10 cool homey things

Curbly posted this great DIY that is super easy and doesn’t make any holes in your wall. I looooove it, and if I ever get the motivation to re-decorate the living room (which will be a huge task because it shares a very distinct rust-colored (YUCK) wall with the kitchen so I’d have to attack both of them at the same time) I will almost definitely do this.

Lace + table + spray paint = adorable. Great tutorial over at A Beautiful Mess.

I love this felt garland tutorial from pam garrison. The colors she chose are so perfect.

Windchimes! Have I mentioned how much I adore windchimes? This tutorial from michele made me is definitely worth a look. I think these would be so pretty painted in a simple ombre with white or blue at the bottom fading up to the natural bamboo.

This DIY hanger would be great for an etsy shop, I think. The perfect way to show off handmade clothes.

Something like this is definitely a part of my dream kitchen.

I’ve been looking for cute cheap pom poms for months to do this, but the only pom poms I can find are expensive and ugly. The search continues.

Love, love, love this. We use something like it as a thyme bed to protect the old lemon balm bed from dogs (which we no longer have …) but the way apartment therapy did it is so much more aesthetically appealing.

Gasp! A wreath I don’t hate!

 

I want this in my life. The window I’m imagining it on gets a ton of light in the mornings, and that light would be so lovely shining through the flowers.

 

 

 

10 cool homey things

This incredible faux-dreamcatcher from sweet jessie is just painfully lovely. Everything she does is incredible.

I love this idea; Ruffles & Stuff posted about displaying pages from vintage children’s books as wall decoration. So adorable.

Oh, how I love this. I’d love to make about three of these and hang them somewhere right in a row. Currently still trying to find a wall I haven’t already filled with yarny decorations. Found at Crafty Crow.

LOOOOOVE. This is just the perfect jewelry rack. Find the tutorial at Craft.

This picture makes me want to fill that thing with books. Empty bookcases stress me out. But! This is a cool idea. Found at Honestly, WTF.

Re-purposed denim always reminds me of my mom. This slipcover‘s pretty awesome, no? I think it would look sooooo good on a wooden floor. Found via Craft.

Excuse my French, but this wall gives me a giant fabric-boner. And we know I love embroidery hoops as frames in a cluster. Found at Purl Soho.

Dear boyfriend: This belongs in your house. (Also, I’m writing this on July 8 and scheduling it to be posted on August 4. I hope we’re still dating when this is posted! Because I do very much enjoy dating you.) (Found at Craft.)

This lamp from Graham and Greene is adorable, but heinously expensive. I want to make one of my own!

Love this idea. Though it would hold maybe an eighth of my yarn stash. Found via Craft.

10 cool homey things

Christmas tree bunting tutorial from Sadie and Lance. I take issue with most Christmas decorations, but this I like.

This isn’t too bad either. I think a string of dipped wax pinecones as bunting would be adorable. Tutorial via The Magic Onions.

Perfect bookshelf found via Cosmic Dust.

And another version of Christmas decor I don’t hate. Found via Style Files.

Love this. Wouldn’t it be the perfect studio? Found via Cosmic Dust.

Latch hook rag rug! Tutorial at Maggie Makes.

I am constantly desperately searching for this type of frame at thrift stores. Found at Smile and Wave.

Alright. That’s it. I need to focus my creative energies on making awesome bedding. (This is by doe-c-doe, naturally. Everything she does is magic.)

I’m thinking of making these for Grady’s next birthday party.

DIY Shibori bedspread. Obsessed. Tutorial found via Craft.

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Gorgeous, right? Found via drew-o-rama.

That blue door is out of this world. Found via Bloesem.

I attempted this last year with a few sweet pepper plants and I’m sure it would have worked wonderfully if I had remembered to water them. Found at Cheap Vegetable Gardener.

I don’t really have any desire to garden this year, but I do love the idea of hatching seedlings in eggs. But, I learned my lesson last year. If I’m going to plant anything, I have to buy sprouted plants instead of seeds. At least until Grady gets old enough to help me control the weeds. Found at Fidgety Fingers.

Another great idea for sprouting seedlings from Fidgety Fingers.

I really love this idea. I’m looking for a diy way to make my living room’s light fixture not-hideous, and this may be my best bet. Found at under the sycamore.

This is too beautiful. Seriously. Found at instructables.

I usually don’t love table runners, but this is cute. I’d definitely iron it, though. Those wrinkles are stressing me out. Found at under the sycamore.

Craft teaches how to roast your own garlic.

Wouldn’t this be great for herbs? Right next to the kitchen? Found at Craft.

10 cool homey things

Magnetic under-the-shelf spice rack. Brilliant. My current system for organizing spices is an abysmal failure.

Plate painting. This is something I really should do. I have this great plate  hanger thing, and currently there are a couple of my grandma’s old plates there – which is great as a reminder of grandma, but they just add the the unusual amount of religious art in my house.

The perfect bathroom mirror.

Breathtaking.

I am so jealous of Anna Maria Horner’s insane talent. Love these chairs.

A few of these tin can luminaries would be so lovely on the back porch.

BOWIE.

Brilliant idea for a light fixture. I love it when lamps scatter light like this.

These ceramic bowls are too cool for school.

Homemade gardener’s hand scrub.

Written on Nov. 13.

10 cool homey things

DIY Universal knife block. Brilliant. I’ve always hated knife blocks because they only fit the knives they come with, and always look so generic. This one is beautiful.

Hydroponic herb garden. Ug. I’m so burned out on gardening right now. But I saved this link in the spring, and I’m sure back then it was thrilling.

Ikea hack-ed kitty litter locker. Winston would abhor this. We are currently slowly working on getting him to use the toilet. I’ll let you know if that happens.

Pretty painted pots! This is a great idea, but I’m not much of a pot-user. (Ha! That wasn’t even planned.) Maybe if I get my act together someday.

I’m just not interested in actually doing this, but it looks great in this room. And it’s made of yarn!

I’m planning on making a bunch of these DIY raised garden beds for the back lot next year, and tarp-ing off the rest of the ground. Strangle out that purslane.

Punched-tin recycled aluminum can frame. Awesome. I think this would look so good as an embroidery frame.

Recycled coffee-can yarn storage. I want to do this sooooooo bad, but I don’t make my own coffee (because I’m lame) and I never use other cans like these. I asked around among my formula-using friends to let me use their old formula cans, but that didn’t pan out. If you’re reading this and you have saved coffee or formula cans you’d like to give me, I’d be a happy happy lady. I think it’d even be cool with different sized cans.

I love this room, and I love that crocheted garland.

Oh man. So gorgeous.

home.

I was going to include this link in a “10 cool homey things” post, but it’s too beautiful to share the spotlight. I can’t pick just one photo. I found this at Bloesem.

Look how cool that sink is. That sink is the coolest sink to ever exist.

I’m not really certain because I don’t know Bloesem’s modus operandi, but I think this is all one house. Amazing.

That wall is the perfect color. I kind of want my kitchen to be that color, but it’s already so steeped in this terra cotta theme. Including beautiful terra cotta tile that I don’t want to change.

(my brain just exploded)

Is this not the most beautiful home? I adore every little bit. Especially the flooring in this picture – what is it, even? Other than perfect.

10 cool homey things

Tips for growing strawberries from Tipnut. I’ve only heard sad stories about trying to grow strawberries in a home garden in my county. The birds always get them. My grandpa used to paint rocks red and hide them along the borders of his strawberry patch so the birds would hurt their beaks and then get scared off, but I don’t know if that worked. This year my neighbor has covered his patch with garden fencing to keep birds out – we’ll see if that works. I wasnt’ going to try for any berries at all this year, but then some beautiful little blackberry plants kind of fell into my lap. I’m assuming my local squirrell population will get to the fruit before I do, but there’s still hope. Bla, bla, bla, just another blogger talking about her garden.

Winston would tear this cat house from Sew Take a Hike to shreds. Like as soon as I set it on the floor it would be demolished and vomited on. But it sure is cute.

This tutorial for making candles in a crockpot is awesome, because I’m always on the lookout for new things to do with my crockpot. So far I can make some great not-refried beans, and that’s about it. And also I’ve been saving all of my used candlewax since I was like thirteen. I’d love to make traditional dipped candles, but that’s just not realistic right now.

These framed succulents are just beautiful. Unfortunately my garden is being overrun by a succulent-y looking weed, so while I recognize the beauty of this idea, just seeing it makes me angry.

This doily throwpillow tutorial from Smile and Wave is also beautiful – but I hate throw pillows. Why do I always hate the things that I love? Also that blog is amazing.

I feel like I should have this book.

Ah! I’m saving up little jars for this – my craft room will eventually look so awesome. I’m really excited about it. And I think this is a really rare kind of storage; it seems both baby- and cat-proof. And spider-proof! And mouse-proof!

This is neither baby- or cat- (or spider- or mouse-) proof. But wouldn’t it be lovely next to a puffy armchair?

Next year I want to start a lot more of my plants indoors, and I’m preparing for it well ahead of time. It might not happen, because I’m still completely clueless about where to put it – I don’t know of any baby-proof places in the house that get good sun. Anyway, check out these tips for starting from seed.

More throwpillows! I want to use that freezer-paper design for a dress for Grady. Maybe a pillowcase dress, with a gathered neck.