Someone will certainly take a look at this selection of ideas and say that it is easier to buy new furniture or décor. But this article is not for them, but only for true connoisseurs of unique style and handicrafts. Here you will find the 10 most beautiful interior items that you can do for your home with your own hands, without spending extra money.
The best crafts for the home with their own hands from scrap materials for 2018!
1. Decoupage and other ideas for repairing furniture with your own hands
Restoration of old chests of drawers and sideboards is perhaps one of the main trends of our time. Many pieces of furniture fail over time: the cases of tables and chairs are loosened, upholstered furniture is pressed through and requires a new “filling”. But chests of drawers and sideboards can stand for many years and bother you with their outdated appearance.
Home needlemen and decoupage masters not only found a way to update the design of old furniture, but also erected a fashion for the use of vintage “grandmother’s” chests of drawers in the interior. Detailed instructions for painting and decoupage can be found in our article
Below are some photos of amazing home projects that will inspire you.
Restoration of an old chest of drawers with replacement of handles and hand painting:
Painting and finishing the old cabinet with metal buttons:
As a result, the furniture acquired an original effect of décor in the Moroccan style. Simple, like everything ingenious:
By the way, in this way you can create more sophisticated things for the home:
Decoupage and painting strikingly transform old furniture facades, but not every person will have enough time and patience for this painstaking task. Therefore, the best DIY home ideas will also include reworking furniture with adhesive tape to look like marble, gold and other unusual coatings. A minimum of effort – and the most ordinary piece of furniture will turn into the main decoration of your interior.
2. Beautiful things for the house with your own hands: carpets
Perhaps the most pleasant thing in creating things for the house with your own hands is when one of the guests asks: where did you get such beauty? A stylish zebra print rug (or other motif of your choice) will certainly deserve such a compliment. And more than once.
Next, you will be surprised at how easy it is to make it yourself.
The fabric can be any. The main thing is that it is not too demanding in care: it is not afraid of moisture and is easy to clean. In this case, the master chose vinyl fabric. It’s heavy and sturdy enough to look like a true carpet. What’s more, the quality of vinyl these days is very impressive and it’s available in a wide selection of colors and interesting textures.
Ручки Krylon создают на поверхности ткани потрясающий эффект сусального золота. Кроме того, краска в них быстро высыхает и очень надежно держится. Если вы в своем городе не можете их купить, то используйте обычную краску для тканей или стен. Как следующий герой нашей статьи.
He took a cheap white rug as a basis and decided to give it an interesting look with his own hands with the help of a chevron pattern. All he needed was thin duct tape, scissors, a thick brush and latex paint in two different shades.
Finally, another inspiring example in which an improvised stamp is used instead of a stencil. The master had a rubber mat for the bathroom, the remnants of paint for the walls (to achieve a vintage effect, it was slightly diluted with water), a roller and an old IKEA woolen carpet. We look at the photo of what he managed to cook from these ingredients.
3. Unusual “marble” crafts with their own hands (photo)
In our article you may have learned that the marble effect is extremely fashionable. But who would have thought that it could be achieved with conventional nail polishes? And apply not only in manicure, but also to create a beautiful home décor with your own hands.
What you’ll need:
- Object for painting (any dishes, flower pots and other hard, poorly absorbent objects);
- At least 2 nail polishes of any shade of your choice;
- Clear nail polish or smart enamel;
- Disposable plastic or other container;
- Nail polish remover;
- Thin adhesive tape;
- Toothpicks.
Precedence rule:
- With adhesive tape, we limit the area that will be painted.
- Pour water into a disposable container. We open all the bubbles of nail polish, except for the transparent one, and begin to drip the varnish from the brush into the water, one color at a time. A layer of each next color should be applied on top of the previous one.
- Take a toothpick and draw it a few strips from the center to the edge (see photo instructions below). Act quickly, as the varnish will begin to harden very soon.
- Submerge the bottom of the dish (bounded by the tape) in the resulting pattern on the water. Let it gather around on all sides of the object, then carefully pull it out and leave it to dry.
- Before staining the next item, remove the remnants of varnish from the water with a toothpick and repeat the previous steps.
- When your new décor is completely dry, fix the marble pattern with a layer of clear varnish. When this layer is dry, remove the adhesive tape and clean up the occasional varnish stains with a removal fluid.
Here are a few more photos with examples of creating such décor for the interior.
The next 3 positions in our article are do-it-yourself crafts made of fabric for the home.
4. Woven crafts for the interior: pillows with your own hands
Bright sofa cushions and ottomans are an easy way to change the mood in the interior and update the design of the living room. If you have a sewing machine, then it will not be difficult for you to make such an interesting décor for your home with your own hands. Here is an example in the photo:
Если же вы не желаете покупать новую ткань или не имеете швейной машинки, то всё равно можете обновить старые подушки, окрасив их в новый цвет или создав узоры с помощью трафарета (по тому же принципу, как это проделывают с коврами – см. инструкцию выше).
Приведем вам пример одного очень интересного способа окрашивания ткани, когда в результате она приобретает модный эффект омбре.
В данном случае мастер использовал RIT красители для ткани, но вы можете применить любые другие. Чтобы наволочки легче и быстрее впитывали краску их рекомендуется хорошенько смачивать водой. Для достижения эффекта «Ombre» в ёмкость с разведенным красителем окунаем наволочку примерно на 2/3 длины, после чего сразу же вытаскиваем её из жидкости еще на 5 см. Оставляем в таком положении примерно на 5 минут, после чего достаем еще 5 см. И так до конца, пока наволочка полностью не будет вынута из красителя. Результат работы мастера – на фото слева.
In the photo on the right and below are more examples of stylish things for the home with an ombre effect.
5. The headboard of the bed, what you can do for the house with your own hands
There are hundreds of creative ways to decorate a bedroom with a spectacular headboard. You can learn about many of them in our article . Here we will give you useful photo instructions for creating a chic headboard in a classic style. Perforated board, a piece of polyurethane foam, fabric, thread and buttons!
6. Useful ideas for the home: DIY roman blinds
Beauty and functionality – 2 in one! If you have old blinds, then you can make them according to the example in the photo below. You can get more ideas and options for creating such curtains with your own hands in our article Roman blinds in interior design.
7. Turn photos into wall décor
It’s so much cooler than just hanging framed photos! Your personal photos or any images you like from the Internet can turn into beautiful wall art for any room. To make such a décor with your own hands, you can apply any of the following methods.
Method 1:
- Find or buy a substrate. It can be a thick sheet of polystyrene foam or polystyrene foam (as in this case), a board and other improvised materials.
- Print the photo, after editing its dimensions so that they are about 5 cm larger than the size of the substrate. These “extra” centimeters will go to the folds.
- Cut the photo and substrate into pieces if you want to get a modular set rather than the whole picture. Otherwise, skip this item.
- Put the photo on the substrate and wrap the ends. The author of this product used double-sided adhesive tape to secure the photos. You can attach to regular glue or other available means. The surface of the photos itself can also be treated with glue or paste for shine.
Method 2:
- Print the image and prepare the canvas on which it will be transferred.
- Stretch the canvas over the frame and apply a thick layer of medium gel to it. These gels are widespread and today they can be bought at any store of finishing materials.
- Overlay the photo on a greased canvas and press down. Leave it for a few hours, but periodically sprinkle with water from a spray bottle.
- Carefully, with one fingertip, begin to erase the back surface of the image from the canvas. Remove all paper in this way.
As a result, you will get a beautiful with scuffs that will only give it a touch of vintage style. It remains only to apply the last layer of medium gel to it as a protective coating.
For inspiration, here are a couple more ways to decorate your interior with a photo.
We use an old window frame as a photo frame. How do you like the idea?
8. Creative homemade lampshades for lamps
Homemade lampshades made of fabric, paper, thread and other improvised means will not only decorate your home, but also bring an unusual atmosphere to it every dark time of the day.
Look for the best ideas to suit your taste in our article The most beautiful lampshades for lamps with your own hands. The next photo shows a popular creative lampshade made of thread.
9. Succulents – living décor for the home with your own hands
A living wall of succulents is perhaps the most amazing item of all the crafts for the home that you can make with your own hands. Agree: if you saw it in someone’s design of a living room or another room, you would not be able to remain indifferent!
Dekorin will tell you how to get such an impressive and eco-friendly décor:
- You will need a shallow wooden container for planting plants and a metal mesh.
- To fix the mesh on the container, use an improvised wooden frame, which can be made of small boards or chips. Fasten to staples or nails.
- Prepare any for the composition. They easily take root in the most difficult conditions and look most advantageous when you combine different shades and shapes of leaves. Common examples of succulents: aloe, various cacti, juvenile or stone rose (Sempervivum), stonecrop (Sedum), ermine (Orostachys), etc.
- Fill the container with soil and plant the plants of your choice in it. Use any cactus mixture as drainage.
Here are examples of crafts for the home that you can do with your own hands using the above method.
10. Do-it-yourself crafts for the home from glass containers
Glass bottles and jars often accumulate on balconies and in pantries. What they are not turned into today: lamps, candlesticks, vases, table décor … It’s amazing how easily they become part of a stylish interior, you just have to apply a little ingenuity, as well as paints, fabrics, threads, paper and other improvised means. The last batch of photos for today. Also read: Do-it-yourself bottle décor – 50 ideas
