Apartment Therapy Tagged: DIY

Trend Spotting: Treillage

Earlier this year, we read that treillage was going to be a big summer trend. So we watched for it. It popped up a lot but that might just be because this pattern, whether used in large doses or as ...

Good Quotes: Dave Barry On DIY

"The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished and put inside boxes." ~Dave Barry Many of u...

Look!: IKEA Hacked Itself!

There are two things we love here at AT: the affordable design of IKEA and the personal empowerment of DIY. Due to the low cost and decent construction, IKEA pieces are perfect for custom experimenta...

House Tour: The Worden's MC Inspired Modern Build

Name: Steve (Project Manager), Cathy (Registered Nurse) and Graham Worden Location: Shawnee, Kansas Size: 2174 SF Years Lived In: 4 Years Our Style: Mid-Century Architecture & Design >> Enter Sli...

Roundup: The Best Of the Midwest Spring Cure

In efforts to get started on The Fall Cure today, we'd like to take you on a trip back down memory lane. A road full of comfort, changes and of liberation from clutter. Did you miss some last seaso...

Teacup Bird Feeders by Ohthepollybilities

We just found this cute and simple way to recycle unwanted china into bird feeders. We love the idea of tons of these little cups hanging all throughout our trees. Jump down to see what other tablet...

How To: Make Don & Betty Draper's Mad Men Upholstered Headboard

(Welcome to Shelly! She is joining the AT:Chicago team as our resident DIY Upholstery and How-To expert. She'll be posting regularly on ideas and tips for home decor projects.) Contrary to what you m...

Roundup: Fancy Schmancy Contact Papers

We're not sure what the appeal of contact paper is. Maybe it's the inexpensive makeover possibilities, maybe it's just fun to peel and stick it to something (sorry, we're easily amused). Either way...

Whiner and Diner Pet Accessories

Here on AT, we're fond of seeing how people reuse wine crates. Whiner and Diner, a small company in Connecticut, has a whole business of turning wine crates into helpful accessories for doggie (or c...

How To: Turn Dowel Rods Into Faux West Elm Decor

Several weekends ago, we checked out the newest West Elm store out in Leawood, Kansas. In the same day we also stopped in at the hardware store to pick up a few things. What do the two have to do w...

Look!: Slated Pillar

An afternoon coffee stop ran us into this rough-hewn pillar that felt very fall. From a distance, the texture looked like weathered, rustic wood. It’s actually odd bits of slate. ...

Look!: DIY End Tables Via West Elm

Sometimes it's nice to go look around at stores, even if you don't plan on buying anything. Not to see what you can or can't afford, but to pick up design ideas based on merchandising techniques. P...

Look!: Easy DIY Cat Shelves

For this stairway to cat heaven, a couple created a series of perches with regular old hardware shelves, brackets and Flor tiles. As seen on Moderncat....

How To: Mock Tufting

Here's another lesson from Shelly, Mod Home Ec Teacher and queen of DIY - this time it's a tutorial on doing mock tufting of sofa cushions. Like most projects, it started with a problem to be solved: ...

DIY Pet Silhouettes

The weekend pet food run revealed some graphic pet portraiture. It's a simple way to immortalize our furred family in scrap plywood. Or for that matter, to inspire such silhouettes in card stock or wa...

Flickr Finds: DIY Cat Scratch

Earlier today AT:LA showed you the Itch Cat Scratch Pad. Within a few comments we heard the small roar for a DIY version. Ask and ye shall receive; we found this photo on Flickr of a great DIY cat ...

Benjamin Moore Aura Paint in the Test Lab

Item: Low VOC Aura Paint from Benjamin Moore Price: $55 per gallon Rating: Strong Recommend* How did you spend the last weekend of the summer? Ours was demo, prep and paint, paint, paint with the ...

How To: DIY "Case Study DWR" Platform Bed

Matthew Haynes of Alton, Illinois wasn't keen on spending big bucks on a bedframe. So instead, he took matters into his own hands and built his own. Click through the jump to read more about how he...

Look!: A Makeshift Hammock

It took three planes, one taxi, and a very long ride in a speedboat to prove to us that the language of DIY is international. Jump down to see where we found this homemade hammock and how we think it'...

Magwear Handyman's Helper Magnetic Wristband

Magnetic genius! The Magwear Handyman's Helper is just the tool we need to tackle all our upcoming household projects. There's art to hang and baseboards to replace and a magnetic wristband is the p...

Wine Bottle Lighting at La Colombe

Check out the lighting at La Columbe. Designed by Bosses Design of Montreal, wine bottles are reused as small glass lamp shades. The fixtures hang in a grid over the restaurant's dining room......

Not Following Directions

Many tasks are creatively inspired but certain things really beg for instructions. Yet being the stubborn DIYers that we are, our stupidest we don't need no stinkin' directions experience involved el...

Prioritizing the To Do List

So let's say that you're moving out of or into a new home. Besides the worry and hassle of packing all your worldly possessions, there's also the fret of finishing up or starting anew with home proje...

HOBO

We've been to HOBO two times but each time has been an adventure. If you're a contractor, house-flipper, or DIY junkie, you already know about this home renovation treasure chest. Now it's time to l...

How To: Turn a Deep Baseboard into Storage

Wow, those baseboards stick out really far, we thought when we looked at our apartment for the fist time. Our century-old building was recently renovated and electrical wiring couldn't be added in t...

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