Looking for that extra bit of spa-like feel in your bathroom? Create a custom bathtub caddy to keep all of those luxurious bath essentials at your fingertips. From a glass of wine to essential oils, everything will have a nice resting spot with this ingenious addition. Wooden caddies can be found at any home goods…Continue Reading “Build a Bathtub Caddy”
Green is the eternal color of the Irish and also for their patron saint, St. Patrick. But green is not only for wearing on St. Patty’s Day to safeguard against a stout pinch. In the words of Pedro Calderon de la Barca, “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its…Continue Reading “St. Patrick’s Day Decor”
Create a stocking this season that’s much more than a vessel for happy little surprises left behind by the man in red. Stockings made from vintage quilts or fabric remnants that have some sentimental value will be instant family heirlooms. This project is perfect for quilts that have become torn or tattered with years of…Continue Reading “Quilt Stockings”
Invite some feathered friends to roost at your door this Halloween with a festive wreath. Upgrade a plain grapevine wreath to the standards of a night watchman with nesting materials like mosses, lichens, dried foliage, and cotton netting. MATERIALS: Grapevine Wreath Artificial Crow Black Netting Moss Manzanita Branches Dried flowers or foliage Floral Wire Hot…Continue Reading “Crows Nest Wreath”
As the darkness falls and the wild wind blows; forests just seem a bit more desolate this time of year. Create your very own haunted forest from the comforts of home with mini trees made from branches and a little burlap. Display on tabletops, mantles, or counters for a haunting effect. MATERIALS: Branches Burlap Scissors…Continue Reading “Mini Haunted Forest”
Mums require a great deal of water especially in the warmer weeks leading up to Halloween. So, if you purchased your mums a bit too early and have a few crispy, crunchy specimens by your doorstep; by all means paint them. You heard me. Paint them in a spooky black and plant them in a…Continue Reading “Dead Mum Planter”
Every winters table deserves a well-appointed soup tureen filled with steeping hot goodness. Soup tureens are some of the most underutilized serving pieces probably in your kitchen. And are most often left forgotten in the back of the cupboard. Customize your tureen with a bit of fall flair by replacing its lid with a pumpkin….Continue Reading “Pumpkin Tureen”
Halloween is fastly approaching; and your festive decor most certainly needs a creepy, cool scarecrow. Scarecrows have long been a thing of legend and a close friend to the friendly farmer of times past. These easy to assemble garden ghouls require only a little-worn plaid, a bit of straw, and some scrap wood to bring…Continue Reading “Scarecrows”
Assemble an eerily morbid mantle this October full of watchful eyes and jars filled with poison elixirs just begging you to wander over and take a closer look, that is, if you dare! Begin by placing a festive garland made from fall leaves directly on the mantle. Learn how to make one here: FESTIVE LEAF…Continue Reading “A Morbid Mantle”
Leave are synonymous with the fall season and about the most readily accessible element to add to your fall decor. Fashion a fabulous fall garland from nylon roping to drape on your mantle or over a doorway to usher in the season! MATERIALS: Leaf bunches, oak or maple Nylon roping, 4-5ft Scissors Floral Wire Spray…Continue Reading “Festive Leaf Garland”