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A leather shirt allows your coffee table to withstand a great deal of use and abuse. Even though the leather is durable, tears may happen. Fix pieces or tears in your coffee table top using a leather repair kit that contains tint for a perfect color match.

Cleaning the Cut

Before you start repairing the leather, then it needs a gentle cleaning to reveal the **true leather color**; otherwise your color-matched mend might not be the ideal shade. Wipe the leather down with the cleaning pads or alternative included from the leather repair kit. If the kit doesn’t contain a cleaner, use rubbing alcohol applied to a white fabric or cotton swab. Clean the area immediately surrounding the damage. If you become aware of a good deal of dirt moving to the fabric or cotton, clean as much of the leather as possible — it is dirty.

Preparing a Patch

Cut a patch from durable fabric like canvas, or utilize an iron-on clothing patch. Trim the patch so it’s 1/4-inch bigger in all directions than the tear. Slide the patch within the hole — sticky side up, if it is an iron-on — and line it up so the patch completely covers the hole area. Utilize a **toothpick or tweezers** to push the patch into position without stretching the torn leather. Whether there are any stray fibers sticking out of their leather on either side of the hole, then trim them with scissors.

Making the Repair

Mix the repair alternative with the **tints** included in the repair kit so that it matches the color of their leather table top. Test the solution in an inconspicuous area, if possible, to make an accurate match before applying it to the mend. Apply a thin layer of this repair solution above the tear with the small spatula included in the repair kit, then extending the option 1/4 inch or so beyond the slice for a strong fix. Press the leather grain newspaper in the kit grain-side down into the repair area, and then iron it gently with a low-heat iron. If the repair area is small, cover the grain newspaper with a plain brown bag, then ironing the bag to protect against ironing the leather itself, which might lead to discoloration. Remove the grain newspaper once it cools completely.

Dealing With Serious Damage

If the tabletop has numerous tears, scrapes and discolored areas, replacing the leather covering might be a worthwhile investment. Shops specializing in [replacement leather ](http://www.antiqueleathers.co.uk/aboutus.htm) provide a variety of leather colors and styles, so there’s a good chance you’ll have the ability to find new leather that looks similar to the existing tabletop. Retailers that sell replacement leather also include instructions about how best to fasten the new leather to the table, as this may change depending on the plan of the tabletop.

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If your dresser is now cluttered with all those essential beauty equipment, keeping it tidy and organized can be a true time-saver through your daily vanity. A organized dresser top is not only more functional, but it can also reflect your personality and style.

Wash and Downsize

Start a dresser makeover by clearing everything off the surface. Spruce up a decorated surface with a damp cloth or use an oil-based glow on a stained and sealed wood surface. For a splash of color and texture, then drape a table runner over the surface of the dresser, choosing an accent color from the bedding, drapes, a carpet or wall artwork. Then decide what to put back. Weed out old makeup and empty containers to cut down on clutter. Missing lids or broken cosmetic containers detract from an appealing display; put those things in a decorative box with a lid when it’s a thing that you regularly use. Clean up caked-on spills, dirt or dust on goods you plan to keep in view.

Group the Essentials

Group daily grooming goods jointly on your dresser such as makeup, lotions and creams, body sprays and deodorant by placing all of the things in a shallow container, such as a tea or serving tray. The magnets have handles for simple portability and come in a variety of styles and materials to match your decor. To get a natural, organic appearance, pick a tray made of timber, bamboo, rattan or jute. If your bedroom is more upscale or formal, use a copper, silver, stone or lacquer tray. For a vibrant alternative, try out a melamine tray with a stylish print. Use transparent glass jars or even shallow glass or porcelain dishes for smaller things such as makeup, small brushes, nail polish, bobby pins, clips and hair ties.

Special Accents

Take your dresser top to another level by arranging additional decor into a private vignette. A small vintage framed mirror serves as a vanity to display two or three bottles of your best perfumes, accented with white candles and your favorite blooms. Reducing a fabric-covered bulletin board against the back wall for an interesting background. Use burlap for organic texture, a velvet damask for an upscale appearance, or a trellis pattern in coral or turquoise for a modern or eclectic appearance. Screen a few exceptional photographs and hang your favorite bracelets and necklaces on large peg-style thumbtacks. Alternatively, use a large framed print or photo for a background and drape bracelets and necklaces on a ripped figurine, or display them in boats. Stagger items along the surface to create depth.

Finishing Touches

If the dresser includes a one or mirror is mounted on the wall behind it, the mirror becomes the foundation for the dresser vignette. Consider what the mirror is reflecting, as the mirrored things also become part of this screen. Strategically placed wall artwork on the opposite wall enhances patterns or colors. Include a tall table lamp for essential lighting, in a fashion that complements the dresser and room decor. If a dresser wall or mirror mirror is absent, a small standing mirror or lighted makeup mirror is another option. If makeup is not something, display your favorite accessory, such as a pretty hairstyle or hat.

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When making your home work for you, focus on its own positives and not its drawbacks. Yes, your home may lack a pantry; but there are different options for storage. Put your empty wall space to function or fill an empty kitchen corner with an armoire. Food storage notions are aplenty even when the pantry is paltry.

Out in the Open

Show off your products by displaying your foods in glass containers in your counters or in your cupboards. Ditch the dull containers and containers for stylized storage that doesn’t only complements your kitchen and your personal style, but gives quick access to regular ingredients. Stow frequently used olive oil, such as brown sugar, oats and flour, in short and squat jars, while making a home for long pastas and raw beans in jars that are tall. Invest in hermetically sealed jars or jars with tight seals to make sure that your ingredients stay fresh longer. Stash potatoes, onions along with other hardy root veggies in sturdy clay crocks or in wooden bins.

Behind Closed Doors

When you have too much of a good thing, look elsewhere in your home for storage. The top shelf of the front closet features storage for boxed things while canned things may certainly coexist on the cupboard, should your shoes never object. Relocate kitchen supplies to other places where they’re also needed, such as storing extra paper towels from the linen closet. If storing things throughout the house, make a master list of where they’re saved.

Bring in Reinforcements

Should extra floor space exist in your kitchen, then put it to use an excess piece of storage furniture. Bakers can store cake mixes and other ingredients in plastic storage components with pullout drawers, while parents may store their extra essentials on the open shelves of a sturdy wooden bookcase. Relocate nicer bits, such as a wooden armoire or metal locker, in an empty corner for stylish, storage. Position a trunk under the window or near the table to double as seating in addition to a place to stash your poles of rice.

Leave Them Hanging

Once painted wall space is plentiful, hang wire shelving for your pantry things. Invest in wall-mounted wide wire storage that easily accommodates your regular must-have pieces, such as fresh lemons or packages of dry rubs. If possible, follow the lead of Julia Child and store your pots and pans on a pegboard wall in your kitchen, or adjoining hall. Store your food items in the newly drained cabinets.

Look Behind the Curtain

Open shelves are appealing when sparsely decorated. But if you use open shelves to store your jumble of pantry essentials, then the spacious shelves will look chaotic. Invest in plastic or metallic baskets to shop like things and use shelf dividers to store canned soups and gravies. Should the shelves still look more chaotic than chic, cover them. Hang a curtain pole on the front of the shelves and cover a curtain that’s been cut to fit. The curtain won’t protect you or even guests from things falling from shelves, so stack your things nicely or add a tiny wooden lip into shelving.

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When choosing paint colors for a theme bedroom, then relax. You might have selected a theme of blue and chocolate brown to your sanctuary, but you don’t have to utilize these as paint colours. Surround yourself in accessories of blue and white snuggle in chocolate brown bedding, but look past that shade palette for wall paint colours. Look, instead, to your favorite treats, like Neapolitan ice cream, or to your preferred secluded walking paths, for inspiration.

Pretty in Pink

Glean inspiration from your beloved of Neapolitan ice cream by producing a bedroom to your favorite woman by painting the walls a soft petal pink. Continue the Neapolitan leverage by painting the trim creamy white and utilizing chocolate brown bedding and window treatments. If the room is shared with a young brother and sister, then consider painting the walls pink, white, soft gray, blue and brown in vertical stripes of varying widths. Balance the warm tones of chocolate brown, especially a mild milk chocolate-inspired hue, with cool shades of pink and blue to make an unisex, but stylish, room. While utilizing the blue and white chocolate brown theme for older women, elect for a deep, dark raspberry to lend an older vibe.

White Out

Create a soothing bedroom sanctuary appropriate for singles or couples with the color white. Avoid cool whites with undertones of gray or blue, and, instead, choose warmer whites with undertones of yellow or pink. Utilize a warmer shade of white to match the richness of chocolate brown furnishings, like your dresser or bed frame. Bring in blue accessories like robin’s egg blue toss cushions on a creamy white linen bedspread or a primitive piece, such as an old cabinet decorated Colonial blue, are show-stoppers in this serene color palette.

Sands of Time

Paint the walls a sandy brown for a boy’s or just guy’s bedroom which concentrates heavily on the blue accessories and bedding and also uses chocolate brown as an accent color. Sandy brown, which is brownish with undertones of yellow, is a neutral color which not only lends a sense of warmth, but complements a huge selection of hues. The sandy brown acts as an unobtrusive backdrop for blue collections, like sports paraphernalia or antique model cars, in addition to strong blue bedding. Insert chocolate brown touches, such as in bed cushions and carpeting or a throw rug, to keep the theme. Keep the room calm with creamy white paint to the wall and window trim, but if you need drama, paint the wall and window trim chocolate.

Moss Is Boss

Opt for a rich, saturated color like mossy green for a masculine bedroom that’s both inspired by nature and stylishly cosmopolitan. Furnish the room with dark chocolate brown furnishings in a matching bureau and bed frame, and utilize blue-green accessories in the wall sconces or table lights into a touch of color. Offset the darkness of the green walls and brown furniture with strategically placed creamy white accessories, like deer antlers displayed on the wall or a white afghan draped over a leather easy chair. Finish the room with beast pictures for a hunter or nature-lover’s feel or black-and-white photos of skyscrapers for an urban atmosphere.

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