My home is my castle. Yes, that's what they often say. But you and I are not living in the Middle Ages, our fortress should not be an ordinary house, but a cozy nest, where everything is beautiful and comfortable. In this article, we will look together at various DIY handicrafts for the home without much expense.
Also interesting: What can you sew from scraps of fabric with your own hands? 7 coolest ideas.
Hallway
Even the simplest entrance area can be made functional and stylish. Wood paneling will bring a fresh touch to the interior. Not only is it simply beautiful, it is also convenient. On the panel you can screw hooks for bags and jackets. You can also make a small shelf on top for useful little things.
There is also an interesting solution for small apartments. Shoe rack, hooks and cabinets can be combined into one organizer.
An ordinary front door can also be made into a stylish element with the help of wooden trims.
To keep your shoes out of the way and not dirty anything, you can make an unusual stand from a wooden box and stones. So even after a walk in the rain, your hallway will remain clean.
By the way, instead of pebbles, you can use an artificial mat made of plastic grass.
An old ladder can be used as a shoe rack. Now all the shoes will be at hand.
For a couple of years now, it has been fashionable to make all sorts of household items from wooden pallets. In the hallway you can use them as shoe stands. You can make a shelf on top for small items or just put flowers, and attach hooks for umbrellas on the sides.
There is a small life hack for pet owners. To keep dog or cat bowls out of the way, mount them on a separate shelf in a closet or under a countertop.
Surprise your guests with a non-standard approach to such an ordinary thing as coat hooks. Wooden slats, branches, screws, a little imagination and voila! The unusual hanger is ready.
Bathroom and toilet room
These premises should, first of all, be comfortable. However, one should not forget about beauty. After all, everyone is pleased when the necessary things are at hand, when there is no need to untangle the wires from the hair dryer or rush around looking for ear sticks. We offer several simple ways to organize your space.
An old closet drawer or shutters from a flea market can be turned into a toiletry holder.
And old floorboards can be used in wall decor. It looks unusual, but is very simple to do: the slats are either glued to the wall or screwed with self-tapping screws. They can be painted, varnished or otherwise decorated on top.
Nowadays it is very possible to use jars to serve drinks and dishes. Why not use them in decoration? You don't have to look for those same Mason jars that the whole Internet is crazy about. Any others will do.
We are all accustomed to towels hanging on hooks and taking up quite a lot of space. Use shelves to store bath accessories. And it’s convenient, because you can put something else on the shelves, and it’s beautiful.
Now it has become very possible to use stone to decorate a bathroom. They cover the walls and decorate the bathtub. You can even make a rug out of pebbles! Just don’t forget the rubber base in this case so as not to scratch the floor.
For those who like to read in the bathroom, there is a great and simple idea - a cross table. By the way, you can make a slot in it for a glass or mug.
To avoid the hassle of separating your laundry before washing, make a rack with several storage baskets at once. Baskets can be painted in the color of the laundry for which they are intended.
By the way, about washing. Tired of your regular white washing machine? Paint it. All you need is permanent enamel and a stencil. The latter can be made from masking tape.
"Beaver" is interesting
The programs presented by the Beaver TV channel are a collection of programs related to the repair and improvement of your home, interior design, simple architectural solutions and ideas for budget renovation and construction.
“Day of Change” - reality show from the “Beaver” channel
Renovation stories that have become popular, when the viewer can watch the transformation of the homes of program participants in real time, have been presented on the Beaver channel since 2022 by the program “Day of Change.”
All transformations take place before the eyes of the viewer within just 24 hours - fun, easy, and humorous. “Day of Change” is not just a story of transforming a house or apartment, it is a show about creating a new life.
You can learn everything from hanging wallpaper to creating exclusive furniture by watching master classes in the program “Cool Beavers.” And the project “Hurray for the Beaver!” is a collection of useful tips from professionals and amateurs. For summer residents, the new season of the “Country Fairies” channel project will be especially interesting - tips on growing anything and everything from Oktyabrina Ganichkina and Olga Platonova.
“Bureau of Ideas”, “Idea!”, “Beaver for an Hour”, “The ABC of Repair” - all these programs are designed to inspire the viewer to create their own interior masterpieces, because building and crafting is not as difficult as it seems. The main thing is to start. And life hacks from the channel’s presenters will help channel viewers with this.
Living room
Getting a stylish shelving unit quickly and inexpensively is no problem. Use wooden boxes. They can be arranged as you need, making shelves of various sizes. There is another plus - you can put together such a cabinet with your whole family and have a lot of fun.
Using the same principle, you can make a desktop. You will need modular shelving from Ikea, a table top, slats, screws and some paint. The number of shelves and the shape of the entire table depends on your needs.
In general, the use of wood in the interior is one of this year’s highlights. Wooden pallets, parts from old furniture, ladders, branches, etc. are used.
Hanging shelves will help make your living room more interesting. You can use both ropes of different diameters and belts.
A cornice is always a very expensive pleasure. But if you have a non-standard window and only need to order the appropriate size, then it turns into a complete pain. The simple solution is to use small-diameter plastic water pipes. You just need to paint them in a color that suits your interior.
Another life hack on the topic of curtains. How to decorate a window without using a cornice at all? You will need a wooden lath and a lot of hooks for clothes. Don't forget to sew the loops to the curtain.
You can zone the space in different ways: walls, screens, curtains. There is another way - jute cords. You can use any other materials like ribbons or colored fishing line.
In-person courses / with a private teacher
It is extremely important that the teacher is experienced (the ability to sew does not always equal the ability to teach) and has a clear idea of how the training program will be structured. Often, in small private studios, sewing courses do not have such a program - everyone comes to class and everyone sews the product that they have chosen, and the teacher helps everyone as much as possible. Such sewing circles have their advantages, but from an efficiency point of view, this training format is not the best choice.
Take a look at the Burda Academy catalog if you are looking for sewing courses in Moscow! All courses are divided into difficulty levels, so you can easily choose the option that suits you.
DIY home crafts for the bedroom
Garlands and photographs will help you decorate your bedroom walls in an unusual way. But you don’t need heavy frames with glass or any special things for this. Photos can be posted on fishing line, string, or directly on the wall using double-sided tape. And single-color garlands will create an atmosphere of comfort and romance.
Shelves of unusual shape will add freshness to the interior.
Great idea for girls to organize their decorations. You will need branches, cords and decorative nails. The latter need to be stuffed onto branches at the required distance and hung on the wall with laces.
The new is the well-forgotten old. It's the same with decor. You don't have to buy a new chest of drawers or cabinets when you have an old one. You can simply paint it. And then your favorite thing will serve you for many more years.
To save space, there is one very simple “trick” - a shelving wall. This will help get rid of most of the closets in the room.
Add some magic to your bedroom with cotton clouds and garlands.
An old ladder can serve not only as a clothes hanger, but also as a library shelf. This solution seems strange, but just try it – it’s really convenient.
The most important element of the bedroom is the bed. A large double bed is a dream. However, such a thing is often expensive. Don't despair, because making your own bed frame is not at all difficult. Using wooden slats of different thicknesses, self-tapping screws, saws and stain, you can make the bed frame exactly the way you want.
On online courses
Online learning once seemed like something out of the ordinary, but today this format is in no way inferior to face-to-face classes. There are a great variety of courses to suit any level and wishes, so you can easily find online sewing courses for beginners and advanced craftswomen.
We recommend paying attention to a special sewing course for beginners at Burda Academy! During the classes, you will not only learn the basics of sewing, but also sew your first products: a snood, a bell skirt, a hoodie with a hood and a jacket made from stitches. And if you already know how to sew and want to improve your skills, in our collection you will find dozens of different courses on sewing various products.
To better understand how this type of online training works, be sure to take a look at the guide:
Sewing online courses: how training works at Burda Academy
Kitchen
The kitchen is the most visited place in the house. Making it functional and comfortable is quite easy, and now we will look at several examples of rational organization of space that will not only help to restore order, but also make the room more comfortable.
To keep spatulas, spoons, forks and knives out of the way on the countertop, use jars. If you paint them, it will be great.
In small kitchens, you need to make the most efficient use of space. Hidden shelves and built-in wardrobes are your best friends in this case.
Even in the cabinets themselves, you can organize the space so that you can fit more. Internal shelves can be mounted not only on the walls, but also on the doors. It seems like such a simple idea, but so useful.
Life hack: to prevent lids from pots and pans from taking up much space, use regular plastic towel hooks.
There is always one problem with deep drawers - it is difficult to get to what is in the depths. The solution is simple - round rotating shelves. All products are visible and easy to get.
We are all used to the fact that spoons, forks, etc. are stored vertically in the kitchen drawer. What if the box is too small for, for example, a rolling pin? Diagonal placement of sectors will allow you to fit everything.
So that all the spices are visible and do not get lost on the kitchen countertop, make a stand with a ladder. On the top tier you can place small pots with herbs such as parsley, dill, cilantro or basil. Now everything is at hand.
Corner sofas and kitchen islands can also be assembled with your own hands. Moreover, you can think of places to store kitchen utensils in them. Not only will no one have such furniture, but it will fully meet all your needs.
One of the very convenient moves in the kitchen is the use of magnetic tape. You can store knives on it, as well as spices in jars with metal lids. Great idea to save space on your kitchen counter.
And your favorite mugs can be hung on regular hooks. Both stylish and comfortable.
Who said that when we grow up, we part with our toys? There's no need to do that. You can use small figurines to decorate your interior. They can find new life as magnets, coasters, handles, or anything else you come up with yourself.
It would seem that you can do with such an ordinary thing as a refrigerator. We all like to put notes on it with reminders. What if you write on the refrigerator itself, and with crayons? You just need to paint it all with special paint for chalkboards and enjoy. By the way, this technique works on any surface.
"Beaver" is cool
The channel's on-air schedule almost entirely consists of television projects of its own production. And interesting programs naturally find their viewers - “Beaver” occupies a leading position in television ratings: as television industry experts say, the channel confidently outstrips other similar ones in terms of growth in the share of television viewing, duration of viewing by viewers and average daily coverage.
TV channel "Beaver" is cool
The successes of the channel’s creators are recognized by the professional community and in 2022 they were awarded a prize in the competition among non-terrestrial thematic TV channels “Golden Ray” and the first Russian National Award in the field of multi-channel digital television “Big Digit”.
Presentation of the National Award to the Beaver TV channel
"Beaver" is a live channel. He enjoys communicating with his viewers not only during broadcast time. On social networks (in Instagram, Facebook, VKontakte and Odnoklassniki groups) “Beaver” offers even more ideas for decorating your home.
Yard and garden
When decorating your home, you shouldn’t forget about what’s outside. Let's start with the entrance area. From concrete blocks and a couple of wooden slats you can make a cute and comfortable table where flowers, a watering can, a lantern or anything else will live.
By the way, you can make various benches from concrete blocks, decorate flower beds, build a barbecue, and even make flower pots. It all depends on your imagination.
You can also make stylish ottomans and armchairs with your own hands. You need old tires, liquid nails and thick rope. The finished structure can be painted in any color. These ottomans are suitable for both indoors and outdoors, because they don’t mind rain.
Boxes or pallets made of wood can serve as the basis for a garden cabinet. Here you can store various flower accessories, pots, watering cans and other tools. And if you leave a flat work surface on top, you can make something or replant flowers.
What could be unusual in a flower pot? It would seem - nothing. However, here you can surprise everyone. Plant succulents in a birdcage. When they grow, it will be very beautiful. And instead of a regular hanging pot, you can use an old chandelier.
An ordinary children's inflatable pool can be used as a sofa. Just put a blanket or blanket inside and cover the sides with pillows.
It’s so beautiful to use candles in the garden, but they are constantly blown out by the wind. To prevent this from happening, you can make candlesticks from empty tin cans or ordinary glass ones. You can decorate everything with stones or ribbons if desired.
These, of course, are not all ideas for home and garden, only a small part of what you can do with your own hands. You just need to not be afraid to experiment and fill your home with cute and beautiful things.
Profile education in educational institutions
An option for those who are ready to connect their life and work with sewing. Before deciding to take such a step, you need to clearly understand what profession you want to get - a seamstress, a tailor, a cutter, a technologist, a designer, or maybe a fashion designer? Despite the fact that all of these areas are directly related to the art of sewing, each of them approaches it in its own way.
Finding a suitable educational institution will not be so difficult, since all these professions are in demand and popular. However, if this is your second higher education, immediately check the cost of education - this factor may be decisive in your choice.
Photo: stitchedincolor, freepik
Handicrafts for the New Year
- DIY Christmas toys for the Christmas tree
- DIY Christmas wreath
- DIY New Year's ball
- DIY New Year's crafts from pine cones
- DIY New Year's crafts for 2022
Source of inspiration: pinterest.ru
Republished on December 17, 2022 due to additions to the material.
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