Easy do-it-yourself decor projects and crafts that look great and cost very little.
25 Dollar Store DIYs That Don’t Look Cheap People assume dollar store diy decor has to look like a dollar store, but the secret is editing: one material, one colour, repeated with confidence. I decorated my entire hallway console with dollar store finds and my sister asked which boutique I shopped at. These 25 projects…
25 Painted Furniture Ideas for Beginners The first piece of furniture I ever painted was a wobbly stool I nearly threw out, and learning these painted furniture ideas for beginners turned it into something I still use. Painting furniture is forgiving: paint covers sins, and a bad coat can be sanded off. Start small, work…
19 Modern-Style DIY Decor Projects on a Budget I used to think a modern diy decor look meant buying everything new, until I priced out one of those clean-lined coffee tables and nearly fell over. It turns out modern style is mostly about restraint: simple shapes, honest materials, and a tight colour palette. Every project…
17 Weekend DIY Projects You Can Finish in a Day A few years ago I looked around my living room and realised I had been saying “I really should do something about this room” for roughly eighteen months. The problem was never money; it was that every project in my head had grown into a…
25 DIY Candle Decor Ideas on a Budget Last winter my electricity bill arrived the same week as my heating packed up, so I started lighting candles every evening instead of switching on every lamp in the house. It was supposed to be a money-saving measure, but something unexpected happened: the flat felt cosier than…
25 DIY Planter Ideas in a Weekend Two summers ago I killed every plant I owned because they were all in sad plastic nursery pots shoved on a windowsill, and watering them felt like a chore. Then a friend gave me a spider plant in a teacup she had planted herself, and I realised the…
23 DIY Wreath Ideas for Every Season My front door used to look the same in July as it did in December, and I never noticed until a neighbour hung a gorgeous autumn wreath that made my bare door look forgotten. That weekend I made my first ever DIY Wreath Ideas for Every Season project…
17 DIY Nightstand Ideas in a Weekend When I moved into my flat, I spent my entire furnishing budget on the mattress and then slept for three weeks with my phone charging on the floor. A decent diy Nightstand seemed like a small thing until I started pricing them: even the plain flat-pack ones were…
17 DIY Shelf Ideas That Look Expensive My living room had exactly one sad bookshelf for years, and everything I owned was crammed onto it in a way that made the whole room feel cluttered. I could not afford custom shelving, so I went down a rabbit hole of diy Shelf builds that look like…
19 Easy DIY Home Decor Projects for Beginners Under $20 When I moved into my first flat, I owned a mattress, a kettle, and absolutely no idea how to make a room look finished. Hiring help was out of the question, so I started collecting easy diy home decor projects that a complete beginner could…