Photo Image: Re-Nest Upholstery and reupholstery encompass a very wide spectrum. Recovering your kitchen chair seat is very DIY friendly. However, reupholstering a La-Z-Boy will bring most first timers to their knees. Over at Re-Nest we got a glimpse into the upholstery classes taught by Matthew Haly.
It’s incredible what a washing machine can do! Ordinary knitted goodies, with their chains and geometry, become something different entirely with a run through the wash cycle. A wonderful case-in-point – these great felted nesting bowls. “i decided to try to make a bowl using a hat pattern heather gave me a few years ago. […]
Pottery Barn sells a multi-panel mirror that clocks in at 700 bananas. Mikael did a DIY version for—drum roll, please–60 dollars. The outcome is very hard to distinguish from the original. If you’d like to make one for yourself, just make a trip to Lowes with this list in hand:
I think Creature Comforts wins my very, very unofficial award for best DIY holiday projects this year. Nearly every day of the yuletide work week this December, they’ve offered some very fine holiday how-tos, many with free printable patterns and art, as well as all kinds of free alternative gift wrap options and gift tags. […]
How I DIY cleverly turned some chunks of wood into vintage dominoes. The procedure sounds simple enough–and CHEAP too, especially if you have some of the supplies on hand. Here’s what should be on your supplies list:
Let’s just imagine you’ve got some free time on Saturday morning and you’re having friends over Saturday night. Jeesh, that takes some imagination for cryin’ out loud! Well, lucky for you, Ben has given us a pattern to make FAB star lights out of manila envelopes to cover your basic white lights. This would […]
I can’t think of a sweeter way to top off a cup of hot chocolate than with these snowflake marshmallows. Martha tells us how to make the marshmallow mix from scratch (so you know it’s yummy). Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
Bacon Babble shows us how to make this kind of freaky wine bottle holder out of a bit of scrap 2 x 4. It would be a great last minute Christmas gift–with a bottle of wine (with a cork) as an accompaniment. You don’t need much to make it either. Check out the supply list:
Houston, Texas – based architecture firm Hometta are getting into the spirit of giving this year. They’re offering free buliding plans to make your own very contemporary gingerbread home. Their plan is “a small-scale version of the Draft House by Hometta’s own, award-winning HouMinn Practice.” The plans are based on a readymade gingerbread house kit […]
Get your festive on by whipping up a fringe fleece winter scarf. Because it’s made of fleece, there’s no need to do any fancy edge-stitchin’ (fleece doesn’t fray). Just a center seam holds it all together–and that, by the way, could be done by hand!
This project from Growing Up Creative was written as a craft for kids, but calling it a ‘kid craft’ sort of suggests that it’s on par with gluing pasta onto paper, which it is not. I mean, I guess it could be, but in the right hands, the outcome is a lovely and sophisticated-looking art […]
Frugal and Thriving scoured the internets and found 45 of some of the best diy bag tutorials out there. Choose from big bags and little bags, grocery store bags and cosmetic bags and everything in between.
A few weeks ago, these brilliant wine bottle vases designed by Erik Anderson made their way around the craft and style web world. But this time of year, we’re not apt to spending much time outside, and then wind isn’t apt to let you keep ’em lit. So, check out this translation from Lindsay and […]
There’s something about elegantly cut white paper that simply captures the holidays. So this season, grab your scissors and hang up some comfort and joy with this retro-inspired, mod paper snowflake garland. You could wrap it around your tree, drape across your mantle, or simple let it flow on a wall or from the ceiling. […]
Woodgears shares six easy-to-build bed plans. There’s simple twin, double, queen and king size, fancy double or queen and even a daybed. Don’t know which size is right would be right for you? Check out their handy bed-size comparison guide.
Skip the pine and flowers this holiday season and go edible with this charming berry tree. Decorative and practical, the strawberry tree is topped with an edible star as well! It’s creator, cookie and dessert aficionado Tish Boyle, graciously shares with us a tutorial of how to put one together. We’ll start with the supplies:
Oh, sure, you can string them and put them on the tree as garland, but there’s so many more ways to use cranberries to decorate for the holidays. Here’s just a few ideas from BGH: Add them to glass cylinders for a festive nest for candles. (I particularly like how you can get varying heights […]
True, only the tiniest of gifts can fit under this toothpick Christmas tree, but there are plenty of other reasons to create its spikey holiday goodness. Fun and easy for all ages. Materials: Round wooden toothpicks (not colored) Styrofoam balls and base Spray snow Ornaments Old newspapers Check out the instructions on eHow.
STOP!! Don’t even go down the cheapy Christmas ornament aisle. Look what you can make from paper. One is done by quilling, rolling and gluing pieces of paper.
Let me just share this nifty RE-Use project with you. I’ll be showing you how you can put those old ratty towels you’re tempted to away to good use.
