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DIY: Felted Box Storage Thingy

Categories: DIY + How To
DIY: Felted Box Storage Thingy

We’d be lying if we said we could completely understand what’s going on with this DIY project; the site we found it on is in Portuguese and Google Translator isn’t working its best work today. Like, we’re not entirely sure where you get a giant piece of gray felt…maybe you — Continue reading

Ridiculously Easy DIY Detail: Painted Legs!

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Ridiculously Easy DIY Detail: Painted Legs!

You ready for it? You ready for the simplest, kind of silly, incredibly adorable detail to add to your home to make your place different than anyone else’s? To make it stand out in the quirkiest of ways? Really ready? Okay: Paint your furniture legs! Eep! If you’re graphically talented, — Continue reading

Bold Color DIY for This Weekend!

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Bold Color DIY for This Weekend!

Is your home feeling a bit blah lately? You need some fun colors to punch up your indoor and outdoor spaces! We’ve got four projects that would be easy to do and bring some bright colors into your home. And of course, being DIY, they’re totally customizable! Modern DIY Outdoor — Continue reading

Free DIY Geo-Ball Template!

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Free DIY Geo-Ball Template!

Eeep! Loving this cute DIY paper geo-ball project we found on the French site Zu Galerie (via Cherry Plum). Providing a free-to-download-and-print-yourself template, you could make these little cuties as storage for office supplies on your desk at home or work, or as cute decorations for a shelf or table — Continue reading

Modern DIY Outdoor Tablecloth

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Modern DIY Outdoor Tablecloth

You would never think this, but it’s pretty tough to find a cool modern outdoor tablecloth. Believe us, we’ve tried. We’ve decided that to get the look we want, we might have to resort to a DIY decision, and thankfully, we came across this great tutorial on Yellow Brick Home. — Continue reading

DIY: Textured, Neon Candles

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DIY: Textured, Neon Candles

Absolutely love the DIY project spotted on the The Proper Pinwheel. Though pillar candles can certainly be fun as a simple addition to the home, they could use some spicing up. Lexy does something pretty ingenious with those “grippy” drawer liners you can find at any home supply store. Partner — Continue reading

4 DIY Projects to Tackle This Weekend!

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4 DIY Projects to Tackle This Weekend!

Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow! Mother’s Day is soon! The weekend is practically here in a few hours! There are lots of reasons to do some DIY projects this weekend, and the very important one being that we’ve gathered all the fun DIY posts we published this week into one — Continue reading

DIY: George Nelson Case Study Bed

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DIY: George Nelson Case Study Bed

Always wanted a George Nelson Case Study bed but never wanted to spring for the cost? Well you’re in luck! We came across a DIY project that looks easy enough for even a novice to complete and in the end you’ll be faced with a modern bed that ol’ Georgey — Continue reading

Textured Wood Pallet Accent Wall

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Textured Wood Pallet Accent Wall

Did you think we were done with shipping pallet project posts? Nice try! We’ll never stop. This one might be our favorite yet: Using the wood from pallets to create a modern, wooden accent wall! This wall was created for a little boy’s nursery, so the parents found untreated (no — Continue reading

DIY: Day of the Dead Planters

Categories: DIY + How To, Modern Holiday Ideas
DIY: Day of the Dead Planters

Day of the Dead (or Dia de los Muertos) isn’t for a number of months, but we’ve fallen pretty hard for these adorable Day of the Dead Calavera (skull) planters we spotted on crafty blog Creative Kismet. Definitely bordering on dangerously adorable, we still think these have a neat graphic quality to — Continue reading

Crazy Affordable: DIY Shipping Pallet Couch

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Crazy Affordable: DIY Shipping Pallet Couch

 Another pallet project! We can’t help ourselves. We think modern is reusing materials you already have to make new, awesome things, and shipping pallets are something this earth has in abundance. And, if you play your cards right (i.e. drive around until you find some) they are usually free to — Continue reading

DIY with help: 4 Cool, Modern DIY Kits to do!

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DIY with help: 4 Cool, Modern DIY Kits to do!

Are you one of those folks who needs a titch more help with DIY projects? As in you need not only all the instructions laid out for you clearly, but all the materials ready and raring to go and packed nicely for you? Despair not. We came across four pretty — Continue reading

2 Gorgeous, Geometric DIY Garlands!

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2 Gorgeous, Geometric DIY Garlands!

Whatever celebrations you have coming up — Cinco de Mayo, a wedding, an outdoor party — you’re probably going to want, if not need, a garland. Garlands are the instant celebration makers. They immediately make whatever space you’re holding your event in jump for joy! They bring much-needed texture and — Continue reading

DIY details to do THIS WEEKEND

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DIY details to do THIS WEEKEND

You feeling like your home needs some DIY details that only you yourself can provide? We understand completely. And may we say, we feel like we chose some really, really awesome ones this week. What…don’t believe us? Why, just check out the evidence: Easy industrial DIY: Cool side table Rough — Continue reading

Easy industrial DIY: Cool side table

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Easy industrial DIY: Cool side table

Love a little hint of industrial in an otherwise modern home! Just gives the space a bit of grit to it, you know? A little tough-as-nails-so-what feeling. A little yeah…we don’t need no ornamentation. And, luckily for folks who like to make their own things, industrial design also usually means not — Continue reading

Rough & Rugged DIY: 2 Woodsy Projects

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Rough & Rugged DIY: 2 Woodsy Projects

Yesterday’s little round-up of easy-to-do DIY details for you and your home were cute, perky and happy. Colorful. Hardly what you might want to do if you were looking to add a little rugged and rough DIY to your home. Something with an edge that could scrape you, if you — Continue reading

Purple Hill House by Iroje KHM Architects

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Purple Hill House by Iroje KHM Architects

“Angles is not something this house is lacking in.” “Sheesh, leave some angles for the rest of us!” “If a transformer and the mom from Beetlejuice built a home together, it’d look like this.” These are all possible first sentences we wanted to start this post about the Purple Hill — Continue reading

4 DIY details: 2 for you and 2 for your home

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4 DIY details: 2 for you and 2 for your home

Don’t have a lot of time but want to add unique, hip touches of DIY to your home? We scour the internet for you to find the coolest of DIY projects that don’t take a lot of time or money to do. Here are four recent ones we found that — Continue reading

DIY: Modern, leaning, anything’s possible shelf

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DIY: Modern, leaning, anything’s possible shelf

LOVE how clean and simple this leaning shelf project looks. So perfect if you don’t have a ton of books that you need to display but you still want a little attractive storage. Found on everyone’s favorite DIY site, Curbly, you’ll need some tools and some woodworking know-how, but not — Continue reading

Tiny metal modern box: Summer Cabin 4:12

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Tiny metal modern box: Summer Cabin 4:12

The folks behind Imanna Arkitekter Architecture, who designed the Summer Cabin 4:12 project in Ingarö, Sweden, must really understand that while we love walking around and enjoying nature, we’re both terrified of bears and prefer a soft place to lay our heads down at night. What appears to be a — Continue reading