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Updated on January 2, 2022January 2, 2022Home Decor

Carpentry Ideas For Your Storage and Display Needs

Using the right carpentry ideas can help you create the perfect storage and display space. Whether you’re trying to hide away a vanity counter or add more storage to a small bathroom, there are many options available to suit your needs. Listed below are some of the more common projects. Read on to discover more creative carpentry ideas. Here are a few examples: A built-in shelf can hide a toe kick or pin hole and give you additional floor space.

Creating a storage space with an attractive display is easy when you have an idea and a plan. One great way to use a wall-mounted shelf is to build a cabinet with shelves below. It’s a great way to showcase books or pottery and doesn’t take long to complete. All you need is a sheet of 3/4-inch plywood, wood glue, and 8d finish nails. To learn more about attractive storage space click here.

The next project is a built-in shelf. This is an excellent way to hide storage. You can build a base cabinet on the bottom half and use it as a countertop shelf. This allows you to use the lower half of the cabinet for larger items and make it easier to reach the top. You can also use glass fronts for display space. This will help keep the design uniform no matter what’s inside.

A custom built-in wardrobe is an excellent choice for storage needs. If you’re building a built-in wardrobe, consider using materials that match the style of your house. The wardrobe below is made from rustic beadboard paneling, which works well in an old farmhouse. Alternatively, you can build a raised bar counter for a small corner and create a dining area. The possibilities are endless.

Reclaimed wood can make beautiful storage and display solutions. By using recycled wood, you can create your own built-in bookcase without a shop. This method is also environmentally friendly. If you’re building a bookcase, you can choose a style that matches the room’s decor. Creating a custom built-in bookcase will help you to save money and reduce waste. The project is a great way to transform your existing bedroom into a modern space.

To make a unique bookcase, install a ledge on the top or sides. It is important to choose the right size for your shelf. A drawer should be built in the center of the shelf. An open bookcase will give you more space. A narrow bookcase can be an excellent solution for a small room. You should also look into the shape of the bookcase. A ledge can be a useful addition to a storage space in your bedroom.

A bench window seat next to a barn door is an excellent way to store and display your tools. A bench window seat in front of a barn door can also be a great alternative to built-ins. A large slat wall system can be used for storage and display needs. For the most efficient way to store tools, try hanging them on the wall. This will make it easier to find and use them.

A built-in shelf or bookcase can be a stylish and functional addition to a bathroom. A simple ladder can fit into a high ceiling. Depending on the height of your ceiling, a sliding ladder may be an option. A floating shelf is a good option if you want to create a non-obtrusive display. A custom-made bench or shelf can be a space-saving addition in your bathroom. Learn more about Carpentry for Home Decor at https://www.lightintheboxblog.com/stunning-ways-to-use-carpentry-for-home-decor/

Floating shelves are an ideal solution for small bathrooms. Floating shelves are a great way to fill empty wall space and add more storage space to a bathroom. Hidden hardware is essential to keep the shelves secure, but you can make them look more attractive by concealing it. A video tutorial will demonstrate how to do this step-by-step. There are a number of different types of floating shelf.

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020DIY Home Improvement Home Decor

Stunning Ways to Use Carpentry for Home Decor

Carpentry is a very versatile skill. Everything that is made from wood will always remain timeless. Below are some stunning carpentry ideas you can use for home decor.

Cover the Walls with Wooden Backsplash

Empty walls can be boring and uninviting. They are even worse if not coloured. Give your walls a beautiful and more welcoming touch by installing a wooden backsplash. You can decide to have the backsplash all over the wall or create unique contours to achieve a look that fits your personality and taste. All you require is wood that can grip. You can also hire a professional carpenter if you cannot DIY. learn more DIY’s at http://www.lightintheboxblog.com/10-spring-cleaning-lifesavers/

Wooden Hangers in the Kitchen

A Kitchen is the busiest room in any house. There are a lot of things that take place in the kitchen and this is why you should make it even more functional by adding wooden hangers. You can hang your mugs, kitchen towels, and aprons. The wooden hanger will give your home a vintage touch.

Add a Beautiful Wooden Coffee Table

Coffee tables made from glass are the most common today, but why be common when you can stand out from the rest by using a wooden coffee table? You do not need an expert to get you a wooden coffee table. You can decide to DIY, it is even cheaper compared to hiring an experts like GM Carpentery. All you need are sizable wood chunks put together. Just like the hangers in the kitchen, wooden coffee tables will add a natural yet timeless touch to your home.

How do Wooden Floating Shelves Around the House Sound?

Amazing! Right? There are so many things that you can do with wooden floating shelves. You can install them in your bedroom, kitchen, sitting room and even in the bathroom. The following are some ideas to help you make wooden floating shelves functional in your home.

Wooden floating shelves in your kitchen – in the kitchen, you can place spice containers or recipe books on top of these types of shelves. You can even place a small tin of planted mint or Rosemary on the wooden floating shelves
In the bedroom, you can place a picture with an inspiring quote or a beautifully framed picture of your loved ones on it
In the sitting area, wooden floating shelves can be used to save up space. You can place books to those beautiful vases that you have laying somewhere in the house

You can never go wrong with wooden floating shelves in home decor.

Try a Wooden Furniture in Your Study Room

Currently, a lot of people work from home. This has made many people include study rooms in their homes. Over the years, these study rooms have evolved and turned into offices where meetings are held and even clients come in and out. Installing wooden furniture in such rooms will make them appear timeless, the room will never go out of style. For example, you can have a desk made from wood and add a study lamp on it to make it complete. learn working from home ideas at https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Remote-Working/

Up to You

There are amazing things that you can do using wood and many of them are DIY. Wood is a material that is readily available and cheap to purchase. The next time you are looking for a unique way to refurbish your home then think about carpentry, you will never go wrong.

Updated on December 12, 2020June 23, 2020Home Decor Home Improvement

10 Spring Cleaning Lifesavers

It’s that time of year again… spring cleaning! These 10 hacks will get your home in pristine condition with very minimal time and effort. You’re welcome!

1. Lemon = Bye-bye hard-water stains

2. Pour one cup white vinegar + one cup hot water in a measuring up in your microwave for 5 minutes = Spotless microwave

3. Sprinkle 1/4 cup salt onto grapefruit and scrub your bathtub = Sparkling tub

4. Toothpaste + a damp cloth = No more permanent marker stains on your wood floor

5. Lemon white vinegar ice cubes = Clean and fresh garbage disposal (drop one cube in each night!)

6. Hot water in your washing machine + a bit soap + Legos in a laundry bag = Super clean toys

7. One blast of canned air = Dust-free bathroom exhaust/fan

8. Boil orange peels + cloves = Instant air freshener

9. Squeegee carpet and furniture = So long pet hair

10. Sprinkle baking soda on a damp sponge = Perfect way to scrub crayon out of walls

Updated on December 12, 2020August 20, 2019Home Decor

Welcome Spring with 10 DIY Decor Projects

Since spring officially starts March 20, it’s time to roll out the welcome mat for the new season! Literally. Give your home a spring makeover with these 10 DIY projects .

1. Fruity Welcome Mat

Make the watermelon mat:

1. Fold your circular mat in half and mark it on either side with a Sharpie to create a reference mark for the middle.

2. Create a line down the middle with your ruler and cut down this line.

3. Spray paint the rugs white to act as a base color.

4. Create a stencil of your rugs on paper by tracing them.

5. For the watermelon, cut two rings out along the outer edge. They should be 1″ for the outermost and 3/4″ for the inner.

6. Cover the middle part of the watermelon. Leave the inner most ring on and cover it with coins to keep it down.

7. Spray the outermost part green.

8. Once it’s dry, cover it with the ring again. Take off the center covering and spray paint it red.

9. Let dry overnight. Cover the middle section again and trace where you want the seeds.

10. Cut out the seeds.

11. Replace the stencil and hold it down with coins. Spray it black. Let sit until it’s dry.

Make the lemon mat:

1. Repeat the same steps until you get to spray painting it red. Instead, pray this mat yellow.

2. Cover the outer rings with the stencil you already made and hold it down with coins.

3. Make your inside stencil by creating the shapes of the inside of the lemon with a Sharpie and cut out the pieces.

4. Spray paint it white and let it dry.

2. Tissue Flower Votives

1. Cut the tissue paper down and wrap it around the votive, securing it with the double sided tape.

2. Cut out petal shapes on strips of paper long enough to wrap around the votive. Using the double sided tape again, secure the petal strips around the votive.

3. Once the paper is secured, adjust it with your fingers, pulling the petals back and giving them shape like actual petals.

4. Place a candle in the votive!

3. Egg Carton Wreath

1. Deconstruct egg cartons. Use the portion that holds the egg to create the flowers. Give some rounded petals and some fringed. Use the flat parts of the carton to make leaves.

2. Paint each part. Use yellow, red, green, blue and green paints.

3. Cut out a large cardboard circle for the base and paint it green.

4. Use a hot glue gun to attach the parts to the base as you like.

4. Egg-celent Centerpiece

1. Start with a chicken roaster to get the effect.

2. Fill the outermost area with Easter eggs.

3. Use the center for the flowers.

5. Wine Bottle Tiki Torches

1. Fill an empty and clean wine bottle about 1/3 full with glass pebbles.

2. Insert a Tiki refill wick into a brass coupling doohickey.

3. Fill the bottle with Tiki fuel.

4. Insert the wick and that’s it!

6. Planter Chandelier

1. Remove all electrical wiring from the chandelier and the plastic “candle” holders with wire cutters.

2. Attach terra cotta saucers with putty and glue.

3. Attach the pots in the same way. Let dry for 1-2 hours.

4. Spray paint the entire thing, including the chain. Hanging the chandelier from a low tree makes this easy.

5. Let dry, then plant your flowers!

7. Cloud Lights

1. Pull cotton batting until it looks fluffy.

2. Hot glue it to the outside of a paper lantern.

3. Insert flameless, LED candles.

8. Rainbow Centerpiece

1. Add a few drops of gel food coloring to each vase.

2. Use a toothpick to help blend the coloring and water. Add more water to make it lighter or more gel to make the color more bold.

3. Insert your choice of flower. White flowers really pop against the coloring!

9. Umbrella Wreath

1. Fill an umbrella with flowers and close it.

2. Tie a ribbon around the center.

3. Hang it on your door with a hook.

10. Flower Pot Fire Pit

1. Fill the flower pot with rocks.

2. Even out the rocks, so that you have a flat surface.

3. Place chafing fuel container on top of the rocks. Make sure it sits a little bit higher than the pot.

4. Evenly place more rocks around the chafing fuel container.

Updated on December 12, 2020March 4, 2019Home Decor

Think Outside the Carton: 10 Easy and Creative Easter Egg Ideas

OK, so Easter is right around the corner and your kids are probably starting to mention all that comes with it — the Easter bunny, candy, egg hunts, and of course, decorating Easter eggs! This year, get really creative with the family-bonding tradition. Skip the basic dye kits, and try one of these equally easy, but vastly cooler ideas!

1. Temporary Tattoo Eggs

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1. After hard boiling, make sure the egg is completely dry. Take the clear plastic cover off of the tattoo and place the tattoo face down on top of the egg. Make sure it’s placed exactly where you want it.

2. Dab a damp washcloth on top of the paper. Don’t saturate it too much, but do make sure the tattoo is removed in its entirety from the paper label. Done!

2. Marbled Nail Polish Eggs

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1. Fill a plastic cup up with room temperature water. If the water is too hot or too cold, it won’t work.

2. Put lots of nail polish into the cup. Combine a variety of colors that you think will be fun together. If the polish sinks, the temperature of the water isn’t correct. The polish should spread out on top of the water. Swirl it with a toothpick.

3. Hold your egg between your fingers, so that you cover the least amount of surface area on the egg. Then dunk straight down into the water, hold for a second underwater and then bring it up. The polish will cover about half of the egg. Sit the egg in a carton to let it dry.

3. Sprinkle Eggs

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1. Pour your sprinkles into a medium size bowl.

2. Squeeze some tacky glue out of the bottle onto freezer paper or wax paper.

3. Using your paintbrush, cover your hard-boilded egg in a good, even layer of the glue.

4. Now dip your egg in the sprinkles and press down firmly, covering about half your egg in sprinkles.

5. Let go of your egg in the bowl, and using a spoon, cover the other half of the egg with the sprinkles

6. After your egg is fully covered in sprinkles, firmly press the arc of the spoon against and around your egg, helping to “seal” the sprinkles on.

4. Beans, Seeds and Rice Eggs

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1. Simply follow the same steps as the sprinkle eggs. Replaces sprinkles with your choice of beans, seeds or rice.

5. Sharpie Eggs

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1. This is the simplest craft, ever. Use pastel Sharpies to draw anything you like on your hard-boiled eggs!

6. Kool-Aid Eggs

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1. Prep by hard boiling your eggs and mixing each Kool-Aid packet with about 2/3 cups water.

2. Pour each color into a different container large enough to dip the eggs.

3. Dip your eggs with a spoon or wire egg-dipping tongs.

4. Let dry!

7. Crystal Eggs

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1. Instead of hard-boiled eggs, use metallic plastic eggs.

2. Fill a small bowl with epsom salts. (Fine grained, not coarse!)

3. Squeeze some glue onto a plate. Clear glue is preferable.

4. Dip the egg into the glue. Make sure the glue is smeared all over the egg.

5. Place the egg into the salt bowl.

6. Grab a spoon and start spooning the salts over the egg, while using your other hand to rotate it. Use the backside of the spoon to pack the salts onto the egg . This helps them stay on.

7. Let dry for 30-45 minutes.

8. Despicable Me Eggs

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1. Separate yellow and blue plastic eggs. Merge the top part of the yellow eggs to the bottom part of the blue eggs.

2. Cut black electrical tape into a thin strip and stick it to the top yellow half.

3. Use a dot of glue to stick a googly eye in place, and draw hair and a mouth with a black Sharpie.

9. Pantone Eggs

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1. To dye eggs like this, stand them vertically in a small cup of traditional egg dye.

2. Use tattoo paper to create the labels. Remember to type the words backwards. Then apply the “tattoos” to the egg.

10. Lace Eggs

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1. Prep by hard boiling your eggs and cutting your lace into strips (lace ribbons work beautifully!).

2. Tie the lace strips very tightly around around your egg.

3. Dye them in traditional egg dye.

4. Alternatively, you can dye just the egg. Then wrap fresh lace around it.

Updated on December 12, 2020June 13, 2018Home Decor

Wedding Wednesday:7 Wedding Reception Decoration Ideas on a Budget

The planning of wedding reception is a big stress, especially if you’re trying to stick to a strict budget. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to save money on fun, elegant, and memorable decor. Here are seven inexpensive wedding reception decoration ideas:

If you’re a bookworm and have a big collection of books, you can use some of your books to decorate your wedding reception.

Wedding favors can be used on the table to act as decorations. Make a centerpiece out of favors so each of your guests can take home part of your wedding decor. Just look at these cute heart shaped spoons!

An elegant wedding birdcage for your cards. Give your guests a fun spot to place their wedding well wishes with this splendid Birdcage Card Holder.

Wishing trees are pretty, bright and sparkly and fun to make — you don’t have to be an expert to create it. Ask your guest to leave their wishes on tree leaves. You can collect them and make a storybook wedding album later.

Fill a gorgeous little wedding bomboniere or favor box with some sweet candies, lollies, almonds and other fillers for your wedding day. You can even create a bomboniere yourself!

Glue lace doilies around jars to add a touch of vintage class to your wedding tea-lights, lanterns and vases. They will light up your wedding reception!

Simple and cute idea to decorate your wedding reception. And most importantly, it’s affordable for everyone.

Do you LIKE these ideas? Can you share any tips for inexpensive decoration of wedding reception?