Decor

Ideas Mood Board: DIY Room Dividers

Curtains: Hanging a curtain is probably the best way to create DIY room dividers. Curtains are cheap and take up little space. The hard part comes in hanging them. Options include hanging up a curtain rod or fixing a wire across the room from one wall to another. Picture (2) shows a curtain rail that is fitted to the ceiling instead of the wall – which is great if you don’t want the divider to cut across the entire room. Go for the traditional style curtain (a single sheet of fabric) or there are the more modern IKEA style panels as seen in picture (4).

Book Cases: The good thing with using a book case is that you can have a full height one or a half height one. If you are using a half height book case like an IKEA Expedit, then you won’t have to worry about the lighting when you divide the room. When it comes to curtains or a full height book case, depending on the placement of the lights and the divider, part of the room might be cut off from the lighting. A table or floor lamp can easily solve this.

Building a Room Divider: Old doors can be hinged together to create a folding and portable room divider screen. For a more uniformed look how about using IKEA Billy bookcase doors? These doors or just sheets of hinged together wood can be upholstered for a softer and more decorative look as seen in picture (10).

For a more major DIY project have a look at this project over on IKEA Hackers, where a studio bedroom was turned into a 1 bedroom apartment using IKEA’s PAX sliding wardrobe doors (11). 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11

April 13, 2013 in Decor

Elegant and Stylish Plant Decor Ideas

When it comes to decorating with plants, vintage bottles make for great decorative vases. Go for a uniformed look like in picture (1) by having the same bottles for your arrangement, and group them together in a vintage style milk bottle basket. Another idea is to use different sized and colored bottles to create a more lively arrangement.

A great DIY project is to use oven-bake clay to create miniature clay pots. Rachel at Transient Expression goes through step by step on how to make the faceted pots seen in picture (2).

Picture (3) shows Amanda’s (Wit and Whislte) hanging terrarium she got from Score and Solder.

Another DIY idea is to mount bottles to a piece of wood to hang from the wall (4) – DIY Tutorial. Or how about hanging a corbel on the wall that can act as a decorative shelf for a single vase.

1012 Tera have these minimalist style wall vases (5) that can be grouped together to create a striking wall decor arrangement. Because of the minimalist style, the flowers really are the focus of the display.

A plant hanger itself can be quite decorative. The one pictured (6) is from an Esty shop that has a brass accent piece in the middle. These plant hangers can also be easily made with some cord, rope or thread by following these instructions.

Having a number of vases, all the same, housing the same kind of plant creates a nice clean look as we saw in picture 1. In picture (7) a caterpillar vase displays the same type of flower.

(8) A Staghorn fern hangs from the wall

This last plant decor idea by 101 Woonindeen is a simple and easy one to do: put smaller glass vases into bigger ones to house plants (9).

April 10, 2013 in Decor

Ideas for Decorating With Ladders

In The Living Room: There is quite a bit that can be done with an old ladder. Some ideas for decorating with ladders in the living room include: using one to hang up throw blankets in the living room (1), or as a shelf for photo frames (2) or plants (3).

The DIYer: Jennifer at A Merry Mishap shows how to create the elegant ladder in picture (4). A great alternative to the traditional bulky wooden ladders is a thin metal one (5).

In The Foyer: A ladder can also be used in the foyer as a coat or shoe rack, with hooks on the sides for keys and jackets (6).

Other Ladder Decor Ideas: A step ladder (7) is being used as bedroom side table. Picture (8) shows another ladder in a bedroom, this time being used as a shoe rack. They can also be used in the bathroom as a towel rack . A two sided ladder can have planks of wood in between the steps to create a wide shelf (9). Put two of these ladders side by side with even longer planks of wood to create an even wider unit.

Picture (10) shows a ladder being used in a dining room. Not only is it acting as shelving for dinnerware and snacks, it is a decoration piece in itself. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10

April 8, 2013 in Decor

DIY Chalkboard Paint Decor Ideas for the Home

The Globe: Our first venture in using chalkboard paint was to create a desk globe, which turned into a weekly to-do calendar as seen in picture (1). See how the DIY project went here: DIY Chalkboard Globe: Anthropologie Soapstone Knock Off.

Planters and Storage: Keep things organized by slapping some chalkboard paint onto plant pots (2) or even jars (3) and write what’s in them – awesome!

The Great Wall: A kitchen wall (4) covered in chalkboard paint can be used as a family command center (Ideas for Setting up a Family Command Center in the Kitchen), or have one painted in the playroom, kids room, or living room for the kids to draw on (5).

A Wall Calendar: As seen by the playroom chalk wall, the base color doesn’t have to always be black. How about creating a calendar with different colored blocks as seen in picture (6)? This would be useful for the kitchen command center or in a home office.

Wall Decor: Create your own art pieces with a great mural (7) or how about using a decorative frame to hang up a quote or drawing (8). See our post here on turning an IKEA BILLY Door into a framed chalkboard quote stand.

Serving: Other creative chalkboard paint ideas include decorating mugs (9) and serving trays (10) to label what’s what and who’s who. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10