog.I've always loved simple and quirky shapes, but have never found a reason to spend that kind of money on plastic elephant like this one or even more expensive smaller one made from bentwood. Just like always I was browsing the internet and I came across a template from which I can do my own paper Eames elephant. Really wonderful! I made one in black and one in white grid paper. The white one is half smaller that the original template, the black one is one more time smaller. The instructions are very simple: cut  out the template, bend the cut out into shape and glue the two pieces together. To look more like the original bend the legs and the ears little. One little suggestion: elephants can be used on a party as place cards.

Happy almost weekend!
S.
_____Pred enim mesecem sem na instagramu objavila fotografijo dveh Emaes slončkov in ker je bilo veliko zanimanje zanju sem se odločila da poceni in preprost DIY predstavim na blogu.Že od nekdaj so mi všeč preproste in domiselne oblike, vendar do sedaj še nisem našla razloga da bi zapravila veliko vsoto denarja na plastičnem slončku kot je ta oz. na dražjem a manjšem modelčku iz krivljenega lesa. Tako sem kot ponavadi med brskanjem po internetu naletela na predlogo iz katere lahko sama naredim papirnatega Eames slončka. Res čudovito! Sama sem se poigrala s črnim in belim papirjem z mrežo. Belega sem naredila polovične velikosti kot je predloga, črnega pa še enkrat manjšega. Navodila so preprosta: izrežite predlogo, prepognite izrezano v obliko in zlepite skupaj. Da bi slon izgledal bolj podoben originalu ga upornite tudi v nogah in ušesih.

Še en manjši predlog: slončke lahko na zabavi uporabite kot kartice z imeni.

Vesel skorajšnji konec tedna!
S.