DIY, crafts and upcycling
Make it yourself, without it looking homemade.
Projects you can finish in an evening, with tools you already own and materials from the hardware store or the second-hand shop. We say how long it really takes, and where it usually goes wrong.
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10 DIY Christmas Gifts People Actually Keep
Ten homemade gifts that get used rather than stored, from candles to herb salt, with how far ahead each one can be…
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How to Make a DIY Christmas Wreath: 7 Versions From Fresh to Faux
One method for fresh evergreens on a wire frame, six more versions from boxwood to dried oranges, and how to keep a…
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9 Upcycling Ideas for Clothes You Were About to Throw Out
Nine upcycling ideas for clothes, sorted from no sewing at all to simple straight seams, with the fabric facts that decide whether…
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9 Upcycling Ideas Worth a Weekend (and Two That Aren’t)
Nine upcycling ideas for jars, frames, crates, dressers and chairs, with the prep steps that decide whether the finish lasts, and two…
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DIY Candles: 7 Versions, and the Two Faults Everyone Hits
Seven candles from a basic soy jar to rolled beeswax, the temperatures that matter, and how to avoid tunneling and sinkholes, the…
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10 Air Dry Clay Crafts That Don’t Crack
Ten air dry clay crafts from trinket dishes to bead garlands, and the three things the package doesn’t tell you about cracking,…
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10 Easy DIY Crafts You Can Finish in One Evening
Ten first projects that need no special tools, with an honest time for each, the one step that usually trips people up,…
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7 DIY Fall Wreath Ideas Built on One Grapevine Base
One grapevine base, one way of wiring bundles, and seven fall wreaths built on it, from dried wheat to faux maple leaves,…
