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We have compiled many DIY projects for you to do in your spare time. Take advantage of these days at home to take up some DIY and do-it-yourself projects that you never find the time to do. Paint, wallpaper, fabrics, frames, boxes? Maybe something with wood? Decide on the project and we'll tell you how. shall we get started? Let's do it!

Create your own furniture with pallets

Headboards, planters, planters, sofas... if you have pallets at home that you don't use you can create unique furniture with them. For its measures, about 120 x 80 x 14.5 cm, if you stack two you have a perfect sofa for a boho chic chill out area. You can give it a touch with paint, many mats and cushions and wheels that also allow you to move it easily. Do you want to make a pallet sofa step by step? We tell you about it.

Turn an old piece of furniture into a chic one with paint

I'm sure you have the typical heirloom or outgrown piece of furniture at home that you can give a new lease on life. A little paint is all you need to quickly transform it. First make sure the surface is clean, sand a little to make it uniform and remove dust. If you use chalk paint you won't have to do much more to the surface of the furniture, paint with the chosen color and with a little wax the furniture will be ready. You can also take the opportunity to change the knobs or combine one tone on the furniture and another on the surface. Do you dare? We give you more ideas to restore antique furniture.

A new basket with chalk paint

And is that the chalk paint, or chalk paint, is not only perfect for transforming your furniture, you can also use it complements fibers, such as this basket, lampshades, small auxiliary, as a stool .... It is the perfect paint to give a DIY touch to your home. To make the basket look perfect you just need to mark with masking tape up to where you want to paint, clean the surface so that the paint adheres well and paint. It's super easy! You already know that you can apply paint on different materials.

Make a composition of pictures

If you've been looking forward to that empty and lifeless wall for a long time, take advantage of these days to hang, at last, all those photos or illustrations that you had saved. For a composition of pictures to look good, the elements you hang must have something in common. It can be the frames, the type of images (all in black and white), the use of the same colors... you decide. First place the larger works and then the smaller ones. Try the composition on the floor first and take a photo of it to make sure you like it. If you have easy hangings at home, it will take a moment to bring your wall to life.

Dare you dare with patchwork?

Do you have a sewing machine that you got as a gift and you have never used it? Well, this is the time to take your first steps. You can make your debut with a little patchwork. Originally, patchwork consisted of joining fabrics to form useful material and mending existing pieces. Today this technique of joining fabrics is used to create all kinds of unique textiles. Here we tell you a little more about what it is and how to do it. Patchwork quilts are undoubtedly the most eye-catching piece you can make. Choose the fabrics you like best, cut them into squares of the same shape and find a simple pattern to start with. You'll see how you'll get hooked on patchwork!

A shelf made with boxes

Boxes are great allies to create the furniture you need. It can be a DIY bookcase in the living room, like this one, a shoe rack with wooden fruit boxes, a magazine rack... There are many original ideas to make with wooden boxes. And if you do not have boxes, you know that large DIY centers and some decoration firms sell them in different sizes, designs and finishes. So you have no excuse. And you know that you can leave them as they are, paint them, wallpaper them, put wheels on them.... The limit is set by your imagination.

A super special lamp

Reinterprets the classic teardrop lamp design but with wooden beads to create a lamp that will leave no one indifferent. Majestic and elegant if you want it to be like this lamp you will need high ceilings according to it. The material you need are wooden beads, needle, white string, two metal rings, lamp holder and glue.

Estrena headboard with things you have around the house

An old door, some shutters, a mirror, some shelves ... can become a super special headboard. Especially if they are old pieces that, in addition, have the added beauty of the passage of time, perhaps a sentimental value ... If you have doors like these, it will be enough to clean them and, if you want, give them a colorless wax to protect them, but little more, since natural wood is how it looks more. For more security, you should always fix it to the wall with an anchor.

If knots are your thing, you can opt for macramé. On the Internet you will find a thousand tutorials to do it. You can start with simpler things, like some lanterns or a coat rack. And when you have mastered the technique, you can dare to make a macramé hammock as beautiful as this one. What you will need to make it is special macramé cord and two wooden bars with 16 holes. To make this hammock the knots you need to control are: flat knot, scallop knot, flat spiral knot, alternating double knot and single knot. Get practicing!

Change a wall with wallpaper

After painting, wallpaper is the quickest and easiest way to change the look of the walls of your house. If you've been thinking about giving a WOW effect to a corner of your home for a long time, the time has come. It is best to always choose a vinyl wallpaper, it can be cleaned, and pre-glued, which is easier to apply. If it has a pattern, you will have to be more careful so that the motifs match well. Start from top to bottom and press down to avoid bubbles. If it is only one wall, such as the living room console or the headboard, you will have it on in no time. And see how the same wall transforms if you change the wallpaper design.

And if you have leftovers, also for furniture

You can use the leftover wallpaper to customize the furniture. And so you can go from one of those dressers that everyone has, to a personalized and unique one. To get it right, the most important thing is to measure the front of the drawers so that the paper is perfect. You will have to remove the handles and glue the front well so that it fits well. While you're at it, you can change the handles and even line the inside of the drawers (with the same wallpaper). On other types of furniture such as a cabinet, you can use wallpaper to give a note of contrast and depth to the back. You will update it instantly!

You can dye or fade fabrics

You can do it with chalk paint (yes you can also dye and paint fabrics with chalk paint) or with the typical dyes sold in drugstores. Take advantage of a day that you can be outdoors to give color to a textile. With 30 minutes soaking will be enough, in the case of chalk paint. And if you have children you can also think of a fun activity to fade fabrics. You can use t-shirts or even a cushion cover that you no longer like and give it a tie dye finish. You will have to tie knots and roll the fabric and soak it in water with a little bleach. I'm sure the result will surprise you.