To create a cozy atmosphere in the kitchen, you need to decorate the room with handmade crafts. Not only experienced needlewomen, but also anyone who wants to make unique crafts for the kitchen with their own hands can transform the familiar atmosphere in the house. Decor ideas will inspire you to create extraordinary kitchen accessories that match any aesthetic tastes of the home owners.
Your own crafts will add a unique personality to the interior of your kitchen.
Textile products
There are always scraps, fabric scraps or out-of-fashion clothes left around the house. They will be useful for making crafts for the kitchen with your own hands:
- Potholders;
- Unusual dolls for a teapot;
- Elegant tablecloths and napkins;
- Applications on curtains;
- Bags for vegetables.
The mitten is sewn to the size of your palm, putting a seal inside. Of course, such an accessory can be bought inexpensively in a store, but an exclusive model cannot be compared to a purchased product.
The presence of covers on chairs will advantageously domesticate the atmosphere. In Provence, chintz or satin with small flowers and delicate shades are suitable for these purposes, and flowing fabric with gold and silver monograms corresponds to the classics.
The stools are also refined by removing the pattern and adding an allowance of 10 cm. An elastic band is inserted into the hem of the resulting square, which is pulled together from below. Ruffles, lace, bows and contrasting ribbons sewn onto the edges will give the furniture an attractive, flirty look. You can also use bright decorative pillows to make the seats more comfortable.
Ideas for crafts for the kitchen sometimes include the most unexpected things, for example, a beautiful mug without a bottom is boldly used as a curtain holder.
Wall decoration
The right practical appliances and decorations for the kitchen meet the criteria of hygiene, ease of care, moisture resistance, and are not inaccessible to cleaning. Classic decor, clocks are made from painted paper, cardboard or iron plates with cutlery. Trays and painted plates are attached to the walls: collecting a geometric figure, rows or waves. Dishes are sometimes placed on stands. Horizontal surfaces are also equipped with shelves. Decorative options are made from slats on which bottles are placed, and to which mugs and buckets are attached. The slate board will appeal to lovers of artistic techniques and original design. The design is developed by adding magnetic boards and tapes. Residents also resort to using murals, stickers, glass bulbs and panels. Paintings, prints and photo wallpapers in the genre of landscape and still life are no less popular.
The decor should not occupy all the walls; it is important to leave light areas in the kitchen!
Towel holders
Inventive housewives came up with original options. For example, a regular fork can be bent and nailed to the wall, and some of the tines can be folded like fingers. To place towels, planks with hinges and homemade carved boards with hooks are used. In addition, the walls are decorated with rings on the same hinges and even rods with ceiling mounts. Among the non-standard ideas, it is worth noting ordinary hangers. The material used is old belts and wooden planks. The main part of the holder is glued to the hinges so that it does not move left and right, and such fastening is also necessary for the rings. At the same time, all options with nails spoil the wall covering, so holders with suction cups will be a more flexible solution. A way out of the situation would also be a ceiling mount, with towels placed at hand level.
Painting and decorating dishes
Painting techniques:
- Spot;
- Using stencils and templates;
- Artistic with brushes;
- Markers.
The first method involves drawing contours using individual dots, resulting in the effect of embossing, beadwork or stone inlay. For subsequent use of the plates for their intended purpose, you need to use paints labeled dishwasher resistant or dishwasher ability. The second technique means painting using a ready-made stencil or one drawn on a computer and printed, followed by preparation with a stationery knife. The artistic method requires brushes of different sizes and shapes, acrylic paints for ceramic and glass surfaces or stained glass. Different colors are mixed, actively playing with halftones. Markers create graphic and detailed drawings. With felt-tip pens they draw stylish lines, straight and curved, starting from the more general and going to the detailed. The dishes can be painted and decorated with plants, Gzhel, New Year and fairy tale themes.
DIY shelves
Types of shelves:
- hanging;
- corner;
- floating;
- floor;
- wall-mounted
To create hanging shelves you will need boards with four holes in each and ropes. Spice racks are cut out of 3 parts, and then glued and clamped with clamps. Original shelves from cans are assembled using retaining rings (clamps) and glue. Corner shelves are most often floating (flying), because the fastenings on them are hidden. Wall-mounted multi-level options are made ordinary and narrow. In the second case, cable channels are used as the material. The assembly of classic wall systems includes cutting parts, creating grooves, gluing the outer ends with veneer strips, fastening to hardware and treating the coating with stain if wood was used. The most non-standard shelves are made with the addition of luminescent pigments and epoxy resins. Floor levels, in turn, are more like tables, but they have a shallow depth and are adjacent to the wall.
Panels and paintings made from bulk products
Compositions are created from cereals, seeds, nuts, coffee beans and even coconut flakes. They are pre-drawn, and then individual fragments are filled with content of different textures. Mosaic panels for walls and aprons are the result of long-term work with the selection of colors and shades. Conventional square appliques are folded with a perimeter of large particles, a rounded pattern in the center and a background of small grains. The fragments are fixed with a glue gun, theoretically with “moment” glue, but then it will take a very long time and not so reliably. Dense compositions are made using paints in one tone. Gaps with pigments will be invisible. Finished crafts are varnished. Coffee beans make beautiful animal figures. Crafts are applied to walls, fabrics, decorative napkins made of paper and textiles. Before the main stage, a training mold is created in the shape of an animal: drawn or cut out.
Topiary
Such an exquisite item is always appropriate in the kitchen; its crown can be decorated with any details, these could be:
- Flowers.
- Candies.
- Cones.
- Peas, beans.
- Coffee.
Elements are glued to the painted foam ball, filling the voids with small fractions, beads, sparkles, and buttons. Having inserted a stick-trunk into the hole, the sample is placed in a pot with floral foam or alabaster, decorating it with greenery.
Panels made of cereals and coffee beans - landscapes, still lifes, abstractions and figures - also look great.
Kitchen countertop
The most expensive part of a homemade kitchen set. The cost of one set will cost approximately 15-20 thousand rubles. For a frame structure, it is best to use laminated chipboard with glued ends.
A pre-purchased slab 60 cm wide and 4.5-5 m long is marked for cutting into two equal parts. The left part, 2.5 m long, is laid first on the frame. The slab can be secured with self-tapping screws from the inside, or placed on the headset using silicone sealant, without mechanical fasteners.
The second part of the kitchen countertop is laid at the end in the shape of an L, and the cutting line does not even need to be cleaned. The joint line, like all similar parts in the set, will be sealed and covered with an overlay molding.
Baskets
Bread, fruits, eggs and other products are kept in wicker containers. Crafts for the kitchen made from newspaper tubes are as strong as baskets made from wicker. Step-by-step instruction:
- The newspaper is twisted around a pencil or wire, creating a long tube fixed with glue;
- At least 30 copies are made this way;
- Painted in any color;
- Weaving begins from the bottom, folding the samples into a lattice and running one strip horizontally around the vertical posts, gluing the ending strips.
It is easier to braid an object, removing it after finishing the work. Such a creation can be made from bulky rope.
Fabrics for sewing potholders
This useful thing can serve as a decorative element or serve as a practical assistant. It is better to make oven mitts for direct use from scraps of cotton fabric, textured linen, felt, old jeans, and old drapery.
Synthetic materials should not be used - artificial fibers from contact with hot objects can ignite, become scorched, and lose their appearance and functionality.
Non-standard ideas
The room needs many devices that make the cook’s work easier and relieve the workspace. To do this, use old utensils in the form of forks and spoons, bent with a hook, clothespins mounted to the wall to hold towels.
You can free up the tabletop with glass jars whose lids are screwed to the bottom of the hanging cabinet. This is an excellent storage for spices, sugar, and groceries.
An organizer made from tin cans will accommodate spatulas, ladle, tools, and brushes. DIY kitchen crafts master class:
- The required number of containers are painted in the desired color and dried.
- Using a nail, holes are made in the side for further attachment to the board.
- Self-tapping screws are used to screw the workpieces to the base.
- Leather or furniture handles are attached to the top for easy transportation to any point.
The modifications are different; they are decorated with jute, signs, painted in attractive colors, and hung on the wall. Knives can be kept in original stands filled with bamboo skewers, spaghetti, and bulk mixtures.
The rake will act as a pendant for glasses, and unnecessary graters will act as lampshades or containers for small items.
Needlewomen knit colorful coasters for hot dishes, but in the absence of this skill, accessories are made from jute rope, twisted in a circle, wine corks, glued in any configuration and attached to a base, for example, a compact disc. A cork picture looks good, to which photographs and notes are pinned.
You can lay out the letters using the herringbone laying technique in rows.
How to create original designer kitchen decor with your own hands
A chandelier made from collectible bottles, multi-colored threads, newspaper tubes, tea or coffee cups will definitely become a focal point in the appearance of the kitchen.
Painted tea cups and saucers make excellent shades for an old chandelier
A lampshade for a chandelier can even be made from non-trivial things - a drum, a bicycle wheel, wine glasses and other bases found at a flea market or in a garage. Fastening elements can be borrowed from old lighting equipment, or new lighting equipment parts can be selected. To create original lighting equipment, you can use LED strips or sockets.
A chandelier made of metal graters will be an original decoration for the kitchen.
Stylish loft chandelier made from a bicycle wheel
The fastest and easiest method of creating a lampshade is to use multi-colored threads and a voluminous balloon. Soak the threads well in PVA glue and wrap the ball tightly. After the threads have completely dried, pierce the ball. To install a light bulb socket, make a small hole in the textile lampshade and install fasteners. The original chandelier will ideally fit into the appearance of the house, reflecting the features of pop art, modernism, and loft.
It is easy to make a chandelier from threads with your own hands
Towel racks made from teaspoons or tablespoons will look unusual against the backdrop of a modern kitchen interior. To implement this idea, just bend the cutlery and attach it to the wall. As an organic addition, you can use bent forks that act as a paper towel holder.
Old forks and a rough piece of wood will make stylish hooks for towels and oven mitts.
Every admirer of extraordinary interior solutions can create a designer novelty for their home.
Tall glasses, half a kilo of spaghetti and various cereals - and a stylish knife stand is ready!
Wooden masterpieces
Crafts for the kitchen made of wood are offered in a wide variety. An ordinary board will appear as a serving tray on which snacks and drinks are served; it can be decorated at your own discretion by attaching handles. Candlesticks on unusual driftwood and candles surrounded with sticks will add a romantic mood.
An owl on a wooden cut looks unusual, its nose is a spoon, its legs are forks, and its eyes are tin bottle caps. Craftsmen create real works of art by firing and cutting. Dried flowers, ears of corn, and burlap are perfectly combined with wood.
Required materials and tools
In addition to the fabric on the front side, to make potholders, you need to choose the material of its “filling”. To ensure you don’t get a burn on your hands, you need a layer of filler, for which you can use padding polyester or batting.
To maintain the shape and strength of the product, the filler is secured on both sides with a non-woven pad. Using bias tape or a thin stretchy ribbon, make an edging to frame the outline of the craft and a loop for hanging.
You can sew a little thing by hand, or better yet, on a sewing machine. To work, you will need threads to match the material, scissors for creating a pattern, and pins.
Wall decorations
Emphasis with expressive strokes is done:
- stickers and stencils;
- artistic painting;
- panel
The theme is represented by butterflies, floral variations, delicious fruits and berries. Place for cute images is given on the apron in the dining area. They recreate mosaic pictures using natural materials.
Most often they operate with shells, cutlery, and pasta. The room will be enlivened by potted plants, vegetable dummies, and bundles of onions and garlic.
It should be noted that a small room cannot be overloaded with decor; a few elements arranged vertically are enough.
Photos of kitchen crafts demonstrate that a catchy and functional attribute of the interior is a clock, which is constructed independently from painted plates, cardboard, frying pans, drilling a hole in the middle for the clock mechanism.
Chalk wallpaper is a chance for both adults and children to try themselves as artists every day. You can stylishly decorate your refrigerator, range hood and old furniture, breathing new life into them.
Convenient and practical butterfly potholder
The lower part of the product is the shape of a butterfly, and the upper part consists of its two wings. The thumb is placed in one part of the wings, and 4 other fingers are placed in the other half. Holding hot dishes with such a potholder is convenient and not dangerous.
If the potholder is sewn from a single-color material, then spots on the wings can be made from flat buttons of different sizes or decorated with an applique made of contrasting color fabric.
Metamorphoses with bottles
Glass bottles are replenished with multi-colored grocery products, giving them a non-trivial appearance. If you paint them, after removing the labels and degreasing them with alcohol, you will get delightful vases that can be trimmed to the desired format.
To do this, the thread is soaked in a flammable liquid, wrapped in the required place and set on fire, after which it is sharply lowered into boiling water, and then into ice water. The temperature difference will cause a crack. Having broken off the neck, the cut is treated with sandpaper.
The bottles are dressed up in knitted clothes and finished using decoupage technique.
Depending on the time of year, the atmosphere changes, the autumn note is emphasized by a herbarium, dry ikebana, and spring is greeted with vases of primroses.
Free time spent doing needlework brings a lot of positive emotions. Crafts for kitchen decor are a source of positive mood, bestowing warmth and soulfulness on household members.
Denim oven mitts
Jeans that have become too small or worn out can be used to create original oven mitts with pockets. Denim fabric is so dense and durable that the products do not require a sealing layer.
They can be made in simple or complex shapes; in any case, the item will look stylish and modern. They can serve as excellent decor or serve a practical function.
Photos of crafts for the kitchen
Assembly
Cabinet assembly photo
After making all the components and edging, you can proceed directly to assembling the kitchen furniture. First of all, the holes intended for fastening are marked and drilled - here it is very important not to drill holes through, otherwise the panel will be damaged.
The structure is assembled according to the principle of assembling a box, when vertical elements are attached to the horizontals. After assembling the cabinet, it is advisable to immediately insert all internal elements to avoid confusion. When installing roller guides, be sure to use a level - otherwise the drawer will not fall into place.
The legs are attached to the already assembled cabinet upside down. After completing all the above operations, you can begin installing the front elements of the facade. All doors except corner doors are installed in the open position at an angle of 95 degrees. The final step is screwing the handles onto the doors.
Organizer for storing small items
A convenient organizer that will be useful to anyone can also be quickly sewn from a coat lying in the closet. If you are storing cosmetics, you need to use a wide piece of material.
For office supplies, it is recommended to use a slightly thinner piece. Finally, you need to insert a zipper or sew on buttons.
Bag
To transform an old coat into a bag, you need to cut out two pieces of a semicircular shape of any size, and then sew them from the bottom with a strip about 10 centimeters wide, and get three joint parts.
Next you need to sew in a zipper and make three button tabs, it will look quite fashionable. A pocket of the same shape with straps, but smaller in size, at least five times smaller, is sewn onto the resulting bag.
Lamps
Chic chandeliers made of crystal or glass will also help complement the romantic style. Bronze lamps are covered with a patina to give an antique effect. Ceramic and forged products look good in this direction. Forged lamps are complemented by elements such as vines, butterflies and leaves. And chandeliers, with light bulbs in the form of candles, will bring aristocracy and sophistication to the interior of the living room or bedroom.
Light bulbs in the form of candles will add sophistication and elegance to the interior.
Unusual chandelier with antique effect
Joomla ATTENTION: lamps with polka dot shades look harmonious in the Provence style.
Baby coat
If you have an old adult coat lying around, it would be a smart idea to alter it for your child. You can use any style and color, add pockets that are sewn with a double seam.
Important!
It is necessary to use the lining from an old coat, but slightly larger than the finished product. You can decorate something for a child with fabric tassels.
Case for phone, tablet, laptop
Also, an old coat can be used to make covers for equipment. For a phone, a sleeve of the product is suitable, from which you can cut out a part in the shape of a smartphone. To make a closed cover, you can sew on a button.
Interesting!
For a laptop or tablet, you can use the side of an old coat. It is necessary to prepare two pieces of material and sew them into a square shape, inserting 4 centimeter fabric elements along the sides. Then sew in a zipper and make a handle from the belt.
