Category: made

home: made [ cane candle holder ]

home: made [ cane candle holder ]

This lovely little project is perfect for this time of year and is on trend with the current 70s resurgence.

Abeautifulmess.com takes you through the steps to create these candle holders using glass hurricane holders and caning rolls.

These candle holders are great to make in different sizes and place in large groups. You can also take them outside for candle lit evenings.

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home: made [ tie dye bedding ]

home: made [ tie dye bedding ]

With marble still being a strong trend, why not try tie dying at home in black and white to create a similar monochrome look.

It’s simple and effective and all you need is the dye and some cotton plain bedding.

Try John Lewis, Argos or Dunelm for great plain bedding.

We love this effective method from HonestlyWTF but also our favourite A Beautiful Mess has a great tutorial too.

home: made [ wall organiser ]

home: made [ wall organiser ]

This little project opens up so many options with colour and size, it’s the perfect make for a study or kids bedroom.

With some basic materials and tools you can create this great wall organiser for your home. We love the colour thelovelydrawer.com has used, but of course the choice is yours.

Head to thelovelydrawer.com for the full tutorial.

home: made [ stencilled walls ]

home: made [ stencilled walls ]

If you love the look of modern patterned wallpapers – dots, arrows, paint daubs, triangles, or Victorian and Moroccan prints – but need a more affordable options, try stencilling.

There’s been a huge rise in modern style stencils available, especially on Etsy, that offer an affordable creative way to achieve great feature designs on a wall without having to use wallpaper.

The advantage is it’s easy to change as you can paint straight over the paint, as opposed to painting over wall paper or stripping the wallpaper!

We found some great options to buy online to create a unique look for any room

Geometric Nola Tile from £8.11

Honeycomb from £4.67

Dalmatian Spots £32.58

Medina from £14.99

Herringbone from £34.62

home: made [ clay hanging planter ]

home: made [ clay hanging planter ]

This diy project looks so good it’s hard to believe it’s handmade.

Spotted it on fallfordiy.com, create and make your own clay hanging planter that can go in any room.

Use Air Dry Clay for this make, along with some basic craft tools, some rope and of course a plant to put in it after.

For the full tutorial click here

home: made [ Jesmonite workshop ]

home: made [ Jesmonite class ]

In case you missed out last time, we’ve spotted another chance to catch the great ‘working with Jesmonite’ workshop with the London Craft Club.

There’s one tonight but there’s another on July 3rd!

They say;

Get ready to meet your new favourite material, Jesmonite. What is Jesmonite I hear you ask? Well it’s a cross between concrete and resin, that can be coloured and used to create awesome effects like terrazzo and marbling. Intrigued? Then read on…

In this introduction to working with Jesmonite you will learn all about this amazing material from our expert Haidee. She will discuss different applications for Jesmonite, and tell you about the different effects you can achieve. Then you’ll make a mould for your trinket dish – choose from a triangle, diamond, or hexagonal shape for your final piece.

Haidee will then show you how to mix your Jesmonite, how to colour it, and you will be able to cast your very own geometric trinket dish! It’s such an amazing material to work with, we know you are going to want to go home and make more pieces for everyone you know! You’ll leave with a finished Jesmonite trinket dish, plus all the knowledge and skills needed to make lots more.

home: made [ desk ]

home: made [ desk ]

Head to themerrythought.com to be inspired to make this fab desk. Using an Ikea drawer unit as a base with the addition of a wooden table top and a pair of legs, you are good to go.

Obviously you will need to have some basic woodwork skills or at least know someone that has to complete this project, but it’s a great one.

We love the use of the drawer unit, it looks like it was meant to be part of the table and more expensive than it would actually be.

home: made [ pet bed ]

home: made [ pet bed ]

Head to One Good Thing By Jillie for plenty of great projrct ideas including this easy little tutorial for a pet bed, that’s so simple, quick and all you really need a a sweatshirt or jumper (vary size depending on size of your pet!)

It’s a great way to upcycle a jumper and can be made to suit your interior with colour, pattern or fabric !

home: made [ copper shoe shelf ]

home: made [ copper shoe shelf ]

Always looking for more stylish storage idea we came across this tutorial for a cool on trend copper pipe shoe shelf.

Brilliant idea, so simple and this how-to from Fresh Crush is simple and straightforward to follow.

Easy to adjust to your space or needs and made with very little tools and materials.

Use the same tutorial to create shelving for other uses too – a pot rack in the kitchen, for towels in the bathroom or even use outside for small planters of vegetables, herb garden or flower pots.