Category: made

home: made [ table cloth ]

home: made [ table cloth ]

Simple, stylish and perfectly on trend, Curby have created the nicest, easiest little DIY to make a great scandi table cloth.

The simple cross design in black and white is minimal and perfect for monochrome lovers but could just as easily be translated using other colours to suit your choice.

And the finished printed fabric doesn’t necessarily have to be a table cloth but could be turned into cushions, curtains or napkins!

home: made [ book shelf ]

home: made [ book shelf ]

If you’re looking for a new challenge with a cool well designed modern piece of furniture as the result then this u tube video from Sikana is for you.

Just from wooden pallets broken down for their wood, with basic carpenter tools you can create this really stylish shelving unit.

home: made [ laundry basket ]

home: made [ laundry basket ]

As functional as a laundry basket is, it’s not always easy to find one that works in your space. So why not make your own!

This tutorial from abeautifulmess.com takes you through the steps of making a cotton and canvas bag with handles. It will stand in a corner of a room or you can hang it off the back of a door.

Personalise it with your choice of fabric for the perfect practical accessory.

abeautifulmess.com

home: made [ painted plates ]

home: made [ painted plates ]

Head to DIYnCrafts to find 25 great diy ideas to design and get creative with plates design.

Create unique, personalised, colour specific, pattern specific, or even event specific – for that perfect gift, to create to perfect place setting or to match in with your home decor.

You could use a fun image and the name to personalise for a kids party or christening gift. Or you could design a pattern in the colours perfect for your wedding. Or even for a home dinner party customise each plate so it’s personal to the guest using it.

home: made [ picture frame ]

home: made [ picture frame ]

We love these Scandi inspired hanging frames, made simply from some wooden rods, magnets, cord and your favourite prints.

Perfect for adding to a picture wall, or in a kids room, you can quickly and easily swap pictures around when you fancy a change.

Head to homeyohmy.com for all the details

home: made [ kitchen magnets ]

home: made [ kitchen magnets ]

Looking for a cute easy project to make some great kitchen magnets? We found three great online projects

First, a fun simple project. Metallics are very on trend so how about getting some colourful alphabet magnets and spraying them with a metallic paint? It’s so quick and effective. They’ll be fun for the kids but still look stylish in your kitchen. Head to Kojo Designs for the full tutorial.

Second, a handy mini storage project. Create magnetic little boxes to pop pens, cutlery, plants or anything else small that might need containing – using vintage tins or tins from certain food products and then attach good strong magnets to them with strong glue.

And third, try hand painting some stones and attach magnets to make handy memo holders! Use geometric designs for a great on trend look and paint with colours to match your interior. Or even add initials on to personalise them.

Check out the tutorial from Alisa Burke

home: made [ beaded chandeliers ]

home: made [ beaded chandeliers ]

Beaded chandeliers have become extremely popular recently, as lighting choices increase and become more accessible.

Unfortunately these chandeliers can be quiet expensive, so why not try making your own. There are various designs to choose from and it won’t cost a fortune.

We have found some tutorials to guide you.

thehousethatlarsbuilt.com

designertrapped.com

abeautifulmess.com

home: made [ dying bed linen ]

home: made [ dying bed linen ]

We love this DIY for dying bed linen from A Merry Mishap Blog.

Straight forward and concise, this great tutorial will produce on-trend looks for your bed linen.

Get creative with old plain bed sheets and pillow cases or pick up plain bedding from high street stores including Argos, John Lewis or go for bargain bedding from eBay!

home: made [ woven wall hanging ]

home: made [ woven wall hanging ]

Not is all it seems with this diy project. This gorgeous wall hanging is not actually woven at all, but instead done with a glue gun.

Find yourself a piece of rug, yarn for tassels, and felt balls for the basics and then with the additions of a wooden rod and a glue gun, you are good to go.

Follow the very simple tutorial at abeautifulmess.com

home: made [ concrete lighting ]

home: made [ concrete ]

One of our favourite diy sites, Brit + Co, has another amazing project to try. With concrete being so stylish and on trend, we absolutely love this straight forward tutorial to make cool, concrete lighting. Perfect for an industrial or minimalist interior, these shades follow a reasonably easy process to make, with equipment and materials all available at your local high street hardware store.