Whether building furniture or applying trim, there will come a day when you will want to break away from the right angles and get a little curvy. Arches can help to soften an angular room or piece of furniture and they are a sign to anyone who sees them that the builder was on top of their game. The trickiest part in doing arches is consistency between pieces and achieving overall symmetry. Here is a tutorial that will help you make it happen. More

I love IKEA furniture, but sometimes it can feel so... generic. So anything that can be done to customize your flat-pack decor to your individual interests is a plus, right? If you're an audiophile, consider adding custom doors to your Expedit bookcase. More

Ahoy, me hearties! While we're just a tad late to celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day, we're still head over heels for this DIY pirate ship from Kate's Creative Space. More

Sun prints are an art project that I vividly remember making as a young girl and being fascinated with - especially all the different types of silhouettes I could create. It became an engaging challenge scavenging around my house and yard for anything I could imagine would make a cool shadow-version of itself on the sun-sensitive paper I'd received as a gift. I used up my entire package in a week! More

iPhone cables and wall-mounted TV wires are commonplace concerns, but here's a cord-control beast of a different color: What does a guitarist do to give order to the cables and cords that control their effects pedals? Most of them will save up and splurge on a $100+ pedal board. But the really creative ones will make their own from IKEA for $89 less. More

I feel like I am late getting to the painting game with my 19-month old. She is still enthralled by crayons, but it seems I have recently seen a slew of blog posts talking about painting with kids under two. Tomorrow I am determined to make it happen. For kicks, I may try a bit of resist painting. If you are not familiar with that term, don't worry, neither was I, but I must say the results are pretty impressive. More

In trying to configure her home office, Kelly from View Along the Way ran into what she describes as a very "hush-hush" problem for designers: the lamp cord. Rather than working around unsightly or trip-causing cords, Kelly and her husband figured out a clever, inexpensive way to get rid of the problem altogether. More

Need just a few seconds to go to the bathroom in peace? If you've got an older baby or toddler around, what you need is a busy book, or a quiet book. Most of you are probably familiar with the idea: an age-appropriate, safe activity book that will keep a little one occupied for a few minutes. Randi over at Swoon created her own book out of felt, with a clever little twist. More

Rebecca Robertson lives in a renovated South Street Seaport loft with her husband Marco, their son Luca, their cat, and two lovebirds. More

While we appreciate vivid new paint jobs and interesting stencils, it is always exciting to see fresh ideas for rescuing and refurbishing old furniture. This project covers up old drawer fronts with a material we don't often see used in this situation--aluminum. And it's not the material itself that makes this dresser so unique, it's where the material is sourced: street signs. More