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

Potato-Patato

I love the look of an old potato sack as a pillow. Rustic but fun! Burlap is great to mix with modern. It rustic, masculine, & casual which I love because it throws all of the girly classy things for a curve. I like the mix-n-match style look. I guess eclectic would be the word... I love this idea because its cheap, practical, & useful... I would love to make GIANT floor pillows for dogs & kids out of burlap. It would be perfect for a family/game-room!

Stumped...

Thank you Jesus for giving us trees!!! The uses for them are numerous & I love the idea of taking natural elements indoors. Now if you're a tree hugger, I apologize because I think making stumps into side tables is pure genius! You can leave them natural, sand & stain it, or paint it... love love love!

Do it yourself room.

My headboard is made out of two hollow doors. I got a discount on the doors because they had been punctured. Then I hinged the two doors together on the front and back. Next I sprayed adhesive on the doors & laid my foam on top, wrapped it with black corduroy fabric all the way around, & stapled it on the back. It is about 3-4 inches thick and It can be a big dramatic queen headboard turned vertically & a king size headboard turned horizontally. The bed is just pressed up against it, no need to mount it because it sits on the floor.



This was a brass chandelier that I found at Salvation Army for $4 and spray painted black. It is probably my favorite piece in my room and was SUPER cheap.




This chair my mom found at Blue Suede Shoes in Bryant for $20 and then we had it recovered... so cute!




This dresser was my great-grandmas that I painted black & added antique pulls. It was originally a yellow/orange wood with boxy wooden pulls.

Dresser with glass knobs for sale

SOLD

Off White 5 drawer dresser with glass knobs. I have wooden knobs as well if you prefer those but I personally thought the glass knobs made it more elegant. The drawers open & close smoothly.

32.5" L x 16.5" W x 50.5" H.... [PRICE: $175]

Sorry this one had now been sold! More furniture to sell coming soon!

Keep the Klutter Kute!

Okay, this is probably as easy & cheap as it gets... but how creative! Someone I know did this with a shutter hanging vertically & uses it in her kitchen to put wedding invitations, Christmas cards, & other things on. Too stinkin cute!




Bulletin boards are adorable, I don't care who you are! Especially ones like this one. They took square pieces of cork board (which you can buy for cheap at hobby lobby), covered them in different scrap pieces of fabric, & then mounted them inside an old picture frame! Magnificent! I want to make my own but do it in a 3 x 3 squares & frame it with left over crown molding.



Whoever invented chalkboard paint is brilliant! I love the looks of a chalkboard to-do list in kitchens or laundry rooms but I have to admit I absolutely can't stand the sound & texture of chalk. It gives me the heebie jeebies! I wish someone would invent a black dry erase board paint & a white dry erase board marker... yes, that sounds very nice.

"I love lamp."

WHAT A CUTE IDEA!!! I am a HUGE fan of lamps. I actually got one the other day from salvation army that I will upload as soon as I spice up the lamp shade. When I open my store, I definitely want to have a "lamp bar"... The other pictures are do it yourself lamps. One is made out of hemp, the other is a tin can, and the other is an old washing machine barrel. LOVE THEM ALL!

I love using things for anything but their real purpose.

I saw this on a website & before I realized what it was I already thought it was cool. Now that I know it is supposed to be used for something else, it is even more interesting. Champagne flutes as candle holders, who would have thought?!