If you have a fabric umbrella, you can easily convert it to do this:
- transparent elastic film;
- scissors;
- wide braid;
- thread with a needle.
In the center of the cellophane circle, cut a small round neckline. To make this place strong, not torn, it is also better to sew a braid here. Put the cellophane cover on the umbrella, sew it from below to the knitting needles on your hands, piercing the braid with a needle. After that, you can cover the sown seeds.
There are other interesting ideas for a vegetable garden, a garden, which are quite simple to implement with your own hands.
That is how beautiful the signs of what is planted can be. On dark stones, paint with white acrylic paint, and on light stones with color.
Pets will not trample the beds with still weak sprouts if you stick in here disposable plastic forks left over from a picnic. Knives from the same material will also be used. You can write on them with a simple pencil where what is planted.
Speaking about what interesting ideas for a garden garden with your own hands you can quickly implement, let's dwell on the following. Summer residents know how quickly the soil dries up in street pots. If a heavy downpour has passed, the water, on the contrary, can stand in the pot and lead to rotting of the plant roots. Ordinary baby diapers will help to create optimal soil moisture in such a container. They will absorb excess moisture, and give it back in drought.
To do this, simply place the diaper on the bottom of the planter, add soil, water it, plant a plant. Now you don't have to worry about how green pets feel in the country while you are in the city at work.
How to make a pond from a tire in the country?
Using interesting creative ideas, you will create it with ease. Look at the photo of the master class, which indicates the stages of work. Then prepare what you need, this:
- tire;
- durable film;
- decorative stones;
- plants;
- cement;
- sand.
Clean the tire from dirt, leaving only one side of the wheel, cut the other off with a sharp knife.
To make it easier to cut the tire, lubricate it with laundry soap. Cut the cord with a hacksaw.
The tire can be completely dug into the soil or only a third. Put it in place, sketch out the outline of the wheel with a shovel. Dig the soil to the desired depth. If you want to make a decorative pond to decorate the area in which they will not swim, then lay thick cellophane inside the tire. Secure the edges with stones.
Make sure that the film is not too stretched, but is loosely placed in the tire, so that the cellophane does not break during operation.
Prepare a mortar with cement, sand and water. Using it, lay the rest of the stones around the edge of the pool. When the concrete dries well, it remains to pour water, and you will have a decorative pond in the country. It is nice to plant aquatic plants with your own hands.
If you plan to swim in it, then you need to dig depressions in the soil along the contours of the wheel, select the ground, pour a gravel-sand cushion, fill it with cement on top. When it dries, place a tire on the platform, pour 2 more buckets of concrete into it, level it so that there are no holes left between the bottom and the walls of the pool.
In a decorative pond, water can be cleaned with a net or by periodically adding preparations to the water to clean it. And in a do-it-yourself pool, the water must be drained after it is dirty in order to replace it with clean water. See how the drain system works.
Creative ideas will tell you how to decorate such a pond or pool in the country. Before filling with water, it can be painted inside and outside.
If you plant moss along the edge of a dug-in pond, such a pond will also look great. Small stones can be placed inside.
The exterior finish of the pond of stones, which are "planted" on a concrete solution, looks beautiful.
If you do not have a summer cottage, but you want to have a small decorative pond, make it out of a large pots and put on the windowsill. Among indoor flowers, this one looks wonderful and creates the humid microclimate they need.
For a small home pond you will need:
- flower pots or pot;
- a strip of roofing material, corrugated iron or other waterproof material;
- clay soil;
- water;
- aquatic plants.
And if you have not one, but several tires at your dacha, then, in addition to a pond or pool, you can make a swing for children. For the former, you must first cut a groove on the side of the tire, turn the tire to the other side. Both sides are cut as petals. It remains to tie 2 strong ropes, and a children's swing
ready for giving.
You can also make such a swing for kids. For similar use:
- tire;
- wooden board;
- bars;
- saw;
- paint;
- self-tapping screws.
How to decorate a mirror in your home?
Not only at the summer cottage, you can embody a lot of interesting things with your own hands, the ideas of your house will tell you how to decorate a backyard or city dwelling at the lowest cost.
See how to decorate a mirror to make it extraordinary. If you were on a seaside vacation and brought seashells from there, use this design element. You can also buy them in the store. To decorate the mirror, take:
- mirror;
- degreasing solution;
- shells;
- glue.
When decorating rectangular mirrors, place large elements in the corner. Arrange the same shells in groups.
Pebbles also look beautiful. See how the mirror is decorated with these smooth stones.
In order for the shells and stones to hold well, do not forget to first degrease the surface, and then glue these decorative elements to it.
And here are other ideas for the house, which are also interesting to implement with their own hands. See how to decorate a mirror with mosaics.
For work, take:
- a sheet of thin plywood or hardboard;
- jigsaw;
- glue;
- mosaic tiles;
- double sided tape;
- mirror.
- Put the mirror on a sheet of hardboard or plywood, outline, leaving the same allowances for the frame on all sides, and cut out. If you have a pre-made wooden or plastic frame, use it.
- We attach a mirror to the base using double-sided tape
- When applying glue to the frame, apply mosaic elements here. They can be left like this or at the end of the work, apply grout, let it dry, remove excess with a soft cloth.
For this idea use:
- thick cardboard;
- scissors;
- plastic spoons;
- spray paint;
- pencil;
- mirror.
- Cut off the handles of the spoons. We will not need these elements.
- Place the mirror in the center of a piece of cardboard, sketch out. Draw the outer line along which you cut the frame.
- We begin to glue the blanks from the spoons, first inside, stepping back from the place where the mirror will be glued. After completing the first row, go to the second, then, to the next.
- When all the blanks are glued, cover them with spray paint, let it dry.
- Glue a mirror in the center of the frame.
Having cut off the handle at the metal fork, bend the rest of the pliers with pliers and get such an original ring.
A grater will help you keep your earrings in an original way and never lose them at home.
Crafts from kinders
Children love to receive kinder surprises as a gift, eat chocolate, take out a toy. Do not throw away plastic packaging, they will also give a lot of interesting ideas for home, summer cottages.
Let a vase of flowers flaunt on the table that will never wither. For this interior decor, take:
- plastic packages from under kinder surprises of different colors;
- green cocktail straws;
- scissors;
- a small glass jar.
To secure it, notch with scissors or tie directly in the tulip above the hole on the knot.
After the kinder toys are removed from the eggs, the plastic packaging can be used to make interesting entertainment for young children.
This will require:
- packaging from kinder surprise;
- a hammer;
- nail;
- pliers;
- lace;
- plastic bottle caps.
And in a plastic container, pierce it with a hot nail. When the workpieces are cold, you can use them. Pull the string through the hole in the plastic egg and tie it in a knot from the back.
An educational toy for children is ready to use. Have the baby string the lids on the string.
To prevent the end of the lace from wrinkling, grease it with natural glue made from boiled starch. Do not use artificial adhesives for such a children's toy.
To diversify useful entertainment, invite your child to string lids with holes on the pyramid, and its elements on a string.
Such a pyramid and a kinder toy also looks good in the interior, like a tea set.
For him, the child will need:
- containers from under the kinder surprise;
- plasticine;
- sheet of glossy cardboard.
A sugar bowl is made in the same way and cups are decorated. The saucers are made of plasticine.
From thin paper ribbons, you can make elements using the kanzashi technique and attach them by making: a teapot, a samovar, cups, a sugar bowl.
Such DIY ideas for the home will help unity with the child, make the living room even more comfortable. After all, then you will play tea with him, seating a number of dolls, animal figures. To do this, together with the children, make these stools for which you need:
- hair bands;
- toothpicks;
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- glue.
Blanks made of elastic bands are glued or sewn to cardboard, then you need to glue 4 toothpicks to each stool - these are legs.
Several chocolate eggs are required for the kinder collection. And from the rest of the container you can make a Christmas wreath or just a home decoration. To do this, plastic packaging must be painted with acrylics, and then glued together in the form of a ring.
If you want to get such funny chickens, then glue them red paws from colored paper. Make eyes and beaks from the same material.
Putting 4 black elastic bands on each yellow package from under the kinders, you need to bend the wire in the form of antennae, glue paper wings, paint the muzzle. You get such mischievous bees.
And here are other ideas for creativity that will decorate your home. Let children's works be placed on the stand. Show them how to make such adorable animals using plastic containers from kinder surprises and plasticine.
And if you cut out strips from cardboard, fold each into a pentagon, glue them together, you get such honeycombs. Plant bees here and you will have a natural corner at home.
A similar material will come in handy outside the city. Such ideas for a summer residence will tell you how to decorate a mesh fence.
And to make juicy strawberries, take:
- kinder egg packaging;
- acrylic paints;
- brush;
- pencil;
- wire;
- green plastic bottle;
- scissors;
- candle.
- If your kinder packages are not red, cover them with paint of this tone.
- When it dries, dipping the pencil lead into black paint, make dots on the berries.
- Cut off the neck of the bottle. Next, working with scissors, cut the tape from the bottle in a spiral. To attach it to the wire, heat the sections of the wire over the flame and wrap it with plastic tape.
- Cut a small circle out of the bottle, make its edges zigzag. This is the green of the berry.
- Heat the remaining free tip of the wire over the flame, pierce it first with the green of the “berry”, then it itself. Bend this edge of the wire with pliers.
- Use glue or flame to attach the green plastic leaves to the trunk. Here's what a garden figurine you have.
If you want to see other interesting ideas for giving from improvised material, watch the video.
Here is the second one tells how to decorate mirrors with film and rhinestones.
If you want to build a private house from scratch, then start reading with our previous article:.
The rooms are well laid out, but how do you make them look magazine-worthy? Speaking of magazines. If you are going to design a private house with your own hands, then you probably already have a collection of magazine clippings or saved photo interiors from sites like Pinterest, or maybe even Dekorin))) If not, then it's time to start collecting them. Have you decided to design some of the rooms in the style, for example, Provence? Then select the best photos of interiors in this style and see which of these ideas you want to implement in your home.
Why make such a collection? Everything is extremely simple - at the subsequent stages of the project implementation, it will be much easier for you to formulate the idea, the very concept of the living space of the house. Of course, you should not blindly copy these interiors, the task is to have a fulcrum, and you need to make a start from it.
Well, here we have prepared for you a few secrets of interior design of a private house, which will be useful to you on the way to making your dreams come true.
1. Drawing up a color scheme: use 3-4 basic shades
When you create a private house design with your own hands, you must definitely take into account how different tones and shades affect you. Color creates a mood within us, it can inspire or tire, whether you like it or not. Look at your collection of photos of the interiors of a private house - what colors are most noticeable here?
We will not tell you which colors to choose - this is everyone's personal business, but we advise you to try a mixture of 3-4 of your favorite shades. One of them will be the main color of your walls, the other will be the color for large items such as curtains, an armchair or sofa, and the third and fourth will be the colors of small accessories such as pillows and other knickknacks.
The most versatile are color schemes, where the base is some kind of neutral or pastel shade, and the brightest or favorite tone is chosen for large parts.
Your source of inspiration:
2. Add texture to smooth surfaces
If you do not want to focus on an interesting color scheme, then try to create a spectacular design of a private house with your own hands by comparing smooth and textured surfaces. Your bedroom can be decorated in monochromatic colors, but still look spectacular, thanks to the contrast between fur bedspread and mirrored bedside tables. A bright Scandinavian-style living room can inspire with a mix of white linen curtains and sofa upholstery with wicker armchairs and roughly knitted ottomans. One single textural touch can bring the most boring interior design to life.
Your source of inspiration:
3. Less is better
If you have a large room, this does not mean that it will need more furniture and decor. Simplicity is the highest level of complexity. You can make the interior look cute with decor, shelves, side tables, and houseplants. But truly stylish spaces surprise with their elegance and beauty with minimal use of items. Therefore, it is recommended to use multifunctional furniture in small rooms, and large-sized items in spacious rooms.
When it comes to decor, juxtaposition of large and small elements works best here. This creates a cheerful and revitalizing effect, while the use of exceptionally large accessories can make the interior damp and uncomfortable, and only small ones - too flashy and expressionless.
Your source of inspiration:
4. Create illusions with mirrors
Mirrors can give an unusual effect to any interior. Today it has become very fashionable to put tall floor mirrors to visually increase the size of the room, or hang them on the walls so that they beautifully reflect the ceiling and wall lights. You can also find an original shaped mirror or a mirror in an unusual frame when you don't know how to decorate a dark corner, an empty section of a wall, or other uncomfortable place.
5. Use dramatic lighting
Expressively shaped lamps and chandeliers can make the interior unusually effective and stylish. Is your room decorated in dark or bright colors? Add a sparkling chandelier to these for a glamorous effect! Is there a lot of wood in the interior? Showcase its beauty with industrial lights! And there is nothing to say about the decorative possibilities of the LED strip! Think of fixtures as a finishing touch to add exactly what the room needs.
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6. Organize the decor
Even if you like it when various interior items look "accidentally" left behind. Loads have an amazing tendency to accumulate, even if you are not a shopaholic. Souvenirs brought from vacation, friends' gifts for the New Year, books, etc. things should find their definite place in your already thought-out interior design. Use decorative shelves, trays, bowls and baskets to organize all of these decor collections in an appropriate way. For greater effect, decorate them with string beads, photo frames, candles, pebbles and other nice little things.
Your source of inspiration:
7. Create a unique atmosphere
When creating a chic design of a private house with your own hands, do not forget that you still live here. Your home doesn't have to feel like a cold, soulless exhibition center, and for this you will need houseplants, fresh flowers in vases, romantic candles, aroma lamps and other items that help you relax and inspire.
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8. Observe cleanliness
This is our last and perhaps the most important advice. You can spend a lot of time coming up with and creating a stylish design of a private house with your own hands, but if you do not maintain its fresh look, it will not be able to bring joy to you or your loved ones.
All of these little tips and tricks work great together and are sure to help you create a beautiful, cozy and well-designed home. If you are not sure of the end result that you have achieved, then try taking a photo. Photos of interiors will allow you to see the design of a private house from a different point of view and see where something went wrong.
DIY private house design: design and decor of rooms
updated: November 2, 2016 by the author: Margarita GlushkoA stylish apartment is a dream that seems unattainable to many. It is generally accepted that only the efforts of professional designers and huge financial investments will turn an apartment into an ideal. But the fact is that to create a harmonious and sophisticated interior, you don't need to hire specialists and spend astronomical sums. It is enough to show a little imagination.
Skillful hands can work wonders even in a tiny apartment. Don't believe me? Check the internet. You can find great DIY interior ideas on many different sites. There is everything here: revitalizing old furniture, decorating a room, creating unusual decorative elements from scrap materials. Even an old lamp, scattered volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica or a broken chair that has been lying around on the balcony for many years can be a chic decoration for your bedroom or living room. The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment.
Decoupage furniture with wallpaper
Do you have pieces of old wallpaper left over from the renovation before last on the mezzanine? Do not rush to take them to the trash heap as unnecessary trash! They will help breathe life into old interior items, turning them into designer items.
The coffee table will look impressive if you put a piece of fancy wallpaper on it under the glass. No need to mess around with glue. If you are tired of the pattern, you can change it at any time.
Decorating a lampshade with wallpaper is an excellent idea: the thing becomes bright and sophisticated. In addition, the included lamp illuminates the pattern, casting whimsical shadows around the room. Isn't it beautiful?
An unusual headboard can be made by simply gluing a piece of wallpaper in a contrasting color above the bed. This solution is especially useful for beds without backs.
Wallpaper in black and white tones, striped or checkered is a stylish option for decoupage.
Photo wallpaper glued to the cabinet doors allows you to create unique furniture in exotic styles.
IMPORTANT: in order to further facilitate cleaning, choose an easily washable wallpaper, such as vinyl.
Decoupage wardrobe with wallpaper
A boring table or shabby wardrobe, pasted over with scraps of wallpaper, will turn into a work of design art that enlivens the atmosphere. This type of decoupage is very easy to perform and available to everyone. Take advantage of great ideas such as:
- Pasting with pieces of wallpaper with the same ornament. A boring white wardrobe will become much more expressive! Make sure that the drawing matches, and the color is in harmony with the color of the walls and the general appearance of the room.
- Patchwork technique. Pasting furniture with pieces of wallpaper with a different pattern looks creative, as when sewing a patchwork quilt. The main thing is that the "patches" are combined with each other and create a harmonious composition.
- Wallpapering from the inside. A time consuming but effective idea for open shelves. Allows you to create a bright composition, making the back wall of the shelves and the shelves themselves a design element.
IMPORTANT: before proceeding with pasting, use sandpaper and acrylic paint to clean the work surface from stains, cracks and scratches.
Other types of decoupage
Exquisite compositions for decorating furniture are created by other means.
Napkins for decoupage. They are not hard to find in specialized craft stores. Diverse in style, they allow you to decorate furniture in accordance with the general style of the room.
The cloth. Decorating with fabric is an effective way to breathe life into old furniture. It is convenient to use old curtains for this. The wardrobe, pasted over with pieces of fabric, looks elegant and unusual. Re-upholstering an old chair is a stylish piece of decor.
Varnish. A simple and sophisticated way is to apply decoupage napkins and varnish them. The idea of \u200b\u200busing a special varnish for craquelure is spectacular: such varnish creates beautiful cracks on the surface.
Toning with paint. Furniture, tinted with colored paints, looks bright and sophisticated. An extravagant option is to paint the table through tulle, getting an elegant pattern. Skillful toning can artificially "age" the furniture, giving its appearance nobility. The antique effect is created by decorating with gold or silver paint. Luxurious gold or silver will make even the most ordinary-looking furniture stylish.
Headboard
The headboard is the main decorative element of the bed. It is easy to make it a bright accent in the design of the bedroom, if you show your imagination:
- soft headboard: a piece of polyurethane foam is glued onto a solid base and covered with velvet, velor or other material. Use buttons for decoration;
- natural wood. A colossal selection of ideas: noble wooden panels, exquisite wooden lattice, pretty shelves and much more. The headboard made of natural branches looks spectacular;
- a rock. A natural stone insert will ennoble the headboard. Fans of spectacular designs can make a panel of sea pebbles as a headboard;
- bamboo. Exotic material that allows you to create unique headboards - from an elegant panel to an exotic headboard made of bamboo sticks of different heights;
- picture. A favorite picture or photo that evokes warm memories will become an exquisite headboard and expand the bedroom space;
- installation. Here you can show your imagination by using the most unexpected objects for decoration. The result is stunningly beautiful. Don't be afraid to experiment!
Roman curtains
Roman blinds are a convenient and stylish solution for the interior of any room in your home. They represent a piece of canvas in the size of a window with sewn-in strips. Thanks to the latter, Roman shades can be gathered like blinds, forming beautiful folds.
Simplicity and grace make roman blinds an excellent decorative element. They can decorate the living room or bedroom, hang in the nursery. This is a practical option for the kitchen. A wide selection of colors allows everyone to find an option to their liking.
Roman shades are easy to make yourself. To do this, you need a piece of fabric of your choice and old blinds:
- measure the width and length of the window, add 1 cm on each side for the seams and cut off a piece of cloth. Iron and sew along the seams;
- remove excess strips from the blinds, glue the rest to the curtain from the inside;
- hang the curtain.
Instead of blinds, you can use wooden beams. In this case, the strips are glued or sewn in, at choice. Don't forget to sew on the rings to pass the cord.
Wall decor from a photo
Gorgeous photos from your personal archive or from the Internet will become an exclusive interior detail. You just have to try a little!
Photo frames aren't the only way to hang your photo on the wall. Consider ideas such as:
- Photo on a substrate. Find a base that is thick, firm, and lightweight (Styrofoam or Styrofoam is ideal). Print the photo so that it is 5 cm larger than the backing: clearance is required for folds. Gently glue the photo to the backing by bending the ends. Treat the photo with glue to make the image shine. If you cut a photo into several parts, you get a spectacular modular picture.
- Photo on canvas. You will need a canvas stretched over a frame and a printed image to size. Apply a thick layer of glue medium to the canvas, press the image firmly against it and leave for several hours, remembering to moisten with a spray bottle. Then carefully peel off the paper and apply another layer of protective medium to the canvas. The result is a gorgeous image with spectacular scuffs!
There are many creative ideas for using photos in the interior. Use it!
Original rugs
It is hard to believe how the interior is magically transformed thanks to a cute rug. It is also easy to make it with your own hands from scrap materials, the choice of which is very large.
Leather belts. A dozen belts made of genuine leather (their number depends on the width of the future rug) are fastened together with metal staples or a rope. Looks great!
The cloth. You can run trims through the holes in your bath mat to create a fluffy surface, or weave a cute rug out of narrow strips of fabric. Old T-shirts or fluffy bath towels are great material.
Wine corks. About two hundred wine corks, cut in half and glued to a water-repellent base, make an incredibly stylish rug. You can lay out a pattern from corks.
Woolen threads. Putting on pom-poms made of woolen threads and fastening them together, you will get an incredibly cozy rug. The choice of shades is the richest!
Sea stones. The beautiful pebbles you collect on the beach can turn into a spectacular bath mat. Incredibly stylish!
Cozy pillows
Soft cushions create a cozy feeling and serve as a bright accent in the interior. If you find it difficult to find a pillow that suits your tastes in the store, do not worry: it is easy to make your own.
DIY pillow. Every craftswoman who knows how to handle a sewing machine can sew herself a pillow or a soft ottoman of any size and shape. Refresh your old cushions with cute pillowcases. A wide selection of fabrics and upholstery in stores guarantees the embodiment of any idea.
Coloring. If you don’t know how to sew, it doesn’t matter: it’s easy to paint boring pillows in a new color using special fabric dyes. An effective option is a drawing or pattern applied using a stencil. White pillows are especially convenient for coloring.
Ombre. For a fashionable and surprisingly effective color, dip the pillowcase in dye 2/3 of the length and immediately remove 5 centimeters from the liquid. Wait another 5 minutes and take out the next 5 cm, and so on until the end. The result is a stylish gradient.
Decorative lampshades
The original lampshade will become a real decoration of the room. You can make it yourself by getting a truly exclusive item. The choice of materials for manufacturing is very large:
- paper. An elegant carved cap will not only decorate the lamp, but will also cast whimsical shadows. A creative lampshade will come from a world map or your favorite photos;
- the cloth. Needlewomen can sew a lampshade to their liking or decorate the one that already exists with ribbons, appliques, draperies;
- threads. Wrap the lampshade tightly with twine and secure: simple and elegant! Using a bouncy ball, thick threads and glue, you can make a stylish ball-shaped lampshade;
- beads or buttons. Sew or glue them to a table lamp and it turns into a work of art. Another way is to string the beads on a string and, attaching to a metal hoop, make an elegant lampshade;
- twigs. Gather straight twigs and fasten them together. You will get an unusual lampshade made of natural material.
You can do this and much more yourself: just skillful hands and imagination are enough. Don't be afraid to create!
Living decor of succulents
Living plants as a decoration is truly magical. A succulent design element is sure to evoke delighted exclamations from your guests. It's hard to believe that such beauty can be done at home with your own hands:
- A wall of succulents. The shallow drawer is closed on top with a metal mesh with a wooden frame. Soil is poured inside (any mixture for cacti is suitable). A composition of succulents is planted. These unpretentious plants thrive in the most difficult conditions. The structure is fixed vertically and pleases the eye.
- "Plantation" on the table. You will need a thick countertop with a recess in the middle. Place a box of succulents in it and admire the extraordinary "plantation" green in the middle of your table in the living room.
- "Green" coffee table with glass top. Its lower part turns into a flower pot, where a variety of succulents are planted. Decorate the composition with fancy pebbles.
IMPORTANT: to create a composition, choose plants of various shapes and colors.
Glass containers in decor
Glass bottles, jars, bubbles accumulate in our homes for years. Surprisingly, these useful objects in everyday life can turn into an exquisite decorative element. It is easy to make them even for a beginner.
Decoration. With a brush, paint and inspiration, you can turn an ordinary jar or bottle into a work of art. Also suitable for decoration are threads, beads, fabric, paper, duct tape and all materials that come to hand. The finished container can become an exclusive vase or a cute souvenir.
Lamp. The easiest way is to stick the LED strip in a colored glass bottle and get a spectacular holiday flashlight. If you saw a bottle or cut a hole in it, you get an unusual candlestick or original shades for a chandelier.
Exclusive tableware. It is enough to cut the bottle and grind it well. From a bottle, sawn across, you get a unique glass or vase. Saw the bottle lengthwise and you have exclusive food stands.
On the Internet, there are hundreds of ideas available to everyone on the use of glass containers in decor. Take action!
Each hostess and owner wants to make their home beautiful and comfortable. This article has collected a variety of home ideas that allow you to achieve this result with a little investment of time, money and effort.
We decorate the walls
Recently, walls painted or pasted over with plain wallpaper have become very popular. Yes, They serve as a great backdrop for accessories, furniture, etc. But large empty spaces require some additions. How to decorate an empty wall? There are a lot of ways, you just need to choose the right one.
Geographic maps on the walls
An extremely simple and very effective home idea that helps solve the problem of empty walls - stick a geographic map. It is not suitable for any room and not for every interior, but for a children's room, study, balcony or loggia, and in some cases even for a bedroom or living room, you can find options. It is important to choose the right map for the interior, and they are not only "ordinary" - geographic. There are vintage, nautical, stylized, etc.
Where to find similar cards? Geographic maps can be found in bookstores or stationery stores. You won't find stylized or vintage ones there. Some options can be found in wallpaper stores. There they are in the form of photowall-paper. Many different ones on the beloved by many Aliexpress, you can search in other online stores. But there is another option: find the map you like on the Internet, save it to a medium and print it in a company that is engaged in outdoor advertising. The only requirement is a large card format. They, of course, will be able to increase it, but not indefinitely. So the original image should be high quality and large.
Making modular paintings
The idea for the home - pictures and photos on the walls - is not new and has fed up with many. Yes, this is a classic, but I want something new and unusual. One of the options is modular paintings. This is one image split into a different number of fragments. Fragments can be different in size or the same. These "pieces of images" are often called "modules", hence the name "modular picture".
As an object, you can take any poster, poster, photo wallpaper. You can, again, print your favorite image in an advertising agency. In this case, you can even take your photo or close friends, your favorite landscape, etc. Based on the composition of the picture, it is divided into several parts, cut. Frames are made for the fragments. The dimensions of the frames should be 3-5 cm smaller than the fragments so that the module can be wrapped and fixed on the back side.
Nature is one of the most popular motives Sunset sun on the sea - what could be more romantic Beach, sun, summer ... 
And again flowers ... Symmetrical splitting is also possible Fantasy - an option for teenagers 
Frames can be made from wooden planks, covered with thin plywood or fiberboard. But the easiest way is to take foam with sufficient density (300-350 g / m³) with a thickness of 4-5 mm or more. It costs a little, you can cut it with any hacksaw, it will not damage the paper, it weighs a mere trifle, so you can even fix the modules on double-sided tape. You can attach images to tablets using glue (find a suitable one), or using a construction stapler and staples.
Decorative mirrors
Ideas for a home using mirrors are not new. The first examples of this magic glass appeared before our era and were extremely expensive and rare. And no wonder. The mirror itself is a great accessory, and if it has an unusual shape or an amazing frame, it will definitely become an interior decoration.
It's so simple - circles from mirrors, and butterflies from a mirror transform the interior - an interesting idea 
If you decorate a shelf, a chest of drawers, a bedside table in the same style ...
Such compositions can be made not only from an ordinary mirror - sprayed glass. There is an acrylic mirror on the market. It is flexible and completely safe material. It does not give as perfect a reflection as a "normal" mirror, but for these conditions it is not required. You need a plastic material that is easy to work with. They sell sets of fragments of various shapes and sizes, on the back of which double-sided tape is glued. Attaching such a mirror is simple: remove the protective film from the adhesive tape, apply and press. Everything.
Making accessories for home decoration
Many ideas for home relate to the creation of unique author's crafts that make our home memorable and comfortable. These are the things that create the atmosphere at home. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to spend an incredible amount of time and money on their creation. There are very simple ideas using the most mundane, and sometimes junk things.
Home ideas are a sea of \u200b\u200bpossibilities to improve the interior or to make life more comfortable ... and sometimes both
Decoration of vases and bottles with lace
Amazing transformations can take very little time. For example, you can make a uniquely beautiful vase out of an ordinary vase, bottle or jar. Moreover, the process itself will take 10-15 minutes. This is if you have everything at hand. And, in addition to decoration objects, only lace, PVA glue, scissors and a brush are needed.
Everything is exactly as you thought. We just wrap the vessel with lace, cut it to size, glue it, wait until it dries. It's all. But the result will please you.
Who said that lace should be white ...
Lace can be bought or knitted. The second option allows you to decorate vases of complex shapes, which can be made with great difficulty with ordinary lace. If you don't know how to knit, but you want to decorate an unusual vase, look for a stretch one. There is also such, and in a fairly wide range. With the help of a stretching lace, most of the problems are removed.
Zen garden
If you're looking for original ideas for your home, consider the miniature Zen garden. It is easy to do, it looks great, and it can also help you relax and calm down after a hard day at work. Only this accessory is not for families with small children…. You will understand why.
A Zen garden in the original is a rather complex system, but stylizations can be made from a transparent round container or even from a glass candy bowl, vase, or a small aquarium. You will also need sand for landscaping, terrariums or aquariums and a fat plant or cactus.
First, let's figure out how to deal with a plant. you can put it in a small pot and bury it in the sand. Instead of a pot, you can use a sock with soil (tie a sock). Some plants (cacti) can be planted directly in the sand. In general, you choose any method, but with direct landing in the sand, you need to take care of normal drainage - put pebbles on the bottom.
Sand is poured into the container, a pot with a plant or its roots is installed, all this is covered with sand to a certain level. Everything is ready. Now the surface of the sand is leveled and drawings are applied to it. There is a special metal stick for drawing, but a wooden one is also suitable for a start.
If you want to get closer to the original, you can make a desktop version of a Japanese garden from a small box. The frame of the box is assembled from wood blocks or bamboo trunks, the bottom is usually made from plywood or well-fitted and processed wood planks. You can also make legs.
The resulting container is also filled with fine sand, but what else to add there is up to you. You can plant several plants, lay stones, pebbles, put candles, a statue of Buddha. In general, here everyone already creates their own Zen))
Mini garden in the house
There are two types of miniature gardens that can be made to decorate the interior of a house or apartment: open and semi-closed. An open mini-garden is made in large flat pots, pallets. You can use miniature bonsai plants, succulents and small cacti.
When choosing plants, pay attention not only to the size, but also to the soil in which the plants grow. With a large enough mini-garden area, it can be divided into zones with different soil acidity, but this will require physical separation, as well as delimitation using physical plastic partitions so that the soils do not mix.
In such an interior decoration, a real garden is recreated. With paths, benches, rockeries, etc. You can put a toy house, make a pond. All that your imagination will tell you.
Semi-closed mini-gardens are made in glass containers. Round ones look very interesting: aquariums, vases. Soil or stones are poured into them, plants are planted. But in such a limited volume, it is necessary to select plants not only by the type of soil, but also by the degree of illumination, watering regime, etc. You will not be able to take care of plants in a jar in different ways.
The smallest gardens ... And then - a garden of moss ... a piece of a fairy tale
Different types of moss can be grown in such containers. In fact, they are very beautiful and only in such miniature gardens you can see them to the smallest detail. Some of them resemble trees or shrubs, others are more like herbaceous plants. A wide variety of compositions are created from pebbles and moss, reproducing real landscapes or taking us to a fairyland.
DIY cushions
If you look at the photos of interiors, you will notice that in most of them pillows give a zest to the interior. With their help, a boring interior turns into a lively and memorable one. In addition, the large number of pillows allows you to relax comfortably. Ideas like this for a house allow you to quickly change the "mood of the interior", adding home comfort.
In the case of using fabrics, everything is clear - we select the color and texture for the interior. But there are homemade pillows, from which and breathes coziness. A striking example of this is knitted pillows. A variety of patterns, colors, shapes. But the result is the same - they really want to hug, squeeze. They are overwhelmed very outside the box.
From old bike pajamas and sweaters And these old jeans turn into an original pillowcase ... all you need is a fabric with an adhesive base Knitted miracle - very cozy Lace for finishing pillows - you need to choose the style Fleecy fabrics - simple and effective
What if you don't know how to knit? It doesn't matter. There are old sweaters. Yours or yours. They make very interesting and neat pillows. Cut the old knitwear to the sleeves, tuck a pillow into a semi-finished pillowcase, sew on both sides. That's it, the designer pillow is ready.
You can also use lace, fleecy fabrics, old jeans, even pajamas. Everything is in motion. And the weirder the colors are, the more interesting the result is.
Ideas for home: different little things with your own hands
The atmosphere and comfort in the house is created not only by global things. A lot of small things that can be made from scrap materials bring no less but, at times, more pleasure and benefit. You use them often. And you don't even look at the same pictures or mirrors in a month. A number of ideas for turning your home into a cozy and comfortable place have been collected in this section.
Opportunities - the sea
Tray for shoes with pebbles
Private house owners have to go out into the yard regardless of the weather. Therefore, shoes do not always shine with cleanliness. Many people get out of the situation by putting a rubber mat near the door or by placing a rubber pallet. Yes, dirt does not spread, but the view is not the most attractive. You can significantly improve the situation simply by pouring pebbles into the pallet. Water will flow over the stones, the drips are not visible on them, the dirt too. Periodically, it will be necessary to soak the pebbles in water and rinse them to remove the accumulated dirt, but pebbles are reusable material and they simply cannot "rub off".
If there is no rubber pallet, you can knock down a wooden box with a side height of about 10 cm. Pebbles can be found on the banks of a river, sea, etc. As a last resort, you can find it in designer stores or where aquarium supplies are sold. But buying this "beauty" turns out to be expensive.
Storing scarves
There are usually a lot of scarves, scarves and other similar products in every family. How to store them so that they do not take up a lot of meta, are always at hand, and even do not wrinkle? There are several life hacks that you can easily do with your own hands.
First. We attach metal rings to an ordinary hanger. Rings can be plastic or metal. Both those and others can be found in the departments selling. There are not so many, in shape, size and material. Rings can be nailed to wooden hangers / hangers / trembles, attached with staples from a stapler, to plastic ones - glued or tied with threads. And that's it, you have a scarf storage device.
The situation with the second device is a little more complicated. You will need a processed board and a dozen or two clothespins. We attach the clothespins to the bar with one side. They can be nailed, screwed on, glued. You will also need hinges to fix the structure itself on the wall.
Both home ideas are practical, require a minimum of funds and a little time. And evaluate the benefits yourself. Especially in the spring-autumn period, when there are a lot of scarves, shawls, pots on the shelf.
Instead of a bookshelf
- a good thing, but not everywhere they are appropriate, and good copies cost a lot of money. But the books have to be stored somewhere. The exit is metal brackets. When installed, the lower book serves as a support for milking 4-5 pieces, which are simply stacked on it.
Book holder - all ingenious is simple
The disadvantage is obvious - the lower book is not available. The way out is to put the most unpopular or unnecessary down.
Holders for keys and other small items
One of the biggest problems is where to hang the keys so that they can be quickly found, and also instantly hang or take off. One of the good options is a magnetic board, but where to find it is a question. But you can make funny holders of balls for tennis. They are cut to about a third of the diameter. That's all. The holder is ready. It only needs to be fixed somewhere. You can - on the wall with the help of nails, you can attach several pieces on a separate board, and attach the board itself to the wall, cabinet, etc.
Instead of a housekeeper - pretty faces
You can make such a holder for small items in a matter of seconds. Look for tennis balls longer. And to make it even more interesting, eyes are glued to the ball. It turns out to be such a funny smiley.
Basket from a plastic tank and clothespins
The household is full of plastic food containers, but home ideas with them are rare. We found one such option, in which the hero is a liter container of mayonnaise. In principle, any large diameter and low height can will do. Otherwise, the "basket" will be inconvenient to use.
Waste to income - a basket from a plastic can
Using universal glue, glue the container with clothespins. When the glue is dry, cover the surface with varnish or wood oil. We close the inside with a cover sewn from cotton or linen. We make it a little longer than necessary so that you can hide the unsightly edge behind the lapel.
The handle is made of steel wire with a diameter of 3-4 mm. We bend an arc out of it. At one end we make a loop, in the sidewall with the help of a nail heated on fire, we make two diagonally located holes (one opposite the other). We pass the formed loop on the handle through one hole. Bend the wire on the second side, thread it through the second hole, and then form a loop. We decorate the handle with hemp rope. You can also make decorations for the basket from it. If you know how to weave macrame - great, no - an ordinary pigtail, woven from several threads, will do.
Stand for a sofa or armchair for cups / glasses / newspapers
Drinking seagulls in your favorite chair is a great idea. But there is nowhere to put a cup, the phone always falls between the seat and the "byltsy". The armrests of modern models are soft, you can't put anything on them. So smart people came up with a stand for cups / glasses (pictured). An extremely simple and very handy thing. Few home ideas will bring you more enjoyable moments.
You will need three boards with a width of at least 25 cm. They are knocked down in the form of the letter "P" (the connection can be strengthened with carpentry corners). The height of the lintel is a little more than the height of the armrest, the table should protrude no more than 1/3 of the seat width, otherwise you simply will not sit in the chair. The structure is placed sideways, the lower part is pushed under the chair. It serves as an emphasis and does not allow the structure to roll over. To be sure, make the lower part much longer than the "table". Also, for mobility, you can install casters, but do not forget that the legs of modern furniture are low and the casters need small ones, and you will have to fix them from the side. Otherwise, the stand simply won't fit under the chair.
Where to hide dog bowls
Dog owners know how challenging it is to find space for dog bowls. Dogs living in an apartment or house are usually fed in the kitchen. There they put bowls. But they are needed for half an hour a day, and then they get tangled on the floor all day. You can solve the problem, and elegantly. Place the bowls in one of the drawers. Needed - they opened the box, poured food. The feeding is over - the bowls have been washed, put back, the drawer has been closed. Everything is perfect and does not bother anyone.
This idea will require a small crate upgrade. A small section bar or corner is stuffed around the perimeter. A rectangle of the desired size is cut out of plywood or other sheet material. We cut holes in it under the bowls, then paint (if necessary). That's all, the idea has been implemented. It remains to train pets.
Idea for storing slippers
In any house or apartment with two or more inhabitants, slippers are lost all the time, get confused and disappear somewhere. One interesting solution to this problem is these pipes / sneaker holders. Each pair has its own pipe. Order is guaranteed.
The pipes can be made of stainless steel or cut from large diameter plastic pipes. It will only be necessary to process the cut well - so that it is convenient and beautiful.
Bold DIY Design - Ideas for your home can be simple to come up with! Sometimes it only takes a few bright spots to bring a dull interior to life. We present to you a selection of 20 of the most original design solutions. Their authors have found unexpected uses for the materials at hand.
1. Graphics and lyrics
Chris and Saule Smariga from Maryland hung such a homemade wonder in their living room. The text of the song Stereo Heart of the Gym Class Heroes group is woven in black and white on the canvas. Saule admits that the scale of the painting and at the same time its stylish laconicism never ceases to impress. And my son's participation in the work on this masterpiece has added pleasant memories!
2. Letter floor
Katie Lo from Canada laid out the bathroom floor with chips from the game Scrabble. Not everyone immediately accepted the originality of the idea, but in the end they appreciated its creativity. It took 2 days of work and 7,000 parts to make the floor. Real words are hidden among the set of symbols: about 60 names of cities, names of family members and iconic phrases. The letters are attached to the plywood with polyurethane glue, and the top is covered with 5 layers of water-based sealant.
3. From rags to riches
Australians Will Onus and Simone Viljoen gave the laundry room an original color. Viljoen, being a model and artist, took some pictures of rubbish from the trash can and retouched them in Photoshop. The photo was printed and placed under glass.
4. Straight beauty
Abby Taylor from Washington admits that the mosaics and triangles inspired her to create two huge geometric paintings in the living room. By combining patterns in different ways, you can achieve an unexpected effect.
5.50 shades of blue
The vibrant color spot in this designer house's kitchen contrasts perfectly with the monochrome, industrial style. Timothy Mitanidis used his brother's help to create this mesmerizing painting: shades of blue, white and green are applied to Lexan polycarbonate.
6. World map
Portland-based Bryan and Jen Danger have decorated the walls with a world map. Travelers marked the places they have already visited with orange dots. The long, winding line is reminiscent of a year-long van tour.
7. Big plans
For Jason Kays from Austin, the world map takes center stage in his office. It marks the places that the owner of the house would like to visit. Cinder block, wood and Ikea boxes hold memorable trinkets.
8. Light as a feather
Katie Lo from Canada has decorated her home office with original white-painted cork boards and decorated kitchen coasters from Ikea. Not a single important document or reminder sticker will be lost now. The designer's plans include original sliding doors.
9. If the walls spoke
Camille Dickson from Texas graced the walls with pages of books: French textbooks and a couple of cheap novels. The sheets are fixed with a stapler. Complements the interior of the grandfather's piano.
10. Artist's bedroom
Cody Derrick, a Salt Lake City resident, has installed two large boards at the head of his bed and now draws pictures with easy-to-remove markers to suit his mood. The bedroom was originally very small, painted in different colors and cluttered with wardrobes. Cody redid everything in monochrome and added drama to the wall-to-wall curtains.
The bed is set on a podium with a larger perimeter, and shelves are hidden under the very ceiling, along with ventilation: for convenience and to hide the wiring. The artificial light bulbs at the head of the bed can be used for reading. They are controlled remotely.
11. Cross stitch
Cross stitch inspired Jennifer Kinder from Texas to create a cozy wall masterpiece. Her 10-year-old daughter helped the designer decorate the sketch.
12. Artist's workshop
The studio of Oregon-based artist Richard Murray has high ceilings and ample workspace. The living area is separated by original walls from used palettes. “They are amazingly beautiful on their own,” admits Richard. He also thought about upholstering the walls of the dining room, but ended up opting for a banister.
13. Wine collections
Canadian Jessica Schmid decorated the kitchen with wooden dice from wine crates. Some of the tablets are over 25 years old.
14. Aladdin's lamp
Washington-based artists Buffy Cribbs and Bruce Morrow have turned oil lamps into reading aids. The lamps are brightly colored to match the colored headboard.
15. "Wallpaper" from stands
Inspired by a trip to Ireland, Caroline and David Denis built a mini-bar in their home. The countertop has been converted from old furniture, and the wall is adorned with a collection of beer coasters collected from travel. The bar is complemented by self-made shelves, photographs and souvenirs.
16. The bench is not for sitting
Northern California-based landscape designer Chris Kukula has transformed an old shop with a rusted steel frame into a flower bed for daisies and echeveria.
17. Waste-free production
Jen and Bryan Danger from Oregon used nails and a set of tools to original design the number of their studio house.
18.With a signature for memory
Texans Harper and Jimmy Quill have achieved a cozy home in an unusual way. Jimmy, a musician and producer, has set up a recording studio and a location for filming video clips. The artists visiting the couple leave their autographs on the chalk board in the bathroom.
19. Green alphabet
Jeran McConnel from California not only collected a herbarium from photos of tropical plants from the family garden, but also designed it in a homemade frame.
20. All yours
Los Angeles-based designer Kristin Korven used Mexican woven fabrics and wood chips caught from the ocean to decorate her daughter's nursery. The tinted bed from Ikea also fits perfectly into the interior.
What original materials do you use?