Home Sweet Home.How much we put into this concept! And we strive to make it comfortable and cozy. And, of course, beautiful and unique. And, as we know, there is no limit to perfection. That is why ideas for the home swarm in our heads like bees in a hive. And we, restless, rush between furniture and hardware stores in an effort to implement all these ideas. Meanwhile, our transformative itch can be satisfied in less expensive ways than buying new furniture or another (and such a troublesome) renovation. Let's put aside all our revolutionary plans and see what interesting DIY home ideas you can implement today. Here is the promised quartet of ideas.
The idea first. Furniture
She can rightfully be called the soloist of ourquartet. It is furniture that we cast a critical eye over in the hope of finding reasons for our design endeavors. But buying new furniture is too simple a solution. And we are not looking for easy ways! We choose a creative approach. Upholstered furniture, for example, can be dressed in new clothes. And it is not at all necessary to reupholster it for this. You can make throws and bedspreads. Moreover, this can be done from any fabric and even from its leftovers. If you are familiar with the patchwork technique (if not, then be sure to get acquainted!). Make bedspreads from small scraps or larger quilted fragments. A chic throw for a sofa and armchair can be made from whole pieces of fabric. For this, you will need two canvases: one will lie along the sofa, the other across. The first bedspread covers the sofa from floor to floor through the armrests and seat. The width of the transverse canvas should be equal to the width of the sofa, the length - to cover the sofa from the top of the back to the floor. Use fabrics of different colors or textures for such a cover - and you will get practically new upholstered furniture. And you can also knit new clothes for the furniture. You can make comfortable sofa cushions and ottomans for it. In general, dress up, add brightness and freshness. And cabinet furniture (all kinds of cabinets, shelves, tables) can be perfectly updated with the help of decoupage. Use the secrets of this napkin painting to transform your furniture. If it is difficult to master the decoupage technique, then wallpaper and self-adhesive films will do, which can also be used to update and decorate furniture.
The second idea. Shine
More precisely, not the light itself, but its frame.Or, more precisely, a lamp. You must admit that exclusive lamps are a good idea, which is also easy to implement. You can make new lampshades and shades. Or you can decorate old ones - unfashionable and uninteresting. The most unexpected materials can be used to decorate lampshades: fur, feathers, artificial flowers and even cocktail straws and old films. Look for master classes on decorating lamps, and you will be pleasantly surprised by the abundance of creative ideas and the ease of their implementation. But home ideas are not limited to decorating old lampshades! You can make new lamps. First of all, you should think about resuscitating lampshades that have served their time. And based on their frames, you can create real masterpieces of design art. For such lampshades, craftswomen use not only traditional fabrics (silk, satin, chintz), but also felt, guipure, knitted lace and even wallpaper. For frameless lampshades and shades, they use (don't be surprised!) the bottoms of plastic bottles, wooden clothespins, disposable plastic spoons and shot glasses, rings made of polypropylene pipes and much more. And such interesting things are obtained! And here is another non-standard embodiment of an idea for the home in the field of lighting design. An empty bottle or jar (preferably of a beautiful shape), a Christmas tree garland and a decorative ornament (flowers, bows, etc.). At the very bottom of the bottle (on the side near the bottom) a hole is drilled for the electrical wire, the garland is placed in the bottle, decorated to taste and voila! Your miracle lamp is ready!
The idea is the third. Walls
It would seem, well, what can you do with the walls?except changing the wallpaper or plaster. And that means renovation again! Don't despair! Without starting a major renovation, you can also transform the walls. First, you can decorate the wall using the leftover wallpaper using the patchwork method. Give free rein to your imagination and assemble an unusual pattern or a regular geometric ornament from pieces of wallpaper on the wall. You can paper the entire wall (one!) from floor to ceiling in this way. You can paste fragments of contrasting wallpaper and frame them. What else will transform the walls in your home? For example, a wall photo gallery. Choose photos from a family album, make a passe-partout for them and hang them on the wall. Don't like the photo gallery? Instead of photos, use printed reproductions of paintings or photo landscapes or other images. You can also decorate the walls with them. The main thing is to choose the right frame and correctly (from a design point of view) place it on the wall. If you have children, then you probably have children's drawings. They can also be used to decorate a wall. And not only in a child's room, but in any other room. Or you can make a Japanese tokonoma (a decorative niche with a single decoration). Cut out a large flower or bird from the wallpaper, choose a suitable background, and the tokonoma is ready. Everything is as laconic and stylish as possible!
The idea of the fourth. Stylish stuff
This idea is perhaps the most “dimensionless”.Because any creative trinket can be called a stylish thing. It is these things that form the basis of any idea for the home. It is these things that make your home cozy. It is they that emphasize your individuality. The most important thing is that these things are unique and, preferably, made with your own hands. What can it be? All kinds of panels made in different handicraft techniques (for example, quilling). Knitted or sewn tablecloths and napkins. Decorated vases, boxes and watches. Or, for example, a decorative tree.
This tree is also called the tree of happiness.To make it, you will need a flower pot (or other container), a branch (stick, tube, etc.) for the trunk, newspapers and decorative covering for the crown, glue and threads. Form a tight ball (15-20 cm in diameter) from crumpled newspaper. Wrap it with threads for strength and coat it with PVA glue - this is the crown. Make a hole in the ball and insert a branch (previously coated with varnish or paint). Fix the trunk with the crown in the pot with plaster or cement. And now the most important thing - glue the crown with a decorative covering. For it, you can use coffee beans, dry peas and lentils, paper and silk flowers, shells and beads ... In a word, everything that can be pasted over the ball so that it resembles a round crown of a tree. Decorate the cement in the pot and the pot itself (if necessary) and place your tree in an honorable and visible place! These are the ideas for your home with your own hands. And this is only a small part of the ideas that you can take into service. Surely, you yourself can come up with something to make your home cozy and unique. Love it and take care of it, and then life in your home will flow in peace and harmony. We recommend reading:
