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Build Up Your Baseboards
This tall, British-inspired baseboard instantly elevates the style of a room. Adding moulding to your baseboard can be a relatively simple project when you let a compound mitre saw handle all the complicated cuts.
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Create a Laundry Bag
Why is it that laundry seems to have a life of its own? Everyone has had mysteriously disappearing socks, somehow "eaten" by their washer or dryer. These easy-to-make laundry bags,sewn from unbleached canvas drop cloths, will not only helporganize your family's clothes...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 hour
Create a Wall Hanging Clothes Rack
Using an ENERGY STAR qualified clothes dryer will help lower your electricity bill -- and benefit the environment as well. But you can save even more by damp-drying your clothes. The indoor laundry rack shown here is made from FSC wood and painted with low-VOC paint. It works...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Install a Bathroom Vanity
Often, all you need to do to update your bathroom is to install a new vanity. The choice in colour and style is wide - you can go traditional or thoroughly modern. It's a good idea to look for something that is similar in size to your existing unit. With the addition of a...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Customize a Lampshade
Why throw out a tired lampshade when you can refresh it? This lampshade has been recovered using eco-chic wallpaper from Graham & Brown. For an even more eco-friendly transformation, use a compact fluorescent light bulb.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Create a Planter Box
This free-standing planter box is made in part from FSC plywood, and the white paint doesn't off-gas volatile organic compounds (VOCs), so the air in your home stays free of pollutants.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 4 hours
Create a Notice Board
This easy-to-construct cork board framed with vibrant wallpaper from eco-chic company Graham & Brown makes a style statement as well as being useful for the whole family.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Make a Display Strip
Making this display strip is as easy as A, B, C. We simply used metal strips, available at The Home Depot, painted them to match the room's trim and attached it to the wall at a height low enough for a child to access.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Build a Mirrored Coffee Table
Create a focal point that reflects your creativity. The base of this coffee table is a simple-to-build wooden box. Bevelled 12-by-12 mirrored tiles make it shine, and no cutting required.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Custom Headboard
Build your own custom headboard by stacking decorative mouldings and making clever use of paint - go as subtle or as striking as your personal whim dictates.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 4 hours
Build Bookcases with a Window Seat
Create architectural interest in a basic builder room with DIY bookcases and a window seat. The unit is built in three sections fitted to look like a custom built-in unit. The window seat is simply a version of the bookcase laid on its side. Our units are constructed from oak,...
Skill: Expert
Time: 5 hours
Make a Bulletin Board
When you make your own simple wood bulletin board, you can choose the size and materials that work best for you. Include a chalkboard for jotting messages and lists or corkboard for displaying photos and notes. A versatile pegboard is great for organizing supplies.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Coat Rack
Simple but stylish, this whimsical coat rack adds personality to any foyer or mudroom, especially when you build it from your own design.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 4 hours
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