Melanie de Oliveira
- 1 December 2025
Around the holidays, shops are full of Christmas decorations. What is in one year is passé the next. The Christmas tree - and...
- 1 December 2025
Do you have one of those boxes of Christmas stuff that you get a bit bored of every year? Chances are there are baubles in there that you...
- 3 October 2025
With socks, you know one thing for sure: you will lose one at some point or one will lose it to another. Ai, a hole. Throw it away? Well no!....
- 15 August 2025
Blood irritating: trousers that are too tight. It's hard to get them closed and when you have them on, they pinch at the waist or on...
- 1 August 2025
Nóóóó! A shop hook in one of those sophisticated jumpers or cardigans you love so much. A classic when you get stuck behind something with a garment....
- 26 June 2025
Shortening a pair of trousers - especially if you are not that tall - may well be necessary to make them fall more flatteringly....
- 8 May 2025
Three ways to take in overly wide trousers, including one fashion hack that doesn't involve a needle or thread. Ideal for...
- 16 April 2025
A big hole or an ugly tear often does mean the end of a garment. A repair usually doesn't turn out very nice. Unless... Unless you...
- 7 April 2025
Happy Easter! Paint toys appear on many breakfast tables again, because painting eggs at Easter is a tradition. Only... it's often a mess too. Fortunately...
- 29 January 2025
Yellowed sheet music or an old atlas from the thrift store, all those drawings the kids came home with, a pile of old magazines in the...