Hi! I’m Jaharn and for over 20 years I’ve always loved upcycling something old into something new.

Get ready to roll up your sleeves because we’re about to rummage through piles of dusty furniture and decor to find the diamond in the rough. The messier, the better. I'm obsessed with sharing my love of affordable, elevated and sustainable upcycling and DIY projects, and I hope they become your definitive guide to learning lifelong creative skills. Scouring thrift stores and tip shops, finding unique pieces for next to nothing, seeing the potential, and transforming them with a little bit of creativity and elbow grease is my Roman Empire. My purpose is to show you how you can easily transform the pieces you thrift, or may already have, using unexpected materials in unexpected ways. Are you ready? Let's get making!

I’m sharing my projects to create a positive change in the world

I never realised how valuable those upcycling skills would become until we built our first home and had no money to buy furniture. Yup. Zero. Nada. So, off I went on a mission to upcycle lots of furniture and decor around our home. After being being encouraged by family and friends to start sharing my projects on Instagram, I did not know my projects would be loved and recreated by millions worldwide. Fast forward to today and upcycling has now become my full-time job.

Have you ever walked into a store and found something you loved but it was out of your budget? Same. I know what it’s like when you want your home to look thoughtfully decorated but your budget doesn’t match the price tag. It makes you feel like you’re in a rut where your style and budget doesn’t match up. And it’s for that very reason why I have always loved upcycling. There’s no greater feeling than upcycling something old into something new, especially when you save thousands of dollars.

Just like you I love flipping through the pages of my favourite magazines, pouring over gorgeous images on Pinterest and scrolling through estate sales and home tours on TikTok, but it sometimes makes us feel like we’ll never have a beautiful home because everything feels unattainable or out of our budget. And filling our homes with low quality fast furniture and fast fashion isn’t sustainable for the long term (or the planet). To me, there’s no greater satisfaction than creating something you’ve been dreaming of with your own hands.

Here you will find lots of approachable, elevated and sustainable projects

Want to learn how to thrift and upcycle? You’ve come to the right place. I’ve got over 25 years experience thrifting and upcycling secondhand furniture, home decor and clothes. I love using unexpected materials in unexpected ways and my purpose is to make interior design feel attainable, reduce the impact of fast furniture and fast fashion, and salvage items that are destined for landfill by sharing approachable, elevated, sustainable upcycling tutorials.

Whether it's upcycling barstools found on the kerbside, transforming an outdated dresser from a charity shop into a beautiful set of fluted drawers, or upcycling the perfect summer bow top you found at a thrift store, you’ll walk away feeling inspired and empowered to recreate the projects you find here. And design and upcycle your own.

Want to Work With Me?

I love working with likeminded brands both big and small to create upcycling and DIY tutorials, projects how to’s and lots more. Please feel free to get in touch and email me at jaharn@smorhome.com. I'd love to hear from you! For additional information, including brands I’ve collaborated with and projects I’ve done, click here.

Where does the name “Smor” come from?

When I went to Copenhagen in 2018, I fell in love with the Danish word for butter, smør. With family roots in Denmark, I wanted to bring this slow, cosy feeling of smør back home through upcycling, making and thrifting. And Smor Home was born in December 2019.