Top 10: Weekend Crafty Projects

February 5, 2010 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 6 Comments

Before the football bonanza begins this weekend, how channeling your inner crafter and trying out some of these fun projects?

1. Make everything more festive with a dotty garland.

Dotty Garland

{Apartment Therapy}

2. Add a touch of sparkle to a bare wall with framed button art.

DIY Button Art

{Living With Lindsay}

3. Use a little twill tape to sass up a ho-hum photo mat.

Quirky & Colorful Vignette

{Little Green Notebook}

4. Get a little wild with zebra print vinyl decals.

Zebra Stairs

{Effortless Style}

5. Leave everybody floored with your custom artwork.

3 Men & a Lady

{Three Men and a Lady}

6. Do touch ups on the go with pre-labeled, portable paints.

Handy Paint Jar

{Pure Style Home}

7. Dye a boring lamp shade the perfect color.

DIY Dyed Lamp Shade

{The Artful Abode}

8. Turn your mini-blinds into a fab, custom roman shade.

DIY Shades

{Little Green Notebook}

9. Make reading even more fun with adorable, printable bookmarks.

Printable Bookmarks

{How About Orange}

10. Put your old wine bottles to good use with hanging wall vases.

Wine Bottle Wall Vases

{Design*Sponge}

Think you’ll give any of these projects a whirl this weekend?  Which one is your fave?

Calling All Readers

May 1, 2009 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 15 Comments

If you’re reading this blog, you’ve got at least one or two creative bones in your body.  Don’t deny it, you know you do.

And since you’re all so creatively fabulous, I think it’s high time that I asked a favor of all of you lovely people.  Okay, that was a lie – it’s really two favors.  But they’re just teensy ones, I promise!  Here we go:

1.  Casting Call. Here’s your chance to flaunt your fabulousness, whether you’ve conquered an amazing DIY project or a massive renovation – I want to feature your project!  Just send me an email at itsgreattobehome@yahoo.com with pics of your project and a quick blurb about what you did.  (And for all you bloggers, be sure to include your blog URL so that I can give you a shout-out!).

Calling All Readers

2.  Reader Poll.  It’s time to fill me in on what you want to see on It’s Great To Be Home.  More remodeling stories and tips?  Decorating consults?  Tutorials on DIY projects?  Leave me a comment with your suggestions – if you’ve got an idea off the top of your head, great, or feel free to browse through my archives to find a favorite post and ask for more like that one.  Just ask and I’ll deliver!

Calling All Readers

I can’t wait to hear from you guys – I know you’re going to have some awesome projects to feature and suggestions to post.  Bring it on!

P.S  Be sure to stop by Christy’s blog for her amazing “before and after” family room reveal – I promise, it’s fabulous!

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Fab Fabrics: Update

March 1, 2009 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 4 Comments

Yay!

As you may recall, I’ve been eyeing some fabrics for some simple decorating projects around the house.  Only 5 days after ordering swatches of four different fabrics from Buy Fabrics, my awesome swatches have arrived!!

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These are pretty generous swatches, about 6 – 8 inches long and 3 inches wide – definitely enough fabric to decide whether or not you like it, and what a steal for only $2.50 per swatch!!

I think I’ve decided to go for two of the four swatches – the two on the right, which are the ones that I originally ran past you guys a few days ago.  The top right black and white graphic fabric will look great on the barstools in the kitchen, and the bottom right paisley fabric will really add some interest and color as curtains in the third bedroom.  At $13 and $10 a yard, they are a great price.

The swatches on the left didn’t make the cut, so I’m really glad that I checked out the swatches before committing to buying several yards of the fabrics!!  I was interested in the top left floral fabric for outdoor pillows for our covered patio, and the chocolate paisley fabric for curtains in the third bedroom – but after comparing them to the fabrics on the right they just don’t cut the mustard.

What do you guys think??

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