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DIY Zebra Console Table

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 20th, 2011

Zebra is a beautiful and exotic animal which has always charmed us with its gorgeous contrasted colored skin. The way its black and white lines appear on its skin create a nice image which we have always admired and appreciated.

Maria Jones is also an admirer of the same pattern that imitates the skin of a zebra and has managed to create her own DIY Zebra Console Table helped by her sister and husband. If you like her original work, you love zebras and you would like to have a similar DIY Zebra Console Table follow the next pieces of information that might help you to get it.

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Another DIY Pallets Transformation Into Table

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 19th, 2011

Most of DIY projects are made of things that in time they became useless. These DIY projects are a way of bringing them back to life and finding them a new purpose. It is also a good way of recycling old things and taking care of our environment.

The same thing happened to these wood pallets. They were transformed into a nice DIY Succulent Pallet Table.This DIY project begins with the deconstructing the wood pallets. After you pull apart two wood pallets you use 2×4 sized boards in order to get a rectangular frame to attach it to the table legs.

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DIY Argyle Sock Vases

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 19th, 2011

Most of the times DIY projects besides their practical side they are also a funny activity. They may fill your free time on a rainy afternoon or a boring day that you spend at home. The activity may become even funnier if you use some cute materials as for examples some pair of socks.

Usually women hate the moment when they find their husband’s socks everywhere in the house. Now if you prepare to start a funny DIY project based on the use of some pair of socks you might forget about this incident and even become happy when you find them.If the pair of socks has a lovely and interesting design then it might become perfect for your DIY Argyle Sock Vases.Here are the materials that you need: socks, vessels, needle and thread, scissors and scrap fabric.

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Practical DIY Concrete Planters

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 18th, 2011

If you are one of the persons who love plants and who also take acre of them you definitely need a lot of space and many planters where you can put them.Sometimes the size of a planter is chosen by the size of your plant. A big plant needs a lot of space while a small one does not need so much space.If you have some free time you may also get your own practical DIY Concrete Planters.

Here it is the list of the materials you need: 5 tupperware containers, 1 tub Sakrete Fast Setting Cement Patcher, as well as a few utensils and solos cups – specifically an old knife for mixing and a measuring cup that had been used for other non-food things and some succulents.

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Karen’s Beautiful DIY Planter Box

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 18th, 2011

These days I helped my grandmother to clean one of her rooms and throw away some old and out of fashion stuff. Among the old teapots, out of fashioned clothes or other old stuff I found some old pieces of mirror. They were in good shape and I thought what I could do with them instead of throwing them away. Sometimes old stuff can become incredible new things which might be useful to you.

Then I reminded of Karen’s Beautiful DIY Mirrored Planter Box. All you need is some beveled mirrors and a hot glue gun.Scrape the stickers off with a razor squeegee. Trying to peel them off will only end in tears and pill popping. Lay your base, mirror side down and hold one of the mirrored pieces up to the edge of the base.

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Beautiful DIY Chicken Wire Chandelier

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 18th, 2011

Chicken wire is a common material used for all sort of things. Usually its main purpose is to be used for building fences.You will be surprised maybe when you find out that this chicken wire may also be used for creating wonderful things like a beautiful DIY Chicken Wire Chandelier.

Here are the materials that you need: chicken wire, wire clothe hanger or just craft wire, Hanging tomato planter (we just need the round wire and hanger), moss, tea lights, small birds/butterflies, magnetic chandelier crystals, wood branch, pliers, glue gun.

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Wonderful DIY Make up Holder

by Simona Strachinaru, posted in DIY, on August 17th, 2011

Women tend to look good at every moment of the day. In order to keep their image fresh and attractive they use all kinds of accessories and spend a lot of time in front of a mirror or going to a beauty parlor.

At home they have all kinds of stuff like make up tools, nail polish little bottles; lipsticks, many hairbrushes and the list may become endless.If it happens that you are in such a situation than you need to find a storage place for all these items.

Here it is a DIY project that might help you. For all these items you may use some other furniture objects as for example this spice rack that was used for keeping nail polish.

This vintage look spice rack can be painted in a vivid color that might you get a wonderful and attractive storage place for all your stuff. The advantage of this spice rack is that offers you a great place where you can arrange all this nail polish in an organized manner and at the same time you may see every item and choose whenever you please the object that you want. At the same time you manage to save your old spice rack and offer it a new use and design.{found on thespeckleddog}

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