31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. Turn pictures into custom posters. Cactus Made of 20,000 Thumbtacks » Man Made DIY | Crafts for Men « Keywords: plant, sculpture, art, thumbtacks. When I was a little kid I was obsessed with cacti. In fact, I had quite a sizable cacti collection, unfortunately all of them died one night when my family was moving.
I left them outside one night and, lo and behold, a thunderstorm came along and drowned them all. I was devastated. I've since recovered from the infamous cactus massacre, but I still love those prickly plants. So when I came across this cactus made out of thumbtacks I was immediately smitten. The cactus sculpture, created by The Miha Artnak, is made from over 20,000 metallic thumbtacks. Given my poor track record of keeping plants alive, this might be the best kind of cactus for me! [Via Sweet Station] Blueprint Coasters. I made some botanical old book page coasters as a present for my sister-in-law a few months ago.
I really liked how they came out , so I decided to make another set. I originally intended to give them as a gift to a good friend, but I ended giving him something else. So I guess for now the coasters are mine. I wanted to make them masculine so I decided to use blueprints. I basically did a google search and found several plans and elevations of a church, lighthouse and sailboat. And made a set of blueprint coasters for my friend. This is the floor plan for the lighthouse. {source} All the images were black and white, which was a little boring. A word on Picnik; sadly it will be no more on April 19th. This is the same image after applying the PickMonkey Warhol tool under the effects section. Once done I printed the blueprints out and mod podged each one onto regular 4×4 travertine tiles I got at Home Depot.
On the back I used a slate blue felt that matched the blue of the image perfectly. Slatted wood map art. I’ve been seeing a lot of slatted wood lately, mostly in large-scale designs like Morgan Satterfield’s lovely front porch screen or this incredible house that popped up on Desire to Inspire yesterday. I’ve never come across slatted wood as wall art, but after seeing this wall map project from Natalie Gluic, I’m thoroughly convinced that this is a great way to showcase the beauty of the slatted-wood construction.
After giving the strips of wood a rich, deep red oak stain, Natalie traced and painted in a graphic map to add an extra layer of interest. I actually love the abstraction of the map design spanned over the slats, and the subdued paint palette gives the piece sophistication. Constructing the slatted wood is relatively straightforward, and from there you have tons of great options for how to customize it for your own walls. Read the full how-to after the jump! Materials Tools hammersome rags for stainingwhite chalksawcoarse-grit sandpapera spacing toolpaintbrushes Instructions 1. 2.
Free DIY Plans: Simple Plywood Table and Bench » Man Made DIY | Crafts for Men « Keywords: download, diy, woodworking, plywood. Dutch designer Marjan Verboeket created free plans for this simple, rustic table and stackable bench. Constructed from an inexpensive single 8x4' sheet of plywood, you can have all the pieces cut to size at the hardware store, and assemble it at home with a few nails and glue. The seats slide under the table for storage, making this a great solutionfor small spaces or for entertaining more folks than normal. She's also translated these basic structures into: a storage shelf, a desk, a picnic table, stacking cube storage, a bench, and a puppet theater.
All for free. Get the plans at 101 Woonideën. Our greenest project yet | : A green door, a green upcycling, and green in our wallet This (sorta) Old Life. Rita and I have sort of been on the lookout for a coffee table for the upstairs living room. I say “sort of” because she really wanted one and I didn’t so much. I like the open space. She wants a spot to put her tea. I often see a coffee table as a place to pile junk. She sees it as a useful spot to play games, put your feet up, etc. I wasn’t dead set against it. Image via Sweet Pickins (formerly Show & Tell) It was awesome because it was a cool reuse of an old door.
I thought it would be something we could do easy. Rita and I love to walk around this huge warehouse of recycled house parts and think about all the projects we’ll never get to. They have rows and rows of old doors there. What we needed was a 5-panel door. We waded through the rows and rows of doors looking for the 5-panel ones.After a bit of digging we found one that looked pretty good. It was perfect. There’s our door. It had a price tag of $45.00 on it. I got it home and stored it away until the weekend. This worked great. 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. DIY Hanging Lightbulbs. Some of you asked for a tutorial on how to make that gorgeous industrial lightbulb chandy that Gianna of Chic Celebrations made yesterday for Film and Lace wedding ideas shoot, and today you’re in luck! You will need: chicken wire1×2 wood strips (at home improvement stores such as Home Depot, they can cut to desired size for you)chainsmall nails4 small hooks (to attach the chain onto each end of the wooden frame)lamp kitsL bracketsliquid nails (or other wood glue for the frame) Mount wood frame to desired size and secure the inner joints with L brackets.
Stain or paint your frame if you’d like. Layer chicken wire over the top of your frame, and secure it with nails. This will help you divvy up the space between each lightbulb. Be sure to check out the Film and Lace shoot captured bby Krista Mason in full right here! DIY Wire Chandelier | House in the Woods. Classic Wood Frame - 18x24. 1246 rue Sainte-Catherine O. Montréal H3G 1P1 (514) 874-0063 HEURES D'OUVERTURE: 10h00 - 21h00 Lundi au vendredi 10h00 - 19h00 Samedi 11h00 - 18h00 Dimanche 509 rue Saint-Joseph E. Québec G1K 3B7 (418) 529-2647 HEURES D'OUVERTURE: 10h00 - 21h00 Lundi au vendredi 10h00 - 20h00 Samedi 11h00 - 19h00 Dimanche 4301 rue Saint-Denis Montréal H2J 2K9 (514) 844-5944 HEURES D'OUVERTURE: 10h00 - 20h00 Lundi au mercredi 10h00 - 21h00 Jeudi et vendredi 10h00 - 17h00 Samedi 11h00 - 17h00 Dimanche 9200 Boulevard Leduc S-3 Quartiers Dix Broussard, QC J4Y-0B3 (450) 656-1197 HEURES D'OUVERTURE: 10h00 - 21h00 Lundi au vendredi 9h00 - 17h00 Samedi 10h00 - 17h00 Dimanche Des contraintes linguistiques nous obligent présentement à fermer notre site Internet au Québec.
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Fabulous Pieced Map Art Tutorial. Fabulous Pieced Map Art Tutorial By Creative Juices Decor What fun to be able to do a guest post on Cassity’s blog! My name is Selina and I come to you from Creative Juices Décor. What you will find on my blog is lots of inspiration for all your Creative Juices! I am an interior designer by degree and LOVE home design/decorating, thrift store shopping, healthy recipes and crafting. I have 3 young kids so I also have fun thinking of crafts for them to do. Come stop by, I think you’ll be inspired! Today I am going to show you how I turned a $2.00 thrift store map into a large piece of art! This project was inspired by wanting a large piece of art (on the cheap!) Next I spray painted the edges with a left over blue from a previous project. Once dry, I brushed on some Mod Podge and attached my cut out map pieces.
VOILA!!! Stay creative with me folks – even if you didn’t find a map at a thrift store you could take this same technique and make a large canvas art display. Please stop by. Archive » Painted Canvas DIY – My Reward. I just finished up 2 large wholesale orders from Galleries, shipped them out , and now it’s time for some DIY! Yes, I reward myself for working by getting to do a little diy project…. I have seen this project around the internet and knew I had to try it! I ran over to the studio/storage house and flipped through the blank canvases I have and found 2 16×20 size! Giddy with happiness I quickly grabbed my painters tapes and taped off a square about 2 inches from the edges.
Then I taped off each corner. I then spray painted it with my new favorite Rust-oleum color GreenEden… I love this color, not too lime, not too dark green, just a fresh and happy green! I gave it one good coat and pulled off the tape… Lovin’ it!! I didn’t do both canvases because I wasn’t for sure how it would work, but now I think that I will do the other one to have a matching pair! I love the little wooden animals from Guatemala that were given to me by my aunt when our Daughter came home from Guatemala! Share and Enjoy. Crates+via+baileymeandgarden.jpg 358×357 pixels. Reinventing the (Embroidery) Wheel.
Common Items as Unusual Bedside Tables. Previous image Next image If you're short on space, cash, or move a lot, try swapping traditional nightstands with something else from your home. Go "shopping" in other rooms and get those creative juices flowing. And you'll have a few less things to haul come moving day. . • Extra storage or seating. . • Get crafty and DIY small space solutions. . • No matter how weird, you can make it work. Have you used non-traditional items as bedside tables? MORE QUIRKY BEDSIDE TABLES ON APARTMENT THERAPY:• 10 Bedside Tables That Aren't: Repurposed Bedside Storage• 5 Small Nightstands for Under $5• Green Style: Chairs as Nightstands and Bedside Tables (Images: 1. Diy rope bowls. So it's been a while since i've posted anything remotely crafty lately...i suppose i must be getting lazy (technically lazy-er). anyway, i saw this cute bowl on craftgawker over the weekend so i decided to make my own-with my own tutorial 'cause i need the practice anyway right?
Anyway, it's a pretty simple process, it's actually really similar to my recycle magazine bowl but with rope instead. basically just glue, wrap, glue, wrap, etc, etc. all you need is a hot glue gun and rope. i got my rope for $2-it's 50 ft, 1/4 inch, manila rope (i almost went with the sisal but i liked the color of the manila more). start wrapping in a circular motion to form the base. if you plan on making several i might consider making all the bases first just to make sure they're the same size. when i made my second i tried to make it the same size...which of course, it isn't. but that could just be the fact that i can almost never make the same thing twice... making one bowl took me about an hour...ish?
Turning a Postcard Book into Wall Art Desire to Inspire. Occasionally, I will be fawning over galleries of photos of an entire home and fixate on one small detail. This very thing happened to me while looking at a tour of Nusara's home. The entire house is done beautifully, but I really honed in on this vignette in her living room. She's very simply turned a book of postcards by Yoshitomo Nara into a beautiful bit of art for her wall. In what is by no means a difficult or entirely out-of-the-box DIY, Nusara has taken each of the postcards in the book and hung them with a tiny clothespin from a string. It's funny: I have this exact book of postcards. I even have a string with clothespins up in my studio, where I pin up inspiring imagery and paper ephemera all of the time.
It's a simple idea, I know, but my eye kept going back to it while I was browsing through her beautiful home. See more on Desire to Inspire. (Images: from Nusara, via Desire to Inspire) Chevron Wall Pattern.