DIY Headboard Project

This “headboard” is as easy as it gets! Simply measure out a square on the wall behind your bed, mark off with painter’s tape and paint your favorite color!

DIY rope headboard for a personalized bedroom

This is a very simple and fun project. All you need is a simple wood frame. All you need is carefully drill some holes around the edges and then use rope to create a random pattern. It’s so simple and the result is so interesting. You can choose whatever color of rope you want. It would be even more interesting to use two or more colors for contrast. There’s no real pattern here. Just follow your instinct and create a random criss-cross pattern. Just take a piece of rope, make a knot on one end, introduce it through a random hole and then pull the other end until you can knot it again. You have the liberty of choosing whatever type of rope you like. You can use yarn, string, twine or anything else you like. You’re also free to choose the colors and the pattern. At the end you’ll have an original headboard made by yourself. It will be a colorful addition to the bedroom and it will be a fun project itself.{found on poppy talk}.

Via: http://www.homedit.com/diy-rope-headboard-for-a-personalized-bedroom/

(Source: poppytalk.blogspot.com.au)

DIY Ombre Glowing Hurricane glasses:

http://www.curbly.com/users/chrisjob/posts/11423-how-to-make-diy-ombre-glowing-hurricane-glasses

DIY modern geometric backdrop:
http://www.ambrosiagirl.com/blog/diy-modern-geometric-backdrop/

DIY christmas decor

(Source: desiretoinspire.net)

DIY Moon Pendants

You will need:
- Perfectly round balloons (from party stores)
- Papyrus Paper (light weight, under 110gsm)
-Craft Glue

First, blow the balloons to the sizes you want and tighten them.
Dip the papyrus paper into glue solution mixed with water at 50/50 ratio.
Then tear apart these sheets of paper into narrow strips around 1 inch wide (2.5cm wide).
After that lay these wet strips around your blown balloon to cover its surface,
leaving only a hole just big enough to push the light bulb through later on, as
shown in the picture to the right (which uses hemp strings instead of papyrus
paper, but the principle is similar).
Leave your moon globe to dry completely (usually takes about 24 to 48 hrs)
and you have the papyrus paper already turned into hard mold in the sphere shape
of the balloon.
Carefully release the air out the balloon and take it out and there you have a Luna
globe ready for your Moon pendant lights show.
Just be gentle with handling – these paper globes are very fragile.

DIY Lace Pendant:
http://dosfamily.com/2011/01/lace-lamp/

An Alternative to a traditional room-divider

Traditional room-dividers can be expensive, but rope is cheap. You can make your own by building simple wooden boxes to stretch pre-cut lengths of rope from ceiling to floor.
You can use any rope you want, though jute and hemp seem to be the most popular picks for use indoors. It’s also easy to estimate how much you’ll need once you know where you want the room split, so you don’t have to worry about buying too much or too little. The wood boxes that act as anchors can probably be replaced by just about anything, too.
With Summer creeping in, a room divider like this could really help keep a place light and airy.

DIY Pendant Light

How to make the ball of yarn:
blow up a ball or balloon – an exercise ball works well (Walmart has 55cm, 65cm and 75cm if you need large ones)
mark a 6-7 inch circle off-center (this is for your hand so you can change the bulb)
cover the floor or working area with plastic (it will get real messy)
wear disposable gloves (it will get messy, I mean it)
rub a liberal amount of Vaseline all over the ball (this prevents the yarn from sticking to the surface once the glue is applied)
put wallpaper paste into a large bowl
unravel the ball of yarn (we used 360 yards of a medium weight cotton for a 31” ball – use more for smaller spacing) dip it into the paste & saturate it completely – you can work with small amounts to prevent the yarn from getting tangled but it is more efficient to do the whole ball of yarn
begin wrapping the saturated yarn around the ball randomly covering as much of the open space as possible without covering the drawn circle
once the ball is all wrapped, let it dry at least 24 hours (we placed ours on top of a cardboard box for stability)
once dry, deflate ball carefully as much a possible. Stick your hand through circle space with some scissors and cut it up into manageable pieces (if it is an exercise ball it will have sand in it so careful where you do it). Pull it through the circle opening (the same opening used to change the bulb) very carefully.

http://madebygirl.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/my-finished-diy-pendant-light-via-made.html

DIY Tiny polaroid magnets:
http://www.ambrosiagirl.com/blog/tiny-polaroid-magnets/