Thursday, December 30, 2010

DIY Home Accents

Still on a holiday break?  Here are some ideas if you get the DIY itch over the weekend...(click the blog link to see more details on the original post!):

This Pottery Barn lamp ...
Inspired these first two projects!  They're beautiful!

Pretty rosette lamp shade tutorial at Rosy Red Buttons...perfect in her beautiful nursery!

Or make the Pottery Barn inspired lamp like Charlie from Attempting Aloha.  Pretty silky rosette lamp shade is the perfectly feminine.  

Get creative with your shirt!  Nautical style by Green Issues.

Recycle!  Detergent bottle book ends at Green Issues:

Girl in Air shows how to paint the world!  Or well, at least paint an awesome wall mural!

Take something old but sentimental and make it new again.  Yanet from 3 Sun Kissed Boys gave her childhood wagon a new look!

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Agakry from Niemamconasiebie demonstrates that spray paint cleans up and makes everything look fresh and new.  
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Anne at Bird/Like turned a plain plastic planter...

into this pretty faux copper planter...

I love.love.love Melissa's painted burlap table runner - a must have for my dining room table.  See Melissa's helpful tutorial at Mason Bay

What are your New Year's weekend plans?