Do It Yourself Decor on a Budget! Create a delightfully stylish home on a very modest budget. Here’s a fun collection of remodeling tips, decor tips, faux finishing techniques, and helpful photos.
For ions, interior designers have provided tips on how to decorate your bedroom with your …
If you’re limited on time to decorate, you’ll adore these double duty reversible decorations! Offering …
Upcycling is all about taking an old, potentially unwanted objects and giving them new life. In this case, one of our members is giving new life to parts of an old bed and a few broken pieces of sports equipment to make a gorgeous, functional bench!
Button flowers are quickly becoming a popular craft for all ages. Straightforward to make, these …
Planning on holding a BBQ Bash or a Party? Looking to Spruce up your Celebration table? First, make sure that your watermelon is at room temperature. It will be much easier for you to carve the melon and it won’t “sweat”, which often will cause your design to run.
Texturizing offers the opportunity to change an object or a room to make it stand …
Graining or Combing a surface adds a beautiful texture, created a strie (or striped) effect. …
The process of gold leaf gilding is a process of applying a decorative fine gold …
Decoupage techniques can be applied to nearly any surface. During the fall and winter months, …
The Colorwashing technique provides a beautiful translucent texture using varying color palettes. The use of …
Faux Antiquing and Distressing is a unique way to drastically change the look of furniture and walls, giving them a lovely “aged” appearance, or “old World style”. Check out these easy to learn faux antiquing and distressing techniques.
Adding a Verdigris Faux Finish will create a lovely green coating (such as those that …
There are several different techniques for ragging and parchment. Ragging is the process of rolling …
A Trompe L’oeil is a highly decorative mural that “pretends” to be more than it …
Decorative wall murals can add an awesome accent to any room, but what if you’re …
There’s nothing that brightens my day more than receiving beautiful fresh cut flowers. I hate …
You’ve probably seen this adorable scarecrow face wreath show up in your social media feeds. …
Flower buttons, also known as blooming buttons are cute as a button, (pardon the pun) …
Fall is a beautiful time of year & nature offers an abundance of inexpensive decorations, …
Toss out the sparklers! Kids can safely show their patriotic spirit with these super easy …
Our laundry room was a complete eyesore, but it just wasn’t in the budget to splurge on redecorating overhaul. Instead I decided give the room a makeover for under $20.
I was recently faced with the challenge of needing multiple cake pedestals of various heights …
Displaying Glass beverage dispensers at cookouts, picnics or bbq’s can be a hassle, overhanging the …
Chalk paint is extremely popular for home do it yourself projects for several reasons.. the biggest reason being that it’s nearly effortless and requires little to NO sanding preparation before painting! However, if you buy “premade” chalk paint, it can be very expensive. Here’s a simple recipe to make your own in ANY color you want!
Chalk paint is wondrous stuff, designed for the busy person who wants to be crafty, but has little to no time to do so. It requires no sanding, no major scrubbing, pretty much zero prep work, but results in a gorgeous finish. . .
Thomas Edison is credited with saying, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is …
Are you tired of your plain old “blah” light-switch and outlet covers? Here’s a simple, do it yourself project that will add sparkle to any room . . .
Fresh flowers are beautiful, but having them in your home is not always an option. Seasons, allergies, and costs are all contributing factors, but let’s get real – they die and customarily create a huge mess. But you say you really like the feeling flowers bring to a room? Well, why don’t you use a silk arrangement? No, not those scanty arrangements you see in most stores. Make your own! It is a lot easier than you think
So I love the wall art that uses the word LOVE in it and has it shaped like a square, but I could never find anything design wise that fit my style…until…I got the great idea to make my own. Unfortunately I didn’t take any step by step pics so I will describe as best as possible and if you have further questions ask away! Oh and of course you don’t have to do the word love it can be done with any word.
If you happen to have a bi-fold door that you’d like to re-purpose, learn this fantastic trick for increasing space in a tight spot! Or, if you happen to have a tiny closet, office or water closet, learn how to expand that area with minimal effort . . .
3 Tried and true simple methods for removing wallpaper fast and inexpensively!
Here is wonderfully simple Autumn decoration that can be put together in less than 10 minutes. It makes a lovely centerpiece as well.
