Upcycle an Aged Calendar Calendars, especially vintage versions, are often filled with beautiful images. An assortment of budget-friendly eyeglasses and stock white mats make it simple to turn an old calendar into a vibrant pub wall. Our friends at HGTV Magazine discuss 4 more manners to dress up your house with items you already have on hand.
Stitch Up a Cozy Pet Bed Make a removable, washable cover to your furbaby's bed that is oozing with charming, farmhouse style. This simple sewing project will transform a bed your pet enjoys into one you love as well. Make your own with our step-by-step directions.
(Finally!) Hang Those Draperies Hanging curtain rods can be a pain! You spend a lot of time measuring and marking the brackets' positioning, yet the final result could still be off. We have the solution! This simple, DIY template makes hanging drapery hardware easy and stress free.
Brush Up Your Bookshelf FYI: #shelfies are a thing. That is right, people everywhere are using their bookshelf, then posting photos for the entire world to see. The trick to a well-styled bookshelf is to begin with an interesting backdrop, like wallpaper or a kicky paint colour, then layer on more colour and pattern with assorted magazines or books and blend in a couple of your favorite tchotchkes. To take your bookshelf to the next level on the cheap, turn prefab cabinets to some custom built-in.
Soften the Stairs This DIY stair runner not only looks great, it also makes glossy wooden staircase safer by providing a bit of padding and a non-slip coating. Using cheap woven table runners, it's a budget-friendly speedy fix to boot. Learn how to create your own using our step-by-step directions.
Place Even the Smallest Spaces to Work Especially for urbanites and flat dwellers, each square foot counts. Here, designer Brian Patrick Flynn mounted a floating shelf to a corkboard wall to turn this unused space into a functional home office. Get more of Brian's small-space hints.
Dress Up the Walls With Wainscoting Wainscoting is a classic way to add architectural interest to any room. Consisting of horizontal rails and vertical stiles, this relatively easy woodworking project relies on a style found in historic homes and is sure to lend old-home charm to builder-basic new spaces. Learn how to recreate this classic style with our step-by-step directions.
Concentrate on the Floors Dress up worn hardwood, concrete or even vinyl floors with a few coats of primer and durable floor paint. Tape off broad stripes with painter's tape for a playful look. Get more tips for adding style underfoot.
Give an Aged Coffee Table New Usefulness If your timber coffee table is scratched, stained or just plain dated, our step-by-step directions will explain to you how to change it into a cushy tufted ottoman with built in hidden storage. Add a tray and your new ottoman can also double as a coffee table.
Style Your Sips Even if happy hour isn't your thing, you've likely noticed that home bars and cocktail culture have become the toast of the plan world. Truly, it is no wonder cocktails are delicious, plus bar necessities are so trendy. Short on space? Partake in the trend by whipping up a fold-away pallet bar with our step-by-step directions. Or, if you're thirsty, wet your whistle with one of our easy cocktail recipes.
Switch Wood Scraps Into a Custom Coffee Table Salvaged wood and architectural remnants are prime candidates to be repurposed as furniture. In the case of this table, sections of an old rope mattress and a beadboard door were upcycled into a functional and one-of-a-kind coffee table. Our step-by-step instructions make it easy for you to build your own.
Add an Accent Wall Every living room needs a focal point; for most it's the fireplace but a hearth as beautiful as this one can find a style boost when surrounded by a graphic wallpaper. Limiting a bold print to only 1 wall allows it actually glow without feeling overpowering; also, it is a quick project that keeps down the cost too. Get our hints for hanging wallpaper like an expert.
Make Storage a Snap Storage is essential for every home. This rolling cubby was made to be a multifunctional storage bit for parents, pet owners, crafters or homeowners at each stage of life. The open cubbies make it effortless to stash away or catch backpacks, shoes, pet supplies, kids' toys or any other necessities you want to keep at hand in the mudroom, living room, playroom, closet or garage. Learn how to build your own.
Dress Up a Lackluster Lampshade Vintage drum-style lampshades can be found for a steal at estate and garage sales but they generally show some indications of their age. In under 30 minutes, provide that old colour a trendy new lease on life with just a bit of upholstery trim and paste. Get step-by-step instructions.
Go to get a Gallery Wall A fantastic way to put your memories on screen, a gallery wall's asymmetrical setup makes it a DIY project anyone can handle. Just gather up chosen framed bits and some other apartment, lightweight items that may be hung, like architectural remnants, shells, trays or other serveware. Pick the positioning of the biggest items first, then fill with smaller pieces. Get additional tips for a picture-perfect gallery wall.
Make a Portable Kids' Play Table Place an old square galvanized bathtub to work as a convenient place to stash children' toys. This simple project creates mobile storage for construction blocks or other toys and includes a built-in play surface on top. Make your own using our step-by-step instructions.
New Life for Old Crates Need more storage? Cheap wood crates piled together and secured with a sturdy, wood frame may be just the ticket. Hit antique shops and flea markets to get the specific article or purchase new crates at craft shops, then stain and distress them for a timeworn look. Learn how to properly secure them.
Pick Multifunctional Furniture When choosing furniture, look past the piece's original function. For instance, the coffee table in this bright living room is truly a vintage map file cabinet while among those side tables is a classic steamer trunk. Both pieces include a boost of character to the distance whilst at the same time providing storage that is hidden. Watch more of this home furnished on a budget which was showcased in HGTV Magazine.
Give New Furniture Timeworn Charm Want to give a plain-Jane or damaged piece of furniture a charming new lease on life? A fresh coat of paint followed by just the ideal number of painful will work like a charm. Learn how to distress furniture like a pro.
Frame Fun Finds Skip mass-produced printed posters and rather get creative when framing things to use as art. This living space, from HGTV Magazine, has an eye-catching part of a ship's sail that once raced in the America's Cup.
Give Pets Their Own Space Designer Brian Patrick Flynn transformed a drum-style side table into a cozy hideaway for cats or dogs. Want to produce your own? Hit thrift stores to find a side table that is big enough for your pet to be able to stand up and turn around. Eliminate the doors and include padding and upholstery fabric to the table interior. Finally, add a cushy pillow for lounging.
Store Firewood With Design By eliminating a doorway with this built-in, Fixer Upper's Joanna Gaines made an easily accessible market for piling firewood so it is handy while adding a woodsy, rustic touch to the space.
These Accents are Sew Easy Throw pillows are a must for adding just the ideal amount of colour and pattern to your living area -- but they do not have to cost a lot of money. With basic sewing skills, whip up your while binge-watching your favorite show. Get our step-by-step instructions.
Find Your Happy Hue Nothing freshens up an area's design like a fresh coat of paint -- on the walls, lamps or even the furniture. Within this small-but-sunny living space, cheery yellow paint makes the timeworn rattan furniture feel cool again. Watch more of the home, showcased in HGTV Magazine.
Stitch Up a Simple Slipcover Slipcovers are equally handy for protecting fine fabrics or covering up stained or torn upholstery. You may even use classic fabrics, like old quilts, to give your slipcover a period-perfect appearance. Get step-by-step instructions for dressing up a outdated footstool.
Wow With Wood Repurposed wood walls are popping up everywhere -- from formal big-city living rooms into cosy country dens. Kitchen Cousins host John Colaneri put old barn boards to function to provide the living room in his new house a rustic, timeworn aesthetic. See more of John's trendy-savvy home, which was featured in HGTV Magazine.
Build a Trunk Trunk-style coffee tables are not only stylish, they also provide practical storage for toys, additional throws and cushions, a picture collection and whatever needs to be kept for a busy family. This rustic trunk-style coffee table is an easy construct, but the outcome will have your friends thinking you are a pro woodworker.
Go Crazy for Color Filling your living room with shades of your favorite hue is a surefire way to make a space you'll love living in. Blue-and-white is a no-fail color combo; mix in a couple of sunny splashes of yellow to energize the appearance. Our friends at HGTV Magazine discuss more ways to create a colorful living room.
Create Furniture From Flea Market Finds Turn one long wood bench to a pair of space-saving end tables using a designer suggestion that's a secret no longer: timber cleats. Our step-by-step directions explain how to place this useful designer suggestion to function on your living space.
Brighten Up a Brick Fireplace The pros in HGTV Magazine share the steps that you should follow before tackling this weekend project. Investing time in the essential prepwork and choosing the right paint can turn a dingy and obsolete hearth in your living room's shining focal point. Learn the fireplace painting dos and don'ts.
Stylish Storage a Go-Go Make stashing kids' or pet's toys simple with this budget-friendly speedy fix. Simply pay for a plastic storage bin with rope, then add casters so that it can be moved from room to room. Our step-by-step directions make this job a snap.
Refinish Reupholster a Find Give an old seat a fresh lease on life by stripping then refinishing the thighs and freshening up the upholstery with fresh foam and fabric. Freshen a favorite bit together with our step-by-step directions.
DIY a Space-Saving Wine Bar In just a few steps, you can upcycle a classic wood transport pallet into a custom made rack for keeping your favourite vino. The smart addition of a wine glass rack makes this room saver a sanity saver too. Build your own using our step-by-step instructions.
Create a Mobile Coffee Table Old wooden trunks are kept away in several attics and often wind up in yard sales or thrift shops in a excellent cost. Give one an easy update simply by adding furniture casters to make it a charming (and mobile) storage piece for the living area. Learn how with our step-by-step instructions.
