Get ready to party and make carnival style lights – my favourite craft project for years
As you may or may not (but now you do) know, I make all the lovely Upcycle projects for the brilliant Style At Home magazine each month – I take something old, maybe ugly but definitely unloved and turn it into something you’ll want to have in your home. Check out this month’s projects in the new issue just out… I also sometimes do the “It could be designer” feature where I have to work out a way to make something that’s inspired by a fabulous, but jolly expensive home accessory. There are lots of great rusty metal letter lights around at the moment so I was delighted to take up the challenge to make my own version and share the results with readers. I do lots of this kind of thing, but I have to say that this project is completely brilliant and the letters really do look amazing – even I was impressed with how they turned out. They’re not difficult to make and you could do your family’s initials, or make a word, or …