It’s the sacred place where you hang out
in your pajamas and binge-watch TV shows.
Doesn’t it deserve better?
This is 25 Cheap And Easy DIYs That Will Vastly
Improve Your Home by Peggy Wang
1. Create wainscoting by buying frames from
a craft store and painting them to match the
wall.
Okay, so here is the fun part.
This idea allow you to Install Wainscoting
Without Power Tools.
and
it requires a latex based paint instead of
oil based paint.
Find a reason on charmingzebra.com
2. Regrout that shower.
You will live your best life with a mold-less
shower.
Directions.
Remove all the caulking
Bring the shop vac into the bathroom to suck
up the bits of caulking and grout dust.
After that, go over the gaps where mildew
had been with a solution of bleach water and
a stiff brush. You could also use vinegar,
too
Next up: use Spectralock Grout and some color.
Amazon it, everything.
After that, make some mess with that stuff,
Get some cheapie, glove or mask if you have
to.
Clean it, and wait few days to get your mix
dried and hardened.
Last, Caulked it.
This video teaches you how to caulk properly
if you never do it before.
Oh! And make sure you’re using caulk specific
for a shower/tub – you want something that
can withstand the water.
Result: Oh hey look – it’s NO mildew!
How awesome is that?!
3. Use peel-and-stick tiles to cover up a
leaked-on cabinet bottom.
When the floor of your sink cabinet needs
a spruce-up, lay down squares of self-adhesive
vinyl tile. They're about a buck a square
at home centers and provide an easy-to-wipe
clean surface.
4. Give your living room sofa a little perk
by re-stuffing the cushions.
This chair was looking really sad. But after about
$35 worth of supplies, and less than an hour
of my time, I have a chair that looks like
new!
This chair is less than a year old, but the
stuffing hasn't held up well, and makes it
look worn and tired.
The tip is
I removed the cushion, and discovered the
fill had separated, so I cut a small slit
in the cushion to add more,
then sewed it back up! The additional polyfill
gave the cushion back it's loft.
I then cut the shape of the cushion out of
2 inch foam and added batting to it, then
put that inside of the cushion cover to provide
support for the shape. This way the cushion
can't sag.
5. Hang Mugs and Tea Cups on Hooks.
Do you have a mug or tea collection threatening
to overwhelm your interior cabinet space?
Take a cue from these photos and hang them
on hooks instead. This look is particularly
fetching with brightly colored mugs or teacups,
but simple white has a charm all its own.
6. Coat your new kitchen countertop to look
like an expensive stone.
Step 1: Prepare the surface with the Diamond
Embedded Sanding Tool (included).
Step 2: Apply the Countertop Transformations
Adhesive Base Coat.
Step 3: Spread the Decorative Color Chips.
Step 4: Sand and smooth.
Step 5: Apply the Countertop Transformations
Protective Top Coat.
7. Turn your cheap dining room table into
something straight out of a Restoration Hardware
catalog.
First use a couple cans of leftover FAT Paint
chalk paint, mixed together, to come up with
a table color. No sand or prime, just painted
it on! all of the boards purchased in one
bundle from Rona (Canada’s home improvement
store) for $6! the wood top is nailed.
8. Make new curtain rods out of copper pipes
and fittings.
Simply take any measurement you need, and
cut accordingly.
More info provided by thehandmadehome
9. Replace your boring air grille with sheet
metal you can buy at any hardware store.
Always wondered what those sheets of metal
with the cool designs on them were for? Now
you know.
Direction:
I held the metal up to the intake and used
my best judgement to cut the sheet using the
tin snips pictured above. Next, I cut two
long narrow strips to cover the space.
Once the metal had the right size, I took
it out to the garage to prime and paint it
the same color as our baseboards.
To paint the metal, I used a 6″ foam roller
and laid the metal directly on the construction
paper on the floor.
10. Hide your knife rack under the cabinet.
Suitable for tiny kitchen with tons of ammenities
1. I invented it, simply standing at the stove,
new knife in hand, without the assistance
of Mr. Google.
2. The slim profile of the magnetic strip
takes up much less room than the bulky wooden
under-cabinet knife block; it bears repeating
– 64 square feet. All space is at a premium.
3. Because it is so slim, the knife rack disappears
when the cabinet is shut; you would never
see it unless you knew it was there.
4. It was a snap to install (well, if you
have a handy husband with a drill, that is).
5. When we eventually move on to some other
tiny kitchen, it is flexible for wall or under-cabinet
use. So there you have it: under-cabinet magnetic
knife rack. I am in love with mine.
11. Use kitchen cabinets and IKEA butcher
block counter tops to fake the look of built-ins.
Do I need to paint the inside the cabinets
no one but me will ever see?
(I mean, obviously I have no life.) No. But
there’s something to be said for having
an organized space look pretty too.
I simply taped them off and did one coat of
the color I used on the backs of the built
ins.
I had to do one coat each too – which totally
surprised me. The paint is the SW Duration
kind and it covered great.
After it was dry I did a super quick purge
and then loaded everything back in. I have
a cabinet for holiday stuff.
12. Turn your blinds into Roman shades.
1st ~ Measure your window
2nd ~ Release your mini-blind and sprawl them
on your floor
3rd ~ Cut away the thin, ladder-like strings.
But
Don’t cut that thick one!!! That is the
cord that raises and lowers the blinds – you
will need that!
4th ~ Use a small screwdriver and pop off
the plug on the bottom piece of the blinds
5th ~ Slide off all the slats, except for
the ones you need for your folds
6th ~ cut your blackout liner to the exact
size of your window. Then cut out a print
fabric 1 1/2” larger on all sizes. iron
the print fabric and then placed it print
side facedown and the blackout liner on top.
Use your Fabri-tac glue to glue the edges
of the print fabric onto the blackout liner.
7th ~ Place the remainder of the mini-blind
on top of the glued fabric, placing the top
at the top of the fabric. Glue the mini-blind
top onto the blackout shade making sure you
do not glue the pull-up cord of the blinds
8th ~ Measure out where your slats will be
on your fabric and glue the concaved side
of the slat (the side with the most surface
area) onto the shade. Make sure you DO NOT
get any glue on the pull-up cord.
9th ~ Now take the end of the pull-up cord
and reinsert it in hole on the base of the
shade. Re-tie a knot at the end of the string
and put the plug back in. Glue down the base
of the shade at the bottom of the fabric.
10. Your new shade is done.
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