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10 Easy DIY Home Decor Projects to Try This Weekend

10 Easy DIY Home Decor Projects to Try This Weekend

by | Jun 25, 2023 | DIY Room Decoration Ideas

Are you looking to add a personal touch to your home decor without without spending too much? DIY (Do-It-Yourself) home decor projects are a fantastic way to unleash your creativity and transform your living space. Let’s explore ten easy DIY home decor projects that you can tackle over the weekend. Whether you’re a seasoned DIY enthusiast or a beginner, these projects are perfect for anyone looking to spruce up their home. So grab your tools and let’s get started!

Here are 10 DIY Home Decor Projects

1. Repurposed Picture Frames

Do you have old picture frames lying around? Instead of letting them collect dust, repurpose them into something beautiful. Take a wooden picture frame, remove the glass and backing, and paint it in a color that complements your decor. Hang the frame on the wall and use it as a unique display for dried flowers or a small chalkboard to write inspirational quotes.

2. Upcycled Mason Jar Vases

Mason jars are incredibly versatile and make charming vases for fresh or faux flowers. Clean out a few mason jars, paint them in your favorite colors, and add some twine or lace around the neck for a rustic touch. Arrange the jars on a windowsill or a mantelpiece to add a pop of color and a touch of nature to your space.

3. Decorative Wall Stenciling

Give your walls a fresh new look by adding decorative stenciling. Choose a pattern that complements your style, such as geometric shapes, floral motifs, or intricate designs. Use painter’s tape to secure the stencil to the wall and carefully apply paint using a stencil brush. This simple technique can instantly elevate the look of any room.

4. Reclaimed Wood Shelves

Reclaimed wood shelves are both trendy and functional. Find a wooden pallet, dismantle it, and sand down the boards to remove any rough edges. Cut the boards to your desired length and attach them to the wall with sturdy brackets. These rustic shelves are perfect for displaying books, plants, or your favorite decorative items. You can also find them on Amazon for a very reasonable cost.

5. Customized Throw Pillows

Transform your plain throw pillows into eye-catching accents. Choose fabric in colors and patterns that match your decor, and cut it to the size of your pillows, leaving some extra for sewing. Use a sewing machine or hand-stitch the fabric together, leaving one side open to insert the pillow. This DIY project allows you to personalize your space with unique and comfortable throw pillows.

6. Personalized Wall Art

Add a personal touch to your walls by creating custom wall art. Pick up a canvas or a wooden plaque from your local craft store and let your creativity flow. You can paint a meaningful quote, create a beautiful abstract design, or even use stencils to create a silhouette of your favorite city skyline. Hang your masterpiece proudly for all to admire.

7. Terrariums

Terrariums bring a touch of nature indoors and are easy to assemble. Start with a glass container, such as a fishbowl or a glass jar with a lid. Layer small rocks or pebbles at the bottom for drainage, add activated charcoal to keep the terrarium fresh, and top it off with potting soil. Finally, choose small plants like succulents or air plants, arrange them in the container, and voila! You have a mini garden in your home.

8. Fabric-Covered Storage Boxes

Give your storage a stylish update by covering plain storage boxes with fabric. Choose a fabric that matches your decor and measure it to fit around the box, leaving some excess for folding and securing. Apply a layer of fabric glue or use a hot glue gun to attach the fabric to the box, smoothing out any wrinkles. Fold the excess fabric neatly on the inside of the box and secure it in place. These fabric-covered storage boxes not only add a decorative element to your space but also help you stay organized.

9. Painted Terra Cotta Pots

Add a pop of color to your indoor or outdoor space by painting terra cotta pots. Start by cleaning the pots and allowing them to dry completely. Then, use acrylic paints in your desired colors to create patterns, stripes, or even intricate designs on the pots. Let your creativity shine as you experiment with different color combinations and styles. Once dry, fill the pots with your favorite plants and place them on your windowsill, patio, or garden.

10. Decorative Wall Hangings

Create unique and eye-catching wall hangings to adorn your walls. Gather materials such as driftwood, feathers, beads, and twine. Use your imagination to arrange and attach these elements together, creating a bohemian-inspired wall hanging. You can also incorporate macramé techniques to create intricate knots and patterns. Hang your creation in a prominent place to add texture and visual interest to your space.

DIY home decor projects offer a wonderful opportunity to express your creativity while adding a personal touch to your living space. The ten ideas discussed in this article are just the beginning. Remember to choose projects that align with your style and preferences, and don’t be afraid to experiment and make them your own. By dedicating a weekend to these DIY projects, you can transform your home into a reflection of your unique personality and style. So grab your tools, unleash your creativity, and enjoy the satisfaction of seeing your handmade decor brightening up your living space.

Whether you’re a seasoned DIY enthusiast or just starting, these projects provide a fun and budget-friendly way to enhance your home decor. So roll up your sleeves and let your imagination run wild as you embark on these 10 easy DIY home decor projects. Get ready to impress your friends and family with your creative skills, and enjoy the satisfaction of transforming your living space into a haven of style and personality. Happy crafting!

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Decorate your room with the help of a Mood Board

Decorate your room with the help of a Mood Board

by | May 17, 2021 | DIY Room Decoration Ideas, Handy Home Tips, Interior Decorating, Living Room Ideas

Mood Boards are used by interior designers to describe the general style, desired mood, colors, and overall feel of the room or space. It helps graphically convey ideas, thoughts, preferences, and desires during the planning stages of a design project. You can create a mood board to inspire and organize your ideas and quickly identify elements you love and eliminate that aren’t going to fit in.

Think of a mood board as a creative organization method. Many people create basic mood boards use Pinterest and Instagram. You can create mood boards for your bedroom ideas by adding bedroom décor concepts you like to bedroom ideas boards or folders within the app.

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It’s easy to organize your mood board digitally: You have a number of options. The important thing is to get started, no matter whether you use Pinterest, organize your ideas and dreams with another software like Photoshop, or simply use paper, folders, poster board, and tape. You can change your approach as you learn more.

Things to include: There are many ways to organize mood boards. You can label your mood board by room in your house and then add subfolders of your favorite room colors, decor styles, furniture pieces, accent pieces you love, wall decor, rugs, window coverings, bedding, and accessories that reflect your personality. Collect images that convey the mood and style you want for your home. It’s a mood board after all.

Include your dislikes as well: It is important to save an array of images that represent colors, styles, and pieces that speak to you. It is just as essential to know what you dislike as it is to know what you do like. A mood board can be used to pinpoint your likes and dislikes. Seeking your likes and dislikes can demonstrate in stark contrast between the look you are striving for and the ones you want to avoid.

The mood board isn’t just for the professionals. It’s a great tool for anyone to use to decorate their living, dining, work and sleep spaces. When you’re comfortable with your mood board, it’s time to move onto planning your decor.

If you want to try decorating yourself it’s a good idea to use an app. Here are some good room planner apps. If you prefer to seek the help of a professional, here are some excellent interior decorators. Modsy is particularly popular for great interior design help.

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    Home Decor Ideas – Quick Tips Vol. 3

    Home Decor Ideas – Quick Tips Vol. 3

    by | Nov 28, 2020 | Bathroom Ideas, DIY Room Decoration Ideas, Living Room Ideas, Room Decoration

    We hope you enjoy part 3 of our collection of home decor ideas & quick tips to take your own decor to the next level.

    Here are the next five home decor tips. We have many more to come so check back soon.

    How to Design a Photo/Gallery Wall

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    First of all you have to pick your photos. You can either have a wall of same-style photos, (family photos) or mix them up with maybe family, vacation, celebrations, black and white color, big or small anything goes. If you decide on doing a gallery wall you can use drawings, paintings, mirrors or prints. This too will be very impressive on your walls. Also using a mix of different frames can give it a stylish eclectic look.

    Before you start making holes in your wall you seriously need to plan it out. Lay all your frames on the floor and come up with an arrangement that you love, after that hang them accordingly. A good rule of thumb is to always put the largest photo in the center of your arrangements surrounded by the smaller ones measuring an equal distance between frames. Starting in the middle is always best.

    Make sure there is balance to your arrangement. This can be achieved by maybe a theme you have in mind, color consistency, or maybe even identical frames. Measure distance between the centers when you have the laid out on the floor and use the measurements to place pencil marks on your wall. 

    How to Display your Unique Items on a Bookshelf

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    Bookshelves can be a beautiful feature in any room. Not only can they be decorative but they’re a great way to display either unique pieces, plants, books etc. Always group your accessories in odd numbers & in the same color group. If you’re displaying books, feature them horizontally and vertically it makes it more interesting than all lined up the same. If you’re displaying both accessories and books try and add in some foliage it’s just such a nice touch. Two thirds of one thing and one third of another are great ways to create a good balance.

    Ideal Rug Size and Placement

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    Have you ever walked into a room and known something is off? Chances are it could be a rug that’s too small and looks lost. Ideally, a rug should be big enough that some of your furniture’s feet can sit directly on it. Under a dining room table make sure the rug is large enough so all of your chair legs can fit on the rug while sitting on it.

    How to Make Your Room Feel Larger with Paint

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    Making your small room feel larger is all about creating an optical illusion. When selecting paint, light colors are more reflective giving the feeling of lightness and openness as opposed to dark colors which makes a room feel smaller. There are beautiful choices of white so just grab a swatch from your local paint store bring it home and choose the one that you feel the most compatible with. Blues and greens are also another soft calming color. Also, if you paint your moldings and trim lighter than the wall paint, your walls will feel farther back creating an illusion of the room being larger. 

    Wallpaper in the Bathroom has Become Popular Again

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    It’s a great way to make a bold statement in your home decor! In a smaller room like a bathroom, powder room, or hallway the effect can be spectacular. A lot of people don’t want to take the chance with wallpaper as they can be high areas of moisture but there’s an item called Decorators Varnish and when applied after you hang your wallpaper, it seals & protects without adding shine. It also comes in a sheen so if you want to add some shine to your wallpaper you can go with a satin or gloss finish. Be sure though to test it on a wallpaper sample before applying it to the wallpaper. If you’re really hesitant about using wallpaper in the bathroom but really want that big statement effect try going with peel & stick wallpapers that have become very popular recently There are many wallpapers on the market now. Try finding ones that are Water-resistant polymer material, moisture-proof and wear-resistant, easy to clean, long-lasting color with smooth surfaces.

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    Room Decoration Ideas – Quick Tips Vol. 2

    Room Decoration Ideas – Quick Tips Vol. 2

    by | Nov 14, 2020 | DIY Room Decoration Ideas, Living Room Ideas, Room Decoration

    We hope you enjoy part 2 of our collection of room decoration ideas & quick tips to take your own decor to the next level.

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    Black Accents

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    Most people think black accents make your space seem smaller but this isn’t the case. It actually can enlarge the space by putting your darkest tone on an area you want to push back. If used moderately it can actually ground your room and tie everything together. The overall contrast can be absolutely striking and look very elegant.

    Cohesive Flooring

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    If it’s possible your flooring should be cohesive throughout your home. This can be expensive but overall it’s much more appealing to the eye and will also elevate the value of your home overall. Using the same flooring throughout the home also gives it a much larger feel. You can also use rugs to break up the continuity and divide up the space.It also creates the illusion of distinct dining and sitting areas but still pulls together as  part of the same, larger whole.

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    Ways to Spruce up an Old Fireplace

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    Current trends favour brightly painted fireplaces and it does look very chic. If your fireplace is not a working fireplace you can use it as a decorative piece by placing candles, books, and any decorative items that you want to display. Displaying pictures, paintings or plants on the mantle is also another way to utilize the fireplace. Pull out some of your old items that you’ve had stored away and you may just have the place for them now.

    Good Sight Lines for TV

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    The best way to hang a television is at eye level. For instance if you’re sitting on your sofa you’ll want it at eye level from the position you are sitting at.

    If you like to watch tv when you’re in the kitchen you may want to hang it at eye level from where you’re standing or if you happen to sit at an island you may want it at eye level from there. It’s best to hang it at 1.5 times the diagonal span of your TV screen for optimal viewing. Consider a TV mount that swivels if you like to view from different positions in the room.

    Make the Room Feel More Open with Lighting

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    If you are lucky enough to have a lot of natural light, larger windows is a key component to connecting the room with the outdoors. If however you do not have this option lighting fixtures is an amazing way to create the effect of openness and brightness. Sheer window coverings are also a great idea for your windows as it provides some privacy yet still lets the light shine in.

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    by | Nov 5, 2020 | DIY Room Decoration Ideas, Living Room Ideas, Room Decoration

    Updated October 22, 2022

    We’re putting together a collection of room decoration ideas & quick tips to take your own decor to the next level.

    So here’s are first five room decoration tips. There’s many more to come so check back soon.

    Room Decoration Ideas….

    Make the Most of Your Natural Light

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    Have you ever picked colors in store and thought they would be perfect for your room and to your dismay when you brought home the color swatches they look completely different up against your walls. Well thank goodness you didn’t actually buy the paint and be thankful for those color swatches the store provides. The best way to pick a color is in natural light. When you decorate you should always look at the natural light in your room. When facing south, your room benefits from the maximum amount of light whereas north facing windows are darker so paint colors can be a very different hue.

    Hanging Curtains

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    The best way to make a room feel higher than it really is to hang your curtains high. This can creates a very impressive impression. Also, go for a luxurious fabric, velvet or silk just to name a few this creates a beautiful frame for your windows. Do not hang your curtains close to the frame as this makes the room feel smaller and it’s just as appealing.

     

    How to Give the Effect of a Higher Ceiling

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    1.  As far as purchasing furniture with a low ceiling in mind, think low furnishings. The low height of the furniture will help give the illusion of a higher ceiling room.

    2. Keeping your lighting flushed to the ceiling hence giving the appearance of more headroom.

    3. Keeping your window coverings light & simple works & is also a great way to make your room taller. If you use heavy window coverings it just makes it feel closed in. If you do select drapes, choose a pattern that will draw the eye up giving an illusion of a higher ceiling. A solid color drape with some kind of pattern at the top will also add height. If you’re installing crown molding, keep it in proportion.

    4.  Groupings of different objects on shelves going up to the ceiling also draws the eye up & picture hung in vertical rows, will also give the illusion of height.

    5. If you have an older structured home sometimes there are nice surprises lurking in your ceiling. During a renovation you may want to take the ceiling out to it’s bare bones exposing it’s structures and find that you may have a nice floating ceiling. In older homes the ceilings were built lower as this was a desired look back then. You will be surprised how much taller your ceiling will be if you have the opportunity to do this.

    6.  Bouncing some light off the ceiling will also give it a higher effect so when purchasing lighting try and keep in mind this tip. Try sconce lighting or indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or torchèr lighting.

    In order to divide up the space you may want to add on a partial wall or pillar to divide the room visually or with texture like area rugs, wallpaper or furniture to help create different spaces yet still making it cohesive. Even a piece of furniture like a sofa with its back to another space, a bench, a decorative screen, floor lamps, or bringing in plants can help divide the spaces.

    Groupings of 3… the Magic Number

     

    If there is a magic number in design, it is 3 and in general, use odd numbers. Group odd numbers of items whether it’s books, cushions, photos or candles. It forces the eye to move around the display, creating a level of visual interest that is symmetrical, even-numbered groupings just don’t have the same effect.

    Don’t Be Afraid of Black Paint

    Black paint can be magnificent on an accent wall. Try flat black paint with abstract art or framing with MDF for a beautiful, visually impactful accent wall.

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