Archive Category: 'DIY Projects'

• Grow 100 lbs. Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet: {How To}: Quite the clever gardening tip here folks! Today’s feature includes tips from three different sources for growing potatoes vertically (in layers) instead of spread out in rows across your garden. If you have limited garden space or want to try some nifty gardening magic, this could be a great option for you. First, there’s this article [...]
• How To Make Stone Planters: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with instructions for making these lovely Stone Planters: Make your own stunning planter using stones and cement. Making these is easy! Fill a large plastic bin with sand and make a hole inside, arrange the rocks along the sides of the hole, fill with cement, stick in a couple dowels for [...]
• 15 Potting Bench Plans: {Free DIY Projects & Tips}: Working with a potting bench during gardening season is pure luxury and you’ll find yourself looking forward to puttering away at your own little garden center. You can have everything organized in one location, including bags of potting soil, empty pots and containers, hanging garden tools, plant food and fertilizers (just make sure to store them [...]
• 72 Hour Emergency Preparedness Kit: {DIY}: Today’s feature offers a wealth of information from the Government of Canada for emergency preparedness: Is Your Family Prepared? If an emergency happens in your community, it may take emergency workers some time to reach you. You should be prepared to take care of yourself and your family for a minimum of 72 hours. Learn how [...]
• Small-Space Raised Salad Box: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from Sunset with this nifty Small-Space Salad Box: Having fresh greens at your fingertips is one of the best parts of the growing season. And with a raised planter right outside the kitchen door, you can have a continual supply of salad greens nearly year-round. This 3½-foot-tall box, designed by Sunset senior Home [...]
• Quick Knife & Scissor Sharpener Tricks: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from DIY Life with The Daily Fix: Sharpen Dull Knives (Scissors and Can Openers, Too!): I needed to sharpen my knife in a pinch — trouble is, I don’t own a knife sharpener. So I figured out the next best thing: my morning coffee mug. It’s true, the bottom of most ceramic coffee mugs [...]
• Hanging Storage Baskets Project: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from Woman’s Day with this Hanging Baskets Craft Project (it’s easier than you think!): In small bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens, sometimes, there’s just not enough space for another piece of furniture. That’s where this handy craft project comes in. You can create pockets of storage by hanging a series of wicker baskets from [...]
• Creative Game Board Storage Art: {DIY}: Looking for a WOW factor in your rec room that will also keep your games organized? Today’s feature is from Infarrantly Creative provides the solution with Game Board Storage Art: Board games makes the perfect art, in my humble opinion. They are beautifully designed and large enough to be substantial art pieces. Want to [...]
• Cut Wine Bottles & Etched Glass: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from Curbly with this clever & crafty way to turn empty wine bottles (or any colored glass bottle) into something really special, How To: Cuttin’ Glass and Taking Names: Ever looked at a wine bottle to admire its shape, color, or translucent qualities? These features shouldn’t go to waste in the recycling bin. [...]
• DIY Wrapping Paper & Ribbon Organizer: Today’s feature is by Centsational Girl with this tutorial for a handy DIY Wrapping Paper and Ribbon Organizer: This project took about two hours total from start to finish over the course of two days, but now I have this great little wrapping paper organizer and I’ve maximized storage in a place I wasn’t using before- [...]
• How To Build A $50 Greenhouse: {DIY}: Today’s feature is by the Door Garden with this diy tutorial How To Build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse: Now that I have a little bit of experience under my belt using my small greenhouse I see that this is a tool that I enjoy using and that can extend the productivity of my garden throughout the [...]
• Wallpaper Headboard How-To: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from Etsy with this tutorial for Headboard From Wallpaper Projects: Since we’ve never found a headboard we were in love with, we spend an inordinate amount of time in the morning fluffing up our pillows to conceal as much of it as possible. Crafting one out of wallpaper opens up all kinds of [...]
• Pottery Barn (Like) Multipanel Mirror: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from Starter Home to Dream Home with My DIY $60 Pottery Barn Knock-off Multipanel Mirror: I have seen the “multipanel mirror” on every decorating show and in every celebrity home. I wanted it! I had to have it. But I wasn’t willing to dish out the $700 Pottery Barn was asking! I showed this [...]
• DIY: Pottery Barn (Like) Crafty Lazy Susan: Today’s feature is from The Crafters File Box with this clever idea for DIY: PBK Lazy Susan: I have always loved this lazy susan from Pottery Barn Kids. What I didn’t love is the price. $49? Ouch! I have thought about this long and hard and I came up with THIS idea! And can you believe [...]
• DIY: Wall Mounted Magnetic Spice Rack: Today’s feature is from The Kitchn with this tutorial for How To Make a Wall-Mounted Magnetic Spice Rack: This homemade wall-mounted spice rack David created for his kitchen. Read on for details on how he did it, and links to all the equipment you’d need to recreate this in your own kitchen. The tutorial is very basic [...]
• DIY Pom-Pom Lamp: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Ruffles And Stuff with this tutorial for a Practically Free Pom-Pom Lamp: Unfortunately these pictures don’t do justice to this lamp at all! It’s so pretty when the lights are low! It reminds me of those dandelions that kids love to blow on ) How sweet is that! All you need for [...]
• 13 Budget Friendly Headboard Ideas: Hang a decorative quilt or tapestry panel. You can either frame it or hang on a pretty decor rod (such as ornamental or brass). Hang a large framed mirror or framed picture above the bed or make an arrangement of smaller framed pictures. Hang an old door sideways. Attach a narrow shelf to the wall above the bed [...]
• Shadow Box Key Garage: {DIY}: Today’s feature is from DIY Ideas with this project for making a nifty Key Garage: Tip: Hang the shadow box near your entry door–no more hunting for your keys! Here’s a handy way to keep your keys organized and stylish at the same time. Make a key cabinet using a few simple items: shadow box (select a design [...]
• Quick & Easy Homemade Ice Packs: How To: A few different options for having ice packs and ice bags on hand as well as frugal ideas for keeping your lunchbags and camping coolers nice and chilled. Reuseable gel type ice packs: Method #1 2 cups water 1/3 cup vodka (80 proof) Food coloring (any color you like) Ziploc Freezer Bag Pour liquids into ziploc freezer bag, add food coloring [...]
• 250 DIY Halloween Ideas, Projects & Crafts: I’ve just updated Tipnut’s DIY Halloween, you’ll find over 250 creative DIY projects, ideas, recipes & tutorials–some spooky, some cute, all fun! Everything is free to access and dedicated to all things Halloween. If you’ve been browsing through it before today you may have come across a few outdated links, these have all been pruned or [...]
• Plastic Tunnel Cold Frame: DIY: Today’s feature is from The Door Garden with this DIY project for a Simple Plastic Tunnel Cold Frame or Row Cover: A simple plastic tunnel like this can serve as a cold frame to grow salad greens all winter long, to grow out tomatoes and other tender plants, to extend the season for an early [...]
• DIY Craft Station: Crate Style: Today’s feature is from Woman’s Day magazine with this super easy project for a DIY Sewing or Craft Station: As an crafter will tell you, it can be difficult to keep track of all the little bits from current or past projects. That’s why we love this do-it-yourself craft and sewing station. It creates a space [...]
• DIY Upholstered Bench From Ugly Coffee Table: Today’s feature is from ModHomeEcTeacher at Curbly with How To Turn an Ugly Coffee Table Into an Upholstered Bench: What do you do with an old coffee table with a dinged up or stained top? Turn it into a soft, lovely, upholstered bench for your hallway, end of your bed or as an upholstered ottoman in [...]
• 20 DIY & Craft Projects: {Pets}: Lucky Dog! Wrap Pillow: (as seen in picture) Create a homemade pillow for your favorite four-legged friend. How to Make a Raised Dog Feeder: A glue gun, wooden shadow box picture frame, napkin rings and voila! nice little station for your pet’s eating area. Weekend Warriors: Mr. Sambolini’s Solution for a Messy Litter Box: A litter-box enclosure [...]
• DIY Recycled Wine Bottle Torch: Today’s feature is from Gerardot & Co. with this tutorial for a clever Recycled Wine Bottle Torch: It’s been a record year for mosquitoes here in Indianapolis, Indiana and I’d been wanting to add some Tiki-esque torches to the patio to combat the little buggers, as well as provide some ambiance in the evenings. After searching [...]