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DIY Home Décor

Category: <span>DIY Home Décor</span>

It’s where the heart is! Make DIY Home Décor items that sing. Tackle just one room’s DIY décor projects, or give your whole house or apartment a makeover. From pillows to linens to quilts, our DIY decoration projects will make your house a home!

Browse through our home dec ideas and projects find inspiration to spiff up your home!

DIY Throw Pillows

DIY Home Decor Projects

Finished Big Ruffle Pillow

Big Ruffle Pillows

I saw some awesome pillows at a high end home dec store that had big ruffles, and a big price tag and thought ‘I could make those’. I probably should...

Finished jelly roll rug

How to Make a Jelly Roll Rug

I had seen and admired the beautiful and colorful pictures of jelly roll rugs and wanted to try to make one for myself! Spoiler alert - it is a lot...

Finished decorator pillow on my couch

How to Make Throw Pillows: DIY Pillow Ideas

I love decorator pillows. They can change a room’s mood, but are so expensive! Make your own decorator pillow and get exactly what you want! You don't need a lot...

Table Top DIY Ideas

Finished wine coasters that double as mug rugs

How to Make a Mug Rug and Wine Coaster from Charm Packs

It's charming, quick, and easy! Make mug rugs from a charm pack for your cup of coffee or tea, that doubles as a wine coaster. Now, everyone can keep track...

Fabric Coil Baskets and Bowls

How to Make a Fabric Rope Bowl

These fabric rope bowls are so much fun to make and they have so many uses! Make a fabric rope bowl for an Easter basket, fruit bowl, notions catch-all, gift...

Easy Weekend Sashiko Projects

In a fast-paced, plugged-in world, it’s so easy to lose track of how the things we use everyday came to be. Even though today’s versions are largely machine made, human...

More DIY Home Décor

Finished pillowcase table runner ready for the bunnies

How to Make a Table Runner: Beginner Sewing Tutorial

The methods I use in this how-to article for making a table runner make a perfect sewing project for beginners! Start with a top that can be pieced, like I…
Finished round fabric bowl 3

How to Make a Fabric Bowl: DIY Sewing Tutorial

Take a look at the DIY fabric bowls by Kirsten Fisher - they are amazing. Her newest book Round Fabric Art Bowls has step-by-step directions and templates for six (6)…
Trivets finished 2

How to Make a Trivet

Looking for a great project for those scraps you want to use? Make a colorful trivet (or two or three!). Learn how to make a trivet using the fabric wrapped…
Set of hand pillows with their thumbs crossed by Gwen Rucker

Spotlight: Gwen Rucker, Textile Artist

Gwen Rucker has found art to be a soothing activity for as long as she can remember. She is inspired by tiny details, shapes and color combinations in unexpected places.…
fabric coil easter basket on fireplace close up

DIY Fabric Easter Basket, Free How-To Tutorial

Learn how to make a fabric Easter basket using the fabric rope method. This is a perfect stash-buster project using strips of cotton and quilting fabrics. Pick out the ugly…
Easter pillow cover on turquoise chair view 3

DIY Easter Pillow Cover

Pillow covers are a great way to switch up your home decor for holidays. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make this adorable DIY Easter pillow cover for…
working on gluing the double piping around the top of the chair

How to Make Double Welt Piping for Upholstery

Learn how to make double piping with our step-by-step tutorial. It's super easy and finishes off your diy home dec projects professionally. Generally used in upholstery, double piping can be…
Envelope pillowcase showing the inside flap

How to Make an Envelope Pillowcase – Easy Tutorial

There are many ways to make cute pillowcases to dress up your bed. This method of making an envelope pillowcase protects both ends of your pillow with an inner flap…
Burrito Pillowcase finished pillowcase folded

Burrito Pillowcase Pattern: Easy to Sew Tutorial

Custom pillowcases are easy and fun to make - and you can make them in any fabric combinations! From kid print fabrics to fabrics for the sports fan in your…

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