Dainty Dress Diaries

Dainty Dress Diaries
Author: Catherine Carton
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-05-16
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781788492966

Based on Catherine Carton's popular blog and vlog channels, Dainty Dress Diaries contains a variety of afternoon craft projects, recycling and upcycling ideas, gardening tips and sewing inspiration.

Furniture Hacks

Furniture Hacks
Author: Hester van Overbeek
Publisher: CICO Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08-13
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781782492368

Discover how to update and repurpose homeware and furniture for an effortlessly chic home. Nowadays, it is easy to find affordable furniture for your home from chain stores, but those pieces can lack character. This is where furniture hacking comes in—updating, repurposing, and personalizing to create stylish, unique masterpieces. Here, Hester van Overbeek shows you 35 ways to update your home accessories, soft furnishings, and even wooden furniture, all with step-by-step photos to guide you along the way. Projects range from simpler ideas, such as a table made from stacked old magazines or a patchwork rug, created by sewing small inexpensive mats together, to ways to create larger pieces for a fraction of the price it would cost to buy them new. Discover how to make your own four-poster bed by combining a budget bed base and pieces of reclaimed wood, or convert a bookcase into a sideboard. There are five chapters—Living Room, Kitchen and Dining Room, Bedroom, Home Office, and Outdoor Space—and each one includes an “instant update” idea for beginner upcyclers, too. Why not paint cutlery handles with nail polish to update them, or make your own bedside light simply using a shelf support? Hester’s philosophy is that you don’t need much money or many DIY skills to make your house into a cozy, stylish home. With the right inspiration, you can create something beautiful.

Young House Love

Young House Love
Author: Sherry Petersik
Publisher: Artisan
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1579656765

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Catification

Catification
Author: Jackson Galaxy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1101632313

A New York Times bestseller! The star of Animal Planet’s hit television series My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, shows cat owners everywhere how to make their homes both cat-friendly and chic. Cat owners know the struggles of creating living spaces that are both functional and stylish for owner and cat. Don’t just go to your local pet shop and adorn your home with unattractive cat towers and kitty beds. In Catification, Jackson Galaxy, the star of Animal Planet’s My Cat from Hell, and Kate Benjamin, founder of a popular cat design website, walk readers through a step-by-step process of designing an attractive home that is also an optimal environment for cats. This gorgeously designed, full-color book includes more than twenty fun DIY projects, from kitty beds and litter boxes to catios (cat patios) that will be sure to make readers—and their cats—purr in approval.

IkeaHackers. Net

IkeaHackers. Net
Author: Jules Yap
Publisher: Century
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-08-10
Genre: Do-it-yourself work
ISBN: 9781780898445

THINK OUTSIDE THE FLAT-PACK BOX: The ingenious team at IkeaHackers.net show you how to transform affordable IKEA products into creative new furniture and more... Step 1. Buy it at IKEA. Step 2. Open the box. Step 3. Throw away the instructions. Step 4. Have fun building your exciting new hack! By thinking outside the flat-pack box, author Jules Yap and the contributors to her wildly popular website IkeaHackers.net have come up with clever ways to repurpose IKEA's great products into even more useful and stylish furnishings for your home. Packed with ideas for every room, IKEA Hacks shows you how to mix-and-match, cut-and-paste, and saw-and-screw IKEA items in ways they never imagined. The inventive projects include a cat condo created using LACK tables, a children's playhouse constructed from KURA bed and TROFAST toy storage, and a Murphy bed made from PAX wardrobe, BALLSTAD doors and LUROY bed base. Each project comes complete with step-by-step instructions as well as full-colour illustrations and photos.

DIY Industrial Pipe Furniture & Decor

DIY Industrial Pipe Furniture & Decor
Author: James Angus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 161243620X

Stylish designs for urban chic projects using the world’s most indispensable building material—industrial pipes. Want to add an urban chic twist to your home decor? Just head down to your local hardware store for some pipe, then do the fun projects in this book. Packed with easy-to-follow tutorials and 400 step-by-step color photos, this helpful DIY guide teaches you how to transform plumbing fixtures into all types of cool household furnishings, including: FURNITURE •Wall-Mounted Bookshelves •Rolling Side Table DECOR •Decorative Door Handles •Tabletop Book Holder LIGHTING •Industrial Candelabra •Steampunk Floor Lamp STORAGE •Jewelry Stand •Garden Tool Rack Author James Angus explains everything you need to know, from choosing the fittings and using the right tools to mastering the art of assembly and adding designer touches for a finished look.

Small Apartment Hacks

Small Apartment Hacks
Author: Jenna Mahoney
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 161243231X

LIVE LARGE • Hang hobby clutter like guitars or bikes on the wall as decoration • Mount side tables on wheels for easy rolling from bedside to sofa ORGANIZE SMART • Upcycle empty wine crates into stylish, stackable shoe cubbies • Line a room with high bookshelves for a ceiling-top library ENTERTAIN IN STYLE • Utilize kitchen space to make an impressive entrée—go potluck on the sides • Stash plants, lamps and coffee tables in the bathtub to open up party space

Life Hacks for Kids

Life Hacks for Kids
Author: Sunny Keller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 132874213X

Presents unique craft projects that have been seen on the Life hacks for kids YouTube show, including feather earrings, melted crayon art, a headband holder, and indoor s'mores, and includes questions answered by Sunny.

Making Concrete Pots, Bowls, and Platters

Making Concrete Pots, Bowls, and Platters
Author: Hester van Overbeek
Publisher: CICO Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781782494140

Create 35 beautiful planters, decorations, and gifts—all using concrete. Create 35 beautiful planters, decorations, and gifts—all using concrete. Follow Hester van Overbeek's simple tutorials to make a huge range of unique concrete projects. You will find everything you need to know—what type of concrete to buy, how to use it, and how to decorate it—explained in a comprehensive techniques section. From there you can make chic and on-trend home accessories such as upside-down plant pots, a concrete vase with a wooden base, serving platters, a letter-shaped bookend, fruit bowls, and much more.

Reader's Digest Home Hacks

Reader's Digest Home Hacks
Author: Reader's Digest
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1621453731

Discover the hundreds of practical Do-It-Yourself home improvement and household hacks to simplify everyday life. Tired of spending your free time managing your home? Looking for ways to streamline your chores while saving time and money? In Home Hacks you’ll find clever DIY tips and tricks to do just that. Whether you are looking to organize your space, find simpler ways to clean including natural cleaning solutions, create systems to keep things tidy, keep your clothes in tip-top shape, or know which hooks are best for wall hangings, here you’ll find the smartest hacks to everyday problems. Try these hundreds of easy, quick, and efficient techniques to start implementing right away. From using a blow dryer to make dusting a breeze to whipping up an under-the-bed storage unit with items you already have, there are ideas for every need. Discover the best hacks for key areas of the life, such as: Kitchen advice from the heart of the home to simplify and enjoy meals. Organization tips for the home, computer, office and even you. Clear the clutter with advice to tidy every room in the house. Cleaning know-how to make the whole house sparkle using products from your cupboards. Home decorating ideas offer best choices from paint colors to inexpensive updates. Take care of what you wear including closet tips, stain removal, and clothes and shoe care. Additional, sometimes surprising, hacks are peppered throughout the pages with Easy Fix, Save Time, Save Money, Insider Tips, and Expert Advise quick-tips boxes. Finally learn the clever ways to tackle the chaos and get your house in order!