These 10 Home Libraries Are For People Who Really, Really Love Their Books (PHOTOS) As lovely as it can be to come home to a good meal and good company, there's really nothing like coming home to spend some quality time with a good read -- especially if it's in your very own library. And whether you're a newspaper in the morning kind of person or someone who's constantly growing their classics collection, it's difficult to argue that these libraries from our friends at Porch.com are anything but where literary dreams meet decor dreams.
Where could you see yourself getting lost in a good book? Nothing makes books pop like sleek white bookshelves. Porch.com For a classic look, deep tones and rich woods are the way to go. Porch.com No need to take an entire room with fab modern shelves like these... Porch.com. 19 Foolproof Ways To Make A Small Space Feel So Much Bigger. 51 Budget Backyard DIYs That Are Borderline Genius. 8 Tips From a Master Renovator. It doesn’t take maximum money to make maximum impact in your home. Hollywood interior designer Nicole Sassaman, who recently completed her hundredth home renovation, says that all it takes are a few savvy design ideas to add value to your home—no matter your budget. The home-flipper extraordinaire, author of the new book "100 Sassy Tips: Renovations," believes in reusing and repurposing whenever possible.
“I don’t want to cry over what I don’t have,” she says. “I’d rather ask, ‘What do we have?’ Because that’s how you create things no one else has.” Here, Sassaman shares some of the most budget-friendly (and high-style) design sense from her book so you can save some cents—and save yourself the headache of a total renovation. To see the slides in one long list, click into the slideshow and select "list view. " View Slide Show. 31 DIY Ways To Make Your Backyard Awesome This Summer | While you’re impatiently waiting for summer to just GET HERE already, start planning your outdoor space. 1.
Set up a movie theater. 2. Plant a bunch of these giant allium flowers. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Here’s a very cool personal fire pit you can make for less than $25. Perfect for s’mores night. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Turn the tent into a pillow-filled reading nook. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Comments comments. 21 Coolest Alcove Beds. 25 DIY Ways To Update Your Stairs. 30 Design Ideas to Make Your Small Bedroom Look Bigger by Micle Mihai-Cristian | Bob Vila Nation. Interior design By Freshome.com - Interior Design & Architecture Magazine on Oct 30, 2012 If you are looking for inspiration on how to decorate a small bedroom, prepare to be overwhelmed with fantastic ideas.
After publishing these contemporary bedroom design ideas guaranteed to “rock your world”, these charming Swedish modern bedrooms and these holiday-inspiring ocean-view bedrooms, it is time to have a look at practical solutions for small homes. For today we gathered 30 photos of small bedroom interiors, each of them displaying a clever layout. So take your time and go through each and every photo from the list below, analyzing details and slowly configuring your dream bedroom. You're reading 30 Small Bedrooms Ideas To Make Your Home Look Bigger originally posted on Freshome. The post 30 Small Bedrooms Ideas To Make Your Home Look Bigger appeared first on Freshome.com. Visit Freshome.com - Interior Design & Architecture Magazine » 11 awesome things to make using empty wine bottles. Since you're a student we're guessing you've got some empty cans and bottles lying around. Just a hunch. Well, whilst those beer cans might be a bit of a lost cause, turns out your wine bottles may be ripe for reusing.
But we aren't just talking recycling here. We're talking upcycling. That's right, it's the craze that's sweeping the internet (or as a lot of people like to call it, Pinterest) and it's all about turning your rubbish in to functional, beautiful stuff. In the case of wine bottles you can make art, light and even water your garden. Freshers Fields is back for 2013! 1. Simply wash them out, soak the labels off and stick in some sweets to make a colourful, and tasty, counter filler. 2. With a bit of clay and some bits and pieces of your choosing you can turn that dull mass-produced bottle into something worthy of display. 3.
Trying to find something to do with those fairy lights in the months after Christmas? 4. This one is pretty self explanatory. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 15 Easy DIY Ways To Add Color To A Room. 27 Ways To Maximize Space With Room Dividers. Ornamental greens. Psychology-of-color.png (PNG Image, 975 × 3080 pixels) Reader's home. I am pleased to present a fabulous renovation of a reader's home today. This one I can relate to. Interior designer Sary's home looks about as narrow as mine (12') which is quite a design challenge. Here is a bit of history of her home: "It's a typical brick Philadelphia rowhouse built in the early 1900's. The previous owner was an elderly woman that had been living there for over 60 years and probably hadn't renovated it in about 50. It was filled with paneling, peeling wallpaper, drop ceilings, dirty carpets... " The result was basically a gut job by Sary and her family turning this into a spectacular makeover that is SO inspiring.
Sary essentially redid every surface - the walls, ceilings and floors. I loooove the bench/tv stand/book storage unit Sary and her father built (in an afternoon with just a nail gun, using wood she had pre-cut at Lowes) that extends from the living room into the dining space. Next, a couple photos from the powder room located just behind the dining room. Painted Wood Wall Art | Via Salvage Love. Photo: Claire Ferrante of Little Dog Vintage Materials: -2 pieces of MDF 30 inches x 24 inches and 1 centimeter thick which equals one piece that is 60 x 24. I bought two pieces because I assumed when I attached the wood strips, they would end up being heavy and it would be easier (and safer) to hang them next to each other as two separate pieces -approximately 100 pieces of wood various sizes and depths -7 paint colors. Here is where you can really have fun.
I chose colors that matched my living and threw in a few colors for contrast. -bag of sponge paint brushes -sand paper -Liquid Nails (this stuff is pretty amazing) -table saw. Time: This is definitely a time consuming project. Cost: paint- 7 / 7.25ML cans of paint -$24 2 pieces of MDF- $24 sponge brushes- $5 Liquid Nails- $3 sand paper- already had some wood strips – free! Total Cost: $56 for materials (I was lucky to not have to pay for wood. With the help of my wonderful father and his table saw, we got to cutting the strips of wood. Modern Wall Art with Paint Swatches! Looking for a way to fill that blank wall but don't have permission to paint?
All you need is a trip to a major hardware store and an afternoon in front of a good movie to take care of that little dilemma. Supplies Needed: Large frame with paper insert, a ton of pretty paint chips, double-sided tape squares, and vinyl letters appropriate to the size of your frame or phrase (4" - 6"). I went with a color scheme that involved a variety of tones from some of my favorite colors. It's basically a muted rainbow with plenty of lighter shades to keep things from getting too busy. 1. 3. Paint chip art is a great option for renters looking to fill a big space without spending a small fortune! Suitcase. I’ve mentioned before that I use suitcases in our bedroom for extra storage. But that’s just one way to repurpose a vintage suitcase. For some gobsmackingly creative ideas, scroll on! Giftwrapping box Better Homes & Gardens Collect all your wrap, tags and tape in one place in a mobile wrapping station.
Sewing kit Mini macs Similarly, use it as a hobby or sewing kit to keep everything together and make it portable. Blanket box Design*Sponge Use large trunks at the foot of the bed for blankets, shoes or out-of-season clothes. Shelving Casa Sugar Add shelves to a trunk to create a mini closet or shoe rack. Liquor trolley Apartment Therapy Go one better and add wheels to create a rolling booze cabinet. File rack / pinboard Design*Sponge Affix to your study wall for a memo board and hidden file storage – genius! Vanity/medicine cabinet Vanity Case How incredible is this vanity cabinet?
Bedside table Apartment Therapy Simply plonk a suitcase on a stool for an instant bedside table with plenty of storage. Table Chair. Map Coasters - Martha Stewart Entertaining Crafts. Wire-Edged Fabric Flowers. **This tutorial is intended for personal use only.** Hi! How are you doing? I'm having my usual beginning of the year, slow-like- molasses kind of start. Are you feeling the same way too? My body is tired and sore from the hoopla of the holidays. Moving on......... Okay, so you say that you're a scrap fabric saver just like me.
**This tutorial is intended for personal use only This tutorial will show you how to create wire edged fabric plumeria or frangipani flowers from scrap pieces of fabric. Supplies: You will need fabric scraps, 26 gauge cloth covered floral stem wire in 18" lengths, a sharpie or a dowel approximately 1/2" in diameter, a plastic seed bead container or a dowel approximately 7/8" in diameter, Tacky Glue, scotch tape, floral tape, sharp scissors, and a pair of wire cutters/pliers. Please note: The length of wire that you choose to use for each of your petals will ultimately depend on what project you will be using these flowers on. Let the petals dry completely. Aloha! Branch Bookshelf. Loop de Loop Pillows. I am a chronic doodler. My school notebooks always had more scribbles of flowers, geometric shapes, and animals than actual notes. To this day, my Purl Bee notes look more like mysterious outsider art than useful information.
One of my recurring doodle themes is a loop de loop motif. I love the hypnotic repetition of it. With this penchant for doodling, it’s no wonder that I love embroidery so much. These Loop de Loop Pillows combine the simple, breezy feeling of a notebook jot with the beauty of embroidery. Materials For a set of three pillows, two 14-inch square and one 18-inch square: Note: If you'd just like to make one pillow you will need 1/2 a yard of fabric for each 14-inch pillow and 1 yard for each 18-inch pillow. Cutting For the smaller pillows cut : 2- 15-inch squares4- 11-inch X 15-inch rectangles For the larger pillow cut: 1- 19-inch square2- 13-inch X 19-inch rectangles Put all of the rectangular pieces aside until you reach the sewing section of the pattern. Marking For pillow A: Book Lamp. This project is very simple and if you already have a book that you're willing to sacrifice, the cost is just $5 for the lamp from IKEA. Some people freak out when books get destroyed for projects like this.
Well, tons of unsold books get destroyed every year. If this was one of the last few copies on Earth that would be one thing, but according to the dust cover of the book I used there were over 100,000 sold so there are plenty more. Having read some of it a while ago, the world isn't missing much anyway. Materials IKEA Lampan lamp hardcover book at least 2" wide inside rubber band Tools Pliers X-acto knife safety glasses.
Recycle | Woven Rag Rug. Recycle Tutorial: Woven Rag RugMaterial1. Old bed sheets (3 king size flat sheets, more if you have fitted sheet)2. Sturdy corrugated cardboard of your preference size (mine is 28 x 20″)3. Tapestry needle or masking tape5. ScissorFinished dimension: approximately 25″ x 14″You might want to refer to the braided rag rug for some basic preparations for stripping and how to join the strips. Mark the short side of the cardboard 1/2″ apart and 2″ down. Cut or tear the old sheets into 1″ or 2″ wide strips. Take a strip and slot it into the eye of a tapestry needle and start weaving. Since there are 12 strips in a slot, make sure you have all the strips weaved. Weave the last row in close to the previous row, with needle up or down to make a crisscross to the previous strip, pull the weaving strip and tie the warp strips in place.
Hide the weaving strip in the warp strips by passing through the strip within the weaves. Trim the end to the length of bout 4″ or to your preference. Pages: 1 2. Pointed In The Right Direction Pillow (Tutorial and Giveaway!) | A Crafty Fox | Darkroom and Dearly: {diy: shower curtain} First of all, can I say how in love I am with this Anthropologie shower curtain? I mean, really. Freaking gorgeous. Then again, the price on it is $118.... gulp. Just when I decided to stick with my own lacy, $20 curtain from Target, I discovered a clever blogger who made this beautiful ruffly creation from scratch!
{Elle Apparel} takes $20 worth of fabric, endless time and patience, and creates this amazing wonder: When you're finished picking your jaw up off the floor, visit {her tutorial} and see how it's done! DIY Stone Sconces. This is a super easy project that anyone can do on the super cheap. I wanted some nice sconces for my guest bath downstairs. I looked high and low and couldn’t find anything I wanted and the ones I did like were about $20 a piece….story of my life. I couldn’t bring myself to spend $40 on 2 sconces for the guest bath. A few weeks back I was strolling the Dollar Tree trying to see if there was anything that I could fashion into a sconce. I walked the whole store 3 times and came up empty.
I left the store defeated and empty handed. Then as I was driving back home an idea hit me like I was smacked in the face with a cold dead fish. Anyway let us continue. I walked back into the Dollar Tree and grabbed 2 bags of decorative stones, glass tealight candle holders, a pack of glue sticks and some sponge brushes for $6. I already has some wood at the house and some dark brown paint. We had a wood board that was 1/2 inch thick. Then hot glued the small bottom piece onto the back. Freezer paper stenciled reverse applique hand stitched pillow - artsy-crafty babe. 25 Awesome DIY Ideas For Bookshelves. Do-It-Yourself, Upcycled Polymer Clay Flower Vases. Earth Day: Free As A Bird Pillow. Cool Finds: Gorgeous Painted Floors. Photo Tacks. Re-using drawers. Useful Ideas and Layouts to Create a Photo Gallery Wall.
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