DIY Kitchen Wallpaper: Vintage Recipe Cards
This wall treatment using vintage recipe cards in the kitchen of a Providence art space reminds us of Depression-Era interiors where newspapers were often used as wallpaper. While the results might ...
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3 Super Easy DIY Thank You Card Ideas
There's no shortage of beautiful handmade Thank You cards out there, but they tend to be on the pricey side. With all the parties and gifts to give thanks for this time of year, we tried to come up ...
How To: Make an Overwhelming Paint Color Work for You
When we toured artist Jen French’s house a couple of months ago, we were in awe of her wonderful wall paintings, and here’s another sample of her handiwork. Though she liked the color of the oli...
How To: Build a DIY Wall / Door in Your Shared Dorm Room!
Thankfully, it's been a very, very long time since I shared a dorm room. But I still remember my heart dropping when I saw the absurdly tiny room I had to share my freshman year (we were stuck wit...
DIY Coat Rack by Jen French
Artist Jen French, whose incredible gothic bungalow we toured a few weeks ago, came up with this super simple, yet fantastic-looking idea for an entryway coat rack by screwing some vintage hooks int...
DIY T-Shirt Quilt by Michelle Kempner
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We always imagined t-shirt quilts were something sweat-stained and tie-dyed, but this project by Michelle Kempner is actually quite stylish and could be totally at home in a modern living room. ...
5 Things to Do With Bubble Wrap After You Move
A year ago we moved across the country, an endeavor that required A LOT of bubble wrap. We kept it and used it recently for a smaller move within the same city, but now we’re done moving for awhil...
How To: Make a Kitchen Island with IKEA LACK Tables
A while ago we pined for a colorful kitchen island — but didn't want to spend a ton of money. So we decided to stack two IKEA LACK side tables to create our own kitchen island....
How To: Hang a Frame Without Leaving a Mark
Command Picture Hanging Strips by 3M
After taking a big hit to the security deposit at our last apartment because of all of the holes we left in the wall (and knowing we would only be in our current apartment for a year), we set out to...
How to Spruce Up a Picnic Table
New England weather being as unpredictable as it is, keeping a tablecloth affixed atop a picnic table can be challenging at best. We noticed this ingenious DIY idea for keeping a cloth in place and ...
How To: Remove Desktop Wood Stain?
It's shocking that we keep glasses of liquid anywhere near our computers. It's an expensive computer-ruining disaster waiting to happen. A recent glass spillage on our desktop fortunately didn't ...
DIY Silhouette Shams
Silhouettes are everywhere these days and we’ve seen silhouette pillows aplenty before, but we thought these personalized shams were a fun and less-preppy alternative to the standard monogram pill...
Adding Chain to Closet Rod for Extra Closet Storage
Many small space dwellers are short on closet space. We spotted this simple, clever solution for beefing up your hanging storage space on the Instructables blog. It's a variation on another chain ...
Using Ironing Board Cupboard for Spice Rack
Apartment Therapy has posted before about converting an old ironing board cupboard into a spice rack. But we were drawn to the concept of the "stay bars" used for this particular example, from a ho...
DIY Dyed Rug
In response to our recent post about Alexandra Wentworth's dyed rug profiled in Elle Decor, the mother of an Apartment Therapy reader was kind enough to send in her own step by step DIY version for ...
How To: Hang a Wall of Pot(s)
click thumbnails for larger pics After design school, I (Kayla) took up a hobby in ceramics. The only part I was ever any good at was glazing and, at the end of 3 years, I had an extensive collection...
How To: Make Your Own Panel Curtains in Less Than 4 Hours!
It can be really tough to find curtain panels that reflect your style AND your budget. In that case, making your own simple panels can lead to a much happier ending. We spotted these DIY instructi...
Before & After: Living Room Corner
One of our favorite assignments for our redesign business is to help someone redo a photo wall. For this particular job, we also tackled the bookshelf below the artwork......
How To: Organize More Efficiently
We've worked with hundreds of clients for our organizing and redesign business. And from that experience, we've learned that the most common thing people do to decrease their chances of an effectiv...
How-To Wallpaper Video by Ferm Living
We all know wallpaper has made a comeback. Thankfully, some of the newer wallpapers allow you to apply paste directly to the wall instead of to the back of the paper. We just discovered a hip, fun...
How To: Make a Felt Kitchen Mat
For those of you who spend a lot of time standing in your kitchen, a cushioned floor mat is a nice treat. We spotted this how-to project on Martha Stewart's website. Essentially, you layer 4 to 7 ...
How To: Create Modern Window Coverings With Grommets
We're fans of window coverings that are configurable in multiple ways. Sometimes we open only the lower half when its really bright out, other times we like to leave the bottom covered so that neig...
How To: Refresh a Laminate Sideboard
Celeste's February Jumpstart Project 2009
To Jumpstart Page Info and All Entries Title: Revamp a laminate sideboard Name: Celeste Time: 5 hours (not incl drying time) Cost: $135 AUD (already had the Restor A Finish) Check out this lami...
DIY Bench Cushion Cover: 1 Hour, $15 Makeover
Bigger than a pillow, simpler than full-on reupholstery — bench cushion covers are a great place to inject a large dose of color and pattern into your space. Our coworker just recovered this w...
Make Your Photos Pop Off the Wall!
During a recent House Tour (we'll be showing you the full tour tomorrow!) we spotted this simple method of making a vintage photograph — or any wall hanging for that matter — really stan...
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