Ideas for home: interesting and creative do-it-yourself jewelry

Everyone wants to make the interior of their apartment or house cozy and beautiful. In order to decorate the living space in style, it is not at all necessary to buy expensive interior items. Very many home accessories can be easily created with your own hands, besides handmade things are in fashion now. If you decide to decorate the rooms with your own hands, you can choose exactly those colors and shapes that best fit into your interior. In addition, you will receive not only stylish interesting accessories, but also pleasure from the creative process.

The accessories for the decor, created by yourself, will give the room a unique individuality, originality and comfort. You can do a variety of creativity - perhaps you already know how to do something with your own hands, or you want to learn new techniques. Hand-made interior items look bright and relevant.

Now small details handmade in fashion for various types of interiors. With your own hands you can create the following fashionable elements of decor in the interior:

• Various textile elements - pillows, curtains, blankets and rugs. All this can be sewed on a sewing machine or even manually. Particularly fashionable is now considered patchwork technique - from the pieces of old clothes you can easily sew an interesting piece of furniture. Things in the technique of patchwork loved by many of its efficiency, ease of execution and an unusual appearance.

• If you know how to knit, you can also create a lot of interesting things for your home. For example, you can crochet openwork napkins and tablecloths. If you knit with knitting needles, you can have an excellent large-knit plaid or bags for storing things in cabinets.
• Many interesting details can be created from polymer clay. This is a convenient material to use, from which you can easily sculpt any thing, burn it in the oven at a sufficiently low temperature, and you will get a product resembling plastic. From the polymer clay are excellent kapsho and vases.

• There are many simpler ways to create your own decor - you can do weaving baskets, curtain ribbons,make a decorative panel or make your own photo frame. Many types of creativity do not require special skills - you need only perseverance and accuracy. Even if you have never done needlework before, if you wish, you can create a lot of interesting things for your home.
• The easiest way is not to create a new product, but to decorate an existing one. So, from simple boring things you can make original designer accessories. You can arrange simple boxes for things using decoupage technique, you can paint a simple glass vase with stained glass paints, it is interesting to decorate a flower stand or decorate ordinary pillows with embroidery. All these little things will allow you to create a truly interesting interior.

To pick up materials, you need to decide what you want to do. Sometimes for creativity you can buy special paints, threads and tools. However, if you have a limited budget, you can create many stylish things from scrap materials. Consider the following interesting options:

• You can sew a blanket or pillows using the patchwork technique from old unnecessary things.Sweaters can come up if you want to give a product a texture, or blouses, t-shirts and pants if you want to do an easy thing. When you have the right materials, simply calculate the amount of fabric you need and cut this fabric into equal squares, and then sew it all together. You will get very interesting and bright products.

• Wicker laundry baskets or for storing small items in cabinets can be made from simple tree branches — you will need flexible willow twigs and a few more dense branches for the frame. You can decorate such baskets with cones and dried flowers.

• The most simple crafts for the house can be made of paper. Colored paper and foil can decorate the photo frames and photo album covers. You can also make stylish panels and collages for decoration from beautiful paper and from magazine clippings.
• If you have unnecessary shoelaces and ribbons at home, they can also be used very well. For example, you can weave a basket out of them, make curtains, or simply wrap a flowerpots or a vase with them.

You can also purchase special accessories for needlework. In most shops for hobbies and creativity you can find the following things:

• Decoupage decals will make it interesting for you to decorate any object in the house.It is very easy to use them - you just need to print the image on the surface of any piece of furniture, and then cover the surface with a thin layer of varnish.

• Stained paints will help you interestingly arrange all glass objects in the house. You need to purchase a special outline with which you will be drawing - it can be black, white, color or with a metallic tint. You also need to buy transparent paints of the colors you need, with them you can paint the vast surfaces on the glass.
• Simple acrylic paints and acrylic lacquer will allow you to paint any surface interestingly - you can decorate boxes, boxes, baskets, photo frames, vases and flower pots. It is very easy to work with acrylic paints - you can apply interesting abstract prints or perform complex drawings using stencils.

If you do not have much experience in needlework, you should start with simple options, following the detailed master classes. You can make simple pillows and blankets using the patchwork technique, decorate the house with dry flowers and autumn leaves, paint various ready-made things and create decorative elements from polymer clay or textiles.With proper accuracy and creativity, you can stylishly and interestingly decorate the house in many different ways.

We all decorate our home: accessories make the space habitable and cozy, help to put the right accents and express your individuality. In addition, it is with the help of small interesting decorations you can radically change the interior: even the simplest and most boring apartment furnishings will be bright and original with the right accessories.

Among the currently popular ideas for the home, pillows and blankets using the patchwork technique are increasingly common. These are unusual things that do not require financial investments at all if you have old unwanted clothes at home. Suitable such interesting textile elements for country style, Provence and eclecticism. Take the old clothes, cotton, thread, sewing machine and proceed to create a pillow using the patchwork technique:

• Decide on the shape and size of the pillow. For starters, it is better to take a rectangular or square option.Draw a pattern on paper, divide the space into several small equal squares.
• Cut squares of the right size from your old clothes. Do not forget to take into account seam allowances.
• From the squares, assemble one side of the pillow, fasten them with light stitches or pins, and then gently stitch on the sewing machine so that you have a solid canvas.
• In the same way, collect the other half of the pillow.

• Now sew the canvas with three sides together so that it turned out like a pillowcase.
• Begin to sew the fourth side, leaving a few centimeters without seams at the end.
• Turn the pillowcase over.
• Fill it with cotton wool through the resulting hole.
• Handle the pillow carefully.
• Over time, you can move on to more complex design options. For example, in the patchwork technique, you can create a creative blanket - the technology is the same, but you will need to make a few more stitches across, so that the wool does not loosen at different ends.

If you want to decorate glass objects in your home, you can do this in many different ways. Consider the following unusual options for decorating an old vase, glass dish or ordinary glass:

• For the first method you will need a contour for drawing on glass and stained paints. You need to draw the desired image on paper, then fix it on the back side of the glass and outline it with an outline. For starters, it will be easier to do it on a platter. Wait for the contour to dry and paint the dish with colors according to the instructions. Such glass product will perfectly decorate the kitchen interior.

• From an unnecessary glass you can make an unusual candle. To do this, you will need the usual wax crayons and a thick cotton thread - you should immediately lower it into a glass. Select several colors of crayons, take one of them and melt using a lighter in a glass of thread. Then do the same with crayon wax of a different color - so you get a beautiful multi-colored candle.
• The vase can be decorated by filling it with various decorations. Anything can come - beautiful shells, beads, stones, dried branches and flowers.Spread them beautifully inside a vase and enjoy the original decorations - such a vase will fit perfectly into a bathroom or bedroom.

Photos in beautiful frames significantly transform the interior of any living room or bedroom. You can decorate the already finished wooden frame or make it yourself from beginning to end. To do this, you just need to cut it to the size of the photo from cardboard or plywood, and attach the hook to glue. To decorate this base under the frame or bought a wooden frame can be as follows:

• The easiest way is to wrap the frame with a beautiful satin ribbon. The tip of such a tape should be glued to the back of the frame, and then tightly diagonally wrap the flight frame. Pay special attention to the corners - in the place of the corners it is necessary to carefully tuck the tape and also fix it with glue from the wrong side.
• If you have a finished wooden frame with smooth edges, you can simply paint it with acrylic paint and varnish it.You can make any interesting patterns using paper stencils or simply create a monochromatic coating.

• You can buy beads and acrylic glue for decorating your frame. It is necessary to consistently coat each side with glue and dip it in a container with beads. Make sure that the layer of beads is uniform and dense. Colored beads are suitable for children's photos, and for a stylish living room interior you can choose black beads or with a metallic sheen.
• The wide frame can be decorated with autumn leaves. Slightly soak them in water and gently stick them on a flat surface of the frame. Do this around the perimeter, and then just varnish the frame.
• When you have made any base coverage for the frame, you can proceed to additional decorations. For example, to create a Provencal style, fabric flowers can be glued to the frame. For the children's room, you can decorate the frame with ribbons of ribbons. Finally, several frames can be glued together in a circle or zigzag, creating an interesting shape.

With your own hands for the interior of the house you can create not only very beautiful, but also useful things.First of all, these are various containers, designer boxes and baskets for storage. Even the simplest furniture with such interesting accessories will look unusual. Now there are a variety of bags, boxes and baskets for storage - knitted, glued or assembled, from wood, plastic rods or from fabric.

One of the easiest and most interesting options to create a storage container is to weave a basket. This will require strong branches of the tree for the frame, as well as flexible willow rods and glue. If desired, under such a basket it will be possible to sew a bag of fabric - this is true, for example, for a laundry basket - the bag will not allow the bars to tear folded clothes. To create a stylish basket for the interior, use the following step-by-step instruction:

• It should start with the frame. Take three branches of the tree, approximately the same in length and thickness. Fold them crosswise in a circle and fix in this position with glue. Then select six more approximately identical branches and fix them with glue vertically on each side. Your frame is ready.
• Begin to braid the frame with willow rods from below, gradually rising higher.Tips of rods fasten from seamy side. After complete braiding, you can supplement the basket with handles - they are woven completely from willow branches: first you need to make a handle frame from one branch, and then weave it in a circle.
• If you want to sew a bag under the basket, try to measure its circumference and height. According to these measurements, cut cotton or silk fabric by adding seam allowances. The easiest option is done with just two seams. Then sweep the edge and place the bag in the basket.

It is also interesting to decorate ready-made containers made of wood and plastic. In addition, the design can be done on a regular box. The options can be very different: you can glue it with foil, wrap with satin ribbons or beautiful cloth.

You can independently create and a lot of other practical and beautiful parts that will allow you to refresh the appearance of the dwelling without major repairs. It can be not only accessories, but also other elements of the interior. For example, you can decorate walls as follows:

• If you have an interior in the style of country, you can easily lay out one wall with clapboard yourself - this is a stylish solution both for the apartment and for the dacha. To create a Provencal style, the lined wall can be painted with white paint - this option will look stylish and perfectly help refresh the interior.

• If you have a small room, you can visually expand it with the help of mirrors. You can hang mirrors of different shapes and sizes, creating compositions from them. Also for the bathroom or hallway, it may make sense to make a fully mirrored wall. If you want to make the design even more interesting, you can carefully paint the mirror with stained glass paints.
• Tiles in the bathroom or kitchen can be decorated using decoupage technique. To do this, it is better to purchase decals - they can be easily printed on the surface, if you act according to the instructions. Also, this option may be suitable for painted walls or for the decoration of furniture. In a private country house using decoupage technique you can decorate a fireplace.

With your own hands you can also make interesting curtains on the windows without much effort. Consider the following options:

• For many interiors fit curtains of satin ribbons. They may be the same or different - it all depends on your design ideas. From above, one transverse longitudinal ribbons should be fastened to make it convenient to use the curtain. You also need to sew hooks or rings to the crossband, depending on what kind of cornice you have.
• A more interesting and time-consuming option is to make bead curtains. On the thread you need to string beads or glass beads successively, and then fasten all of them and sew hooks. You can combine beads and ribbons.
• Finally, on a sewing machine you can sew curtains with your own hands - it is not at all difficult. The main thing is to measure the required length and width and make a good pattern.

If you like fresh flowers, you can make pots for them with your own hands. The options are suitable for placement of flowers indoors, and for the dacha plot decoration:

• Good pots can be molded from polymer clay. It is not difficult at all - the main thing is that the bottom of the pots should be flat, and the size should be the size of your plant. The form can be the most bizarre, as well as the color gamut - you can immediately use colored polymer clay or paint the already baked product.
• Now knitted things are in fashion - if you know how to knit or crochet, you can easily knit covers for your pots. Typically, these decorative elements are hung from the ceiling or on the walls.
• Interesting pots can be made using papier-mâché. To do this, just soak a thin newsprint, tear it into small pieces and consistently glue it, giving the desired shape.

Products made with their own hands, can effectively look in a variety of interior options. Consider the following unusual options:

• Textile elements in the patchwork technique are excellently suited for country style - they make the interior even more original and cozy.
• If you have a Provencal style furnishings, you should definitely decorate the furniture using decoupage technique - prints in pastel colors will look great in a bright, elegant interior.
• Polymer clay can be molded pots and vases in a modern style.
• For classic interiors perfect glass ware, painted with stained glass paints.

See the next video for a master class on creating beautiful flower pots with your own hands.