My Secret Art Storage

Last week I had finals so I couldn't post anything, but I have some new DIY projects to share this week. Today I wanted to share my secret art storage. First of all, you need the same type of painting as mine. My art teacher called the wood around the canvas 'paneling' and all I did was glue four blocks of wood or something like wood to the back of my canvas. I only went to that art class once a week, so I'm not sure how long it took the glue to dry, but I'm pretty sure I used super glue. All that I did after was hot glue some criss-crossing strings of yarn in the back and put my art supplies inside. Now I have more space and my art tools can be stored in a pretty way!

Tomorrow I'll be doing a tutorial for DIY prize ribbons!

DIY Ikea Dish Cloth Hack

This easy Ikea dish cloth pillow can be done in less than ten minutes! It takes me five, but if you're not used to sewing than it might take about nine. It's only five steps!

You will need:
-Ikea Dish Cloth ($0.79)
-'Stuffing' (otherwise known as polyester fiber fill, between $3 and $4 at Walmart)
-A sewing needle
-Thread
-Scissors (optional)

(You can buy the dish cloths here)

1. Turn your folded dish cloth inside-out.
2. Double-thread your needle and sew around three and a half of the edges.
3. Using the edge you have not sewn, flip it inside-out (in other words, back to normal) and fill it with stuffing. I used one-third of the bag, if that.
4. Continue sewing the edge until you reach the end (trying not to make the thread visible).
5. Cut the thread and knot it.

If you don't like to hand-sew or don't know how you could use a sewing machine, but I hate sewing machines and they hate me, constantly malfunctioning when I use them; plus I have no choice but to hand-sew because I don't own a sewing machine. So that's why this tutorial is for hand-sewing.

Here is the result:

I hope you liked this tutorial!

10 DIY Expensive-Looking Ikea Hacks

I went to Ikea for my second time ever today, and before I left I found some Ikea hacks I thought looked really cool which I decided to use in this round-up: here are 10 stylish, expensive-looking Ikea hacks:

Ombre Drawers (full time fiesta)



(Trendenser)



(Link in another language)


8 Stylish Ikea Hacks (Mommo Design)

 DIY Faux Brass Drawer Fronts (Sugar and Cloth)


Spice rack to clothing rack (Piper and Poppies)


Cool Shelf Ideas (to create using Ikea shelves) (ebabee likes)


How to Style Ikea (My Domaine)



Top 15 Ikea Hacks (The Little Design Corner)

 

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