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Working File Cabinets Into Your Decor

File cabinets never occupied a minute of thought until I got married. But then came kids, and a house, — and PAPER!— and it became an essential. When we brought the first one home I felt ...

Joanna & Josh's Urban Country Home
House Tour

Name: Joanna and Josh Billigmeier Location: Silver Spring, Maryland Size: 1,800 square feet Years lived in: 5½ Spring may not be at its full brilliance yet, but if you step inside Joanna and...

Taking Globe Decor To The Next Level

With the surging popularity of schoolhouse style over the last few years we've all seen our fair share of globes, but these creative reuses have me thinking of the trend in a whole new light. All the...

Best Power Saw for a DIY Beginner?
Good Questions

Q: After a reading this all of last month's great home hacks, I'm ready to go out and get serious about my DIY ideas. For this, I'm thinking that I should but some sort of power saw, but I'm not sure...

HOME Homemade
Blogroll

If you ever saw something in a store and said, "I could make that myself for less," then you'll like Darlene Molnar. She has started a blog called HOME Homemade to document how much it costs to DIY ...

Tim Neve's DIY Driftwood Lamp

Maybe it's the endless bitter cold in Washington this week, but I am 100% craving all things beach, and since no island vacation is in the works at the moment, Australian stylist Tim Neve's coastal c...

Making a Big Rug (Out of 2 Small Ones)

Want a fun, cheaper alternative to one big, 8-by-10-foot carpet? Try two smaller rugs. One of the "On the Cheap" columns in The New York Times reminded us of this trick, and now we're searching for ...

DIY Snapshots Into Wall Art

We found a great idea for an inexpensive big wall art project on Canadian House & Home: paint a corkboard white, and tack up black and white photos. We love it! ...

DIY Trunk to Rolling Bar Project
ReadyMade Online

Trunks are not cheap &mdash especially ones of good quality. If you don't have a use for the trunk you may current own, it's nice to see alternative uses for them. It's great to know that you can t...

How To Create An Orla Kiely Inspired Mural
Home Hacks

As part of my ongoing quest to mask the anti-aesthetic hideousness that is the hallow core door, I once again decided to go the route of "if you can't make it go away, at least make it pretty." Thi...

Close-Up: Anne-Marie's Stenciled Entryway

One of my favorite house tour DIY inspirations hails from Anne-Marie and Vytas's inviting DC apartment. Their front door opens into a rather narrow entryway, leaving little room for any landing strip...

How to Choose a Lampshade
Home Hacks

Project: Find new lampshades for lamps loaned to me from family members. I find this project intimidating because of the millions of questions I have about lampshades: what height? What shape? Shou...

Chair Personality Socks

Anyone who has chairs that were not sold with pads for the legs knows how important it is to have them. Anything to avoid the screeching, scratching and damage that occurs when they are left bare bo...

Joseph Albers Nesting Tables At Home

This week on DC by Design, Jennifer showed off the imitation Joseph Albers nesting tables that her husband made for her. We're impressed by his handiwork — which you can see below— along...

How To Force Paperwhite/Narcissus Bulbs Indoors
Home Hacks

OK, before we begin I have to confess that the smell of fully bloomed Paperwhites makes me ill, but nevertheless the beautiful — and easy!— growing process and the bit of life they bring...

Recommendations for DIY Basement Renovation?
Good Questions

Q: My husband and I are living in a small rental house, that to make a long story short is sitting on industrial land and will be bulldozed over in a few years. Because of this, the landlord is not w...

DIY Greeting Card Display

Our bookcases are topped with a row of books, bookends, candles, frames and a clock — there's not a lot of room for greeting cards. And postcards? Our fridge is covered with a magnet collectio...

Mid-Winter DIY Projects
Roundup

Mid-February is — for many of us — that time of winter when it feels like the cold and snow are never going to end! If you're feeling the effects of the long winter, take a look at these...

Flickr Find: Leslie's DIY Tufted Headboard

As you have surely noticed, we have dedicated February to Home Hacks and DIY projects, sharing our insights into a variety of home improvements to help inspire you to tackle your own. We were there...

Searching for a Modern White Sideboard?
Good Questions

Q: Hi, I'm really hoping you or your readers can help me with something I've been obsessing over. Our dining room seriously needs something, and we've focused our efforts on finding a buffet/sideboa...

How To Stain a Wood Door
Home Hacks

I'm not a fan of all this snow, but at least being trapped indoors has its advantages. Unfinished projects! We decided to tackle our basement, a massive undertaking since it housed just about ever...

Writing On The Walls

With the decal craze, the chalkboard wall crush (don't get us started…), and the current obsession with typography, we've grown somewhat accustomed to seeing words and letters gracing interio...

A Sweet Night's Sleep On A Budget: Sub $200 Bedroom Redo

I recently came across pictures of my house the day my husband and I closed on it. While there were many aspects we loved, the garish bedroom colors were certainly not the selling point. However, ar...

Hunter's First Home: An Exercise in DIY
House Tour

Name: Hunter Territo Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Size: 1,100 Square Feet Years lived in: 5 Months Hunter purchased his first home in September of 2009. For two months, he spent nights and week...

Personalized Floating Shelves

Lately I've been gathering ideas for making my home office a bit more exciting, and given my obsession with and abundance of textile remnants, wallpaper or fabric-covered floating shelves are topping...

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