HomeStyle UK – August 2019

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Make the look...

Industrial tray

Serve up a snack or style your space with a handmade

tray, like Chloe’s, that is both pretty and practical

Top Tip

Copper pipe is such a

versatile material

to have in your tool kit,

why not fashion a mug

tree to go with

your tea tray?

shop it

800mm x 200mm x 18mm pineboard, £9.41; Colours

Walnut woodstain, £10 for 0.25L; Rust-Oleum Chalk

White furniture paint, £5 for 125ml; 15mm copper

pipe, £5.85 for 2m; 15mm solder ring copper elbow,

£1.40 for two, all B&Q. Imani velvetsofa, £949,

Made. Cinnabar sideplate, £7 for two;

Bumble cushion, £15, both Dunelm

Make and styling

Suzie Attaway

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Olly Gordon

You will need

Q200mm width pine board

Qtape measure

Qpencil

Qsaw

Qsandpaper

Qpaintbrush

QWalnut wood stain

QMasking tape

QWhite furniture paint

Qpipe cutter

Q15mm copper pipe

Q15mm copper elbows

QQuick drying contact

adhesive

1

Measure and cut the pine board

to 40cm in length, or your

desired size, using a saw. Smooth

the rough edges with sandpaper.

2

Lay the wood on a protective

work surface and brush

with wood stain. Allow to

dry, before turning over and

repeating on the other side.

3

Mask off diagonal stripes across

the board with strips of tape,

then brush with white furniture

paint. Leave to dry, before applying

a second coat, then remove

the masking tape strips.

4

Cut copper pipe into two 14cm

pieces and four 3cm in length.

5

Connect and glue a 14cm piece

to two smaller pieces using two

copper elbows, and leave to dry.

Repeat to make a second handle.

6

Glue the handles to each end

of the board using contact

adhesive, and leave to dry.