Upcycling

Soft DIY keychains

Do you sometimes keep keys in your pocket? I prefer my keys in my purse, but if I’m walking the dog or exercising outdoors, I am definitely not taking a purse with. It would just be in the way and wouldn’t look too smart …

Rustic Shabby Easter decor

Here’s a good idea for Easter decorations! Upcycle all those plastic and styrofoam eggs into gorgeous rustic Easter decor! Create your own shabby or farmhouse style Easter decorations. Add pearls and lace for the shabby style or stick with jute twine to get a …

Rustic keys sign with hooks

Do you sometimes wish you didn’t need to have so many keys? Well, I do. Too bad the house doors don’t open with finger print scans. Maybe in a couple of decades we won’t need to carry around that many keys any longer… …

How to turn old needlepoint craft into a note board

Look what I found! It’s an old needlepoint craft from a thrift store. There it was just screaming for a makeover. I couldn’t help but take it home with me. We had been thinking that we should get a note board and this …

Snowflake garland for windows

We had some aluminum paper left from renovating our sauna. I was inspired by this shiny material and really wanted to use the excess for crafts. When I came across this shiny paper it was already winter, yet we didn’t have any snow. It was …

Repurposed Vintage Doilies

You know these special things you treasure? Things that have no use, but they are very dear to you. Well, I had a lot of old doilies at home, all made by a very dear relative. These keep her memory alive and I treasure …

Easy furniture update with chalk paint

We have a few of these treasured old pieces of furniture that we’ve been lucky enough to get. To begin with, they didn’t quite match the interior style we have, but my husband and I really wanted to keep these pieces. They have sentimental …

Awkward corner cover-up

We had this awkward corner underneath the bathroom sink. All that ugly plumbing showing and no cabinet that would fit. This desperately needed a quick cover-up. Problem solved with a curtain. All you need is some fabric and curtain wire. I used a …

Old ladders as home decoration

We had this really old wooden ladder in our shed and thought that it could be used as home decoration. It just needed a new coat of white chalk paint. This could be any wooden item you would love to decorate your home with. Chalk …

Baby food jar snowman

Turn your empty baby food jars into snowmen. Your kids will love these and they are easy to make! My boys were 2 and 4 when we did these. The older managed to do this almost by himself. So, you can make these with quite …