Archive Category: 'DIY Projects'

• 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: blockquote>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 If you’ve been browsing through it before today you may have come across a few outdated links, these have all been pruned or [...]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: blockquote>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: blockquote>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: blockquote>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 [...]
• DIY Laundry Room Drying Rack: Today’s feature is from Centsational Girl with this clever DIY Laundry Room Drying Rack Project: blockquote>For a long time, I have really wanted one of those drying racks from Ballard Designs. You’ve seen them. They’re so perfect in the laundry room for drying your delicate clothing. I really wanted to save the money and build one myself. [...]
• DIY Craft & Tool Station: Repurposing: Today’s feature is from Crafty Nest with this nifty Craft & Tool Station Tutorial: blockquote>This project is what Elizabeth would call “finding crap on the curb and making something fabulous.” I found this mint green railing (from a crib? shelves?) in a pile of debris. Add galvanized wall pocket planters (on clearance at Jo-Ann for $1.50 [...]
• Patina In Minutes: How To: Today’s feature is from DIY Ideas with Patina In Minutes: blockquote>Why wait a lifetime for a rich patina finish when you can create it yourself? Here’s an easy way to add a faux-patina to concrete pieces you have for the garden, this adds a richness to the items that you’d otherwise have to wait years to naturally [...]
• How To Paint Laminate Furniture: Today’s feature is from Living With Lindsay with this tutorial for How to Paint Laminate Furniture: Let me be the first to tell you this: With the right preparations, you CAN paint laminate furniture and it WILL look good. You just need to follow the following steps I’m not really fond of laminate furniture and do my [...]
• How To Make An Olive Oil Lamp: Today’s feature is from Down To Earth with this tutorial for How To Make An Oil Lamp: blockquote>Well, I fiddled with it for a few days, tested wicks and oil levels, I now have a perfectly serviceable oil lamp that burns clean for hours, with no smell. I was looking for a replacement for paraffin candles [...]
• How To Make A Sun Jar: DIY: Today’s feature is from Lifehacker with Create Your Own Sun Jar: Lifehacker Edition: Here’s a step-by-step guide to building sun-capturing jars that create outdoor lighting at a fraction of the retail cost. Our searches for retail sun jars turned up prices ranging from $30-60 per unit. We were able to create all four sun jars for $44. If [...]
• How To Make A Teapot Lamp: Today’s feature is from Country Living with this sweet & clever project–Make Teapot Lamp: blockquote>Stylist Paul Lowe amassed an assortment of vintage china from his many flea market jaunts hunting for props. After seeing a photograph of a lamp made from a single teapot, he decided to create his own more elaborate variation. The first step is [...]
• How To Make A Tire Swing: DIY Project: Today’s feature is from My Mommy’s Place with this DIY tutorial How To Make A Tire Swing: blockquote>Items Needed: A tire. A strong rope. A tree. Oh the memories! Swinging on one of these was always something to look forward to in the summer. Is it possible to find anything in the stores nowadays that provides more [...]
• How To Make Concrete Leaves: Today’s feature is packed with a handful of tutorials showing you how to make concrete leaves, these turn out amazing and they are simply gorgeous tucked into flower beds and around the yard. Easy to make too! Casting Concrete Leaves: Basic Instructions Click the pictures below to visit the instructions for each project This tutorial is by craftgrrl [...]
• Build A Potting Bench: DIY Project: Today’s feature is from Vegetable Gardener with these free plans to Build a Potting Bench: blockquote>In the heart of every gardener grows the desire for a potting bench. It is form and function, ornament and tool. It’s a place where you work with your hands, a place where you let your mind run on. It can [...]
• Lattice Screen How-To: Garden Trick: Today’s feature is from Canadian Gardening with this nifty idea for hiding ugly air conditioner units, compost bins, and other eye-sore yard items with this Easy-To-Build Lattice Screen: blockquote> Hide an air conditioner or composter with this easy outdoor screen The gardener’s never-ending quest for more garden beds often means plantings have to share real estate with outdoor [...]
• Simple Recycling Center: DIY Project: Today’s feature is from Sunset with this Simple DIY Recycling Center: blockquote>It’s easy to close the back door and pretend that the jumble of recycling bins and garbage cans outside doesn’t exist ― but that only works when you’re in the house. Building a short lean-to just big enough to hold everything solves the problem. This is a [...]
• Weekend Quickies: 20 Summer Garden Crafts: Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with Summer Garden Crafts: blockquote>Twenty surprising ways to show off the season’s prettiest plants and blooms. Some really lovely projects, most are very simple to make and can easily be done on a weekend afternoon. Here are a few of my favorite ideas: Chalkboard Pots: Organize plants and seedlings, and identify homegrown [...]
• Mosaic Garden Art: How To: Today’s feature is from Fine Gardening with this extensive how-to: Making Mosaic Garden Art: blockquote>Sturdy, well-built objects made of metal, wood, terra-cotta, or concrete work well as base objects for a mosaic. The decorative mosaic pieces will adhere to just about any surface except items made from flimsy plastics that bend and bow. Garage and estate sales, [...]
• DIY Decorative Garden Towers Project: Move over pink flamingos! Today’s feature is from Do It Yourself Ideas with Quick Project: Garden Towers: blockquote>Garden Towers Punctuate your garden with towers made from ceramic and glass vases, cruets, saucers, and teapots. The idea is to take various china and ceramic items and attach them to the bottom of vases with all-weather contact adhesive. Once the [...]
• Cake-Frosting Garden Stepping Stone: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Backyard Living Magazine with this nifty project for Cake-Frosting Stepping Stones: blockquote>Make just one of these “cake-frosting” stepping-stones and you’ll be hooked. Success is guaranteed when you follow these simple (pardon the pun) step-by-step instructions. Best of all, you’ll recapture the mud-pie-making joy of childhood. The items you can use to make these [...]