i am super excited to share this week's Project ReStyle by guest designers, Shauna and Stephen of Something's Hiding In Here.
candle sticks made from salvaged spindles
inspired by our new years resolution to do more entertaining, we wanted to make our own candle sticks for a cozy dinner party. to get started we rummaged our studio and found some old architectural spindles. we hand cut them to length with a small japanese pull saw. then, drilled a hole into the top with a forstner bit to fit a small taper candle. that's it – so simple!
thanks so much for playing along, Shauna and Stephen! this project is a perfect example of creating something beautiful from something forgotten. Magical!
Here are my favorite ReStyles from our Flickr group this week….
I positively love this bright and cheery ReStyled shelf.
These ReStyled Shoes are highly impressive, no?
and I really love that Aoife dyed this stained dress to give it an extra life.
Almost 1000 bloggers are participating in Project ReStyle now! If you're interested in joining, read info here. You can join any time. It's lots of fun and earth friendly too! XO. elsie
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these are so beautiful! i hope to participate sometime soon.
YES! waiting for a magical idea to come to me so I can participate too! :))
xo.
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wow! love the blue dress and the shoes :3
I’m loving that restyled baby changing table. So clever. I’m going to check out the flickr group. So fun!
Yay, those shelves are really pretty!!! Once I finish decorating my apartment, I’ll finally have time and space to do some restyling of old stuff too! Hurray!
XO Jo
Great use for the changing table & sweetly dyed dress. I am swooning over those corduroy shoes from a dress?!?!!! Fantastic!!! :>:>
Oh my gosh! Thank you for including my dress *big huge happy smile*
The shelf and shoes are just genius and those candles are so beautiful 🙂
Aoife x
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Those candle sticks look soo magical.
And I love Aoife’s idea to dye old, stained clothes. Can’t wait to dye some of my old clothes 🙂
candlesticks – easy but wow do they impress!
i just found your blog and i love it – the design, posts, everything! also, the spindle candle holders are so pretty!
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Wow! These are awesome improvements. I am impressed by the restyled shoes, eh.
I look forward to this post every week! I just can’t get over how creative people are….amazing.
Cool ideas!!
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Oh!great ideas!thanks!
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The candles are sooo unique!
The dress is very cute and has put me in the mood for spring, which still seams so far away. A big fan of the shelving unit also, it was quite ugly before the re-style
So cool! I really need to get on my Restyle projects! I have so much that needs to be cute-i-fied :]
-Allison Kaye
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I suddenly have the urge to collect corelle ware. I never knew they could look so pretty together!
These are all so creative and beautiful!!!
Wow, those shoes are impressive! Your fans have some major talent Elsie!
xoxo~Meg
Pinch Me I must dreaming!!! Is that my lovely trash picked shelf??? I feel totally honored – & to be with such great company I love the candle sticks, shoes & the beautiful dress.
Thanks so much Pretty Lady!
xoxoxoxoxo
Stacey
I love all these re-styles! It has me looking at everything I own to see if I can re-style it!!
xxx
I love restyled clothing! I actually added a blazer to vest post on my blog a week ago, but unfortunately didn’t take before pics (started the project a while back). I’ll think of something else soon.
The idea of making shoes is really impressive!
Yay Aoife! 🙂 all of these are soooo cool. I can’t wait to recreate some stuff now. so inspiring. <3
caite
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loove the candle sticks. All very impressing!
I have always loved your blog and i’m really loving this new feature. This weeks post made me think of another blogger that you would like, she restyles a dress a day. (cause i know you like dresses):) http://www.newdressaday.com/
love the restyled dress to shoes, very impressive!
Great idea for the candlesticks! I’m enjoying this so much, not only the restyling I’m doing, but also seeing all the other projects.
Great inspiration 🙂 loved the colour on the dress above.!
Love the shelf!
Wee! Hooray for project resytle! My addiction only grows with each project…it’s all I ever want to do!
AH, these look so nice!
Fantastic! I love the color of the dress. I love restyling! Fantastic!
those candlestick holders are amazing, i am going to do that in my house! thanks for the tips!
What a cool blog! I’m a new reader and have just come across you blog today and have already put it on my blogroll as I think it’s fab – so inspirational. Your artistic talents come through very clearly. Will be checking in often. Claire.
Such great ideas, these people are all so creative! This is one of my favorite features you are doing right now, the before and afters.
Thought you might be interested in a DIY my cute husband did for a handmade Tie:
http://www.orangejuice-etc.com/?p=2512
He wants to tackle a shirt next!
in love with the shoes. thats intense.
LOVE THE SHELF! OMG!
wonderful ideas, so inspiring! i love the candle holders especially.
Very nice! I really love the shoes.
The shoes are such a good idea! Good on her!
i cant tell you how much im enjoying project restyle, i love seeing everthing and getting ideas.
Such cute ideas.
Zoe
First thing I want to do this spring
WOW!! What a major craftgasm – I HAVE TO own candle sticks like that! And so the hunt for spindles begins. Brilliant idea!
I love the changing table redo, so handy!! And they are pretty easy to find at garage sales and such!! I will be sharing the candle holder DIY with my sister who will be getting married later this year!!
Love the candle sticks!!!
love it elsie… 🙂
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xo
AMAZING what you can do 🙂
i <3 the candles!! and i also hope to join soon!! just waiting for the opportunity and idea to hit me..
love this! i’m so inspired
Elsie! Saw this today and thought of you.
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Hope to participate too!
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I love this! So inspiring!
The candle holders are such a great idea….amazing what can be done with some creativity and TIME 🙂
The Pyrex. Ooooh, the Pyrex! BE.STILL.MY.HEART! <3
I love the dress ^^
those shoes are absolutely amazing, i would never even have thought of that idea! project restyle is such a great, inspiring project 🙂
Gorgeous picks! I am in love with the spindle candlesticks! Wish I had some spindles lying around….:)
These are all very beautiful, I like very much
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