Theo Bento — Peace Love Decor

● Small Spaces — May 02 · 6 min read

Under-stair voids are sold as wasted space because nobody bothers to fit them. A weekend of careful joinery later, ours holds a vacuum, a to…

● DIY — May 02 · 6 min read

Our bathroom needed a renovation we could not afford. We re-grouted instead. One Saturday, fifteen euros, and the room looks five years youn…

● Workshop — May 02 · 6 min read

We had three short pieces of oak in the off-cut bin and a Saturday with no plans. By dinner the tray was glued. By morning it was carrying c…

● Workshop — May 02 · 4 min read

A neighbour was throwing out an oak plank with a long crack. We took it. By Saturday morning it was a side table that the cat preferred over…

● Workshop — May 02 · 4 min read

We needed a place for the spices that did not look like a place for the spices. One plank of European beech, a Saturday's worth of dovetails…

● Living Room — May 02 · 16 min read

The side table had a loose rear leg when we moved in: the kind of wobble you ignore until a glass tips and your plants nearly follow. We re-…

● Workshop — May 01 · 15 min read

There was a pile of toast crumbs on the bench when I sharpened the chisel. The 25mm blade lay flat, dull from a year of scraping paint and o…

● Vintage Hunt — May 01 · 3 min read

The sideboard arrived sticky under the palms of our hands and leaning on a prayer. Over two afternoons we re-glued failing joints, cleaned a…

● DIY — Apr 13 · 9 min read

A short field report from one weekday and three coats.

● Workshop — Apr 09 · 11 min read

Every cut, every joint, every mistake, including the second one.