Garment Rack D.I.Y. Looking for a budget friendly way to create garment racks for your home? Today Rachel shares her D.I.Y. method... You'll Need: Two 1/2" x 60" black steel pipes, Two 1/2" x 48" black steel pipes, Four 1/2" x 8" black steel pipe nipples, Two 1/2" x 2 1/2" black steel pipe nipples, Six 1/2" x 1 1/2" black steel pipe nipples, Six 1/2" black tees, Four 1/2" black 90 degree elbows, Four 1/2" galvinized floor flanges, Two 1/2" black steel end caps, 1 can of black spray paint (optional) and Work gloves. *Note: My supplies cost around $70-$80. Preparation: Spray paint your floor flanges black to make it consistent with the rest of the pieces. One: Group your small pieces for easier assembly. If you plan on transporting your garment rack to events or are moving houses, just unscrew the bases, the bottom 4' pipe, and the two 6' pipes.
Make-up Magnet Board We all know with craft blogs that original ideas are often hard to come by, we find ideas we love and make them our own but we didn't come up with the idea ourselves. I feel like I've finally done something original here and I'm excited about it. I'll show you the finished product and then explain. Behold my Make-up Magnet Board. I have a friend who is beautiful and stylish and has always loved make-up but recently took a course that intensified her love. The basket was a mess and I was overwhelmed with all my choices never knowing what to use, digging through to see what I had and find what I wanted was a pain. I painted it (The hard way, with a brush instead of spray paint. I went to the hardware store and picked up some metal and had them cut it to fit inside my frame. Here comes the brilliant part though. Here's the stash of eye shadows we're talking about (I've even added a couple since this picture). Next I wanted a place to store my brushes and liners though.
Expedit Vika Bar Expedit Published on November 20th, 2011 | by Jules IKEAHacker Materials: Expedit, Vika Amon, Capita, GrundtalDescription: After moving in my new (and smaller) apartment, I had leftovers : a Vika Amon desk and an Expedit shelf, and I was tempted to make something to finish the living room, so I decided to combine the two into a bar. First, I had to get the shelf off the ground, so I put Capita legs on the bottom. Then, I found by accident in the sale section three Grundtal led spotlights that I of course pictured on the bar (it’s always better with light :3) Then all I needed was some more Capita brackets on the top in order to fix the table top, and Tadaa ! Come by, have a drink ! See more of the Expedit Vika bar. ~ Sam-Play, France The Author Jules IKEAHacker "I am Jules, the engine behind IKEAHackers and the one who keeps this site up and running.
Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light « Cat in water Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls. The best part is that you can easily create something similar at home – all you need is one or two lamps and some items from your desk. The stunning light painting below, made with an array of colored airplanes has found its way to exhibitions like the Fly to Baku at De Pury Gallery in London. Rashad adds, “Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.” Comments comments
Make It: Jewelry Hangy-Thingamabob | love your way EmailEmail So I took a wee break from the web for a little while, partly because of For Japan with Love on Friday (which you can read in an update on Ever-Ours kicked ass so far) and partly because we spent the weekend picking up just…a ton of adult furniture. It might not be very adult to refer to new furniture as adult furniture…but we’re not used to being all domesticated and shit. We’ve been all over DFW with a rent-a-truck picking up our finds from the weekend and gearing up for our big move to Fort Worth in the next month. Did you know that U-Haul takes pleasure from the suffering of twenty-somethings who drive sensible-gas-mileage-sedans and need to move once every two years? They do. We’ll share our furniture finds with you as soon as possible, but for now, a DIY for the week: This bitchin’ jewelry…thing (You know what it is, don’t make me struggle for the right word, c’mon guys) is actually from the all-too-awesome Brass Razoo Boutique. Are you gonna try it?!
Melted Crayon Art | Unsimple Living Perhaps I should begin this post by introducing you to my mom, also known as Her Ladyship Craftiness…er, Her Royal Craftiness? I’m still working on the title. Regardless, she’s the coolest, most creative and talented woman I know. She can make pretty much anything. If you follow Young House Love, Bower Power, Making a House a Home, or Style by Emily Henderson you know how timely her visit was, as today is the big reveal for the Pinterest Challenge. The supplies were pretty simple: canvas, crayons, and hot glue. The next step was to peel off the paper labels from all 60 crayons. We glued all the crayons to the top of the canvas (pointing down) with a single strip of hot glue from a high-heat glue gun, let it dry for a few minutes, then re-glued a few loose crayons. It worked like a charm. What do you think of our masterpiece? Total money spent: $9.60 Total time spent: about 1½ hours Did any of you complete the Pinterest Challenge? Like this: Like Loading...
Cabinet Hardware Makeover {Anthropologie Inspired} Are you stuck with ugly fake brass and honey oak cabinet hardware that you hate? Here's a quick and inexpensive way to update those old builder grade cabinet handles. This project was inspired by these lovelies from Anthropologie. Gorgeous as they are, they can be pretty pricey when you need to buy twenty or thirty of them for your kitchen. Here is my Anthro inspired updated hardware: Start by cleaning, priming, and painting your handles. Next, grab a roll of jute or cotton twine and start wrapping your handles! Not counting the time it takes the paint to dry, this project took less than five minutes per handle!
A dream treehouse · Sheepy Me I've always wanted a treehouse when I was a child but living in a city made it a little difficult. Instead, we would built forts, tents or just crawl under the bed to play. It's weird right now but back then we really loved having those hideouts where nobody could find us. We could stay there for as long as we wanted. But what happens if you're an adult and still dream of a treehouse? I did a little web research for treehouses all over the world and oh my what I found. Safe Arbor in Switzerland. Trillium. The enchanted forest. A modern, pitched roof treehouse. A treehouse morning. A dream treehouse. Those are just a few of many treehouses.
Organizing Cables & Cords! - Organize With Sandy February 22, 2011 by Sandy Using Toilet Paper Rolls & Duct Tape To Organize Your Cables and Cords! I got this idea from a post that House on Ashwell Lane posted on my Organizing Mission Monday link party a few weeks back. Solution #1 Creating Sleeves for organizing the electrical cord clutter. I covered the toilet paper rolls with the duct tape. I started with the pink duct tape. Take the cord and wind it up so it is a little longer than the size of the roll. Take the toilet paper roll and thread the plug through the roll first, and then work the bulk of the cord slowly in. I realized as I put this extension cord through, that had I not used duct tape around the roll, it would have split. There you go! Next I covered a green one. I used a piece of tape to cover the ends. Do that on both ends and then you don’t have to worry about the cord falling out. My next one was the black and white one. So this is what the cords look like behind my chair now. I used the green tape to tape them together.
return on creativity: paint sample coasters I've had this map coaster tutorial in my inspiration file for awhile. I wanted to make a set of map coasters for my brother; one coaster for each city he has lived in. The plan was to use an old atlas I had lying around, but all the cities were in the middle of the state, right where the atlas folded in two. Sigh. So I decided to make paint sample coasters instead... All you need is tiles, Mod Podge, spray acrylic, paint samples, and cork or felt. Would you believe that this project was the first time I ever used Mod Podge in my life! My paint samples had rounded corners, so I first squared them off. Then I measured the samples to fit the tiles and cut them into squares. Don't you just love a project where even the scraps are pretty? I used Mod Podge to apply the samples to the coasters and then applied about five coats of Mod Podge over the top. Finally I applied some spray acrylic. That's it. I think these would make a great gift.