Budget Friendly DIY & Interior Decorating
A couple of days ago, I had someone ask me on the A2D Facebook page, "How much is too much board and batten in a home? I LOVE the look, and I want to do nearly all of the rooms in my house!" So I started thinking about the question, and then I started realizing just how much wainscoting (whether it's bead board, board and batten, tongue and groove, inexpensive wood slats, bead board wallpaper, or some other unique wainscoting) is going up in … [Read more...]
Are you going to be entertaining this month? Anxious about how your table will look? I'm here to tell you that table centerpieces don't have to be elaborate or costly to be pretty. When my breakfast room was nearing completion, I knew I didn't want to add yet one more complicated project to my "to do" list, and I certainly didn't want to spend more money for something to decorate my table, so I looked around for things I already had on … [Read more...]
My breakfast room is finally finished. And...well...it's bright and colorful! Nobody ever accused me of being afraid of color, that's for sure!! :) It has taken me forever to get to this room finished, so let me remind you how this room looked when we bought our condo. And let me also remind you that as soon as we were handed the keys, I walked in and started snapping pictures. I didn't even take a few minutes to clear away the junk left by … [Read more...]
Well, I've reupholstered my dining chairs...again. This time I used two fabrics -- a striped fabric and white duck cloth, both of which I used on these easy-to-make three-fabric pillows. I didn't use the linen on the chairs because that linen is pretty thin, and linen used for upholstery really needs to be either upholstery-weight linen, or it needs to be backed with another fabric to make it upholstery weight. So, to … [Read more...]
I finally decided that a painted table top just wasn't right for my little breakfast room. I wanted a stained chevron table top, but of course, that posed some problems. If you'll remember, I made this table out of cheap pine (or some sort of yellow wood), and I absolutely hate the way that pine looks when it's stained. The grain turns orangish yellow, and just looks...well...CHEAP in my opinion. Want proof? When I made … [Read more...]
Today I have a doozy of a tutorial for you. I'm going to show you how to make lined, pinch pleated draperies with three coordinating fabrics. But these aren't just any lined draperies...these are draperies made the way a professional drapery workroom would make them. I don't think I've ever seen a step-by-step tutorial for this method on any other blog, so perhaps I'm the first to share this info! :) Now I know you're probably … [Read more...]
Well, this chevron wood table top project turned out to be a real time-consuming pain in the neck, folks. And the interest thing is that the actual building of the table top was the easiest part of the whole thing! I mean, cutting all of those wood pieces was a breeze since there was no measuring involved, and then gluing and nailing them to the MDF was simple and went fairly quickly. Getting the finish to look like I wanted was a real … [Read more...]
Jenna at SAS Interiors recently completed her very first upholstery project, and let me tell you, she knocked this one out of the park! She took an average thrift store chair, painted and reupholstered the chair, and turned it into this beauty that she now uses as a desk chair. And if you think the front is amazing, check out the back! That looks like an expensive chair that she found at some high-end shop, right? It's hard to … [Read more...]
I'm back today with a step-by-step tutorial to show you how to upholster a dining chair with welt cord / piping trim and buttons. Of course, the buttons are optional. :) As I mentioned yesterday, very often I see DIYers take on a reupholstery project, and leave off the welt cord. More times than not, I see this being done on dining chairs, where people take off the original chair cover with the welt cord, and replace it with a very simple … [Read more...]
Let's just say I've learned my lesson about doing things right the first time. I'm really going to make an effort to stop trying to take shortcuts, because they seldom work out for me. Remember my dining chair "makeover" disaster from last week? Well I redid it, and this time I didn't take shortcuts. I cut the wood for the seat so that it was the right size, I cut the fabric for the welt cord on the bias like it's supposed to be (FYI, it was … [Read more...]
I'm an interior decorator-turned-blogger, and a DIY fanatic. My blog is where I share my own creations, as well as inspiring projects from other fabulously creative bloggers. Sometimes on weekends, I like to share info on my other favorite topics: blogging and WordPress. Read more >>.
Breakfast Room Makeover
Kitchen Makeover
Laundry Room (Disguised As A Hallway)
Small Bathroom Makeover
Painted Bottles With Polymer Clay Flowers
Inexpensive Wood Slat Ceiling With Plywood
Staircase Spindle Candlesticks
Upholstered Headboard With Wood Frame
Decorative Pillow
Paper Book Jackets
Stained & Sealed Butcher Block Countertops
Easy Modern Triptych “Bubbles” Artwork
Cafe-Style Spindle Chalkboard
Plaited Jute & Antiqued Wood Jar Label
You can do it yourself! My e-book has over
80 pages with over 100 screenshots to
walk you through the entire process.
