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Easy Outdoor Wedding Decor and Trends
This year weddings have taken on a whole new look – hotel banquets have been replaced with rustic locations, cupcake towers have exchanged traditional wedding cakes, and even brides have swapped their white gowns for vibrant hues every color of the rainbow. The right choice of décor has also taken a huge leap with creative and exciting finishing touches that can make or break the success of wedding. Weddings are wonderful events that should be remembered, so make your big day stand out from the rest with the newest wedding trends of 2013. Take a look:
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Posted in Dining Rooms, Gardens
Tagged better decorating bible, blog, bouquet, budget, center pieces, chairs, cheap, decor, decorations, dining table, diy, do it yourself, flowers, how to, ideas, scenery, summer, suzy q, tall, weddings
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DIY Friday: Custom Bench in a Million Styles
Forget searching for the perfect bench and make your own; just the way you like it! There is nothing better than taking things into your own hands and fully customizing your own shape, size, color, style, and fabric.
A lot of you have been in search of the perfect bench to place at the end of your bed, in the hallway, or walk-in closet and have failed unsurprisingly! That is why I’ve decided to feature this easy DIY where you can make your own custom upholstered bench! It will take some time, patience, and most importantly creativity but the end result is spectacular!
Neimen Marcus
This project is for a 48” x 16” x 20” tall bench.
Materials:
- 2 48” 1×4’s
- 2 14” 1×4’s
- 4 legs
- 4 table leg top plate attachments
- 48” x 16” plywood
- 48” x 16” foam
- Batting and lining
- 4 4” square scrap wood pieces
- Drill
- Electric stapler
- Spray adhesive
- Prime and paint
- 4 3” squares (optional)
Instructions:
1. Nail all the sides of 1×4’s together. Glue and then nail one 3” square of wood in each corner lining it up evenly with the top. This is where the leg will be attached. You could also attach your legs to the plywood top, but we wanted more of the decorative part of the legs to show.
2. Flip it over and attach the 16” x 48” piece of plywood with a power nailer around the edge.
3. Spray the top of plywood and bottom of the foam with spray adhesive and lay it on top of the plywood.
4. Stretch the batting tight, covering the foam and stapling it around the bottom. Then cover the batting with a piece of lining the same way (optional). This is where your decorative fabric comes in, attach it using the same method with a staple gun.
5. Cut the bulky fabric that is left in the corners close to the staples.
6. Attach the top table plate to each of the legs and prime and paint them with your desired color.
7. Attach the table plate to each corner with 4 screws it came with.
8. Screw the legs on and… voila!
Photos via Shannon Berrey
BDB Tip: To add some extra jazz hammer in some studs all around your new bench. Another project I came across used a vintage fur coat to cover the whole seat. I could definitely see myself adding some gold fringe all around with perhaps some tassels at each corner!
Posted in Bedrooms, Hallways
Tagged bed, better decorating bible blog, budget, cheap, custom, diy, end, how to, instructions, legs, make it yourself, no sew, plan, project, staple gun, studded, suzy q, upholstered bench, wood work, zebra
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DIY Friday: Customized Monogram Lampshade
Transform a plain lampshade and turn it into something spectacular by placing your very own monogram right smack in the middle! I’m all about customization and one-of-a-kind pieces so this simple DIY makes the perfect project for this weekend. Keep reading for full instructions!
Materials:
- Felt
- Inexpensive white lampshades
- Spray glue/adhesive
- Printer, paper, scissors
Instructions:
- Search the web for an appropriate monogram to cut your felt out of. Print out the monogram you like and cut out each of the letters. Spray glue it onto the felt and cut out the different letters.
- Find the placement of your monogram by measuring out the middle of your lampshade.
- Start with the middle initial and place your letters onto the lamp shade. The felt will actually stick so you can lightly pencil mark where you want each of the letters to go. Spray the felt pieces with glue and place them back in the correct spot. Erase the pencil marks.
- If you like you can glue some cute trim to the bottom of your shade and… voila!
Shannon Berrey
