I read about some really great do-it-yourself, inexpensive home decorating projects that I just had to share.

Toiletry Shelf - “Use wood screws to secure a pair of wooden shelf brackets to either side of the door frame; screw shelf to brackets. The shelf should rest on top of the door molding, which will help support the weight. Keep small bottled items and toilet paper in handled boxes.”

This is a great idea from Martha Stewart for people like me with a small home. When you are dealing with small spaces you need to get creative with how you make yourself more storage. She takes a normally “dead” space and makes it easy-to-reach storage. The trick here is to not just throw your TP up there. Make sure you pay attention to presentation and make it neat and presentable.

Door Headboard - “A solid old door, refinished and hung sideways, becomes a headboard for a bed. Check yard sales and flea markets for doors. A strip of crown molding along the top edge offers a neat finish.”

Another great Martha project. Martha knows that us girls on budgets don’t have headboards because that is the one piece of furnishing in a bedroom that you can live without when you are on a budget. But I think this is a great cheap idea. A brand new door is even a steal at Home Depot (only about $30).

Jewelery Shadowbox - Grace at design sponge offers this idea from Blueprint that she made her own. She used, “a few extra ikea frames (the kind that are set in like shadowboxes) where the backs of each frame are just thick enough for the tiny screws so i went out to my local craft store and hardware store and picked up gift wrap and hooks that would be fun for the project (i also used printed paper from dwell’s new promo notepad). ” The one above is from Blueprint and I must admit that I like Grace’s better!

Make Your Own Bulletin Board - You will have to visit this Design Mom yourself to see these photos because I didn’t want to steal them from her site, but trust me, it’s worth the extra click. She is making a fabric covered bulletin board that is really amazing. I love the tall version with the pockets. Don’t worry she spills the directions.

A Canopy - OK. This is not exactly instructions on how to make this… but I am pretty sure there isn’t much to it. You do however need a fabulous four poster bed like this one. Over at Apartment Therapy they showed the above bedroom design from Kara Mann. This is pretty simply a draped striped fabric that is two sided (may be two pieces of fabric sewn together) for a really pretty effect. Now how to build the four poster bed you got me on.

Trackback URI | Comments RSS