If you have a fabric umbrella, it is easy to convert it. For this you need to take:

  • transparent elastic film;
  • scissors;
  • wide braid;
  • thread with a needle.
Unhook the cloth, apply to the film, cut out from it a similar shape to the top of the umbrella. On a sewing machine or on your hands, stitch around the edge of the braid, making a seam on one side, and then, on the other, which will be parallel to the first.

In the center of the circle of cellophane make a small round neckline. To make this place durable, not to tear, it is better to also stitch a braid here. Put the cellophane cover on the umbrella, sew it on your hands with the bottom of the spokes, piercing the braid with a needle. After that, you can cover the seeds sown.

There are other interesting ideas garden, garden, do-it-yourself who to implement very simple.


Here are so beautiful signs can be that where planted. Write on dark stones with white acrylic paint, and on light stones - color.

Pets will not stomp beds with even weaker shoots if you stick in here disposable plastic forks left over from a picnic. Knives from the same material will also be used. On them you can write in pencil, where that is planted.


Speaking about what interesting ideas garden garden with your own hands, you can quickly bring to life, let's stop on the next. Summer residents know how quickly the soil dries up in street pots. If a heavy rain has passed, water, on the contrary, can stand in a pot and lead to rotting of the roots of the plant. The usual children's diapers will help to create optimal soil moisture in such a container. They absorb the excess moisture, and in a drought will give it.

To do this, just lay a diaper on the bottom of the pots, pour in the soil, pour it, plant a plant. Now you can not worry, thinking about how green pets feel in the country, while you are in the city at work.

How to make a pond of tires in the country?

Using interesting creative ideas, you create it with ease. Look at the photo of the master class, which shows the stages of work. Then prepare what is needed:

  • tire;
  • durable film;
  • decorative stones;
  • plants;
  • cement;
  • sand.
If you plan to use a tire as a small decorative artificial pond, then you can take a tire from a car. If you want to take water procedures in such a homemade pool on a hot day, in this case you will need a tire from a truck, tractor or special equipment.


Clean the tire of dirt, leave only one side of the wheel, the second cut with a sharp knife.

To make it easier to cut a tire, lubricate it with soap. Cord cut hacksaw.


The tire can be completely dug into the soil or only a third. Put it in place, outline the outline of the wheel with a shovel. Dig the soil to the desired depth. If you want to make a decorative pond to decorate the area in which they will not bathe, then put a dense cellophane inside the tire. Fix its edges with stones.


Make sure that the film is not too stretched, and freely placed in the tire so that during the operation the cellophane does not break.

Prepare a grout of cement, sand and water. Using it, lay the rest of the stones along the edge of the pool. When the concrete dries well, it will remain to pour water, and you will have a decorative pond at the cottage ready. It’s nice to plant water plants around it with your own hands.

If you plan to swim in it, then you need to dig recesses in the soil along the contours of the wheel, choose the ground, pour a gravel-sandy pillow, top it with cement. When it dries, place a tire on the platform, pour 2 more buckets of concrete into it, level it so that there are no holes between the bottom and the walls of the pool.

In a decorative pond, water can be cleaned with a net or, periodically adding preparations to its water to the water. And in the pool, made with your own hands, you need to drain the water after it is contaminated to replace it with clean water. See how the drain system works.


Creative ideas will tell you how to decorate such a pond or pool in the country. Before filling with water, it can be painted inside and out.


If you plant moss along the edge of a dug-in pond, such a body of water will also look great. Inside you can arrange small pebbles.


Beautifully looks exterior pond of stones that are "planted" on a concrete solution.


If you do not have a dacha, and you want to have a small decorative pond, make it from a large cache-pot and put it on a window sill. Among the indoor flowers this looks wonderful and creates the wet microclimate they need.


For a small home pond will need:
  • flower pot or pot;
  • strip of roofing material, corrugated iron or other non-waterproof material;
  • clay soil;
  • water;
  • water plants.
Bend a tape of waterproof material around one side of the pot, fill in the soil here, plant the plants. Pour water into the pots, plant pond plants here, such as lilies.

And if at your dacha there is not one, but several tires, then, besides a pond or a pool, you can make a swing for children. For the first, you must first cut a notch on the side of the tire, turn the tire to the other side. Both sides are cut in the form of petals. It remains to tie 2 strong rope, and children's swings
ready to give.


You can make such a swing for kids. For such use:
  • tire;
  • wooden board;
  • bars;
  • saw;
  • paint;
  • self-tapping screws.
Cut the tire in two. Attach a plank to either half, mark where the bars will be located. Also attach the screws to the tires. It remains to paint your creation, let the coating dry, and the swing is ready to give the photo shows the stages of work.

How to decorate a mirror in the house?

Not only at the summer cottage, you can embody a lot of interesting things with your own hands, the ideas of your house will tell you how to decorate your homestead or city dwellings with the least cost.

See how to decorate a mirror to make it unusual. If you spent your holidays at sea, brought seashells from there, use this design element. You can buy them in the store. To make a mirror decor, take:

  • mirror;
  • degreasing solution;
  • seashells;
  • glue.
Shells can be glued around the perimeter on the mirror itself or on its strong frame. If you want the decor to be in the same style, take the shells of various shapes, but the same color range.


When decorating rectangular mirrors, place large elements in the corner. Similar shells arrange in groups.


Pebbles look beautiful too. See how the decor of the mirror is performed with such smooth pebbles.


In order for seashells, stones to keep well, do not forget to first degrease the surface, and then glue these decorative elements to it.


And here are other ideas for home, with your own hands, which are also interesting to implement. See how to decorate a mirror with a mosaic.


For work, take:
  • a sheet of thin plywood or hardboard;
  • jigsaw;
  • glue;
  • mosaic tiles;
  • double sided tape;
  • mirror.
Next, follow this instruction:
  1. Put the mirror on a piece of hardboard or plywood, paint, leaving the same frame allowance on all sides, cut it out. If you have a finished wooden or plastic frame, use it.
  2. We attach the mirror to the base using double-sided tape
  3. Putting glue on the frame, attach mosaic elements here. They can be left as such or, at the end of the work, apply the grout, let it dry, remove the excess with a soft cloth.


But how to decorate the mirror with ordinary plastic spoons.


For this idea use:
  • thick cardboard;
  • scissors;
  • plastic spoons;
  • paint in a can;
  • pencil;
  • mirror.
Manufacturing:
  1. Cut the handles off the spoons. We will not need these elements.
  2. Put a mirror in the center of the sheet of cardboard, outline. Outline and outer line, which cut the frame.
  3. We begin to glue the workpiece from the spoons first inside, departing from the place where the mirror will be glued. After completing the first row, go to the second, then to the next.
  4. When all blanks are glued, spray them with paint and let it dry.
  5. Glue the mirror to the center of the frame.
By the way, from spoons, but from metal ones, wonderful interior items are obtained. If the old lampshade has fallen into disrepair or has burned out, drill holes in the upper part of the spoons, pass the fishing line here, tie it to the upper ring of the lampshade.


Cutting the handle at the metal plug, bend the rest with pliers and get this original ring.


A grater will help keep the earrings in an original way and never lose them at home.

Crafts from Kinders

Children love to receive kinder surprises as a gift, eat chocolate, get a toy. Do not throw away the plastic packaging, they will also give a lot of interesting ideas for home, garden.

Let the vase with flowers on the table, which will never fade. For this interior decor, take:

  • plastic packaging from the kinder surprises of different colors;
  • green cocktail straws;
  • scissors;
  • small glass jar.
Take the two halves of the kinder eggs, cut the bottom zigzag. Adults should take the next step. Clamp the nail with pliers, heat it over the burner, make a hole on the back of the half of the egg. Insert a straw here.


To secure it, cut it with scissors or tie it right in the tulip over the hole on the knot.

After the kinder toys are removed from the eggs, plastic packaging can make interesting fun for young children.


This will require:
  • packaging from kinder surprise;
  • hammer;
  • nail;
  • pliers;
  • lace;
  • plastic bottle caps.
Put the covers on the work surface, make holes with a nail and a hammer.


And in a plastic container, make it a hot nail. When the blanks are cold, you can use them. Pull the string through the hole in the plastic egg, tie it on the back side of the knot.


Educational toy for children ready for use. Let baby strings on the rope cap.

So that the end of the lace does not wrinkle, brush it with natural glue made from boiled starch. Do not use artificial adhesives for such children's toys.


To diversify useful entertainment, offer your child to stitch covers with holes on the pyramid, and its elements on a string.


Such a pyramid and toy from the kinder also looks good in the interior, as well as the tea set.


For him, the child will need:
  • kinder containers from surprise;
  • plasticine;
  • sheet of glossy cardboard.
To make a kettle, let the child roll a thin "sausage" out of plasticine, cut it in two. One half will be the nose, and the second - the handle of the kettle. Other actions will help develop fine motor skills: let the kid make another oval of plasticine, cut it with a plastic knife into circles. The biggest one needs to be attached on the top of the kettle, and the rest to decorate it.

The sugar bowl is made on the same principle and the cups are decorated. Saucers - from plasticine.

You can make elements using kanzashi technique from thin paper ribbons and attach them by making: a teapot, a samovar, cups, and a sugar bowl.


Such home-made ideas for the house will help to unite with the child, to make the living room even more comfortable. After all, then you will play with him in the tea party, planting a number of dolls, animal figures. For this, make together with children such stools for which you need:
  • hair ties;
  • toothpicks;
  • cardboard;
  • scissors;
  • glue.
To make a seat for the first stool, glue folded rubber bands to the cardboard, for the second one, rubber bands are stitched together in pairs and then joined together. For the yellow seat gum of this color must be twisted. To this end, the first is passed through the second, twisted, then into the second third, and so on.

Blanks of gum stick or stitched to the cardboard, then you need to stick on each stool for 4 toothpicks - this is the legs.


For kinder collection requires a few chocolate eggs. And from the remaining packaging you can make a Christmas wreath or just a home decoration. To do this, plastic packaging should be painted with acrylic paints, and then glued together in the form of a ring.


If you want to get such funny chickens, then stick them with red paws from colored paper. From the same material make eyes and beaks.

If you put 4 black elastic bands on each yellow package from under the Kinders, you need to bend the wire in the form of antennae, glue the wings out of paper, paint the muzzle. Such mischievous bees will turn out.


And here are other ideas for creativity that will decorate the house. Let children's work be placed on the stand. Show them how to make such charming animals with the help of plastic containers from kinder surprises and plasticine.


And if you cut strips out of cardboard, fold each into a pentagon, glue them together, you get such cells. Plant bees here and a natural corner will appear in your home.


Such material is useful in the country. Such ideas for giving will prompt how to decorate a fence from a grid.


And to make juicy strawberries, take:
  • kinder egg packaging;
  • acrylic paints;
  • brush;
  • pencil;
  • wire;
  • green plastic bottle;
  • scissors;
  • a candle.
Instructions for making:
  1. If your kinder packaging is not red, cover them with paint of this tone.
  2. When it dries, lowering the pencil lead in black paint, make a dot on the berries.
  3. Cut the neck of the bottle. Then, working with scissors, cut the ribbon from the bottle in a spiral. To attach it to the wire, heat the parts of the one above the flame and wrap it with plastic tape.
  4. Cut out a small circle from the bottle, make its edges zigzag. This is green berry.
  5. Heat the remaining free tip of the wire over the flame, poke them first the green "berries", then her. Bend this edge of the wire with pliers.
  6. Attach green plastic leaves to the trunk with glue or flame. Here is what a garden figure you got.


If you want to see other interesting ideas for giving from the material at hand, watch the video.

Here is the second one, how to decorate mirrors with film and rhinestones.

Every hostess and landlord want to make their home beautiful and comfortable. This article contains a variety of ideas for home that allow you to achieve this result with a small investment of time, money and effort.

We decorate the walls

Recently painted or pasted over with monochromatic wallpaper walls have become very popular. Yes, They serve as an excellent background for accessories, furniture, etc. But large empty spaces require some extras. How to decorate an empty wall? A lot of ways, just need to choose the right one.

Geographical maps on the walls

Extremely simple and very effective idea for the house, helping to solve the problem of empty walls - stick a geographical map. Not in any room and not to any interior, it is suitable, but for the children's room, office, balcony or loggia, and in some cases, even for a bedroom or living room, you can find options. It is important to choose the right map for the interior, and they are not only “ordinary” - geographic. There are vintage, navigation, stylized, etc.

Where to look for similar cards? Geographic maps can be found in bookstores or stationery stores. Stylized or vintage there will not find. Some options can be found in stores with wallpaper. There they come in the form of photo wallpapers. Many different ones are loved by many Aliexpress, you can search in other online stores. But there is another option: find your favorite card on the Internet, save it to a carrier and print it in a company that deals with outdoor advertising. The only requirement: a large format card. They, of course, will be able to increase it, but not to infinity. So the original image should be high quality and great.

Making modular pictures

The idea for the house - pictures and photos on the walls - is not new and fed up with many. Yes, this is a classic, but I want something new and unusual. One of the options - modular paintings. This one image, broken into different number of fragments. Fragments can be different in size or the same. Often these “pieces of images” are called “modules”, hence the name “modular picture”.

As an object, you can take any poster, poster, wallpaper. You can, again, liked the image to print at an advertising agency. In this case, you can even take your own photo or close friends, your favorite landscape, etc. Based on the composition of the picture, it is divided into several parts, cut. Under the fragments make the frame. The dimensions of the frame should be 3-5 cm smaller fragments, so that the module can be wrapped and secured on the reverse side.

Nature is one of the most popular motifs Sunset sun on the sea - what could be more romantic Beach, sun, summer ...
   And flowers again ... Symmetrical splitting is also possible Fantasy is an option for teenagers

Frames can be made of wooden planks, covered with thin plywood or fiberboard. But the easiest way to take a foam of sufficient density (300-350 g / m³) with a thickness of 4-5 mm or more. It costs a bit, you can cut it with any hacksaw, it will not damage the paper, it is a mere trifle, so you can even secure the modules with double-sided tape. Attach the images to the tablets using glue (find suitable), or using a construction stapler and staples.

Decorative mirrors

Ideas for home using mirrors are not new. The first samples of this magic glass appeared before our era and were extremely expensive and rare. And no wonder. The mirror itself is a great accessory, and if it has an unusual shape or an amazing frame, it will surely become an interior decoration.

Just like that - circles from mirrors, but the interior is transformed by Butterflies from a mirror is an interesting idea.
   If in the same style to decorate the shelf, dresser, nightstand ...

Such compositions can be made not only from the usual mirror - glass with spray. There is an acrylic mirror on the market. This is a flexible and completely safe material. It does not give such a perfect reflection as a “normal” mirror, but it is not required for these conditions. You need a plastic material that is easy to work with. They sell sets of fragments of various shapes and sizes, on the reverse side of which double-sided tape is pasted. Mounting such a mirror is simple: remove the protective film from the adhesive tape, attach and press. Everything.

Making accessories for home decoration

Many ideas for the home relate to the creation of unique copyright crafts that make our home memorable, cozy. These things create the atmosphere of the house. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to spend an incredible amount of time and money on their creation. There are very simple ideas using the most mundane, and at times, junk items.

Ideas for the home are a whole sea of ​​possibilities for improving the interior or a more comfortable life ... and sometimes both.

Decoration of vases and bottles with lace

Amazing transformations can take very little time. For example, from a conventional vase, bottle or jar, you can make a unique beauty vase. And the process itself will take 10-15 minutes. This is if all you have at hand. But we need, except for decorating objects, only lace, PVA glue, scissors and a brush.

Everything is exactly as you thought. Just wrap the vessel with lace, cut to size, glue, wait until it dries. It's all. But the result will please you.

Who said lace should be white ...

Lace can be bought or knitted. The second option allows you to decorate vases of complex shapes that can be decorated with ordinary lace with great difficulty. If you do not know how to knit, but you want to decorate a vase of unusual shape, look for a stretch. There is such, and in a fairly wide range. With the help of stretching azhura most of the problems are removed.

Sad zen

If you are looking for original ideas for home, consider miniature garden-zen. It is easy to do, it looks great, and it can also help you relax and calm down after a hard day’s work. Only this accessory is not for families with small children .... You will understand why.

The garden-zen in the original is a rather complicated system, but the styling can be made from a transparent round container or even from a glass candy bowl, a vase, a small aquarium. You will need more sand for landscaping, terrariums or aquariums, and a bumbless or cactus plant.

First, let's look at how to deal with the plant. You can put it in a small pot, and bury it in the sand. Instead of a pot, you can use a sock with a primer (tie a sock). Some plants (cacti) can be planted directly in the sand. In general, choose any method, but with a direct landing in the sand, you need to take care of normal drainage - put pebbles on the bottom.

Sand is poured into the tank, a pot with a plant or its roots is placed, and it is filled up with sand to a certain level. All is ready. Now the surface of the sand level and put on her drawings. For drawing there is a special metal stick, but a wooden one is also suitable for a start.

If you want to get closer to the original, you can make a desktop version of a Japanese garden from a small box. The box frame is assembled from wooden bars or bamboo trunks, the bottom is usually made of plywood or well-fitted and processed wooden planks. You can still make the legs.

The resulting container is also filled with fine sand, but what else to add there is your business. You can plant several plants, put stones, pebbles, put candles, a statue of the Buddha. In general, everyone here already creates their own Zen))

Mini garden in the house

There are two types of miniature gardens that can be made to decorate the interior of a house or apartment: open and semi-enclosed. An open mini-garden is made in large flat pots, pallets. You can use miniature bonsai plants, succulents and small cacti.

When selecting plants, pay attention not only to the size, but also to the soil in which the plants grow. With a sufficiently large area of ​​the minisade, it can be divided into zones with different acidity of the soil, but this will require physical separation, as well as differentiation using physical plastic partitions so that the soils do not mix.

In this decoration for the interior recreate this garden. With walkways, benches, rockeries, etc. You can put a toy house, make a pond. All that your fantasy will tell you.

Semi-closed mini-gardens are made in glass containers. Round looks very interesting: aquariums, vases. They are filled with soil or stones, planted plants. But in such a limited volume it is necessary to select plants not only by the type of soil, but also by the degree of light, the irrigation regime, etc. Differently care for the plants in the bank will not work.

The smallest gardens ... And then - the garden of moss ... a piece of fairy tales

In such containers, you can grow different varieties of moss. In fact, they are very beautiful and only in such miniature gardens and you can consider them to the smallest detail. Some of them resemble trees or shrubs, others are more like grassy plants. From stones and moss create a variety of compositions that reproduce these landscapes or transfer us to a fabulous country.

Cushions DIY

If you look at the photo of the interiors, you can see that in most of them pillows attach a highlight to the interior. With their help, boring interior turns into a living and memorable. In addition, a large number of pillows allows you to relax comfortably. Such an idea at home allows you to quickly change the "mood of the interior", adding home comfort.

In the case of using fabrics, everything is clear - we select the color and texture to the interior. But there are homemade pillows, from which it blows comfort. A vivid example of this is knitted pillows. A variety of patterns, colors, shapes. But the result is the same - they really want to hug, squeeze. They will stare very unconventionally.

From an old flannelette pajamas and sweaters And these old jeans are transformed into an original pillowcase ... only a fabric with a glue base is needed. A knitted miracle is very cozy. Lace for trimming pillows - you need to select the style.

What if you can not knit? It does not matter. There are old sweaters. Yours or childrens. They make very interesting and neat pillows. Cut off the old knitwear on the sleeves, put a pillow into the half-prepared pillowcase, sew it up from two sides. Everything, the design pillow is ready.

You can also use lace, fleecy fabrics, old jeans, even pajamas. Everything is in progress. And the weirder the coloring is, the more interesting the result is.

Ideas for home: do-it-yourself trivia

The atmosphere and comfort in the house create not only global things. A lot of small things that can be made from scrap materials, bring not less and sometimes more pleasure and benefit. They = you use often. And you don’t look at the same pictures or mirrors in a month. A number of ideas for turning a home into a cozy and comfortable place have been collected in this section.

Opportunities - the sea

Pebble shoe tray

Owners of private houses have to go out into the yard regardless of the weather. Therefore, shoes do not always shine with purity. Many get out of position by putting a rubber mat near the door or putting the same rubber pan. Yes, the dirt does not spread, but the view is not the most attractive. To significantly improve the situation, you can simply put pebbles in the pan. Water will flow over the stones, no drip is visible on them, or dirt. Periodically, it will be necessary to soak the pebbles in water and rinse - to remove the accumulated dirt, but pebbles are a reusable material and it simply cannot be “erased”.

If there is no rubber pallet, you can knock down a wooden box with a height of about 10 cm. Pebbles can be found on the banks of the river, the sea, etc. In a pinch, you can find it in designer stores or where products for aquariums are sold. But buying this "beauty" is expensive.

Scarves storage

Scarves, scarves and other similar products are usually in every family a lot. How to keep them, so that they do not take a lot of meta, were always at hand, but still did not hesitate? There are several lifehacks that you can easily do with your own hands.

The first. We attach metal rings to the usual hanger. Rings can be plastic or metal. Both those and others can be found in the departments trading. There are not only in terms of shape, size and material. To wooden hangers / hangers / trempels, rings can be nailed, fastened with staples from the stapler, and glued to plastic or tied with threads. And that's all, the storage device for scarves you have.

The situation with the second adaptation is a bit more complicated. You will need a treated board and a dozen or two pins. Clothespins to a level we fix by one party. They can be nailed, fastened with screws, glued. Loops will also be needed to secure the structure itself on the wall.

Both ideas for home are practical, require a minimum of money and a little time. And appreciate the benefits themselves. Especially in the spring and autumn period, when there are a lot of scarves, shawls, pots on the shelf.

Instead of a bookshelf

  - a good thing, but not everywhere they are appropriate, and good money copies cost a lot. But books need to be stored somewhere. An exit - metal brackets. When installing them, the lower book serves as a support for 4-5 pieces that simply fit on it.

Book holder - everything ingenious is simple

The disadvantage is obvious - the bottom book is not available. Exit - down to put the most unpopular or unnecessary.

Key holders and other little things

One of the biggest problems - where to hang the keys so that they can be quickly found, and even instantly hang or remove. One of the good options is a magnetic board, but where to look for it is a question. But you can make fun holders out of balls for tennis. They are incised by about a third of the diameter. That's all. The holder is ready. It only needs to be fixed somewhere. You can - on the wall with nails, you can attach a few pieces on a separate board, and you can attach the board itself to a wall, cabinet, etc.

Instead of a housekeeper - cute faces

To make such a holder for small things can be done in seconds. Longer look for tennis balls. And to make it even more interesting, eyes are glued to the ball. It turns out such a cheerful smiley.

Basket of plastic tanks and clothespins

The forehead of the farm is full of plastic containers from under the food, but ideas for home with their participation are rare. We found one such option in which the hero is a liter capacity from under mayonnaise. In principle, any can of a large diameter and small height can fit. Otherwise, the "basket" will be inconvenient to use.

Waste in income - a basket of plastic cans

With the help of universal glue, we glue the container with clothespins. When the glue dries, cover the surface with varnish or wood oil. The inner part is closed with a cover sewn from cotton or flax. We make it a little longer than necessary, so that you can hide an unsightly edge behind the lapel.

The handle is made of steel wire with a diameter of 3-4 mm. From it we arch arc. At one end we make a loop, in the side wall with the help of a nail heated on fire, we make two diagonally arranged holes (one opposite the other). In one hole we pass the formed loop on the handle. On the second side, we twist the wire, pass it through the second hole, and then form a loop. Handle decorate hemp rope. From it you can make jewelry for the basket. If you know how to weave macrame - great, no - the usual braid woven of several threads will also go.

Stand for a sofa or a chair for cups / glasses / newspapers

Drinking tea in your favorite chair is a great idea. Here are just nowhere to put the cup, the phone always falls between the seat and the “bylets”. The armrests of modern models are soft, you can not put anything on them. So smart people came up with a cup / cup holder (see photo). Extremely simple and very convenient thing. Few home ideas will bring you more pleasant moments.

You will need three boards with a width of at least 25 cm. They are knocked down in the form of the letter “P” (the connection can be strengthened with the help of joinery corners). The height of the lintel is a little more than the height of the armrest, the table should be no more than 1/3 of the width of the seat, otherwise you simply will not sit in the chair. The design is put sideways, the lower part is pushed under a chair. It serves as an emphasis and does not allow the structure to roll over. For confidence, make the lower part much longer than the "table". Also, for mobility, you can install the wheels, but you should not forget that the legs of modern furniture are low and the wheels need small ones, and you will have to fix them from the side. Otherwise, the stand just does not go under the chair.

Where to hide the bowls for dogs

Dog owners know how difficult it is to find a place for dog bowls. Dogs living in an apartment or house are usually fed in the kitchen. There they put the bowls. But they are needed for half an hour a day, and then they get confused all day under their feet on the floor. You can solve the problem, and elegantly. Bowls set in one of the drawers. Needed - opened the box, poured food. Feeding is over - the bowls were washed, put in place, the drawer was pushed. Everything is perfect and does not bother anyone.

This idea will require a small box upgrade. Along the perimeter is a small cross-section strip or corner. A rectangle of the required size is cut out of plywood or other sheet material. Cut holes in it under bowls, then paint (if needed). That's all, the idea is implemented. It remains to teach pets.

Slipper storage idea

In any house or apartment with the number of residents of two or more, slippers are constantly lost, confused and disappear somewhere. One of the interesting ideas for solving the problem is such pipes / holders for slippers. Each pair has its own pipe. Order guaranteed.

Pipes can be stainless steel, you can cut them from plastic pipes of large diameter. It will only be necessary to process the cut well, so that it is comfortable and beautiful.

Manufacturing things for the house do it yourself  - this is a great opportunity to combine an interesting, fascinating creative process with the undoubted benefit of filling the interior with useful and beautiful objects. , which we will look at today, can be repeated very simply, strictly speaking, it is the simplicity of performing them together with a spectacular appearance and undoubted usefulness that became the main reason for including them in this small selection.


Things for home do it yourself: photo

Smart dIY homemade things photo  which you will see, are performed in various techniques and belong to different areas of home decor and filling. Here is our first idea - a soft floor pouf, whose counterparts are quite expensive in a home decor store. But, if you think about it, all you need for this is multi-colored pieces of fabric and filler, as well as a small piece of rope.


Preparation for work will consist in the formation of rectangles from different pieces of fabric, the larger side of which will be equal in length to the radius of the desired pouf. You yourself can vary exactly what size you want it to be. If it is important for you that the work becomes more practical, it could be used not only in the apartment, but also in the country, outdoors, then select a fabric with the appropriate qualities. Next, cut the rectangle diagonally into two triangular halves, sew the next rectangle in one, and then cut off half of it. You can initially sew the finished triangles, but it will be somewhat more difficult. The wider the rectangular blanks will be, the smaller the sectors will be in the finished pouf. When the circle closes, the first half of the pouf is ready, while the second, lower one, it is not at all necessary to collect from pieces, you can use a whole circle. The rope must be laid inside the rectangle, the length equal to our circumference, and sew together with it the two parts to each other. Leave about 15 centimeters unstitched, through which you unscrew the workpiece and be able to fill it with filler. When the desired volume is reached, close this technical hole with a hidden seam.


Rope or twine is also suitable for our next crafts, as it turns out, in order to make useful things for the house do it yourself, we need the most simple materials. In this case, we need a paste, food wrap and a skein of string or rope. The shape will be a bowl of the size we need, we wrap it tightly with a film so that glue does not get under the film, but also so that later this protective layer can be easily removed from the surface of the bowl. Pour the paste into the container (dilute 100 grams of starch with a glass of cold water, and then pour the mixture into 750 grams of boiling water, stirring to thicken) and put the twine there, so that it is soaked with it. After that, lay out the string on a bowl, covered with film, so that you get beautiful, openwork patterns, you should not do it too tightly, otherwise you will lose all the charm of the craft. When the glue is completely dry, carefully remove the blank from the bowl and separate it from the film. In the finished vase can put fruit, candy, seasonal, and so on.


Open shelves are becoming more fashionable, but you want not only fashionable things in the house, but also unusual. Just for these lovers and invented do-it-yourself creative things for home, vivid representatives of which is an invisible shelf, which is made of a thick book. In this case, you still have to visit the hardware store to purchase the missing parts - these are dowels-screws and L-shaped fasteners. One end of this bracket is applied to the book and markup is made at the place of the future hole, you need to drill a cover and a dozen pages. After that, the bracket is placed inside and through the cover is tightened with a bolt and washer with a cap for beauty, and the second end is hung on the wall. On top of the shelf you can put a few more books, put a lamp, put the phone, in general, use such as you please.


Do it yourself from unnecessary things for the house

But the home craftsman gets the greatest satisfaction from the work done if he manages to do something. do it yourself from unnecessary things for home. This is also a process of recycling these most unnecessary things. If you have recently undergone repairs in your house and small pieces of expensive, high-quality wallpaper have remained, then throwing them away somehow does not rise. And rightly so, because you can use them in decorating furniture, creating interior trifles and so on.


Examples of the use of unsuitable for repairing wallpaper, you can see on our photos. You may not even cover dense vinyl or non-woven wallpapers with any protective layers, they are strong enough in themselves and will last for a long time.


These unnecessary things can even be specially accumulated in order to get a thing useful for the household as a result. For example, when we get a wonderful floor mat made of wine corks. Corks should be carefully cut in half with a breadboard knife and glued onto a rubberized base. You can do this in even rows, and form different patterns, changing the location of traffic jams.

When decorating a house it is difficult to find the right balance between functionality, comfort and style. Regardless of how much money we spend on decent furniture, the rooms always lack something, and as a result, they are not at all like the ideal apartments we see in magazines.

Sometimes the situation can be solved with the help of small tricks that take only a few minutes of your time and do not require cash expenditures at all. Read the following tips to find out how you can make your home more stylish and comfortable with minimal effort.

1. Take care of the front door

Do not forget about the front door, even if you live in an apartment building, since it is she who creates the first impression of your home. Take care of it as well as the interior doors. Put a few pots of flowers, hang a seasonal wreath or decorations, update your license plate or paint the door in a bright color.

2. Arrange items according to the rule of the "troika"


As in many areas and disciplines, the rule of the "troika" are actively used in decorating and styling. The trio of items looks visually more attractive and more balanced, especially when it comes to dimensions, height and materials.

Start small and decorate a small corner in your living room or table. For example, put a vase with flowers, a basket with books and a clock. You will see how nice and cozy this composition looks. But do not over-saturate the room with such decorative trifles, otherwise the effect will be misread.

3. Spread carpets in several layers.


Lay a small thick carpet on top of a larger, more neutral rug. This is also a great way to check how you feel about the bold experiments in the interior, and this design move will make the room more comfortable and stylish. Thanks to this advice, you can divide the space into zones or make accents in the necessary places.

4. Arrange books in alternative ways.


A vertical or slightly tilted stack of books is a canon for a classic interior. Alternative placement speaks of bold and modern style. Try alternating the shelves, placing the books either vertically or horizontally. Horizontal lines will break the pattern of vertical lines and attract attention. You can put additional items on the shelves with books. Just make sure that the order of the arrangement is random, since the rigid scheme is very striking.

5. Expose to show things that have something to tell.


This advice is a bit more complicated than it sounds, because not every person wants to demonstrate objects dear to the heart and realize that no one else except them is impressed with them.

In order to attract the attention of people, your favorite things should stand out from the environment and immediately catch the eye. Do not forget that you do not need to cross the ocean to find an object that is worth telling others. As long as you have a dear memory associated with the thing, you can captivate your guest with this topic.

6. Make a nice old bottle thing


The next time you have a beautiful bottle of alcohol, milk or perfume, do not tell it to throw it away. Save it and use as a container for liquid soap or a vase. Alternatively, fill it with beads and tie a bow of twine. But for starters, soak the bottle in warm, soapy water until all labels are easily washed off. A transparent vessel looks very stylish and futuristic.

7. Dust often.


Nothing kills style like dust. Maybe you cleaned only yesterday, but the dust will quickly find its way back. Take a closer look and find the surfaces on which it is most noticeable in daylight, and be sure to wipe these places between the “general cleaning”. Thus, you can enjoy the fresh air and not to worry when guests unexpectedly descend.

8. Arrange the flowers at random


When you receive bouquets, put them somewhere in the corner of the room, and never in a central place. Bonus points if it is field or garden flowers. Accidental placement creates the feeling that flowers are an integral part of your home, and you are not trying to show off or impress others.

9. Move furniture between rooms.


We are used to moving things within the same confined space, and it is not natural to move furniture from room to room. In fact, things may look much better in the new space, or they may serve more functionally. When you do not have the time or budget to buy new interior items, the fastest way to refresh any room in your house is to rearrange the furniture.

10. Keep White Towels in Bath


This is a personal choice, but the white color of the towel gives a feeling of freshness and purity. In addition, if you have more than one towel in your bathroom, this adds to the interior of casual hospitality and attention to detail.

11. Always keep several books on the coffee table.


Books instantly add style and are entertaining for guests. Be sure to put your favorite book and several works of different genres. You can put only books or mix them with magazines and photos. This is the ideal place to apply the rule of the "troika" and combine books with decorative elements and small objects.

12. Supply water in a jug


It does not matter if you drink tap water or bottles, store it in a jug. There is nothing sweeter than putting it on the table during lunch with the family or dining with the guests. If it is a transparent jug, you can add cucumber or lemon slices to the water.

Leave the jug on the bedside table at the same time to humidify the air and add a few points for style.

13. Paint some things in the color of the walls or finishes.


Most often, things in the apartment do not fit well together due to different styles, colors and finishes. Paint some pieces of furniture in the same color as the walls, or pick up curtains / carpet / pillows to match exactly. This will create a certain unity of space. Such items need to be scattered throughout the room, not too close to each other. No need to repaint everything - even a small dose will help create a harmonious composition.

14. Keep napkins on the table, even if you do not eat anything.


This may seem illogical, but in fact it creates the illusion of cleanliness in the home and family order (especially if you have children). Napkins are also a great way to add color and pattern to your kitchen interior. They can be inexpensive, plastic, rubber or paper. You can also make wipes with your own hands by cutting the fabric into small squares. The main thing is to take into account the color range.

15. Decorate the house with variations of the same element.


Choose one product type that you have enough. For example, fruit, and the brighter the color, the better. You can also use some kind of vegetable or simple elements that are found in nature, such as stones or wood.

Put them in a vase or bowl and place them in a prominent place, but not in the center. The goal is to attract attention, so the vase should be of simple form and ordinary material.

16. Group candles


Collect all the candles that you have, and arrange them in small groups throughout the apartment. The living room is the first place. Lighting candles in groups is much more efficient than individually, because they provide more light, which is ideal for an evening in the company of guests.

When buying candles, avoid frilly designs and smells. Best of all - white classic candles that are perfect for grouping.

17. Add indoor plants


Plants not only bring freshness and color to the room, but are also an important decorative element. Place them near large pieces of furniture or use them to fill empty corners. Small plants can be mixed in the composition, guided by the rule of the "troika".

18. Remove some accessories.


If you are a fan of small trinkets, decorative objects, works of art, carpets, pillows, your house most likely resembles a museum of folk art. Minimalism in the home interior looks much better than an abundance of extra things. Try to remove some accessories, replace them, add something else, until you are satisfied with the result. It is best to decorate the house with one type of decorative objects. It looks stylish and cozy.

19. Keep a small blanket on the couch


A light blanket not only creates comfort, but also allows you to add textures and colors to a fairly flat or neutral room. If you want to add only one bright stroke, make sure that the blanket is not neatly folded, but casually thrown over the back.

20. Arrange around the basket


The basket is a lifeline when you need to remove the mess before the arrival of guests or move things from room to room. They seem much more expensive and exotic than they really are. Baskets can be of different sizes and shapes, but they must be made of the same material or have a common color so as not to create too much chaos. They can be a completely unique and loud spot in the neutral space of your room. If the interior of your house is made in bright colors, pick up baskets of darker shades, and vice versa.

21. Store food in containers.


This is the best way to organize the space in your kitchen and add a stylish touch to the interior. Store cereals, spices, cookies, and other food in containers. Glass containers look beautiful, but they can be costly. Use inexpensive options. The point is not to have the whole set. The main thing is that the containers should be of the same material and one color in order to create a clean and orderly look in your kitchen or in the pantry.

22. Hang things on the walls.


Many people avoid decorating walls because they do not have enough money for expensive works of art. But you don't need fancy pictures, because everything can be art, as long as it awakens feelings in you. Hang magazine pages, photos, your own drawings in a chaotic manner to add speakers to the wall. From time to time, change the image to slightly update the interior.

23. Show off your hobby


Feel free to openly demonstrate your hobby. First, it will be a topic for interesting discussions. Secondly, you can hang the results of your work on the wall, or randomly place it on the shelves, or simply leave it on the floor. This is guaranteed to add uniqueness to your home.

24. Use unnecessary things in unexpected ways.


Whether it's a fireplace, an old piano, large furniture, appliances, empty corners ... Put books, vases, plants, and unnecessary objects there in no time will turn into stylish interior elements.

25. Let your home reflect your personality.


Most of the stylish houses are decorated with photos of their tenants. But the real-life houses in which interesting personalities live are filled with things that the owners like. Musical instruments, books, old cassettes ... After all, the easiest and most reliable way to make your home more stylish is to add more information about who you are and what you like.

Spend time and turn your home not only into a stylish, but also the most favorite place on Earth!

Gathering in the search engines "Crafts for the interior with their own hands," you are faced with such a huge selection of design ideas that your eyes run? So what can be created without possessing special skills so that it is not very expensive, beautiful, functional?
  And then there is spring outside! There are days when the hands themselves are trying to renew the surrounding space, change the habitual, following the rhythms of nature. It often happens that our means and opportunities are limited, and we are eager to bring something bright and unusual into everyday life, to please friends, a loved one, relatives with unique, beautiful and useful new things, and having invested a piece of our own heat in the object. What then can be done?

The perfect solution are crafts for the interior. They are functional, emphasize the individuality of the author and owner of the thing, meet the tastes of the owner of the thing, arouse admiration of others. Below you will find inspirational ideas for creating handicrafts for the interior.

Types of crafts

You need to decide on the purpose of the decor that you are going to do: who, where, why they will use it.

Interior crafts can be divided into types, for convenience:

  1. By appointment: yourself, as a gift (to whom?), For children, for pets.
  2. According to the place of use: apartment or cottage, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom or hallway, and maybe it is a gift to a colleague in the office. A clear representation of this item before starting work will help determine the style and materials.
  3. According to function: storage (containers, stands, hooks), just decorative elements (panels, paintings, frames, sculptures), textiles (create softness, comfort, warmth, noise insulation: carpets, pillows, furniture capes, tablecloths, curtains), lighting (lamps, candlesticks, lampshades), etc.
  4. According to the materials used: from fabrics, threads, jute, stones, shells, paper, wood, etc.
  5. According to the method of decoration or manufacturing: painting using different colors and techniques, weaving, assembly, mosaic, decoupage, papier-mâché, embroidery, knitting, sewing, applique, mixed technique.

Having answered for yourself with the help of these 5 points, what exactly you would like to do, to begin with, you can choose your favorite version of home interior crafts, from those presented below. Make sure that you have all the necessary materials and start creativity!

Crafts, alterations

Household items tend to be refreshed and decorated using paints, brushes, glue, rhinestones, eggshells, buttons, and other items available.
  For example, from an old vase, bottles, jars, boxes, you can create original decorations for your home by painting them with colors, pouring colored sand into transparent containers, decorating them with jute rope or decorative cord.

For example, everyone, even the smallest home designers (with the help of adults), can make creative rugs, rugs, pillows, seat covers, decorative flowers or a toy of pompons.

Materials:

  • knitting yarn or thread, best soft, synthetic: acrylic, polyamide, lycra. Choose medium, thick, fluffy or bulk threads (from 100 to 370 m / g). Pay attention to the yarn with an interesting structure and color: terry, ribbon, gradient, melange. Consider the color combination of your decor, pattern, shape;
  • needle with a thick eye;
  • the base, it is very convenient to use a plastic mesh, but any mesh fabric will do, and the mesh can also be knitted by crocheting itself with crocheted crochet. Fabric for the bottom of the base;
  • scissors;
  • cardboard.

Cut a circle from cardboard (or 2) with a hole in the center. Thread the cardboard circle tightly, pulling the thread from the center to the edge, and moving the cardboard circle back to the center in 2-4 layers. Then cut with scissors the wound yarn along the outer circumference of the cardboard circle (it is more convenient to cut when there are two circles - cutting between them). Remove the cardboard and tie the resulting bundle of threads in the middle, flatten the pom-pom. Continue to make pompons in the same way in the required amount.

Crafts for the interior of stones, glass, mirrors, shells

Excellent stylish crafts for the interior with their own hands for the hallway, bathroom, kitchen can be made using solid materials.

A broken mirror, glass, beautiful crockery like mosaic, decorated vases, various boxes-caskets, wall mirrors, frames, panels, as well as table tops. Perfect for this is suitable and special small mosaic, sold on Chinese websites and in hardware stores. Consider a method of making a mosaic frame for a mirror.

Materials:

  • plywood or chipboard;
  • pVA glue or liquid nails, special glue for tiles;
  • forceps or tongs / pliers - if you need to move the pieces of the mosaic planted on the glue;
  • tile grout or plaster / tile glue;
  • spatula (applying grout, but you can also finger in the signet);
  • cloth / sponge to remove excess glue, grout
  • a mosaic or a battle of glass, ceramics, a chipped mirror (or small round mirrors), and seashells;
  • if the decorative elements are heavy (like large seashells, starfishes, etc.), you will need a reinforcing layer of special adhesive tape or mesh;
  • sealant or putty to fill voids (to protect from dust).

First, you better draw a sketch, how the mosaic parts will be arranged in order to clearly know what pattern you will need to lay out with what colors. Geometric, it will be a pattern, vegetative, animal, abstract, or you want to lay out a mosaic of flowers. Cut out the base with a jigsaw (or leave the piece as it is, if it suits you in size and shape) a circle or a rectangle of the required parameters.

Wicker crafts

This includes macrame, beadwork, rattan, weaving of leaves, rogoza, paper - twisted newspapers. The latter method is one of the most affordable, and it turns out really beautiful and stylish things for the home, and even useful ones.

So, from newspaper tubes one can weave boxes, baskets, flower vases, pots, bottle holders, houses for cats, laundry baskets, panels, armchairs, furniture legs and much more. It is better to start with something simple, for example from a box:

Materials:

  • newspapers, cardboard;
  • pVA glue;
  • scissors, knife, ruler;
  • pencil or knitting needle;
  • the container, in the form of which the casket will appear (box, jar, vase, bottle);
  • paints: stain or food coloring (for eggs);
  • clothespins for fixing the tubes;

A newspaper sheet (or thin rough paper) is folded in half, cut into 4 equal parts. Then a pencil or spoke is applied to the corner of the sheet, and a newspaper is twisted around it (at an angle), the core can be removed from the middle of the tube, the edges should be fixed with glue. It is necessary to use it on a minimum, since it will not be painted over. The length of the tubes are also increased with glue. It will take a lot of such blanks, then dry them for at least 4 hours, after which they are painted in the desired colors and dried for another 8 hours. You should get beautiful smooth tubes of the same thickness.

Composition and accents

Decided on the future use of interior crafts? Fine! If you are a beginner, then you will need some knowledge of style directions - in order for your designer masterpiece to fit perfectly. It is quite simple.

A quick guide to style and color

Today, the Internet is replete with pictures of various beautiful combinations of colors and their shades, inspired by nature itself. From them, you can choose the appropriate ready-made table of combinations, similar to your interior story.

If the decor element does not imply a Christmas theme, you should avoid the neighborhood of red and green - this combination creates a ripple in the eyes.
  If you are not sure about the combination of beautiful complex shades (such as mustard, aquamarine, terracotta, marsh, etc.) - look for similar color tables.
  To make your decor element best fit into the interior of the house, try to determine the overall style of the room and follow it so that the ideas embodied with your own hands will heal a happy life together in space.

Here are 8 common styles in the rooms of the modern house and their general characteristics that will help you decide on the idea:

  1. Classic (English, French) - calm, strict forms. Carved elements, stucco, columns with classical Roman floral ornaments are allowed. Representative, prim furniture. The colors are calm, warm: brown, ocher, white. Also used deep blue, burgundy, green. Textures - wood, gypsum, leather (or their imitation). In the variants of the Rococo style, Baroque, the number of details, decorations, curlicues increases significantly, pink and gold are added.
  2. Post-modern (derivatives: fusion, eclecticism, pop art, contorery) - welcomes unusual, multi-dimensional frame structures on the walls, ceiling, floor (niches, tiers, partitions of drywall, wood), asymmetry. Uses bright accents on a plain background, likes geometric patterns (think of clothes and furniture from the 60s and 70s). Loves plastic, metal, glass, unusual textured fabrics, contrasting color combinations. Derivatives of this style are characterized by a combination of things unmatched at first glance, a bright mix, sometimes a little insane.
  3. Ethnic (Japanese, African, Egyptian, Indian, Arabic, Moorish, etc.) - sustained in accordance with the traditional arrangement of the home of a particular nation. For example, the Japanese style involves the use of mats, rice paper, partitions, fans, white, black colors. African - replete with shades of yellow, brown, red with the inclusion of characteristic color patterns, includes reed products, native figurines made of precious wood (imitation) and so on.
  4. Provence (similar to country, art-believe, chebbi-chic) ​​- rustic style in its various manifestations. A lot of wood, often deliberately aged, unevenly painted. The textures are as follows: rough plaster, woven fabrics, flower, brick, stone. The number of pieces of furniture and decor varies between styles, for example, art-believe is close to minimalism, and shebbi-chic is ready to place cute beautiful things with craquelure, decoupage and other decorations on all available surfaces. Paints are actively used to give old things a new look.
  5. Minimalism (constructivism) - everything is simple, clear, no frills. Straight lines, versatility, folding and sliding (secret) designs are best friends. The color palette is laconic, 3-4 chromatic shades (gray, white, black, metallic) with one bright accent. Invoices: simple fabrics, glass, metal.
  6. Hi-tech - high-tech interior, full of modern gadgets and developments, akin to minimalism. Loves gloss, achromatic colors, clear lines.
  7. Loft / Scandinavian / Chalet / Eco-style - the house of a hunter, a traveler in the mountains or in the urban jungle, often a bachelor dwelling. These styles are united by the abundance of wood in a variety of coarse processing, and other natural materials, in the loft - brick (graffiti is appropriate). Nordic patterns, cell, natural fabrics give comfort.
  8. The Mediterranean (Greek) style is usually great for the bathroom, but not only for it. Replete with white and shades of blue, blue, welcomes mosaic, beautiful murals, marine motifs.

Styles, of course, can be combined, flow one into another and skillfully use each other’s elements, introduce national traits.


  Following the above recommendations, you will fill the space with creative individual handicrafts created with love, thus attracting love, luck and prosperity, as well as admiring glances to the house!