Freebie Alert: 12 Printable Easter Crafts and Goodies!
Downloads, templates, and printables — oh my! Â We’ve rounded up some of the best free-for-the-printing Easter crafts all in one spot. Â Enjoy! Â Â
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Roundup: 10 Affordable DIY Modern Wall Art Projects!
Bare walls are the pits. Â Liven those bad boys up with some affordable modern art — that you made yourself! Â Here are ten of our favorite DIY wall art projects to make this week. Â Â
Roundup: 12 Easter Treats to Bake
If you thought Christmas was the highlight of the baking year, just look at these Easter treats! Colorful and full of life, I can’t think of a better way to usher in the season. Pops…is there anything cuter? Certainly not if we’re talking about Bakerella’s sweet creations. Start
Roundup: 5 Ways to Decorate with Washi Tape!
Ahh, washi tape.  The craft-o-sphere’s wunderkind!  This seemingly all-purpose material can be found gracing the surfaces of everything from Easter eggs to vases and now… walls!  Check out a few of our favorite unexpected decorative uses for this craft supply miracle!  Â
Roundup: 7 T-Shirt Re-Vamps
 I am a hands down t-shirt and jeans kinda gal. Always have been; always will be. I’m also the kind of person that, when she finds t-shirts that she likes, she buys 6 of all the same style in 6 different colors. The problem with that is it can lead to boredom. The answer […]
Roundup: 12 Unique and Modern DIY Easter Egg Ideas!
Fluffy pastel bunnies and plastic grass be gone! Â We’re celebrating Easter with some modern flair this year, starting with everyone’s favorite activity: dyeing Easter eggs! Â Here are 12 totally unique techniques that will have you foregoing the grocery store kits and celebrating the season with egg-streme style! Â Â
17 Savvy Tips to Organize Your Life
This Curbly guest post was written by Tiffany McLean of Living Saavy I love it when my life and house are organized.  This month on Living Savvy, I dedicated all of March to organizing my life and space.  I attacked anything behind a close door!  I also asked a few other organized bloggers to share their […]
Why You May Want to Learn to Love Your Popcorn Ceiling (And How to Lessen Their Visual Effect)
Recently, I had the opportunity to bend the ears of two professional drywall installers. Our conversation included a discussion about the pitfalls of removing popcorn ceilings, either by a DIYer or a pro. For the sake of this post, I’m not going to go into the whole asbestos discussion. Nope, for this post we’re going […]
Cleaning with Kids: Tips for Cleaning by Age
I have three little girls, two of which are very good at distributing toys, clothes, and books all over the house. After too many days of me chasing after them and cleaning up their messes, it was time to put them in charge of pulling some of the weight around the house. My sanity depended […]
Round Up: 7 Woven Easter Basket Tutorials
Whether you call them Easter baskets or spring baskets, these delightful DIY creations will add a fresh and festive feel to any space. Pictured above is Diane’s creation. Any self-respecting paper crafter will have everything on hand to re-create one. Running With Scissors has a sweet
Eye Candy: 12 Brilliant Craft Room Organization and Storage Ideas!
I don’t know about you, but my craft supplies tend to find themselves shoved into boxes and bins without any rhyme or reason. Â One of the items on my ever-growing list of things to do is to tackle this organizational mess. Â I mean, it’s utter chaos! Â Applying a few (or all) of these brilliant craft […]
Roundup: DIY Edible Arrangements and Centerpieces
Edible arrangements are quite popular these days. A quick perusal of the internets tells me that they can also be expensive, which is why I am loving these DIY ideas. Living Locuto’s darling veggie bouquets (pictured above) would
Alternative Uses for Vinegar: Free Download
Whether you’re cleaning, deodorizing, or simply looking for practical solutions, vinegar is an eco-friendly and cost-effective tool that can do wonders inside and outside your home.
Roundup: 12 Swoon-Worthy DIY Jewelry Organizers
 Is your jewelry shoved in a drawer somewhere? Do you wear the same pair of earrings day after day because you forget that you own others? Am I the only one saying, “yes”? Well I hope not, because there are some amazing solutions out there for storing and displaying your baubles. Here are 12 […]
5 Inspiring Trash-to-Treasure Rooms
We’re all busy cleaning and sprucing and organizing this month, and one of the side effects from the Spring-Cleaning bug is we tend to notice that things need a little… updating. Well, these rooms needed a little more than updating… they needed a complete overhaul and some much needed decorative ingenuity. Want to take a […]
How to: Give a Secondhand Chair a Golden Glam Makeover
This Curbly guest post is written by Dale Mackey This weekend my friend Steph and I made this chair together. Well, to be completely accurate, we took an old chair and turned it into this vision in white and gold. Inspired by a chair I’d seen at Anthropolgie, we took a free swivel chair I’d […]
Stain Removers Cheat Sheet: Free Download
This month we’re focusing on cleaning and organization, and we’re giving away a series of helpful cheat sheet PDFs from the Curbly library. Today, we’re unveiling a brand new cheat sheet: a handy list of effective household stain removers.
Roundup: 8 DIY Laundry Room Hacks, Tips, & Ideas
Getting the laundry room ship-shape for spring will be a SNAP with these very clever hacks. There’s something for everyone too. Woodworkers can go all out with Ana White’s Laundry Basket Dresser plan, pictured above. If you’d rather keep your tools in their chest, check out this super simple idea from Craft Blog. A ‘blob’ […]
Does Cleaning Your Dishwasher with Kool-Aid Really Work?
We’re wrapping up the “Does It Work?” Challenge with a suburban legend. For years I’ve heard that you can use powdered lemonade mix to clean the rust stains out of your dishwasher. So, in honor of cleaning and organization month, we’re putting the powder to the test to answer the burning question, does it work?
The “Does It Work” Challenge: Cleaning Floors with Wax Paper
 We’re halfway through cleaning and organization month at Curbly and all week we’ve been putting housekeeping tips and tricks to the test. Cleaning windows with newspaper and coffee filters. Polishing silver with baking soda. Using wax paper instead of Swiffer cloths. And today I’m subbing Swiffer cloths with wax paper. It’s cheaper, for sure, but does it work? Read on […]
