Fresh Project Ideas for Fabric or Paper

Start with these ideas, then use the versatility of fabric and paper to customize the projects to your home's color and style palette.

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Cafe Anyone?

Woven Window Panels

Ribbons & Beads

3 Easy Slipcovers

Quick Dining Room Facelift

Easy Fabric Projects

Armchair Refreshed

Branch & Leaf Pillow Project

Oversize Pillow Projects

Shower Curtain

Roman Shade

Box-Edge Cushions

Dressing Up Ready-Made Drapes

Make a Memory Board

Paper Art

Simple Paper Projects

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Cafe Anyone?

Spice up your kitchen decor with a classic cafe curtain and a layered valance. The casual touch will lead guests to feel right at home in your kitchen or dining room.

Instructions for the double valance and cafe curtain project

Woven Window Panels

Match your drapes to the rest of your home (without spending the big bucks) with DIY window panels.

Instructions for the Woven Window Panel project

Ribbons & Beads

Create flair for your home accessories by using trims such as ribbons, appliques, beads, fringes, and buttons.

3 Easy Slipcovers

These purchased slipcovers started as simple canvas, but some clever embellishing turned them into works of art.

Quick Dining Room Facelift

It's what's on top that counts in this facelift featuring easy paint projects and stylish yet simple trim ideas.

Easy Fabric Projects

Buy fabric at cheap prices and craft an easy-to-make pillow, duvet, window treatment, and more.

Armchair Refreshed

Take one super-ugly chair and turn it into a treasured piece with this clean, modern look.

Branch & Leaf Pillow Project

This branch pattern is enlarged and angled around a corner to suit the pillow's shape, then sewn with a stem stitch and clusters of beads.

Download branch-and-leaf pattern

Oversize Pillow Projects

Find step-by-step instructions for these two pretty pillow projects.

Shower Curtain

Play up the circular motif on the small-circle fabric by cutting large circles in assorted sizes and machine-satin-stitching them to a shower curtain panel.

Roman Shade

Privacy in the bathroom is of utmost importance -- and the tailored yet functional characteristics of the Roman shade are perfectly suited for the job.

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Box-Edge Cushions

Provide a comfortable spot for dressing or last-minute touch-ups with plump, tufted cushions on a window seat.

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Dressing Up Ready-Made Drapes

Turn plain store-bought curtains and drapes into custom window treatments. Find out how in the link below.

Make a Memory Board

A memory board can be as large or small as you wish, and can be covered with fabric and ribbons that complement your room's color scheme and style. See the materials list and easy instructions in the link below.

Paper Art

Splash your decor with lively pattern by wrapping art-store canvases in decorative paper.

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Simple Paper Projects

Try your hand at quick decorating ideas that take advantage of the color and style variety found in paper. You'll get decorative flair at a price to fit your budget.

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Fresh Project Ideas for Fabric or Paper

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