The three day weekend is upon us! What better way to make the most of it than to dive into some projects? Here's a list of 30 projects to keep you inspired over the long holiday weekend:
1. Get funky with your floors — Bring Crazy Colors to Your Floors with Vinyl Tape
2. Hit the road for your own vintage finds — Best Salvage Shops 2011 Coast to Coast
3. Make everything a blackboard — Chalkboard Paint: Off the Wall
4. Or make your own — How to Make Your Own Chalkboard Paint
5. Watch how it's done — Video Alert: How Spray Paint Cans are Made
6. Custom print new (or old) curtains — How To Print DIY Patterned Fabric
7. Dress up the icebox — How to Create a Patterned Chalkboard Refrigerator
8. Create an impromptu outdoor space — How to Build a Quick Outdoor Patio
9. Camp in your living room — How to Build an Indoor Fort
10. Prepare for the real heat — Time to Tune Up: AC Tips for the Summer Heat
11. Shut out the world in style — How to Make No Sew Roman Shades
12. Get label happy — Free Printables to Organize Your Home in Style
13. Create new furniture with rope — Jessa's DIY Rope Wrapped Table
14. Put your denim on ice — How to Freeze Your Jeans
15. Freshen your furry floor covering — How to Clean a Flokati Rug
16. Create a library of plants — How to Make Your Own Book Planters for Succulents
17. Bring fire to the party — A Cure for Cool Nights: A DIY Firepit
18. Celebrate two crafts in one — Cross Stitch Wall Mural
19. Create outdoor ambiance — How to Create Glowing Outdoor Orbs in an Instant
20. Put some color on the wall — Sally's DIY Paint Chip Wall
21. Add a farmhouse feature to a doorway — How to Create a Sliding Barn Door
22. Make a new tuffet — DIY Floor Cushion
23. Disguise the power source — You've Got to Hide Your Cord Away
24. Or make it into art — Turning Power Cables into a Design Plus
25. Stow your wheels — How to Build a Vertical Bike Rack Using Spare Parts
26. Dress up a door with felt — How to Make DIY Felt Sliding Doors
27. While they're not on — Make Your Own Radiator Covers for Extra Shelf Space
28. Dress up the walls with fabric — DIY Burlap Wallcovering
29. Or line your walls with music — Dave's Musical Wallpaper Treatment
30. Set up a napping place outdoors — Make Your Own Bed Swing
Images: As linked above.
(Re-edited from a post originally published 7.1.11 - JL)
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Practice, practice, practice!
Take up the old carpet from the back hall and stairs and see what condition the wood is in (not bad, just needs to have the tarpaper removed).
My project was to see an old friend in Bellevue, WA, (old friend as in I haven't seen her since about 1984!), then hit Cost Plus and Trader Joe's for the gourmet treats!
These are some great ideas! I cant wait to get started!
I was going to paint my tv stand today but can't decide what to do! Its an old Ikea stand (not made anymore), solid pine, very basic with castors and four cubbys. I was thinking of staining the outside an painting the inside of the cubbys white... or the same 'peacock' color I just painted a hand me down sewing table that is now a laptop desk/end table in my living room. Ohhh, what to do?
Thanks for the free label links - these will work great for my classroom too!
Thanks for the roundup of nifty projects! I love the light up outdoor orbs and the DIY curtain project :)
You're confusing me with someone who doesn't already have 10 unfinished projects waiting for me at home. :)
This is the time for tying up all the loose ends from summer projects: last week we had a bunch of carpentry stuff done; this week we had our chimney removed, this weekend we will finish painting our back stairs.
You're taking the Labor part of Labor Day weekend far too literally.
For a second I thought this post was for your Canadian readers, then I remembered that it's a three day weekend in the U.S., too. Some articles and cool shop shout-outs for Canadian cities would be nice
i love no 18! thanks for the great ideas!