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Welcome to our Learning Centre, a single place to access all of our tips, how-to videos, workshops and paint recipes. We love the creativity and satisfaction we get from transforming an old piece of furniture using premium chalk paint, transfers, mouldings and...
In this weeks tutorial we are talking about how to use the silicone moulds by ReDesign. These moulds are a great way to make decorative mouldings that can then be used on your furniture or décor projects! What Materials Can...
During the two weeks at level 3 we shared daily chalk paint tips on our Instagram stories. We have rounded them all up into one blog post to hopefully help, inspire and teach you a few different things.
We are very happy to be stocking ReDesign With Prima transfers and thought we'd share a quick post to show you how to apply them to your next furniture or craft project. 1. Start with a freshly painted matt surface,...
I thought I’d start a monthly(ish) blog post about what is currently inspiring me. At the moment I’m loving dark interiors, black and shades of grey, warm metals like brass, lots of candles and luxuriant fabrics like velvet. Mixed with natural elements like greenery, stone and rustic wood, these spaces can feel cosy and lived in.
If you’ve been into the Dooney & Daughters shop recently you will have seen just how much we love to paint furniture! After a beautiful and busy summer now is the perfect time to start working on all your furniture...
As you know, here at Dooney & Daughters, we love to upcycle old furniture to give it another life. We run workshops where we have hands on practice on how to paint your furniture, teach different finishes and go through all...
We love solid wood furniture but in New Zealand borer can be a real problem. Don’t despair though as there are ways to easily treat damaged items and to prevent your home from becoming infested with the wood burrowing beetles....
It should be no surprise that we love buying second hand. In fact we enjoy it so much that we opened Dooney & Daughters which stocks predominantly second hand furniture and home wares. However, we know that not everyone is...
We've been open for two weeks and it's been nearly three weeks since we got the keys to 90 Mount Eden Road. It's been a complete whirlwind full of learning curves, long days (and nights) and lots of support from...
