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Affordable Kitchen Cabinet Mullions
Mullions can add a special element to cabinetry. Brand new or as part of a face lift.We’ve seen how Ceres maximized her kitchen design by adding O’verlays. See more examples of our customers cabinet transformations. For more information or a quote please go to the custom orders page.
10 Apps to Have on Hand for Your Next Home Project
10 Apps to Have on Hand for Your Next Home Project Below are a list of essential apps that will aid you in whatever process you are planning on for your home. When taking on a home improvement project, it is important to use all of the resources you have available to make the process…
Fast and Easy Bathroom Upgrades You Can Totally Afford
Economical Ways to Improve Your Space The bathroom is the most used and most neglected room in the house. But of all the spaces in your dwelling, it is by far the easiest to upgrade with a few neat tricks. We want to share these ideas with you and help you with your economical upgrade.…
Guide to Design a Fun, Functional Kids Playroom
Playing is more than just a way to have fun; it’s also an essential part of healthy childhood development. As parents, you can adapt any space at home and design a playroom where your kids can explore, get creative, and learn. When designing a playroom, it’s crucial to think about it from a kid’s perspective.…
Made in America
At O’verlays, we take great pride in the fact that our decorative panels are “Made in America!” This week is “Made in America” week, and we would like to take a moment to share some of our favorite “Made in America” home decor products. customize your furniture and more Manufactured in New England, O’verlays are…
Best Home Enhancements for 2020
As we start making our resolutions list for the new year, it’s important that we don’t forget to give our homes the same kind of attention. The beginning of a decade is the perfect time to better ourselves, as well as enhance the space where we spend a good amount of our time. Since there…
Decorate Your Bedroom for the Holidays
We spend so much time in our bedrooms, yet it is one of the last places in the home we think to decorate for the holidays. Let us provide you with some ideas on how you can decorate your bedroom with some holiday cheer. Dress the Headboard You don’t have to overdo it with tinsel…
Decorating with Watercolors is Easy!
Have you ever sat in your office and considered that your work space might be a little bit boring? That’s a common thought, of course, for many: After all, offices are designed to be unobjectionable which often translates into being beige and bland. And it can be difficult to invest in a work space –…
Spring into new Home Decor Styles
Spruce Up Your Home Using the Latest Interior Trends Nate Berkus, the renowned interior designer once said, “Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.” Living in a space that reflects you and your passions is important; and what’s great…
Do it yourself childrens dresser with sea turtles
Craft a do it yourself sea turtle childrens dresser using an Ikea dresser and o’verlays is as easy as you want it to be. Make it with or without the patterned drawers, paint the dresser or not, you decide. Create this fun little dresser to fit your child’s room. Want something other than Turtles? Discover…
Anchors Away….A DIY Nautical Dresser
Instructions to create your Nautical Dresser Before After What you’ll need: 3 drawer white dresser that will fit the Multiple Parts Anchor O’verlay (it is trim-to-fit so sizing should not be an issue unless the dresser is too big) The dresser we used measures 32″ high x 35.5″ wide. It works on the IKEA Koppang, IKEA Malm, IKEA…
DIY Bar Cart Customize Ikea Vittsjo Desk
Easy DIY Bar Cart so you and your guests will be sipping pretty this holiday season! Here’s what you’ll need: One Ikea Vittsjo Desk One piece of board cut approximately 14.25″ w x 39.5″l x at least 1/2″ thick. To be used as the bottom shelf. (2-3) cans spray paint. We used Valspar…
Terry Fabrics UK features Designer Insights with Cheryle Rhuda
UK featuring Designer Insights with Cheryle Rhuda
Customized Ikea dresser : Wow Rex…Look at those Door Knockers!
Customized Ikea Dresser: meet the Ikea Tarva which had been painted a boring beige… Curious to know what the door knockers are all about? Well, lets start from the beginning. This Tarva is just begging for a new life. Commence Tarva makeover now! IKEA Tarva 3 Drawer Dresser “Luxorious” black paint, by Velvet Finishes Paint was…
A Look For Less Mirror
A step by step stylish mirror project to create a look for less. Click below and visit Danika & Cheryle’s first O’verlays blog for instructions. https://danikacheryle.blogspot.com/2012/02/look-for-less.html CLick here to find the Grace Minis Square 19.88″ and the Harper 20″ square Here is the finished project done beautifully by Amanda Smith.
Sweet Dreams Baby…..
A couple of months ago we started taking an interest in cribs. Vanessa Antonelli, Nursery Designer for the Stars and owner of NessaLee Baby asked if we would be interested in collaborating with Nessalee and some other suppliers in decorating Kevin and Danielle Jonas new baby’s Playroom. Vanessa turned that playroom into a beautiful space! Shortly…
Hi Jasmine
Overlays Jasmine Jasmine is available in panel size 8″ x 31.25″which fits the 3, 4 and 6 drawer MALM Dressers. Jasmine painted silver with mirroron the 3 drawer MALM Jasmine in gold on the white 3-drawer MALM No need to cover every drawer with the Overlays. Cover the top drawers only as Morvi did with…
Chevron Makeover
Classic and fun. Clean and colorful. We were so taken with this fabric from Calico Corners that we decided to recreate the look on a dresser using O’verlays. The makeover was done using the Malm dresser from Ikea and the Zia O’verlay. To create a neutral background for the Chevron accents we chose an off…
How To: Glow in the dark furniture!
Remember the glow in the dark stars you stuck to your ceiling as a kid? Well this do-it-yourself project will do one better. The end result? A funky piece that is easy to make (and seriously cool looking.) The table itself is the Nordli nightstand from Ikea. The O’verlay is the “Champagne” design. For more…
Dwell with Dignity
“Hope begins at home.” Dwell with Dignity is a non profit group of interior designers and volunteers based out of Dallas Texas. They are helping families in need overcome poverty and homelessness through design. Partnered with social service agencies, they help these families achieve independence by providing and installing home interiors. Using donated materials they…
Redbooks “Home Inspiration”
“Home Inspiration” That’s what redbook magazine feels O’verlays are! Read in the July 2013 issue…. We love it when we make the creative world happy!! Thanks for the great article redbook! The O’verlaystm Team xox
Mirror Mirror on the drawer…………….
Did you know the name Linete means “idol”? Well today Linete Diaz is our idol……Look what Linete whipped up! I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of mirrored furniture It’s so bright and fresh Linete shared with us that she used a Heavy Duty Mounting Tape instead of Liquid Nails to…
Corners by O’verlays | inside corner trim
Add O’verlays inside corner trim to the Ikea Lack table, Vitsjo, Kallax, Mindi mirror to customize your style. Besides LACK tables of all colors you can add to and change the look of the Ikea Vitsjo, Kallax, Mindi mirror an more. We painted the Lack tables many colors. Kelly green, navy…
Creativity at its Finest
Thanks everyone for sending your fabulous Photographs! It’s fantastic to see the creativity out there! Here is a sampling of the many awesome completed projects………….. Senior Designer Dafna Aviv from Classica Design in Houston, Texas designed this beautiful room and used Greek Key 19″ squares as Art work …….nice! Amanda Smith did a marvelous job re-creating…
MirrorMate-Part 2
We have a little update for you on the MirrorMate mirror we did for Cheryle’s bathroom. When we last left off on this project we had just added the fabulous Mirror Mate frames to Cheryle’s plain bathroom mirror… In case you missed it here was the “after” transformation.. Here was the before: We just loved how…
A Retail Application
A few months a go I had the pleasure of meeting the very talented designer Katie Rosenfeld and the owners of the gorgeous ‘tween boutique, K Girl. Katie had contacted us this past summer looking to use O’verlays in this project. Since it was located nearby in Chestnut Hill I jumped at the chance…
Custom Quatrefoils
We just wanted to share another great custom before and after sent in from our customer Elizabeth Kapfer. She is still on the hunt for the perfect knobs, but the transformation is beautiful! After: Before: If you have a custom project in mind, please contact our Custom Department and we can get a quote and…
Mirror an Ikea Malm dresser, and a Whole Lotta New Stuff
Mirror an Ikea Malm dresser and add our newest O’verlays pattern. Announcing the new addition to our O’verlays family… Bubbles! And yes that is a mirrored Malm she is on… How did we mirror it? Easy! We called up our local glass shop and ordered (3) 1/8″ thick mirror panels cut 1/4″ smaller…
A Thank You Trifecta
We have had a couple days jammed packed with surprises around here, and we just want to say thanks. First off, we have to thank you guys for supporting, buying our product and making us look so damn good with the amazing transformations you do. Without you we’d be no where- just a heap of…
Make your own Antique Mirror: Part 1
Here at O’verlays we have been trying to figure out how to add mirror to many Ikea pieces, but the big problem we kept running into was the thickness of the mirror. When added to a flat drawer front with an O’verlay on top, you could still see the edge of the mirror behind the…
Hit or Miss: Going a size smaller
We are constantly testing things out around these parts, so we decided to start a new segment over here at the blog called “Hit or Miss”. Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we fail it… and the results are usually interesting or at least insightful, so we decided to share. When IKEA launched it’s Tarva line,…
Happening Now
Hey Cupcake! It is BIRTHDAY season around here! Cheryle, Danika and Caci all have birthdays this upcoming week, so to celebrate we are throwing a sale. Use code BDAY15 from 10/17-10/30 for 15% off your order. Enjoy!
A MirrorMate Makeover!
We love easy upgrades that have a big impact! This past summer we had the pleasure of meeting the owner of MirrorMate, Lisa Huntting and her PR genius Amy Florek for lunch in Boston. We had a great time exchanging stories about business and inspiration. Lisa created her product back in 2003 when she…
Ikea Hack Squared
Cheryle has been busy updating an Kallax bookshelf in her office. She got to be the guinea pig to try out our 12″ Greek Key squares: She had picked up a pair of mirrored doors on her last IKEA trip: and decided to add them to this Kallax: The mirrored doors are 13″ squares, perfect…
The Original PAX Wardobe “How To”
This company started because of an IKEA hack and some fretwork panels found at a flea market. I had a client that owned two maple PAX wardrobes that became the perfect vehicle for fretwork. With the help of a carpenter this high end look was created… from these… …actually these exact ones (with a stripe…
Custom Mirrored Gigi Panels
We LOVE when you guys send in photos of your creations. We get that proud parent feeling… “look at what our babies became!” Cheryle & I were just talking about doing a piece about mirrored furniture & O’verlays and like magic this photo arrived in my inbox from a custom client: I think my exact…
How To: “Metallic O’verlays”- EASY
We are always being asked about painting techniques and ways to make O’verlays look unique, so we decided to start a new series featuring tons of different painting techniques. These will range in difficulty and finished from woodgraining to gilding, and we will be sure to rank them for you (easy, intermediate and advanced), but…
Thinking Inside the Box
I am a list maker. I am also a very “A.D.D.” type person, so I really need them in order to ensure things get done. I have them everywhere… my iPad, in my purse and on my chalk board door in my kitchen. I wanted to share a quick way to dress up the basic…
Yay for School!!! Sale…
We’re having a back to school sale! Now that the kids are back at school it’s time to get those projects going that you’ve been thinking about all summer! Pippa Kit applied to the wall using Pippa extensions Greek Key Squares 19″ to dress up a plain flat door Xandra Starburst on IKEA Efectiv doors…
Introducing XANDRA…..our newest girl!
At Blogfest 2012 we had some fans ask, “Would you make an O’verlays that is a simple X?” Well you fellow Blog friends hope you like her… Introducing XANDRA This is the Xandra 7″ x 30″ x 1/4″ for the Malm. We added some extra thickness to give her more substance and grace. Because Xandra is a…
And the Winner Is….!
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012 And the Winner Is….! The Winners for the O’verlays First Birthday Best of Contest are…….. Third Place goes to Tracey!!! Yay……… Second Place goes to Kelly!!!!!!! Yay….. And the Winner of this years “Best Of Contest” Goes to ….. drum roll please…….. First Place Luby!!!!!! Yay..Yay…..! The above Winners please contact us at danikacheryle@gmail.com to claim your prizes. Thanks so much…
Birthday Contest Submission Extension!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012 Birthday Contest Submission Extension! Thank you for all of your submissions so far! For those of you who are finishing up projects or need a little more time to submit, We are EXTENDING the deadline until JUNE 24 Can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with! Keep sending your O’verlays™ projects in! Posted…
Our BIG Best Of the Year Contest is here!
MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012 Our BIG Best Of the Year Contest is here! Hello O’verlays Fans! O’verlays is turning one this July, can you believe it!!! So we have decided to celebrate this milestone by inviting you to participate in the Best of O’verlays First Year Contest! Here is how it will work… 1. Email us…
New Double Greek Key!
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012 New Double Greek Key! We have a new design spin on our popular Greek Key pattern. Presenting the Double Greek Key! Here is a gorgeous example of how the new Double Greek Key looks all done up! Thanks to Kelly of Jax Does Design for sharing her creation with us! View Kelly’s blog post on how she…
We love glassybaby
WE LOVE GLASSYBABY! We are going to veer off the o’verlays path for a moment to tell you about a product and company we just adore. While at Blog Fest we met an inspiring woman named Lee Rhodes who is the founder of the company “glassybaby”. Lee is a three time cancer survivor who went…
Customer’s window Makeover
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 Window Makeover… Check out the latest window transformation with O’verlays. This was done through our custom department… David & Tanya S. had a window that they wanted to transform, problem was the existing grids were sandwiched between the glass! (before…) We worked with them, getting the placement of the existing grids…
Customer’s “Anne” Transformation
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 Customer’s “Anne” Transformation We love it when you guys send us your “Before and After”! Here Cindy Gordon has a stylish Malm transformation using 6″x29″ Anne and some always classic and stylish ring pulls (an easy way to upgrade the look of the Malm). In process… We also discovered Cindy is…
“Fiona O’verlays” on the Ikea Malm
“Fiona” has her television debut Our “Fiona” panels are feeling a little full of themselves these days ever since they were featured on Steven & Chris. The guys did an amazing job transforming a Malm dresser in their “Good, Better, Best” Segment. Check out the before and afters: Also, did you know you can get the look of Horchow’s Infinity…
Before and After Cabinets
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 BEFORE AND AFTER CABINETS I love when you guys send us your before and afters, and this one is great! Samantha H. From Utah contacted us looking to have some custom panels made for her office cabinet doors: (So envious of her fantastic built-ins and all that storage!!!) We played around…
O’verlays on the Window
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 O’verlays on the Window This is a custom design we did for a large plate glass window. Before, a big square. The window happened to be perfectly square, so we made 4 panels that would connect to each other to create the “framed” pattern… The panels were held in place with…