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Transform Ikea & vintage furniture with affordable decor product, now available here.

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Today I’m really  excited to tell you about a décor product that will help you transform affordable or secondhand furniture into something truly fabulous, unique and expensive looking. And it’s just been brought to Australia.

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These lightweight, decorative fretwork panels come in several patterns and sizes. They are paintable and easily attach to furniture, mirrors, walls and glass.  I’ve seen O’verlays on American blogs for years and thought they were amazing but could never find someone to deliver them to Australia. Luckily for me, Sydney-based Therese Tarlinton has now brought them here. At about $20 per panel, I think they’re going to be ridiculously popular!

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“Meeting up with the creator in America, I immediately saw its potential,” she said. “After discussing the traditional distribution arrangement, where currency fluctuations and shipping schedules can greatly impact the success of a company, I suggested they look at licensing, so the panels could be made locally in Australia.”

Therese has many years’ experience in branding and PR and recently sold a business and started a new one, UPstyled. “I knew the potential of taking a brand name that was a leader in its category and creating a product that Aussies could connect with,” she says. After designing for many years for licenses she held in the baby industry, Therese decided to formalise her knowledge and last year concluded her studies in design and decoration. “I realised that although I love styling, I wanted to introduce new products to Australia – but this time for passionate, design loving adults.”

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Inspired by Australian interior designer Greg Natale’s designs using mouldings and patterns, she searched for a product that could offer a designer look to people who yearned for Coco Republic or La Maison, but only had an IKEA budget. O’verlays were the answer. “They offer that refined, layered look to furniture for people with a real life budget who are time poor. The Overlays are cut to size, so after painting them (or you can leave them white) you simply attach to your furniture with liquid nails. You don’t have to design qualifications; you just need to open a tube of glue.”

Therese adds: “I think O’verlays will be popular with people who want to put together beautiful rooms using basic flatpack or vintage furniture and, in doing so, inspire their friends who adore maximum visual return for minimal financial outlay.”

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They’re easy to buy online. You can search by popular Ikea furniture items or by pattern and you can even request custom sizes and designs. There are a couple of Ikea chests of drawers in my bedroom just screaming out for these. Maybe I’ll even give it a go myself and share the results with you later!

Find out more and order online. 

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Comments

  1. AvatarCattle and Cushions says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:04 am

    I am so damn excited about o’verlays finally available for us in Australia! They will absolutely be a hit here!

  2. AvatarRichelle says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:54 am

    Awesome!

  3. AvatarFee says

    August 20, 2013 at 9:30 am

    I love these!

  4. AvatarStylish Kylie says

    August 20, 2013 at 10:01 am

    Oh yes – I can see how cool they would be. Now to find an old chest of drawers on eBay.

  5. AvatarInAbsinthea says

    August 20, 2013 at 10:28 am

    I have so many pieces screaming out for this. I was going to buy wallpaper and give my pieces the same kind of treatment, but these will be far more suitable. Can’t wait to put in an order!

  6. AvatarTheLoverList says

    August 20, 2013 at 10:31 am

    Jen, I think you just unleashed the DIY demon in us all. I’ll be racing home to measure up my Ikea shoe cabinet. The hardest decision will be choosing a colour to paint the O’verlay panel.

  7. AvatarMads Allman says

    August 20, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    What an amazing product, amazing article can’t wait to get my ikea drawers sorted!!

  8. AvatarCarolin says

    August 20, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    Therese this is soooo cool!

  9. AvatarVanilla Annie says

    August 20, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    LOVE LOVE LOVE. My Malm draws are screaming for some of these.

  10. AvatarAnne-Marie says

    August 20, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    it is just such a clever idea…. so simple!

  11. AvatarLisa Rothen says

    August 20, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    What’s fabulous idea….I have been wanting to update my chest of drawers for some time now and I now have just the thing to help me achieve the look I want…thanks for sharing your discovery.

  12. AvatarMichele Deece says

    August 20, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    I have lusted after these for years and having lived in the States was lucky enough to have some in my home. Now that these are in Australia – there will be no stopping me. Awesome product and yes the most difficult decision will be what colour to paint them!

  13. AvatarBianca says

    August 20, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Road side finds is looking good with overlays

  14. AvatarMichele B says

    August 20, 2013 at 7:24 pm

    These are so clever!!

  15. AvatarTherese Tarlinton says

    August 20, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    Thank you for all the great comments. I can’t wait for all the Interiors Addicts to transform some Ikea pieces, so I can share the results with everyone.
    Therese @ O’verlays

  16. AvatarLu Reeves says

    August 20, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    Genius!!!!!!!!!

  17. AvatarJuliet Interiors says

    August 20, 2013 at 10:49 pm

    Finally!!! What an amazing product and it’s right here at our door step. Couldn’t be happier to have these overlays at my fingertips with the amazing Therese. I have many Ikea pieces…. now they are waiting for their makeovers 🙂

    xxx Juliet Interiors xxx

  18. AvatarSamantha Bailey says

    August 21, 2013 at 6:32 am

    This is an amazing idea and like all the best ones it is fabulously simple. I just wish I had come up with it!!!

    This is going to knock straight out of the park!

  19. AvatarCatherine Whitting says

    August 21, 2013 at 7:07 am

    Therese I absolutely love these products! Every home in Australia is craving for a delicious O’verlay! Especially to revamp a tired kid used and finger printed IKEA anything! Resene paints would be brilliant on these.. . Maybe O’verlays could launch in NZ as well! I hear another international Upstyled Travelling Tour coming on !!!

  20. AvatarKate Barnes says

    August 22, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Love that blue and gold Gatsby style one. Endless colour combo possibilities. Fabulous!

  21. AvatarTony says

    August 23, 2013 at 11:47 am

    Wow – This is magnificent. It looks superb. It adds so much bling to something so simple.

  22. AvatarGary says

    August 26, 2013 at 3:38 am

    Love this

  23. AvatarAshlin says

    August 28, 2013 at 10:01 am

    Amazing!!! This really dpes excite me.

  24. AvatarLinda says

    September 11, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    Have been admiring high end furniture with these designs for years, so will be great to see them available down under.

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