Make | 9 Weekend Projects for the Home


A collection of finds this week of projects small enough to make in an afternoon or weekend. From calligraphy pillows to marble shelves with copper brackets. Lots of good stuff from lots of talented folks! Check them out below!


1. Headphone Bookends
Add a little humour to inexpensive thrift store bookends. From Little Yellow Couch.


2. Mini Copper Marble Shelves
Make these attractive shelves with copper tubing and marble slabs. From The Merrythought.


3. Copper + Wood Paper Towel Holder
A cool project from Almost Makes Perfect.


4. Bobble Sheep Pillow
An adorable sheep pillow makes for a sweet decoration. From Purl Bee.


 5. Compass Banner
Super easy to make and you add any art/design you wish. From Everything Emily.


6.  DIY Calligraphy Pillows
Print out the calligraphy pdf's and make these sweet pillowcases. From Style Me Pretty.



7.  Twill Woven Stool
A practical little footstool with a pop of color and graphic pattern. From Design Sponge.


8. Give Marbling a Whirl
Marble a piece of linen using easy directions from Martha Stewart.


9. DIY Toaster Tongs
This is a fun project for the toast lover! From Paige Russel on Instructables.

Jan Halvarson

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Love it!
Leenasbow

Anonymous said...

Love this roundup of weekend projects for the home! Thank you so much for including our headphone bookends! We are honored!

Karen June
www.littleyellowcouch.com

Tracey Ayton Photography said...

All of these make me happy .... their so simple and make me smile. My dog when she was a puppy chewed up my woven stool similar to that one. I need to re-weave something to replace it. Thanks for the reminder and inspiration.

Kristin Fleming said...

The DIY pillows look fun to try, but I also like the marble linen idea. So much to do ><

Letitia - The Fashion Editor said...

Those pillows are amazing! Definitely worth a try!