Easy Home Decor Crafts and Gifts

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Decoupage Design Tabletop

Smart Art

Simple Upholstery

Button Border Picture Frame

Pretty Table Runner

Cover Corkboard

Fabric Panel Headboard

Chalkboard Clock

Dressed Up Light Fixture

Picture Frame to Serving Tray

Jeweled Throw Pillow

Stylish Hand Towels

Patchwork Shower Curtain

Tiled Mirror

Grain Sack Pillowcase

Eye-Catching Curtains

Wooden Wall Boxes

Bedside Storage

Mirrored Edge

Faux-Metal Mirror

Monogram Dish Towel

Pop Art Love Canvas

Stenciled Damask Pillow

Floral Stenciled Dresser

Welcome Plate

Ribbon Wreath

Desk Decor

Photo-Covered Star

Painted Glass Vases

Posy Pincushion

Shadowbox Art

Patchwork Pillow

Felt Table Runner

Leather-Like Fabric Frame

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Decoupage Design Tabletop

Decoupage a lovely design on a thrift store table. Paint the table with two coats of metallic paint. Cover with metallic glaze for extra shine. Let dry. Cut a scrap of wallpaper to cover the tabletop. Coat the top with decoupage glue. Position the paper, pressing carefully to remove any air bubbles. Cover with multiple layers of glue. Let each coat dry before applying the next. Finish with a spray sealant.

Smart Art

A wall hanging does double duty in this custom piece. Wrap an artist's canvas with wallpaper and staple it in place on the back. Print a favorite phrase on ink-jet water-slide decal paper. Cut out the words. Soak in water for about a minute. Peel off the backing and place the phrase on the canvas. Add a shelf by screwing a small piece of wood into the frame's bottom rail.

Simple Upholstery

Jump into do-it-yourself upholstery. Pop off a chair seat by removing a few screws. Place the seat facedown on the fabric's wrong side. Cut around the seat, allowing an extra 3-4 inches of fabric on all sides. Pull the fabric taut and staple on the back near the center of each side. Continue until the fabric is fully attached. For a chair back, staple around the edges and cover by gluing cording to hide the staples.

Button Border Picture Frame

Bring life to an old picture frame. Find a handful of pretty buttons. Using crafts glue, adhere them around the frame. Let dry.

Pretty Table Runner

Pink and orange are great for a warm, romantic look. Cover a bright table runner with a sheer sari to tone down the design.

Cover Corkboard

Personalize discount store corkboards with pretty patterns. We used $9-a-yard quilting fabrics. Cut fabric 2 inches larger than the cork. Fold the bottom and edges back. Adhere with hot glue. Pull the sides tightly to the back and glue. Create multiples to add impact on a wall.

Fabric Panel Headboard

Fabric panels make a quick headboard. Stretch fabric in your favorite colors over a wood frame from a crafts store. Attach the fabric with a staple gun. Make several pieces in different sizes to add drama.

Chalkboard Clock

Make a chalkboard clock for keeping time and remembering important activities. Carefully remove the hands from a wooden clock. Cover with chalkboard paint. Replace the hands after the paint is dry. Write numbers and messages or draw pictures on the face.

Dressed Up Light Fixture

Don't settle for a sconce that's the right style but the wrong metal. Spruce it up with metallic spray paint. Decorate the shade by hot-gluing bead trim around the inside bottom edge. Be sure to use hot-glue made for fabric.

Picture Frame to Serving Tray

Reuse an old picture frame as a practical serving tray. Remove the glass of a large frame. Paint the frame in your desired color. Attach drawer pulls to the short sides of the frame. Insert the glass with a piece of pretty fabric or decorative paper behind it.

Jeweled Throw Pillow

Sparkly jewels add pretty detail to this throw pillow. Glue the jewels in a row to complement striped fabric. For checked fabric, glue one jewel in the middle of every other square. Add a jewel in the middle of flowers for floral fabric.

Stylish Hand Towels

Make plain hand towels stylish. Embroider fabric dots on the front. Or add a hemmed border along the bottom. Topstitch ribbon over the seam.

Patchwork Shower Curtain

Brighten early mornings with warm colors in a pieced shower curtain. Make this uncomplicated project for the bathroom.

Get instructions for the Patchwork Shower Curtain.

Tiled Mirror

Paint a mirror to fit the color scheme of a room in your home. Add 1-inch ceramic tiles around the frame. Accent the tiles using ceramic paints.

Grain Sack Pillowcase

Bring country cuteness to pillows. Line the inside of a grain sack with a colorful pillowcase. Adhere the edges of the pillowcase to the inside of the sack with fabric glue. Pull a second case over a pillow and insert the pillow in the lined grain sack.

Eye-Catching Curtains

Give the bottom of a curtain eye-catching appeal. Add buttons and ribbon trim. Use fusible web to attach ribbon for a no-sew alternative.

Wooden Wall Boxes

Wooden planter boxes look great on your wall. Decoupage planters with color copies of flowers. Hang on the wall. Display books, vases, and other trinkets.

Bedside Storage

Let a nightstand hold an accessory and let the bed skirt do all the work. Fold up one end of a fabric runner to the length desired for the pocket. Stitch the outer edge of the folded portion. Stitch through the folded portion in two places to make three total pockets. Tuck the other end of the runner between your mattress and box spring.

Mirrored Edge

Tiny circular mirrors bring a bit of elegance to this dressing table. Find little mirror pieces at a crafts store. Using small dabs of glue, adhere to a table for a decorative border.

Faux-Metal Mirror

Fool the eye with faux-metal trim. Wrap wire around fabric flowers and leafs. Spray with metallic paint to match your mirror. Hot-glue to the mirror's frame.

Monogram Dish Towel

Add color and personalization to your kitchen with screen-printed monogram dish towels.

Get instructions for the Monogram Dish Towel.

Pop Art Love Canvas

Make quick and easy do-it-yourself artwork by screen-printing a painted canvas.

Get instructions for the Pop Art Love Canvas.

Stenciled Damask Pillow

To stencil on a ready-made pillow, remove the stitches along one side, take out the stuffing, and insert a piece of cardboard. Select fabric paints that closely match the color of your pillow. Tape the stencil to the fabric and mask off unused areas. Load your brush, dab the excess paint onto a paper towel, then stencil in a circular motion from the outside in. Tap paint into the corners of the pattern with an up-and-down motion.

Floral Stenciled Dresser

Nondescript wood dressers can often be found for rock-bottom prices at garage sales. To give them a dose of character and contemporary styling, cover the top in color and embellish the fronts with stencils. Removing drawers in favor of lined and labeled baskets is another easy way to add color and charm.

Get instructions for the floral stenciled dresser.

Welcome Plate

Welcome guests to your home with this pretty leaf plate. Special decal paper makes this a delightful do-it-yourself project.

Instructions to Make this Welcome Plate

Ribbon Wreath

Gather an abundance of ribbon and fabric in autumn hues to make a nature-inspired wreath.

Instructions to Make This Ribbon Wreath

Desk Decor

Simple yet sophisticated projects add a vintage look to any desktop.

Magazine file: Trace each side of a magazine file on patterned papers. Cut out the paper pieces and adhere them to the file with double-stick tape. Add cork, a pin, and a sticker to the metal label holder.

Pencil holder: Wrap a sheet of cork around an empty can. Paint a chipboard flourish brown and apply a sticker and a pin.

Mini corkboard: Paint a canvas frame with acrylic paint and rub off portions with a wet paper towel to achieve a worn look. Cut a piece of cork and adhere it to the center of the frame. Paint a brown flourish on the cork.

Photo-Covered Star

Paint a purchased star (found at a discount store) black, then cover it with patterned papers and photos. Use vellum or tracing paper to create a pattern of one of the points, then use the pattern to crop photos and trim favorite papers. Decoupage each photo and paper piece to the star.

Painted Glass Vases

Use glass paint to turn these shapely vases into showpieces of light and color. Hot pinks, purples, and oranges, sponged over patterns made with transparent tape, make a bold statement. Displayed singly or in a group, these pieces need a blast of light to really shine. Display them in a lighted cabinet or in front of a window.

Posy Pincushion

Cute posy pincushions are the perfect craft to make in multiples and give as gifts.

Instructions to Make this Pincushion

Shadowbox Art

Create a shadow box in a weathered frame. Start by coating the frame with a color wash (a 50-50 mix of water and paint.) Next photocopy a sentimental letter onto vellum and cover the mat with it. Then cut a piece of fabric to fit the photo area of the frame and glue it in place. Finally, adhere a silk flower arrangement of your choice to the fabric.

Patchwork Pillow

Jewel tones reflect a spicy richness in patchwork pillows made from luxurious suede. For each pillow, cut four 9-inch squares in different colors for the front and one 17-inch square for the back. Sew the four squares together using 1/2-inch seam allowances. Trim the seams to1/4-inch. Layer the pillow front and pillow back with wrong sides together. Topstitch around three edges. Slip a 16-inch square pillow form into the cover and topstitch the remaining edge closed. Trim the edges with pinking shears.

Felt Table Runner

Whip up this contemporary table runner in an instant. Cut same-size pieces of orange and brown felt. Trace circles of various sizes onto the brown felt; cut out circles. Layer the brown felt over the orange felt. Secure the two layers with glue, or topstitch around the edges.

Leather-Like Fabric Frame

Give a dated or damaged frame new life by covering the surface with fabric. Find a remnant slightly larger than the frame. Spread fabric glue on the surface of your frame and place the frame facedown on the back of the fabric remnant. Wrap the fabric to the back of the frame and press it in place. After the glue is dry, cut an X in the fabric where the photo goes. Smooth the fabric through the window of the frame to the back, and glue in place.

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