DIY: $3 Cake Stand Skip to Content February 29, 2012 DIY: $3 Cake Stand Lately I have found my fingers tapping for a new quick and easy project for the home. Scrap Fabric & Mod Podge Cake Stand First, you will need a $2 candlestick (thrift stores are full of them), this 99 cent plate, and scrap fabric. Flip the plate upside down. Cut the fabric into strips or pieces and bring out the Mod Podge. Start gluing your strips down to the underside of your plate. Trim the excess fabric off the edges. Keep trimming until you get all the way around. Flip the plate back over and set it on your candlestick to dry. Now, time to use the candlestick. Fill the top with glue or epoxy. Set your plate on top, let it dry. I decided after finishing it that I wanted to paint the base. Ta-da, your quick and easy nap time project is now complete. Posted By Colleen 6 Comments TAGS: By Craft, Decoupage, Entertaining + Food, Party Crafts, Prudent Home, Tabletop 6 comments Trackbacks « Previous post Next Post » Search Find a Project Custom Search
Before and After Party: Buh Bye Pleather So….you remember that one time, when I was redoing my office? Yeah. It’s taken a while. A few weeks ago one of my very best bloggy friends came up to help me out with a project. I wanted to reupholster the chair in my office: I got it from Bombay Company years ago, and it’s a great chair, just not the look I’m going for in this space. My plan all along was actually to make a slipcover for it. So we decided to take it apart and just cover each part individually: Because this was in no-spend July, we used some fabric I bought months ago to make a bed skirt for our bed. I think we had plenty: We covered the seat like I’ve shown you a few times: Then we stopped to tickle a Bub: OH my goodness, I think the Bub loved Traci more than I do…and that’s a lot. :) He still talks about her. The original plan was to tuft the back of the chair (it was already tufted), so we took the back portion off: And then put a dog on it: He wasn’t helpful. That part was SUPER FUN! Then we took a nap: Yes, hot glue baby.
Décidément Française!! (decidedly French) « designdisorder I have just finished a cabinet- I bought it from Allegro (like Ebay). This cabinet was imported from either Holland or Germany. Here is the before: It has beautiful carvings on all sides, particularly the doors. But….looking at this picture it looks like your average mass produced oak furniture of days ago (late 80′s early 90′s) and you can’t really see the details. Being a stockist of Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint has its bonuses –I have all the colours in store- the hardest part is deciding which colour to paint! So…..I painted the entire piece Duck Egg Blue and used Old White on some of the carved details. I also used a heavy hand when distressing- to give the carvings some added dimension. Then I gave this lovely lady a spa treatment! Here are some of the details: The hinges and key plate are metal and were a very cheap looking bronze-ish sort of colour. I also painted the drawer pulls- they were the same metal as the hinges. How long does it take for the paint to dry? See above. Either.
Kitchen Gallery: Pot Rack Inspiration Previous image Next image Anna's question earlier today about hanging a pot rack over the stove piqued our interest. Where do people hang their pot racks, and are there some good ideas out there that we can apply in our kitchens? So we went hunting through our archives (and a few other places) to bring you good ideas and visual inspiration for hanging your own pot rack. &bull 1 Rebecca's Wabi Sabi - We especially like pot racks with shelves; they seem so functional. &bull 2 Songyun and Jae's Nooks, Crannies, and Niches - We like the wood color of this pot rack. &bull 3 Lori's Latin Lair - Wow! &bull 4 Maxwell and Sara Kate's place - Here the pot rack hangs directly over the island, and together they frame in the kitchen. &bull 5 Susy's Organized Kitchen - This pot rack is hung in the corner between the ceiling and the wall, which keeps it out of the way. &bull 6 Keep it rail - The steel pot rack against the white tile in this kitchen from Living Etc. is really beautiful.
upholstery basics: dining chair do-over Welcome back to Upholstery Basics, where we’ll be rolling up our sleeves and completing our first project together: a wrap-around seat. Of all seating, dining room chairs get the brunt of the abuse — a little vino here, red sauce there. If you’ve been glaring at those chairs and wondering how to give them that much-needed facelift, read on, and you’ll be transforming those eyesores into jaw-droppers in no time. — Amanda Read the full post on reupholstering dining chairs after the jump! Materials gogglesglovesclampspliersstaple removerstaplerfoam (denser is better for seats)permanent markercarving knifecotton battingDacronfabricwhite or yellow chalkstraight edge/rulerscissorsregulatordustcovercardboard tack stripair blower attachment Don’t forget to check out Upholstery Basics: Tool Time to learn more about the tools we’re using today. Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Wrap-around reminders:
before & after: ryan’s bowling table + pei’s headboard i’ve been trying to convince my friends to go to brooklyn bowl with me, so i’ve got bowling on the brain. so when i saw ryan brown‘s reclaimed maple bowling lane top table, i was instantly hooked. a bowling table turned table? so fun. click here to read more about ryan’s bowling table project. [have a before & after you'd like to share on d*s? just shoot me an email right here with your images (low res, please).] CLICK HERE for pei’s headboard makeover after the jump! this next project makes the most of an awkward cut-out in a bedroom. sue lister sent over images of how blogger pei transformed that awkward space into a grand, over-sized headboard. thanks for sharing, sue!
Pot Racks My last home had 24 foot cathedral ceilings in the kitchen so a pot rack was not an option in the kitchen. But my new kitchen has 9 foot ceilings. So I have become a bit obsessed. There are plenty of premade pot rack options. But I like the idea of something a bit more unconventional. I mean why get something that everyone else can have when you can create your own? My friend Linda created her wonderful pot rack with simple copper tubing. Who knew that brass and copper would look so lovely together? A great solution to a ceiling with a hanging light fixture is to place a small pot rack on either side. Here is a pot rack, sans pots, made from an an antique Italian window grille. Another great idea of repurposing is using an antique drying rack as a pot rack. An old ladder has the same effect. Screen door? Old fencing provides a certain shabby chic charm. As for me I have an antique German sled that I plan on hoisting up. So I am off to find a stud. Laura
antiqued glass votive The way antique glass alternates between absorbing and reflecting light always catches my eye, even on a small piece like a votive or a frame. This awesome tutorial from Ashley Brown features a simple, inexpensive way to create an aged-mirror look out of any glass object. If you have old jars lying around, this would be great way to revive them and make them useful again. Thanks for sharing this with us, Ashley! — Kate Read the full how-to after the jump! Materials Krylon’s Looking Glass Spray Paint (#9033)spray bottle (filled with water)glossy black enamel paintmetallic glossy gold enamel paintscrub spongesmall paintbrusha glass piece you want to paintoptional: painter’s tape and a few magazine scraps Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Try This: Breakfast Tray Carry breakfast in style to someone in need of a little indulgence. This pretty, practical tray is fashioned from the top of a discarded suitcase. Its handles came from an old dresser, and the tray is lined with durable wallpaper from an outdated sample book that was free-for-the-asking from an interior design center. 1. 2.