Apartment Therapy: Jan Jumpstart 2008

Jan Jump Winners: Most Likely To Be Copied

To Contest Page Info and All Entries This was - for us - the most interesting result in which an extremely simple and eccentric solution won the day......

East #18 - Operation "Loo"

Apologies to HandyDan! He sent his entry to Chicago, but it was meant for NY. AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: HandyDan Location: Sharpsville, PA Time: This can be done in 2 or m...

Maxwell's Project: DIY Eco Bathroom Hooks - Final

Location: West Village, NYC Time: Two easy weekends Cost: @ $31 Enter Project Slideshow with More Pics We're finally done. We actually finished last week, but got backed up at the office. We'd ...

East #17: Vickysecret's Side Chair Reupholster

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Vickysecret Location: Auburn, NY Time: 1hr (approx) Cost: $0 for 2 chairs This is a good example of a small project that requires a good deal of sk...

East #16: Spwishy's Used Desk Makeover

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: spwishy Location: Montreal, Canada Time: About 15 hours. Could have been much less had I not made the mistakes I made. Cost: Desk: 200$ used; Keyboa...

East #15: Julia's Folksy Faux-Headboard

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Julia M. Location: Washington, DC Time: Off and on for about 4 days (there's a lot of drying time)... about 8 hours total. Cost: About $60 for the w...

East #14: CapitolHille's Bathroom Re-Do

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: CapitolHille Location: Washington, DC Time: 3 Hours Cost: $7 for the gift wrap Wowee zowee, who knew you could do so much in so little time with so...

East #13: Sagesse's Black Chair Reno

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Sagesse Location: Upstate, NY Time: 33 hours (This includes shopping and 10 hours of hand stitching.) Cost: $150.00 est. (Please note: JoAnn's has g...

East #12: Nest's Mountain Mural

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Nest Location: Brooklyn, NY Time: An afternoon and evening of the same day. It was way easier than I thought it would be. Cost: Around $50 or less. ...

East #11: Sklose's Trompe L'oeil Headboard

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: sklose Location: Sunnyside, NY Time: A few weeks of thinking about designs, roughly two hours to actually do it Cost: $1.07 for a three-pack of elec...

East #10: Robin & Sam's Bedroom Reboot

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: rcwellington Location: New York Time: About 8 hours over 2 days. Cost: Paint = $50, tape = $6, shades = $50, bedskirt = $45, limewash = $20, drawer ...

East #9: NicoleMari's Slipcover for Reading Chair

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: NicoleMari Location: Brooklyn, NY Time: 2 Weekends Cost: $120 Ah, finally. Step by step instructions on how to reupholster a chair, which is someth...

East #8: Jinx'es 'One Day, My Bathroom will be Glam.'

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Jinx Location: Paris, France Time: About three days - two days of sanding and wax removal, two half-days of painting. Cost: About 90 euros (c130 dol...

East #7: Shauna's DIY Mirrored Dresser

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Shauna Location: NYC Time: 2 weekends Cost: $400 Ever wanted a mirrored dresser and looked into how much they cost? Very fashionable in the last fe...

East #6: Kyrielle's Entryway Storage/Shoe Wrangler

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Kyrielle Location: Richmond, VA Time: Off and on for two days - most of the time was spent waiting for paint/glue to dry. Cost: Around $62. Many of ...

East #5: CQ in DC's Nearly New Nightstands

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: CQ in DC Location: Washington, DC Time: one Saturday- probably only about 4 hours once I factor in time spent distracted by two other concurrent pro...

East #4: WVSmith's Gender Neutral Shared Nursery

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: VWSmith Location: Buffalo, New York Time: 1 day gathering supplies; 2 weekends painting (2 people working in shifts) Cost: Appx. $86.00 Reader's be...

East #3: Alexuma's Flip Chair Reupholstery

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Alexuma aka Serra Location: Brooklyn, NY Time: 1.5 days Cost: $30 Who doesn't have a chair that wants to be reupholstered like this? Hats off to A...

East #2: Malinda's Black & White Bookcase

AFTERTo Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Malinda Location: Jersey City, NJ Time: "...about 3 weekends due to my short attention span and poor planning." [more below] Cost: Approx. $75 for ma...

East #1: Nest's Lovelier Library

AFTER To Contest Page Info and All Entries Name: Nest Location: Brooklyn, NY Time: A few hours Cost: Nothing! This simple little project by Nest is a great way to start our submissions off. While...

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