Tag: Craft | Apartment Therapy

One Frame: 5 Ways

We love IKEA for making home decor items that can be hacked, DIY'd and molded to fit our homes individual personality. Take for instance their UNG DRILL ornate frame. We've got 5 different ways you...

3 Quirky Lamps To Try At Home

In our home, we like to mix it up with vintage finds and then throw in an offbeat item to make a statement. It usually comes in the form of an oversized lampshade which can be found inexpensively at...

A Spin On The Traditional Embroidery Hoop Design

We grew up with our grandma cross stitching the classical home and landscape scenery of the time. Recalling the handiwork of crafted sentiments like, "Home Sweet Home" and framed pieces with our fam...

Julie's DIY Film Slide Light

Our friend and fellow professional organizer, Julie Naylon just returned to LA from an extended summer trip to New York. Feeling inspired from all of the galleries and museums during her summer hiat...

Vintage Lunchbox Collection

For any of you who collect vintage tin lunchboxes and thermoses, how awesome is this collection? All 42 of these lunchboxes hail from the 50s to 70s era, featuring art from classic film and televisio...

Plywood Art

We were first introduced to plywood art when our artist friend, Dan created these cool plywood pieces with handmade vinyl decals. So simple and inexpensive we thought we'd round up a handful of insp...

5 Inspiring Work Rooms from the Crafters at Etsy

We love Etsy, not only because of its great products, but because it cuts out the middlemen and puts us in direct contact with the incredibly talented people who make them. Of course we're always cu...

Delightful Doily Inspiration!

With trends like patchwork quilts and “granny chic” décor coming back into style in recent months, we can’t help but focus our attention on another old fashion craft item, the doily. Weigh in...

How To: Create Yarn From Plastic Bags

We keep a small supply of plastic bags on hand for kitty litter detail when our compostable bags run out. We try not to use plastic bags for anything else but we're really liking Helle's idea for re...

Silhouettes: An Old-School Craft That's Still Cool

We've been noticing a lot of silhouettes in our house tours lately. We thought they'd disappeared but they seem to be making a resurgence. They're cool, graphic and easy to do yourself, given a bit...

Before & After: Alice's Hand Painted Wood Trunk

We love a sturdy wood trunk for storing blankets, bedding and seasonal clothes. They also double up as a coffee table or a landing zone in the entryway or bedroom. We're used to seeing the standard...

Cotton Pick'n Art

We long to have a permanent creative space instead of lugging the sewing machine and supplies out onto the dining table anytime we feel inspired. We had our socks knocked off when we saw how Kirsty wa...

The Urban Craft Center
Santa Monica

Those of us with small spaces know how difficult it can be to find space for an ongoing project. In our house it often sits in the corner until we have time to get to it and then it occupies the coff...

How To: Make a Recycled Leafy Catch-All Box

Today we welcome guest blogger, Jenny Ryan, a friend, neighbor and crafting expert whose resume is longer than an IKEA catalog when it comes to the world of DIY. We've invited her to share some of her...

Look! Tater-Stamped Kitchen Curtain

Our friend, nearby neighbor and crafting grand poobah Jenny Ryan shared this really fun DIY project using a potato...yes, a spud, Bud...to embellish some Tekla towels from IKEA into a custom stamped k...

Inspiration: Sew Your Own Table

It being Bastille Day, we were poking around the Marie Claire Maison site and came across this table, put together by Paola Navone during her renovation, when her guests were on their way but her furn...

How To's For The Garden:
An Apron, Little Planters And An Outdoor Tray

Martha Stewart's Craft of the Day has recently showcased some great ways to freshen up the outdoors with simple DIY projects:...

Inspiration: Titi Abiola's Needlepointed Chairs

We're always looking for ways to transform our furniture by giving it a unique spin. We love taking old pieces and refinishing them; it's one way we can do our part to recycle, and we admire that tra...

Look! IKEA + Decorative Scrap Paper Box Drawer

Here's any easy DIY inspiration we found via Flickr just using some scrap decorative paper and the IKEA wooden drawer boxes. We saw plenty of beautiful decorative paper in Little Tokyo; we might have ...