DIY HOME & GARDENS IDEAS

I found all of the following ideas on the DIY Home & Gardens Website... these were some of my favorites. Thought you all might like them too!

STENCILED HEAD BOARD... INSTRUCTIONS: "Although this headboard looks complex, it requires only basic skills and a few bucks. Using a jigsaw, cut a curvy headboard from medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and paint a base coat in a color you love. When dry, use a stencil roller (find it at a crafts store) to apply a trendy damask stencil in a cool contrasting color. We rounded out this vignette with stenciled pillows."




COASTER ART....




YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ARTIST FOR THIS ONE... INSTRUCTIONS: "For this large canvas, simply return to old college textbooks for words and phrases you like and enlarge them on 11x17-inch paper. After trimming the pages close to the text, glue the papers to a large piece of canvas. Cut colorful tissue paper into irregular shapes. Using glue diluted 3:1 with water and a wide paintbrush, affix the tissue-paper shapes to the canvas. When the tissue gets wet from the glue, the words show through."




NOT SO ORDINARY VINTAGE FRAMES... CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS ONE!!! I think this would be cool with more personal pictures instead of vintage pictures either printed in black & white or sepia.




I LOVEEEE THIS ONE, They used ceiling medallions (what goes around the top of a light fixture to hide the hole in the ceiling). You can get these at Lowes for a decent price.



OLD LICENSE PLATES HAMMERED TO CHEAP REPURPOSED WOOD...

WALL ART...

Found this on www.ruralintellegence.com ...





Found this on http://blog.pinkpoundshop.com/fabulous-frames/

WHITE TABLE [$45]

This table measures at 24 in. Wide & 21.5 Tall. It has a glass top & rattan bottom... very shabby chic! [$45]

Let me know if you are interested! Give me a call or text 501-951-1577

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LIME GREEN TABLE [$35] HOT PINK MIRROR [$50] OR [$75 FOR BOTH]

LIME GREEN TABLE - $35.... it measures at 22.5 in. Tall & 20.5 Wide

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HOT PINK MIRROR- $50 ... it measures 50 in. Tall & 28 in. Wide

I forgot to take a "BEFORE" picture of this one but it was a very yucky colored gold beforehand, & now it is a vibrant fun pink! The mirror hangs on the wall, I just didn't want to put a nail in the wall just to take a picture~!



OR [$75] FOR BOTH THE TABLE & MIRROR

RED RETRO TABLE FOR SALE! [$25]

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I used a krylon spray paint that is made for plastic furniture so that it would stick to the top well. I am asking $25! Please let me know if you are interested!!! 501.951.1577

DIY Dorm Room for cheap

I found this one on ApartmentTherapy.com

Construction paper feature wall! The investment is minimal & it only takes couple of hours on a weekend to transform an otherwise dull space. As Candace Olsen would say... "HOW divine!"



I got the above idea from http://collegegirl.typepad.com/blog/

COFFEE FILTER WALL FLOWERS: Cheap, funky, & fun! The best part is you don't have to worry about dorm room rules, no need to nail holes in the wall, you can use sticky-tack or tape for this pretty design!

How To:
Round up a ton of coffee filters, how many you need will be based on how intricate of a design you want to make
Cut them as desired (refer to the picture for examples of how she cut around the border on some of the filters).
Using sticky-tack, firmly press them to the wall in whatever design you desire! You can copy the example above or let your creative juices flow and create a work of art all your own!



This was mine & Chelsea Grahams dorm room our freshman year at UCA. We lived in hughes hall on the 1st floor in a tinie-tiny room! This is how we made it feel "homey"... We got pink insulation foam panels at home depot & cut them down the the size we wanted using an exacto-knife. Then we used spray adhesive to glue to batting to the foam & then did the same thing with the red fabric we found on clearance. The headboards sit on the floor & you just push the bed up against it to hold them into place. To add a little more flare, we used hercules hooks to hang black & white prints on them that we purchased for cheap at walmart. This made us feel cozy & not like we were in a dorm room... They can also be pushed together to make a queen headboard which is what they are currently being used for... very functional.



Our parents had a bunch of old records that we used as wall decorations. We used sticky tack to hang them so that it didn't ruin the records & hung them angled to make it a little more funky. This drew peoples eyes up when they entered the room.



The dorm rooms are TINY so the best way to maximize your space is to build up! Chelsea's dad built us these custom shelves that sat on the top of our desks... I don't know what we would have done without these! They were a HUGE help.

For Baby Mae's Room