Great DIY from Houzz!

Make a Custom Nautical Mirror for Less Than $30

5 Spring Projects

Don't we need to get this long winter over with already? Here's 5 Spring Projects to do just that:

1: Paint Furniture a cool colour

2:Build a Potting Bench:

Head over to Between Naps on the Porch for a DIY Potting Table, inspired by Pottery Barn.

3: Plant a Terrarium:

via bhg.com

4: Knit a bikini:

 Free Pattern via joanneyordanou.com

5: Sew cheerful throw pillow for your Adirondacks"

or buy from Pine Cone Hill

Obsessed with Rustic Shelves

Here's a great how-to from KEEN:

Obsession: Terrariums

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1-5 via Pinterest

via bhg.com

I don't know what it is about a Canadian winter that has me thinking green (duh, Joanne), but it happens so naturally and instinctively. I found this lovely how-to for Terrariums on bhg.com and thought I'd share.

Materials

-- Container
-- Activated charcoal pieces
-- Potting soil
-- Gloves
-- Terrarium-appropriate plants
-- Sheet moss
-- Watering can
-- Trowel

Install approximately 1-2 inches of charcoal at base of container.

Combine remaining charcoal with soil either by hand or with trowel.

Fill your container one-fourth to one-third full with the charcoal-and-soil mixture. Gently pack the soil every 2 inches to avoid large air pockets.

Painted Upholstery??? Excellent!

via Pinterest

Would love to know how comfortable the fabric is after a spray paint. Does anyone know??? Fantastic idea though. I would love to try this out and then take on a chair seat. Not sure I would be brave enough to tackle this kind of chair!

Thrifty!

I was cleaning my Mac Desktop and filing photos I use for this blog and came across this one from Notebook, all lonely by itself. I love this magazine site. It is filled with fabulous ideas for decor but also How To projects, gardening and cooking etc.

Save your old blue jeans and make this patchwork drapes. Or you can make a duvet cover, pillow or I may take the idea and make Cosmo a new dog bed!

How to decorate with postcards:

Learn how to mend a caned chair (people often throw them out!).

I thought this would make a great stencilled Laundry Room floor: