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07/11/2024

Caroline Burke Ceramics has launched!

If you guys have been following along on social you'll have been a part of my ceramics journey already but I felt it was important to pop something on here for anyone wondering where I've been. For many years I've worked hard to build up a community of fellow creatives on this platform and I've absolutely adored making tutorials and watching you guys recreate them! However over the last few years between raising my boys, renovating our house and juggling freelance projects I've posted less and less on here. 

After lockdown, I rediscovered my love of clay and decided to start making pieces for my home. Let's just say I became a little obsessed and that hobby spiralled.. I bought a kiln and turned my garage into a studio aha! I'm so excited to open up shop and I hope you'll follow along.


Caroline Burke Ceramics is now live, handbuilt functional art for your home. 

I hope you'll follow along on my latest adventure, if you pop over to my new site you can sign up to my newsletter on there. (I'll send the occasional update about what I've been making and what's launching next.) I'm currently working on a small batch of handbuilt mugs and some cute little Christmas decorations.

Hopefully see you soon!

Caroline x

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12/04/2023

Reeded glass IKEA billy bookcase hack

 


Good morning guys. I've got SO much to share from our home renovation (and life in general) but I thought I'd get you up to date with my latest DIYs before I deep dive into reno chat! 

It will come as no surprise that today's DIY is an IKEA hack. I think we can all remember a time when we owned a Billy bookcase right? well, this will be my third one and I wanted to give it a new lease of life. 


I adore reeded glass cabinets, and this is a great way to achieve the look of a high-end one at a fraction of the cost. I've used window film and a quick paint job to transform the look of a standard IKEA bookcase. 


Materials used:

Reeded glass film
BIN primer (the only one I'd recommend for painting IKEA surfaces)
Brass door handles



You can find the full reeded glass tutorial here and trust me when I say this glass film is top-notch (not like the antiquated patterned privacy film that you may have seen in the past!)

Let me know what you think..

Back soon

Caroline x



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29/04/2020

easy IKEA hack | cane shelves

ikea hack cane bookshelves for nursery

i've been making some little changes around the house whilst we're on lockdown, there are so many things i want to do but having an energetic toddler means time for home improvements is v. limited! however there is one update that i wanted to share on here, a cute modification to the shelves in gabe's room.
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29/03/2020

DIY modern house number sign
diy house number sign with plants


Now that spring is here I've been keen to start a few outdoor projects, aside from our back garden (which seems to need an overhaul every year) one DIY idea that's been on my to-do list for a while is a house number sign. I've seen some v. cool ones and quite frankly our current house number is so damn ugly something needs to be done about it!
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01/03/2020

a modern neutral nursery tour
neutral nursery with cot
so i totally intended to share our nursery photos before gabe arrived but omg honestly i have no idea what happened but i never got around to it so here we are a few years later than planned! 
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26/02/2020

How to upgrade your IKEA furniture with DIY leather pulls
DIY ikea hack leather pulls

i'm obsessed with IKEA, it's no big secret that i go as often as possible and consider it a fun day out rather than a chore (unlike most people!) the beauty of their furniture is that is on-trend, practical and hugely affordable, but sometimes it's nice to personalise it so you don't have exactly the same things as everyone else right? meet these DIY leather pulls.. they're painfully easy to make and are a total upgrade on the rather basic fittings that come supplied.

IKEA HACK leather handles

you could use these handles on anything from kitchen cabinets, bedroom drawers or bedside tables to give them a whole new look with minimal effort.

pop over to read the full tutorial i've shared on hunker on making these DIY leather pulls and let me know if you try it on any of your flat pack furniture!

back soon

caroline x

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