Apartment Therapy Tagged: DIY

How: Not to Install a Ceiling Fan

A few months ago, when the weather was cooler, we moved our ceiling fan into the kitchen. We used it sporadically -- to disperse the smoke during stovetop grilling, to move the heat around the house ...

Psyching Yourself Up for a Big Project

One of the projects we're considering for the long weekend next weekend is re-grouting our kitchen tile, a project we've been meaning to get around to for a long time. It's not that we haven't read u...

Look! DIY Outdoor Dining

Eating, having a drink, hanging out with friends, it's all made even better when you can do it outdoors. It doesn't take a sprawling deck and fancy lighting to make it happen. Check out this awesome...

Look! DIY Outdoor Dining

Eating, having a drink, hanging out with friends, it's all made even better when you can do it outdoors. It doesn't take a sprawling deck and fancy lighting to make it happen. Check out this awesome...

Look! DIY Outdoor Dining

Eating, having a drink, hanging out with friends, it's all made even better when you can do it outdoors. It doesn't take a sprawling deck and fancy lighting to make it happen. Check out this awesome...

How To: Make a Ribbon Covered Lampshade

How hot was it this weekend? With no air conditioner of our own, we had to find old-fashioned ways to cool off, including a refreshing summer drink. We popped into Malo in Silverlake for a mojito an...

How To: Make a Ribbon Covered Lampshade

How hot was it this weekend? With no air conditioner of our own, we had to find old-fashioned ways to cool off, including a refreshing summer drink. We popped into Malo in Silverlake for a mojito an...

How to: Eco Bird Feeder From Chopsticks By Michelle Kaufmann

We've featured some cool birdhouses here before, but here's one you can actually build yourself! Architect Michelle Kaufmann created a birdhouse using the chopsticks that always come with all the take...

How to: Eco Bird Feeder From Chopsticks By Michelle Kaufmann

We've featured some cool birdhouses here before, but here's one you can actually build yourself! Architect Michelle Kaufmann created a birdhouse using the chopsticks that always come with all the take...

30 Minute Stool Makeover

Need a project for the weekend that won't be too time consuming? Got a stool? Then you're set. We loved seeing the step by step for how to add new fabric to a stool's cushion over on ModHomeEcTeach...

Dwell Contest: How Green Are You?

Are you committed to being green? Have you completed green or sustainable projects around the house? Then this is your chance to show off and have a shot at some great prizes. Dwell and the AIA are...

Dwell Contest: How Green Are You?

Are you committed to being green? Have you completed green or sustainable projects around the house? Then this is your chance to show off and have a shot at some great prizes. Dwell and the AIA are...

How to: Clean Around the House with Alka-Seltzer

AT readers in the past have commented a few times about the household uses of the indigestion relief tablets of Alka-Seltzer for tasks like odour removal in the fridge or for cleaning vases. Here are ...

Look! Cork Wall

Did anyone else check out the Dwell Home Tours that happened over the weekend? We ran around and saw all 6 houses on the Westside. One of the highlights was this cork wall used in a home office in V...

Inspiration: The Recycled Designs of Aki Kotkas

There's something satisfying when designers re-appropriate used or trash-bound items, transforming them into wholly new purposeful objects...an inspiration for any DIY'er who believes in ecological-id...

Inspiration: The Recycled Designs of Aki Kotkas

There's something satisfying when designers re-appropriate used or trash-bound items, transforming them into wholly new purposeful objects...an inspiration for any DIY'er who believes in ecological-id...

DIY Nakashima-Esque Table

Whoah. We got tipped off to this great DIY project for making your own Nakashima-esque table and we're totally impressed (and think we might actually be able to pull this one off). ...

DIY Nakashima-Esque Table

Whoah. We got tipped off to this great DIY project for making your own Nakashima-esque table and we're totally impressed (and think we might actually be able to pull this one off). ...

Inspiration: IKEA BJURON Planters as Wall Boxes

Here's a fun wall storage idea made using IKEA BJURÖN planters! As spotted on the IKEA Hacker blog, a reader mounted BJURÔN planters on the wall and painted the insides white......

Inspiration: IKEA BJURON Planters as Wall Boxes

Here's a fun wall storage idea made using IKEA BJURÖN planters! As spotted on the IKEA Hacker blog, a reader mounted BJURÔN planters on the wall and painted the insides white......

Inspiration: IKEA BJURON Planters as Wall Boxes

Here's a fun wall storage idea made using IKEA BJURÖN planters! As spotted on the IKEA Hacker blog, a reader mounted BJURÔN planters on the wall and painted the insides white......

Flickr Find Canned Garden

We found this affordable way to start a garden from Flickr User Happy Sleepy: reuse those giant cans that pizza sauce and stewed tomatoes come in, spray them a fun color (use a rust resistant paint),...