Outdoor lamp should withstand harsh weather. Keep that in mind when you’re making such lamps by yourself. For example, you can use a clay pot as a lamp shade. You definitely won’t need to bring a lamp with such lamp shade in from the rain. To make the lamp you’ll also need a chain and...
Every home feature at least several pendant lamps. That’s why you can make one or two hanging beauties by yourself. Below you can find the list of tutorials showing how to make such lamps from different materials. The cool thing about all of them that they looks so sophisticated and minimalist that they are suitable...
Once again I’m impressed with creativity and skills of Kate from Centsational Girl. She made really awesome wood cutting boards that are perfect to use on a kitchen or can serve as beautiful gifts. She also documented the whole process including instructions to choose right pieces of wood at local salvage yard, to trace templates...
If you have a bunch of broken or old lightbulbs you can make a nice hanging garden of them. You won’t even need to disassemble them. You just need to glue plumber’s pipe fittings to their ends and hang these small planters somewhere using fishing wire. In the result you can get a cool small...
Do you have some old VHS tape box lying around in your garage? If so, here is a fantastic idea of how to reuse them. Make photo frames for your wall gallery of them. These photo frames will have a hidden built-in storage and protect your photos. Cool, right?
Here is one more interesting way to reuse an old ladder for decorating purposes. It can become a perfect display for such things as photos, vases, different figures, and all other stuff you usually put on open shelves. You can renovate such ladder to looks more modern or you can leave it untouched to add...
If you want to hang some decorative plates or photo frames then you need some hangers to do that. You can buy them from such brands as 3M or you can make them by yourself. Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous has come up with a cheap solution for that. You can glue safety pins to your...
Hairpin legs are really cool to use in DIY projects. They make any table or desk you make looks like it was made in mid-20th century. For example, here is a DIY coffee table made of a sheet of polar wood, a can of stain and a set of hairpin legs. The project is really...
In case you want to protect your windows with stylish wood shutters you can make them by yourself. That isn’t as hard as it sounds even though you need to have several woodworking tools and skills. The shutters can be made of simple fence slats from any large hardware store. You need to cut them...
Ladders can be used not only to help you reach top shelves of tall cabinets but also for other practical decorating purposes. For example, they are perfect to organize a plant stand from them. They could fit a bunch of planters, easily moved and don’t afraid of occasional water drops. Besides, they can add a...