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10 Easy DIY Projects To Try This Weekend
What are weekends for if not to tackle a fun DIY project? Check out these 10 ideas from bloggers that you can do yourself in a day or two, and visit our DIY Archives for more inspiration.
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Get Tiffany Pratt’s Top Tips On Decorating With Color
H&H‘s Adena Leigh chats with Tiffany Pratt on finding your signature palette, DIY projects and her new line of spray paint. While most of us live in a world of neutrals, designer, stylist and HGTV personality Tiffany Pratt’s love of color is palpable. Recognizable by her kaleidoscopic hair and vibrant spirit, Tiffany boldly…
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DIY: Colorful Canvas Storage Bins
Senior editor Sally Armstrong shares step-by-step instructions on how to make stylish storage bins. These storage bins can be customized to almost any size or style. Start with a canvas that’s already primed and use marine glue to fasten the seams rather than sewing them together (it’s much easier). This project does require…
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DIY Gift Idea: Whimsical Terrarium
This miniature garden makes for a special hostess gift, birthday gift or centerpiece. See how Google Home helped, then enter to win a Google Home from TELUS!
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Bring New Life To Windows With This Whimsical DIY
Spruce up a standard roller blind by covering it with pretty fabric, and echo the pattern on your drapes. Get step-by-step instructions below! Choose a fabric with an isolated pattern, which will make it easier to cut out the motifs for the drapes. Fully extend the blind and measure its…
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How To Paint A Checkerboard Floor
This clever paint job creates a classic bistro look underfoot, no renovation required. Materials: Semigloss or latex paint, triangle and straight-edge rulers, chalk or painter’s tape and a small sponge roller. Step 1: Select two complementary shades of paint. We used medium grey and white for an update on classic black and white…
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DIY: Wall-Mounted Hat Rack
Joel Bray shares step-by-step instructions for a cottage-ready hat rack made from inexpensive wood and pegs.
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3 Bright Ideas: Easy DIY Paint Projects To Try Now
See how H&H’s Reiko Caron created a two-tone panelled treatment on walls, refurbished an old dresser and gave new life to thrift store accessories.
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How To Make The Most Exquisite Paper Flowers
Create paper flowers that look like the real thing with artist Livia Cetti's Eden Rose tutorial.
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DIY: Wall-Mounted Plate Rack
Senior editor Morgan Michener creates a tidy wall-mounted rack that corrals platters and plates.
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15 DIY Projects That Prove A Little Paint Goes A Long Way
Breathe life into your space with our best paint projects.
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DIY Floral Arrangement With Pink Roses, Ranunculus & Tulips
In this floral arrangement tutorial, learn how to make a centrepiece with roses, ranunculus, quince branches, camellia leaves, hellebores and tulips.
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DIY Floral Arrangement With Vibrant Orchids, Ranunculus & Daffodils
In this floral arrangement tutorial, see how to make a centrepiece with green orchids, Orange Crush roses, Strong Gold tulips, orange ranunculus and daffodils.
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DIY Floral Arrangement With Purple Tulips, Anemones & Lilacs
In this floral arrangement tutorial, Todd Caldwell of Emblem floral design studio in Toronto shows how to make a pretty, romantic bouquet starring salal greenery, camellia leaves and buds, green hydrangea, white roses, purple lilacs, French tulips, pastel anemones, longiflorum lilies and deep purple scabiosa in a short cylinder…
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DIY: Ombré Coffee Table
Annie Sloan, author and creator of Chalk Paint™, shares how to make the Ombré Coffee Table from her new book, Annie Sloan Paints Everything. Ombré means “shaded” in French, and the gradual blending of colors on pieces of furniture seems to be a crossover idea from the world of fashion, where…