Top 10 Do It Yourself Home Improvements
Beautiful Books
Books are undoubtedly among the most elegant and sophisticated decorative pieces. Make simple bookshelves out of wood and arrange colorful books in the right order of size and color. Experiment with the shape and orientation of the bookshelves. Maybe you can make them like a triangle, star, staircase or anything more imaginative.
Wire baskets
Wire baskets can be creatively used as chandeliers or hanging plant holders, making them a wonderful addition to outdoor spaces like balconies or porches. You can have a few candles or bulbs beautifully arranged or plants like a money plant or other flowering creepers planted in them.
Free plant boxes
You surely buy lots of food products in tin boxes. You can use these boxes as plant pots in your garden. This is like they look very beautiful and cost nothing. These tins come in various colors and thus can be arranged in order of the colors and sizes.
Framed table
If you have a deep picture frame, you can attach it to a stool or table of similar size. The frame can then be filled with small keepsakes like dried flowers, photos, and other cherished memories. Ensure the glass is sturdy enough, and then you can use it as a regular stool in your living room.
Glasses come alive
You can use old glass tumblers or wine glasses as transparent pots of miniature foliage. You can have small creeping plants, flower plants or any other small breed plant which may be growing along the boundaries of you home. This not only enhances the appearance but also brings a refreshing touch to spaces like the kitchen or windowsills.
Mirrors make it bright
Use small sized mirrors by placing lots of them like a grid in a room to make the room look bigger with the reflection. The space between the mirrors gives a very retro look to the room. Additionally, the small size of the mirrors will help keep the cost manageable.
Old calendars useful again
Remember that calendar from last year with a beautiful painting for every month. Well those are not totally useful. You can cut them out, frame them, and use them to decorate plain sections of the wall. Cut out the images from the entire calendar and you will have 12 of them, which can be arranged in a composition.
CD cases making good frames
CD cases are perfectly sized to serve as excellent frames. The open and close and so you can cut your favorite pictures like the ones from the calendars in the last point and place them anywhere.
Gift Wrap papers finally useful
Some gift-wraps are so beautiful you want to use them somewhere, but you can’t figure where. A sensible way to use them is to get them laminated and use them as tablemats.
Light holders come alive
You can use you old bulb holders or industrial light fixtures as fancy looking pots for plants like cactuses and other dry looking plants. These look shiny and modern, matching well with the simple look of the cactus.
