We create beautiful things with our own hands for home and interior

Original DIY crafts are those details that will decorate and diversify even the most boring environment. To design a beautiful and useful thing, it is not necessary to buy special accessories: often all the necessary components are in front of your eyes. These can be old caskets that have lost their attractive appearance, second-hand clothes and even empty bottles..

Everyone wants his home to be special, unlike the apartments of friends and neighbors

DIY craft ideas

To make unique things for home decoration with your own hands, you need a maximum of imagination, several hours of time and all kinds of materials: from paper and wood to beads and satin ribbons. Today there are a number of handicraft techniques:

Application is a kind of creativity familiar to many from childhood, with which you can make a picture, decorative panel or a frame for a photograph..
Decoupage is the art of transferring a drawing from a special napkin with a picture onto a solid object made of wood, metal.
Beading is a technique for creating various objects, from jewelry to figurines, from beads and beads.
Patchwork is a type of sewing in which each product consists of dozens of fabric patches, sewn in a strict order.

Beautiful wreath of scraps of fabric

These are only those types of handicrafts that are very popular and well advertised. But there are other creative techniques that are less well known:

Temari – embroidery of balls, which came to us from Japan.
Quilling – a technique for creating paintings from twisted paper strips.
Guilloche – burning a pattern on the canvas.
Oshibana – the creation of paintings from flat dried flowers, leaves. At first glance, DIY crafts made from dry plants resemble a herbarium.
Lampwork – making bright, colorful balls, beads by melting glass with a flame of a gas burner.

Believe it or not, this painting was made from dry leaves.

To learn one of the types of traditional or modern handicrafts, it is not necessary to attend special courses or master classes. Today, all information on the techniques for constructing various home decor items is posted on website pages, in thematic books and magazines..

Hanger for jewelry

Bulky earrings, pendants on chains, bracelets – all this tends to get tangled and mixed up to such an extent that finding them often takes more time than makeup, hair and costume selection. In order for each decoration to find its place, you can make a special hanger or stand with your own hands..

The best options are:

Painted wooden twig. To create such a hanger, you need to take a regular branch, paint it with paint and install it in a vase..

The composition will look gorgeous if you paint the branches with precious metal paint
Clothes hanger. To transform ordinary hangers into a cozy place for storing jewelry, you need to attach special pins (pins) to them, which are sold in stores with jewelry accessories.

Jewelry hanger made of wooden hangers
Stand from handles for kitchen furniture. To create it, you need a piece of polished board or dense plywood measuring 20 * 30 cm, which must be covered with cloth, placing a filler under the bottom (synthetic winterizer, cotton wool, synthetic winterizer). When the base is ready, you need to attach various handles to it at your discretion – round, rectangular, bronze or silver. You can use a wooden cutting board as a basis for the original stand, but in this case it does not need to be covered with a cloth, it is enough to paint the surface with acrylic paint.

The surface of the board can be artificially aged

Some needlewomen or owners of a large collection of jewelry are not limited to popular ideas from the Internet and produce mega-creative coasters of their old kitchen graters, plaster figures and wire.

Box made of plastic canvas for storing small items

Plastic canvas is a novelty among handicraft products, which is designed to give rigidity to handmade crafts, but hand-made masters have found another use for the material – making boxes and boxes.

Plastic canvas is sold with different sizes of holes

To design an original container for folding trinkets, you will need:

6 pieces of plastic canvas: 4 in the form of rectangles and 2 squares (for the sides);
acrylic knitting threads or thin polyester lace;
hard felt in the color of the threads;
satin or velor ribbon (4-5 mm);
double sided tape;
large bead (will serve as a fastener);
spiral for notepad.

You will also need a needle and scissors. First you need to embroider the blanks – with plain threads or come up with a pattern, then fasten the parts (everything except the lid of the future box).

Embroidery is done with simple stitches according to a pre-planned pattern

In the process of work, it is advisable not to make knots on top, it is better to tighten the tail under the embroidery

The bottom and sides of the box might look something like this.

Next, you need to carefully detach the spring from the notebook and fasten the back wall and lid with it. Then you need to move on to the interior design of the handmade box: cut out a piece of felt, 2 mm less in length and width than the bottom, and attach it to the canvas using double-sided tape. Decorate the walls and the lid of the box identically to the bottom, then wrap the three free edges of the lid and the base of the craft with satin ribbon. The final stage of work is to make a loop in the center of the lid (you can use a ribbon or several threads folded together) and attach a bead to the base. That’s it, the trivia box is ready to use!

You can come up with any drawing for the box

Wicker rugs in tapestry technique

Tapestry is a type of arts and crafts that involves the production of lint-free wall carpets with a specific composition by weaving threads. Tapestries have found their application in the home environment: today, in addition to the decorative function, they bring practical benefits when it comes to handmade rugs, woven from dense yarn or thin pieces of knitted fabric.

A beautiful rug will find its place in a children’s room, bedroom or hallway

For the production of original creations (it can be not only carpets, but also bedspreads, chair covers), the following techniques are used:

Crochet;
braiding with subsequent stitching;
gluing a thick cord in a circle.

Bright rug with tassels around the edges

Making tapestry rugs with your own hands is one of the lowest-budget types of creativity, since the basis can be used with rags, yarn obtained by loosening old knitted products.

Ribbon curtain

“The more original, the better” – this is the motto that many modern women are guided by, so instead of the usual tulle or curtains, they choose curtains made of ribbons, which are often made in a single copy..

The easiest option is to simply tie colorful ribbons on the rope.

To design such a creative thing for the house with your own hands, you will need satin, organza or openwork ribbons of different widths (depending on the idea), items for attaching them to the cornice (buttons, clothespins, eyelets) and decorative trifles for decoration. To make the craft work of high quality, stylish and durable, you need to follow these steps:

Treat the incision sites – it is best to use fire for this.
Measure the length of the curtain rod accurately.
Decorate ribbons with beads, bows or other miniature details.

You can fasten the tapes to the cornice using buttons.

According to the designers, the curtain made of ribbons fits perfectly into the interior of the kitchen or nursery, but it is quite possible to decorate the window in the living room or bedroom with such a curtain. To make the product look more “solid”, it is worth using not ordinary satin ribbons of bright acid colors, but using classic shades.

What to use for creativity

The table shows all kinds of materials that will come in handy when building accessories for the house with your own hands and items that can be made from them:

Material name	Products that can be made from it
Textile	Dolls, decorative pillows, paintings, rugs, stands for various containers
Threads	Knitted dolls, pillows, coasters, planters for flower pots, decorative balls, embroidered paintings
Wood	Burn-in or cut-out paintings, coasters, small pieces of furniture (coffee tables, wall shelves)
Dry parts of plants	Ikebana, mistaken, souvenirs of their cereal stalks
Gypsum	Carved pictures, figurines, decorative details for decorating walls, dishes, furniture
Glass	Stained glass
Wax and paraffin	Candles
Polymer clay, cold porcelain	Figurines, small decorative items, photo frames
Paper	Paintings, photo frames, decorative baskets and boxes (made of paper tubes), calendars

How to crochet a floor rug: a master class for lovers of knitting

Do-it-yourself pleasant little things for the home are not always created for the purpose of decoration, many of them, for example, floor rugs, become a useful addition to the interior. Even inexperienced needlewomen can crochet a small oval or round rug made of textured thick yarn using hook number 10.

The edges of the rug can be decorated with yarn flowers

The sequence of work (knitting starts from the center of the fabric):

Run a chain of 3 loops, connect them in a ring.
Work next row of 5 stitches.
Add 1 loop in each row.

In conclusion, you need to fix the free edge, it is best to sew it to the base. Using the same scheme, you can create a fluffy grass rug with your own hands using special yarn imitated for fur. Upon completion of knitting, the product must be “combed” with a comb.

A weed mat can be made from scraps of fabric

Patchwork and wool felting. Painting from fabric to the nursery

Among dozens of modern techniques with which you can create unusual home accessories with your own hands, patchwork and wool felting can be called the most “cozy” and “soulful”. A unique mosaic made of fabric (patchwork) can decorate bed linen, bedspreads, chair covers, but a picture made of cotton or knitwear in a children’s room will look the most atmospheric. So that the product does not frighten the child, but, on the contrary, develop his imagination and thinking, to work on the panel, you need to use panels of bright colors.

Absolutely any pieces and remnants of fabrics are suitable for work.

Using the technique of felting from wool, you can make toys, wall panels, blankets and bedspreads with your own hands. Some craftswomen of this type of creativity can easily create a house for a cat, covers for cups.

Using the technique of felting from wool, you can make a wide variety of crafts.

The main feature of felting is that even children can master it, which means that unusual things for the house can be created by the whole family..

Homemade toys: felt owls

Soft, bright and unique owls made of felt, sewn by hand, will decorate a living room, bedroom or nursery. To create them, you will need felt of different hardness, strong threads, decorative elements (buttons, beads, beads), a needle and scissors. To make the figures look perfectly even and realistic, it is better to use ready-made templates for the pattern (can be found on the Internet). You can sew owls from felt: toys, foot warmers, hanging covers for storing little things.

Manufacturing process:

The owl consists of two parts. On the upper, front part, we sew an apron, eyes and a nose

A loop must be attached to the bottom

Next, we sew the parts together, putting cotton or foam rubber inside

Sew on the legs from below and that’s it – the original decor is ready!

Beading: beaded flowers and trees

Bright, unusual flowers and beaded trees with your own hands are a good option for home decor that does not require large financial investments and special skills. You will need glue and alabaster as a base, but you can use a real wooden branch, pre-wrapped with jute thread. The easiest way to create an interior decoration is from ready-made blanks – flowers, leaves and stems made of wire with strung beads.

Bouquet of beads strung on copper wire

Bonsai tree made of beads and real branches

A beautiful bottle of wine. Bottle table

“What we wanted to throw away yesterday can be used with benefit today” – this is about empty wine bottles. You can make stylish decorative items for the house with your own hands from them, for example, vases. There are many options for decorating empty glass containers:

Painting with acrylic or stained glass paint.
Pasting with beads, beads or homemade polymer clay parts.
Wrap with yarn, soutache cord or jute thread.

When you do not have enough imagination or skills to create an original addition to the interior yourself from a bottle, you can use decoupage cards or stencils. The bottle decorated with monograms “like metal”, which can be easily drawn with stained-glass contour paints, will look attractive and luxurious..

Decorating wine bottles with threads

If you take 3 or more bottles, you can create an interesting coffee table. To do this, you need bottles of the same size and a wooden canvas (MDF is also suitable), drill holes in it with a diameter of 1 mm larger than the neck of the bottles and “put” the table lid on the bottles.

Empty bottles and a piece of sheet material are all you need to create an original piece of furniture

It is imperative to ensure that the stylish hand-made table is safe, therefore, the product must be well sanded or varnished (paint) before use..

Typographic symbols – coasters

Special coasters for cups and plates not only complement the interior, but also protect furniture from dirt and deformation. In a living room, bedroom or kitchen, converted in modern styles, minimalism, pop art or loft, coasters in the form of typographic symbols made by hand from plywood or wood will look harmonious and relevant.

You need to print a stencil, transfer it to plywood and cut out the figures with a jigsaw

Decoupage and other furniture repair ideas with minimal costs

To “breathe” new life into old furniture, you can use several techniques: decoupage, standard painting, self-adhesive wallpaper decoration. If the converted product looks very simple, it is worth decorating it with moldings painted to match the color of the new coating. But this is only in the case of wooden cabinets, wardrobes and chairs, upholstered furniture can be converted by replacing the upholstery.

Restoration of an old table using decoupage technique

Unusual “marble” decor items (photo)

Starting in 2020, the marble effect on various glass furnishings is very trendy. To transform an ordinary thing, for example, a vase or candlestick with your own hands, you need a few nail polishes or acrylic paint. Working with nail polish consists of several stages:

Filling a disposable container with clean water.
Adding nail polish to the water – 1-2 drops of each color.
Marble staining with a toothpick.
Immersing the bottom of the item to be decorated into a container with a water-varnish mixture.
Drying the item.

The process of creating a “marble” effect on a glass object

To fix the marble effect, you can make a protective layer of clear varnish – just paint over the drawing. Bright original stains on a vase or other product are also obtained as a result of using liquid acrylic paints. In this case, the paints are gradually poured into the interior of the product, and with the help of gentle, slow rotations, a fantasy image is created..

Woven crafts for the interior: homemade pillows

Textiles, in particular, do-it-yourself decorative pillows for the home are always beautiful, fashionable and useful. Before you start sewing them, it is worth choosing the right materials – matter, filler and decorative elements. They must be durable, easy to clean, and retain their shape over time. The base – cotton, holofiber and synthetic fluff fillers – fully comply with these requirements. You can decorate pillows using the following techniques: patchwork, knitting, embroidery, silk painting.

Scandinavian style ornament is a great idea for decorating pillows

Headboard: what you can do with your own hands

The bedroom is the main resting place in the house, where the bed is the main attribute. To make the environment comfortable and stylish at the same time, you can transform its headboard with your own hands. It should be understood that the headboard is not just part of the bed, but also the entire wall in contact with it..

Soft headboard made of decorative pillows

In the process, the following details will be helpful:

Wall panels made of wood, plastic or textiles. The color scheme should be matched to the color of furniture, walls and colors prevailing in the interior. So you can make a contrasting transition..
Mirror panel or photo collage.
Decorative painting, photo wallpaper, textured stickers.
Shelves with useful little things on which you can put cosmetics, books, candles, etc..

Unusual panel made of strips and drawings on album sheets

Textile elements that can be created with your own hands using fabric, ribbons and decorative details will look unusual at the head of the bed. It can be a canopy (not over the entire bed, but only on the wall at the head), a curtain on a mini-cornice.